For nearly a decade Real Estate Riches has been helping people to lead better lives. For some, it has meant being able to retire from a job that had only brought them stress and insecurity rather than peace of mind and self fulfillment; a job that consumed all of their time and energy, while robbing their loved ones of the same. For others, it has meant an elevated level of self esteem for having accomplished something that makes them rich while benefiting others, and the renewed self confidence that comes from taking control over one’s own financial destiny as opposed to relying on employers, the government and the stock market for their security and retirement. For others still, it has meant having the financial freedom and the time to enjoy the things that they really wanted to do in life, for there is no more important revelation we can have than realizing and accepting that life is short and meant to be enjoyed.
Whether it is the deep love you feel for a special person in your life, or the awe inspired reverence for God that comes from recognizing and embracing the miracle of life, or the tremendous satisfaction that you experience when engaged in something that you are intensely passionate about, the secret of life is thus unfolded, and the senselessness of toiling only to pay bills is revealed. If we choose to work, it should be for a higher purpose and for the fulfillment of one’s soul. Money may come as a by-product, but it should never be the objective.
It is often said that money cannot buy happiness, and that is true. The capacity for joy in life comes from within, not from without; it comes from giving and gratitude, not material possessions and superficial indulgences. But it is also true that lack of money can bring tremendous pain and stress. A very high percentage of marriages end in divorce over the strain of financial difficulties, and the stress of not having enough money to support one’s lifestyle has surely taken years off people’s lives, not to mention reducing the quality of life while one is still struggling.
I personally believe that having money is much better than not having it and that it is much easier to be happy with money than without it. There is nothing wrong with that notion, because I do not worship money, which is a sin. But having an abundance of money is not the same as worshipping it. What matters most is how the money is accumulated and what it is spent on, for money means nothing in and of itself; it is merely a store of value. What gives it meaning is the way in which it is generated and spent. That is what determines whether money is good or bad, for the money itself is inherently neither. It is up to us to determine if money is good or evil, if it creates freedom or bondage, misery or joy. Real Estate Riches teaches people how to accumulate money the right way, and hopefully inspires them to spend it correctly as well.
The right way to accumulate money is by first choosing a viable money making vehicle, which is real estate. Real estate has always been and will always be the best way to accumulate and preserve wealth. It has tremendous flexibility so that it can be done anywhere, at any time, by anyone who has the proper tools and training. Real estate offers the best opportunity to create passive income using other people’s money and the best tax advantages of any other business.
The right way to accumulate money is by secondly adjusting your own mind set. For some, this might entail a complete overhaul of one’s core beliefs. At Real Estate Riches, we help people to rid themselves of the negative thinking that blocks their path to success, for rule number one is that success will not come unless you are open to it. That means believing deep down that you deserve it, that you have committed to it, and that you have a plan which has predetermined how you will get it, when you will get it and what you will do with it once it is achieved.
It has never ceased to amaze me that so many people who desire fortune and success, will pursue every opportunity only to fail time and time again, not because they did not try, but because they never adjusted their own belief system to leave an open path for their success to flourish in the first place. The truth is that it is not nearly as important what you do, as how you do it and what you believe, deep down inside while you are doing it.
At Real Estate Riches, we remove fear and doubt by showing how so much of it is based on misperceptions and by replacing it with knowledge, skill and confidence. We help people to understand, appreciate and embrace the power of positive thinking, the law of wealth attraction and the limitless bounty of a world that responds automatically to well-placed effort. More importantly, we teach people how to make unlimited amounts of money using the counter intuitive philosophy “the less I work the more I earn,” so that real estate does not become a job, but a part time endeavor that provides the best of both worlds…money and free time!
It has been personally gratifying to me that so many thousands of people have benefited from Real Estate Riches over the years, and that our mission is even stronger and more vital today than ever before in our history. With real estate prices and interest rates at such dramatic lows, and so many individuals and institutions so willing to assist us, we cannot help but become rich. This is truly an unprecedented opportunity in our lifetime to become wealthy beyond our wildest dreams, if we can only recognize what is staring us in the face and make a decision to take full advantage, not of people’s misfortune, because money is made in real estate by helping others, not hurting them, but rather because timing is everything in life and we are now, finally, in the right place at the RIGHT TIME!
The original idea for Real Estate Riches came to me about ten years ago, just as the stock market began to crash after hitting all time highs (sound familiar?). Sentiment could not have been higher when the market turned downward, just as the sentiment is never lower when the markets turn higher. Such is the law of human nature that is reflected in all speculative markets. There is a fundamental logic to it: more buyers than sellers make the markets move higher. Once everyone is in who wanted and could afford to get in, the market falls, simply because there are no more buyers left to buy.
