What's craziest thing you've ever done to sit down with a PRO

[Charles Kao]

On a daily basis, I have investors reach out to me for advice on how to get started or invest in certain aspects of real estate that I invest in, while at the same time I often seek advice from others.  Some are pretty creative, some are as bad as a waving of hands on Facebook.  I am curious what type of things have all of you both experienced and new investors done to get time with somebody you want to learn from?  I will start with mine.  I was discussing a multi million dollar deal with an investor that I met at bachelor party of a mutual friend.  Come to find out this investor actually put together 5 deals the year before with his smallest deal being a development of a 140 unit apartment complex.  I asked for his phone number waiting for a time I could provide value to him and reached out to him with an off market deal to convert and add two levels onto an iconic building in an affluent coastal town.  The deal was over my head at the time but all I asked in return was to keep his phone line open if I needed his help in the future if I needed mentoring.  Since then I have had no problem getting him to return calls or emails when asking for his guidance on our deals.