Everyone is afraid of something.  Everyone can remember being afraid of the dark as a child.  As adults, many are afraid to sky dive; or to drive in traffic; or to confront authority figures; or to go door to door to cold-canvass for listings or purchases; or of speculating on properties out of their local area, or of lending money to entrepreneurs who buy, fix-up, and sell houses.  Jack Miller identified the 20 things which hold people back from success in a real estate business and wrote about the solutions help people conquer each fear.

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Effective use of your time is the key to being able to hold down a job to earn a living while still working toward the day that you achieve your personal financial freedom.  Think of it this way.  Each Monday you’re given a deposit in your time bank of 160 hours.  How you use this deposit can make the difference between succeeding and failing financially.  Let’s take it one day at a time to see where we ca squeeze out working hours:

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It always amazes me that people with buckets of diamonds at their feet want to hire someone to pick them up rather than doing it themselves.  How does this apply to Pre-Foreclosures?  Rather than going door to door to sniff out distress and Pre-Foreclosure situations,, or getting the names of late-payers from lender collection departments or independent collection agencies, then mailing those in default a solicitation to buy their home, so-called entrepreneurs want to buy lists of Pre-Foreclosures from others who have compiled them.  What’s wrong with this picture?

    No matter how adroit you might be at negotiating with distressed owners, you’re always going to be a couple of days late to the rummage sale.

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When it comes to investment, absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. Somehow, we are prone to think that the grass is greener in the other fellow's yard. The problem with trying to achieve something outside your own area is that there will be competitors waiting there to guard their territory.

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