Yet, I was astounded by the statistics that consistently show eighty percent of the buyers taking their position within five percent of the top, and eighty percent of sellers, selling within five percent of the bottom. Yes, there is a perversion to market trading, and the perversion is our own inability to distance ourselves emotionally and see the big picture. Human behavior, it occurred to me, is deeply conflicted and therefore, mostly dysfunctional, which is reflected so vividly in the financial markets, being the mirror that it is of our collective psyche.
At the time of this last stock market crash, I had been a professional market trader for more than twelve years, and as I came to fully appreciate market psychology, I also studied and came to understand the science of individual achievement, as well as its own corresponding perversion and dysfunction. Most people who read books like “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, understand what they read intellectually, but then fail to behave accordingly. Again, I was amazed by the number of people who “studied” success, and were able to quote their favorite motivational guru verbatim, but were as far from their own personal achievement as they could possibly be.
In both personal and market success, I saw the same trappings. In the markets, people were emotionally invested when they were supposed to be logical; and in the pursuit of personal achievement, they were logical when they were supposed to be emotional. In the markets, people agree wholeheartedly that they should buy low and sell high, but then go right ahead and do the opposite because they allow fear and greed to rule their behavior. In personal development, people study and intellectualize success, then fail to put what they have learned into action because they neglect to get emotionally invested enough to propel the success they claim they want but are not deeply and fully committed to.
Obviously there is a huge gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it and the truth is that most of us do not have the proper knowledge in the first place, let alone the wisdom, discipline and self actualization skills to effectively use that knowledge to achieve the level of success that we long for. All I know is that I saw countless people who wanted to make money, needed to make money, wanted and needed a better quality of life with greater independence and freedom and deeper satisfaction, but were repeatedly trying and failing.
I began to piece together a “unified field theory” of sorts, in which I was able to reconcile market and personal success, as well as the disparity between people’s hopes and dreams and their personal struggles to achieve them. I worked on it day and night, until it became all consuming. Then one day, a breakthrough arrived and Real Estate Riches was born.
Again, we all know that there is no better market than the real estate market because it is much easier and far less stressful to make money when you do not have to purely speculate (you can cash flow a property for instance, without needing any appreciation or mark up in order to profit), when market information is totally transparent, when you can use other people’s money (yes, you still can!) and when you are able to minimize your exposure to forces that are beyond your control. These are the advantage of real estate, not to mention the huge tax benefits, the opportunity for passive income, as well as tremendous flexibility so that you can customize your real estate activities to suit your own individual needs.
While it is possible for anyone to achieve success in real estate, it takes not only a proven method that works effectively in the local market under current conditions, but also a comprehensive program in which all four elements of success are provided: Correct and timely information delivered in the form of a plan, the proper mindset and tools to implement and execute the plan, the guidance and support to persevere until goals are achieved and then the evaluation and adjustment necessary to sustain growth and preserve wealth. Real Estate Riches was designed to provide all of that, but unlike any other program that existed at the time which only provided information, Real Estate Riches provided personal one on one mentoring from successful real estate investors to bring all of the elements together in a revolutionary way that makes all other real estate programs and how-to courses obsolete.
Today, our approach to helping people use real estate to make money, break from the rat race and start to really live life to the fullest is so successful that many imitators have now appeared, too many of who talk the talk, but do not walk the walk. So too, have people come to us who want us to help them make money without them having to hold up their end of the bargain, which is that they themselves must provide the motivation. We supply the know-how, the tools, the training, the guidance and support, but the one thing we cannot provide is the motivation. We cannot do it for you. This is about you, not us. If you want it bad enough, with our help, you can have it.
We are living in historic times; with so much opportunity that there can no longer be any excuse for not being as successful as we want to be. I am reminded of the witty comment by Mark Twain that “everyone complains about the weather but no one ever does anything about it.” While he is referring to that fact that people complain about things they have no control over, it makes me think of all of the people who say they want to be rich, but then do nothing that will allow it to happen. So let me just say that if you are reading this and you want to be truly wealthy, not just make a lot of money, but to really live life to the fullest, and you are willing to do it honestly, and help others, and most importantly, you are truly motivated, then I want to invite you to come to one of our free Real Estate Riches workshops.
Never before have we had such opportunity and never before has Real Estate Riches been in more of a position to help you achieve your dreams. Together, we can accomplish anything. We look forward to meeting you.
