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Shawn Ackerman
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If You Are Scared Get A Dog!

Shawn Ackerman
  • Real Estate Entrepreneur
  • Mid West, East Coast
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Good day BP world!  I hope everyone is doing well and are diligently working on your respective real estate goals!

I first want to say that I am thankful for this great community that I have now been apart of for over a decade.

That said, I wanted to speak to my noob REI's. Life is short! Take chances! Calculated chances.

I read countless posts about the fears of getting started in real estate.  And I get it.  However I want to tell you that there are so many real estate avenues to travel both passively and aggressively.  Despite the path you take, You must START!!!! you must also get comfortable with the notion of not getting it right on the first try.  THERE IS SO MUCH I'VE LEARNED FROM FAILING ALONG THE WAY!

Luckily for today's investor you have such a wide array of community members who are successfully executing amazing deals in all facets of the real estate game.  you must START!!!

I look back on some of the posts from 2015/2016 only to see some of the people posting in that era still making posts about uncertainty in their market.  I just laugh to myself because those people are essentially in the same position they were in a decade ago.  

I don't post often but this was just on my heart to share with the community. And if this helps someone I have done my job.

I am rooting for you!

All the best!

TIME WAITS FOR NOONE.      

"Thinking will not overcome fear but action will." - W. Clement Stone

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