Hey Guys - It's Dean - I got the below message sent to me today on FaceBook by another person ready to take action but a little scared and wondering where to start. She is facing obstacles like so many of you have and are - I figured I would cut and paste it here at our DG family site and let our wonderful members help her with some advice and Inspiration;-))

Kendale Yawn wrote on March 5 at 8:40am

So as a few of you know I have been looking for a new house to buy for the family... I have tossed a few different houses around made a few low ball offers but nothing to exciting...

Well over the weekend we found the house that we LOVE!!! It is exactly what we are looking for!

Hello,

I just wanted to comment on this topic a little bit. I read Dean's books and I have followed his blogs for a year now, and I just want to tell you it works.

I did my first deal over the summer and I made 1700 dollars for my investing company without having to use any of my own money. I am using the 25/1 rule when putting in bids on properties. I am putting in bids on numerious homes at 50 percent below what they are asking and I have had five houses under contract since then with 50 or more percent equity built into each property. That rule works and I highly suggest you use it when you are putting in bids on your properties.

Finally posting my first deal! I have been learning so much about real estate and there are so many different angles!! Well, one of the things I learned is that you can use IRA money to buy real estate. I had some old 401K accounts that I had rolled over into various mutual funds that have been performing very poorly over the last few years! I am in the process of transferring the money to a self directed IRA. Now my investments options are almost unlimited. One of my investments is to buy a house for cash...yes buy a house for cash. No bank & no realtor!

So here's the deal:

Fully renovated 4 bedroom, 2 bath home in Jacksonville, FL. My cost $105,000, FMV $136,000 estimated closing costs $1,500, for a total investment of $106,500.

i just got back from a two week cruise with family and friends with the PROFIT FROM REAL ESTATE !!!! while on this awesome and exciting trip to 8 different ports i laid in the sun sipping on a cold drink relaxing and reading deans new book YOUR TOWN your real estate profits!!! what an AMAZING book and abundant amount of hands on knowledge. I LOVE THIS BOOK !!