Every single person who wanted to invest or even just make a little money in real estate has reached the exact same point.
No matter how much knowledge they have accumulated; no matter how much confidence they have in their ability to spot a great deal; no matter what else is pushing them forward; their progress [...]
Yes, that probably does sound familiar to you. It is what Yoda said to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
But, I am not talking about some kind of metaphysical failure here. I am talking about those who want to be real estate investors and yet never see much, if any success.
Over the [...]
Last Thursday morning I spoke at a breakfast meeting of real estate investors. One of the questions that came up was about forums on the internet. The person asked me if there were any forums I could specifically recommend for general reading about real estate investing. I named several and noticed the pens flying to [...]
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Over the years, I’ve read a lot of guru materials. At the predecessor of the Field Guide for Real Estate Investors we used to do extensive evaluations of guru materials. A member would purchase a book, ebook, home study course, etc and send it to us to be examined and evaluated. That experience taught me [...]
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One of the suggestions I’ve received is to make the podcasts more fun using parodies of the gurus.
So, take a listen and tell me if this goes too far. Leave your reaction in the comments below.
http://antigururadio.com/laksdruwqt423ngv384nqwr0e9
I got up this morning a little earlier than usual, fired up the MacBook Pro to check email (and because I’m a parent, the weather at the summer camp my son is attending this week.)
Anyway, I open my email and receive this…
I want to thank you, the last segment episode 5 of your podcast is [...]
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Yesterday, I received a phone call asking if I would be interested in speaking at a conference.
“Maybe,” was my reply.
“Great! We want to tie into the anti guru thing you’ve got going there because [removed] isn’t your typical guru. I’m sure once you meet them you will agree they are the real deal and …”
“Do [...]
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I read many of the guru blogs.
Why would I do that?
There are a couple of reasons, first many of them are great for a good laugh or two as they breathlessly proclaim their latest invention/discovery/creation of a technique that will make you instantly rich, better looking and sexually satisfied while you sit and do nothing. [...]
On Twitter yesterday, someone asked why I was called the anti-guru. I replied to them saying it was kind of hard to explain in 140 characters but I would put up a blog entry to explain it.
I was first called the anti-guru in the fall of 1984. A friend and I went to an “informational” [...]
Have you noticed them? The late night ads, even the billboards, radio commercials and such. The ones telling you how you can get free or very low cost information on making a gazillion dollars investing in real estate or gold or stocks or …
The gurus behind these pitches describe how just following their system will [...]
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