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Joe S.
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I’m thinking of becoming a guru and need suggestions on how to present myself to the

Joe S.
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I thought of becoming a guru.  I actually know more than most of the other gurus I’ve just been too modest…

I realize it’s not what you know. It’s how you package it so I might need suggestions with my outfit/disguise.

Should I use a muscle shirt in order to show off my enormous biceps and armpit hairs?

Should I shave my head or wear a ball cap instead?

Should I wear short shorts and sit in a chair with the camera aimed at my tan hairy legs and….

Should I rent a Lamborghini to stand in front of or simply go out to the dealership and have somebody take my picture there?

Should I do my podcast at someone’s Airbnb or book a nice hotel room on Priceline?

Should I ask my announcer to introduce me as a go giver, a dope dude, or possibly a mixture of the two?

There are so many possibilities and options. Any suggestions that could help me really go big in the guru business?I’m not doing it for the money. I’m doing it cause I wanna help people. 

The reason why I have to charge though is if I offered things too cheaply people do not value what they don’t have to pay for.  I made my millions a long time ago and I want to give back to the community, but I only wanna work with those that are serious.  Serious enough to raise the limit on their credit cards if need be. Serious enough to take food off the table in order to join community that will fast track them to wealth and riches. A group of serious individuals that know their true Why. I’m looking for doers not tire kickers. Looking for the serious that wants to make generational wealth for their children and grandchildren..

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    Scott Trench
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    Joe - as I understand it you have three free trainings tonight. I am debating between: 

    1) "Manatee Lending": ($4,999 if I buy in the next 10 minutes - $8599 if I delay)

    Learning how to lend money to people who are so broke and so unready to invest in real estate that they don't even have the ability to put down an earnest money deposit on a property, and require me to bridge this amount (usually less than 1% of the purchase price) to them over and over again (they remain broke, I believe because your other program, teaching them to wholesale deals never seems to generate any profit, so they keep needing me to lend them $10K at 20% interest). 

    2) "Pretend to be a big-shot Multifamily Syndicator" ($100K)

    This $100K investment allows me to invest a second $100K in your apartment deal. To get my first $100K back, I have to stand up a fake website that makes it appear as if I am actually a partner in your deals, then call up 25 rich people I know and post to this forum a few hundred times, pretending like I am actually a multifamily real estate investor, and get people to send over $500K - $1M to fund your deal. I believe you: 

    - Pocket my $100K.

    - Pocket the acquisition fees on the property ($5M).

    - Give me 2% of the money I raise back as a finder's fee.

    - Turn the $100M apartment building, with $70M in debt, into a $60M apartment building by purchasing at the peak and mismanaging the asset over the next year or two.

    - Send me and all the people I convinced to give you money a legal threat when I or they complain or ask for help on this forum.

    3) "Unethical Wholesaling": ($9999 - but can be financed over 3 years)

    Where you reassure me that the increasingly illegal practice of wholesaling is not, in fact, illegal or unethical, and that I should be proud of the work I do in helping "Solve problems" for people dealing with death, disease, divorce, or disaster, by sending them large amounts of mail, and that it is wise to get a fake "Proof of Funds Letter" so that old, desperate ladies will think that, even though I am 23 and broke, that I am a legitimate potential buyer of the house - no need for them to get an agent involved.

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