| Stop me if you've heard this one before but real | | | | I know it's not an easy task and many times I cover |
| estate investing, in order to pay off big, requires | | | | in my courses and boot camp workshops how to |
| some play money which must be equally big. This is | | | | find private money investors and how to convince |
| the popularly accepted wisdom and it becomes the | | | | them that you are the person they can trust to |
| stumbling block which stops many real estate | | | | make their money grow. The first part is relatively |
| investors with the necessary drive and set of skills | | | | simple. Private money can come from almost any |
| from even dipping their tow into the market. | | | | quarter. From friends who want to invest, from |
| The whole knack of real estate is that you, as the | | | | family members who have spare cash, from |
| investor, do not necessarily need to have a single | | | | colleagues, from recommendations and referrals, |
| penny to your name provided you have the skills | | | | from business angels, from business contacts and |
| necessary to bring together the elements required to | | | | from business acquaintances. |
| close a successful, profitable sale and make money | | | | Identifying who these people are, where they may |
| for others who do have it but do not possess your | | | | be and how to approach them is a matter of |
| skills. | | | | developing the necessary skills. I can tell you that you |
| These are private investors eager to get into the | | | | neither have to be as charismatic as JFK nor as holy |
| real estate market but baulking not at the cost | | | | as Gandhi. You just need to know what to say and |
| involved but at their lack of knowledge and their | | | | what skills set to present and then you'd be off and |
| inability to acquire it. | | | | running. |
| This is where you come in. I know from direct | | | | This way, raising money to fund your real estate |
| personal experience that there are many investor out | | | | investments will allow you to leap several steps in |
| there looking to connect and if you are new to the | | | | your road to total financial independence. In the |
| business you need to work on two fronts. First you | | | | process you will generate wealth for many of the |
| need to actually attract private money and convince | | | | private investors, create a name for yourself and |
| them that you are the right man for the job and | | | | make your job of finding future opportunities that |
| second you need to work at closing deals and | | | | much easier. Not bad for learning a few skills, right? |
| creating a reputation. | | | | |