- Joined
- Oct 1, 2007
- Messages
- 348
I have noticed (based on some of the posts), that quite a few people have yet to experience the type of "IMMEDIATE" results they had hoped for after graduating from Ron LeGrand`s "Quick Turn" Real Estate seminar.I have to be honest (because that`s the ONLY way to be), I am not totally surprised! WHY? Because it took time, and it took a lot of "trial and error" before we were able to figure out what strategies would work BEST in our (Canadian) market. Fact is, Canadians are a lot different than our friendly neighbors to the south. We are far more "conservative" and we are far more "cautious" in the way we go about doing things. As a result, what may work somewhere else, may not necessarily work as well here. Please do not take these comments out of context, because I am NOT suggesting what Ron teaches will NOT work here, all I am suggesting is you have to be FULLY prepared to be in this thing for "the long haul" and that you are FULLY prepared to "adapt"…that`s all! I can GUARANTEE you this: If you DON"T adapt, there is a good chance you WILL become a DINOSOUR! And we all know what happened to them!
So how do you think I know this? I graduated from Ron`s initial seminar in June of 2003. I did not STOP there, as I attended a number of his seminars in both Vegas and Atlanta. I probably invested a total of about $20k (plus) after all was said and done. Notice how I used the term "invested"? Because that`s the way I viewed it at the time. After the Edmonton seminar in 2003, there were all kinds of "We Buy Houses" and "I Buy Houses" signs all over town. However, since that time there are only a handful of players that still exist! However, that was BEFORE his last boot camp, so I am sure that stat will change pretty soon!
So WHY was there only a handful of us left? Because most people just…"GAVE-UP!"
What a WASTE of a ($5,000) EDUCATION! Because that`s what the Edmonton seminar cost me!
Giving up was NOT and, has NEVER been an option for us, so we adjusted and tweaked our strategies from the things we had learned along the way. It`s okay to make MISTAKES! In fact, if you DON`T make ANY MISTAKES you are probably not DOING ANYTHING! As a result of all of the mistakes we made, and all of the "REAL LIFE" seminars that we have attended over the years, we adapted and made adjustments to our "Buying" and "Selling" (Lease To Own) Systems.
This is one of the reasons WHY I previously cautioned seminar grads from "charging ahead" too quickly! Because we had already travelled the exact same path, all those years ago!
However, It was actually a "good thing" that we did not have IMMEDIATE SUCCESS!
WHY? Because we had to become even MORE CREATIVE! And by doing so, we have since developed many "creative" and "unique" Buying and Selling strategies of our own! We have, and we continue to buy houses with…NO MONEY DOWN! This is one of the reasons WHY we were able to survive. We now have MANY "creative" strategies that we employ. I have always said, by having a number of "creative" strategies in my Real Estate Investing tool pouch, I have the ability to create a deal out of just about ANY situation!
With the RIGHT training and the RIGHT mindset…YOU CAN do it too!
So what is the BIGGEST piece of advice I can offer anyone that is travelling down this path: If something does not work the first time around, do NOT give up! You MUST try, try and try again until you find something that DOES work! If you try something enough times, it has no choice but to work! Doesn`t it?Remember what I said earlier about having to "adapt". This is not something that you "MAY" have to do! It is something that you "WILL" have to do! So you may as well get used to this idea!You may have already heard me say this before: "In order to be truly successful, you MUST be fully prepared to pay the price! The price comes in many different forms. It can be Emotional, it can be Mental, it can be Physical and it can be Financial!"
Are you "PREPARED" to…PAY the PRICE? If you are NOT, my advice to you would be to not waste your time and energy with this, and move on to something else that you are fully prepared to commit too!
WHY? Because if you want to be truly successful at ANYTHING in life, you have to be committed 100%!
I hope that I have NOT offended anyone here, as this is NOT the intent of this post. Anyone that has come to know me, already knows that I like to be "brutally honest, and tell it just the way it is!" The TRUTH can sometimes hurt, but it is sometimes…the BEST medicine!
For those of you that are FULLY prepared to…"Pay the Price", you must stay focused and be persistent and you WILL achieve…GREAT SUCCESS!!
Wishing You Life Success!
So how do you think I know this? I graduated from Ron`s initial seminar in June of 2003. I did not STOP there, as I attended a number of his seminars in both Vegas and Atlanta. I probably invested a total of about $20k (plus) after all was said and done. Notice how I used the term "invested"? Because that`s the way I viewed it at the time. After the Edmonton seminar in 2003, there were all kinds of "We Buy Houses" and "I Buy Houses" signs all over town. However, since that time there are only a handful of players that still exist! However, that was BEFORE his last boot camp, so I am sure that stat will change pretty soon!
So WHY was there only a handful of us left? Because most people just…"GAVE-UP!"
What a WASTE of a ($5,000) EDUCATION! Because that`s what the Edmonton seminar cost me!
Giving up was NOT and, has NEVER been an option for us, so we adjusted and tweaked our strategies from the things we had learned along the way. It`s okay to make MISTAKES! In fact, if you DON`T make ANY MISTAKES you are probably not DOING ANYTHING! As a result of all of the mistakes we made, and all of the "REAL LIFE" seminars that we have attended over the years, we adapted and made adjustments to our "Buying" and "Selling" (Lease To Own) Systems.
This is one of the reasons WHY I previously cautioned seminar grads from "charging ahead" too quickly! Because we had already travelled the exact same path, all those years ago!
However, It was actually a "good thing" that we did not have IMMEDIATE SUCCESS!
WHY? Because we had to become even MORE CREATIVE! And by doing so, we have since developed many "creative" and "unique" Buying and Selling strategies of our own! We have, and we continue to buy houses with…NO MONEY DOWN! This is one of the reasons WHY we were able to survive. We now have MANY "creative" strategies that we employ. I have always said, by having a number of "creative" strategies in my Real Estate Investing tool pouch, I have the ability to create a deal out of just about ANY situation!
With the RIGHT training and the RIGHT mindset…YOU CAN do it too!
So what is the BIGGEST piece of advice I can offer anyone that is travelling down this path: If something does not work the first time around, do NOT give up! You MUST try, try and try again until you find something that DOES work! If you try something enough times, it has no choice but to work! Doesn`t it?Remember what I said earlier about having to "adapt". This is not something that you "MAY" have to do! It is something that you "WILL" have to do! So you may as well get used to this idea!You may have already heard me say this before: "In order to be truly successful, you MUST be fully prepared to pay the price! The price comes in many different forms. It can be Emotional, it can be Mental, it can be Physical and it can be Financial!"
Are you "PREPARED" to…PAY the PRICE? If you are NOT, my advice to you would be to not waste your time and energy with this, and move on to something else that you are fully prepared to commit too!
WHY? Because if you want to be truly successful at ANYTHING in life, you have to be committed 100%!
I hope that I have NOT offended anyone here, as this is NOT the intent of this post. Anyone that has come to know me, already knows that I like to be "brutally honest, and tell it just the way it is!" The TRUTH can sometimes hurt, but it is sometimes…the BEST medicine!
For those of you that are FULLY prepared to…"Pay the Price", you must stay focused and be persistent and you WILL achieve…GREAT SUCCESS!!
Wishing You Life Success!