Originally posted by @Yoni Ramras :
@Melanie Hartmann I think you are getting the signals that many experienced real eatate investors here are telling you mixed up. Everyone is pretty much telling you that it is a great aspiration and if that is what you want to do then you should do it. But, if you read into what most of the experienced investors are telling you it is to only start doing this with an in depth education in wholesaling, solid game plan, timeline and budget in place prior to setting off on this adventure. Self confidence is great when it is backed by experience and knowledege. But when it is blind confidence due to thinking that you can do anything because you are you it becomes a very dangerous attribute. “A goal without a plan is just a dream”. There is no good reason to quit your job if you are doing it just because you want to wholesale. It is even probably a bad idea if that is the reason. It definitely will not help start your new wholesaling profession.
I think it is you that is not getting the message here.
Her like me KNOW it is dangerous, and we KNOW it may not be the "safest thing to do. Yes yes YESSS we get that .. we get this.
What she is saying, is she WILL risk it, knowing the possibilities of failure and simply give it all she's got.
And here is the funny thing.
NONE of the naysayers can tell me anything about what is best and it is dumb and... because I have already done it that way and for me it worked!! If I had stayed with my demanding life draining job, I would have NEVER made it! I can promise you that!
For some it is not the best thing to do, for others, that have that certain fire inside, those select few that thrive on challenge... good luck stopping them with their self projected fear and insecurities!
I did it that way and because of SIMPLY THAT, just and simply BECAUSE of that huge risk, I had to step up. I couldn't afford to be lazy like my competitors, that were very comfortable with their little job. I had to make it happen or else..
When my competitors were watching TV with a beer in their hand I was SEO'ing. When they were pooping, I was SEO'ing (while pooping).
When they were sleeping at 10PM, I was SEO'ing.
If I had a job, and did it the "safe way" with a job, I would not have been doing all this... get it?
YES we get and see your point, .. now see mine (hers).
You can do it the "right" safe, way... or you can know your worth, know you are smarter, work harder and better than those idiot lazy dumb competitors and crush it !
I chose the latter, and apparently, so is she.
BTW, you don't become a surgeon only after you study the theory. You need to DO it to get it. You learn by doing. That is why they poke frogs and stuffs.
Believe me.. if YOU had wholesaled you would know beyond a doubt, you don't "learn" how to wholesale and get good at it... BEFORE you actually wholesale. You learn how to do it after you MAKE your first deal and you experience all the flaws of that first experience and then you know the steps, the procedure, then you tweak... and tweak.. and tweak, till you find your perfect system.