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I have sat on the sidelines for long enough. The time has come to take action and take advantage of the great resources that Dean provides, the DG family contributes to, and that I have read through a million times with a million excuses as to why not (not now, maybe next week, when I get some more time, etc.......). No More! I am not guaranteeing success, but I am guaranteeing that I will make an effort and make a change in how I approach this opportunity.

To all of the DG family; THANK YOU for your contributions to newbies like me who are scared, unsure, or simply ignorant.

To Dean; THANK YOU for your continued presence and persistence in supporting all of us. I will thank you personally one day, when I get invited to one of your events as one of your top students.

2:00 p.m.
Monday
5-28-12

Just got off the phone with another cash investor. $250k!!! So far that's $600k cash & $2 million in financing. Ready to make some deals. This is the longest weekend ever. I love it. Itching to make it happen. Need to practice, and lign up everything. Does any one know the steps after the bid has been accepted?

I tell them that I can pass the best deal onto new home buyers because I buy 10-20 homes at a time. Since I've been using that line everyone is super excited to keep in contact with me.

Monday 1:28 p.m.
5-28-12

Just got off the phone with the contributing editor to the local newspaper. I had done this editorial piece on banking/ finance. I have limitted knowledge of the subject--very limitted. The guy liked what I wrote (seriously-me). He even went around town to different organizations looking for me. I only did the piece as a favor for this group that was looking for publicity. Now, I could do more work. There has to be a way to tie this into my new business. Wording is key. How now is the best time for people to achieve the American Dream of home ownership. Any ideas? Please, let me know. I appreciate any and all comments.

Thank you so much for another great week of wisdom. Some of us (me) are so afraid to take the first step and just "start" by doing something.

9:43 a.m.
5-28-12

Woke up still believing that my previous idea of doing multiple closings at one time is a great idea. Tried finding listings on-line that fit my buyers. Looking specifically for the brokers that have the most listings that fit my buyers instead of picking one property from one broker and 2-3 from another.

1. Send letter to brokers explaining my needs as an investor and what I need from an agent.

2. Compiling a list of properties to e-mail to my buyers so they can take a look at which ones they like.

3. Compile list of wanted properties. Create personalized "tape".

4. Bid on all the properties at once. i.e. these 10 properties for $1.5 million.

I lost my wonderful guy today. The Broker that's been helping me got his dream job with a company where he can only show me houses that they sell. While I am happy that he is now happy and working on his dream, it left me without an agent. Then, I looked further down his email and he left me referrals of agents, Brokers, Lenders, and Lists of houses every where. He also referred me to one of his people whom he says would be more than happy to help me seek out my dreams too! I think that's pretty cool but I'll miss the invisible person behind his emails that always said, "Go get 'em Tiger" at the end of them.