I've been a well-regarded industry conference speaker for the past 15 years.

These sessions are conducted via Skype or Conference call line unless “in-person” is preferred whereas you would come to us.

We have to stop letting the Trophy-Industrial Complex run our children’s lives.Real estate is about being tough and dealing with alot of failure before success.If you were a trophy kid (trophy just for showing up) growing up, you just just might not make it in real estate.The EQ (Emotional Quotient) is more important than IQ, or book smarts.http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2014/0...Emotional intelligence is the single biggest predictor of performance in the workplace and the strongest driver of leadership and personal excellence.

I learned form books, podcasts and some of these programs plus conferences.

Their leadership does not even care to follow up or give a courtesy call.

It was a sensitive time for the country and a terrible time for the president to engage in crazy talk like that during a press conference, which is why it got so much attention and is still referenced.

Go to a few REI conferences.

Specifically the bi-monthly Accountability Pod (or Mastermind Group, whatever you want to call it) or when attending other industry conferences or meetups not put together by this group, I see individuals from previous Boot Camps or Mixers, they know others, and your network expands exponentially.Their Academy Program aligns well with my goal of full-time real estate, specifically value add multifamily and I can’t say enough positive things about the J&G community.It’s not necessarily the deals that you get under contract… sometimes it’s about a coach, mentor, another student seeing something you may miss, and helping you avoid a potential disaster that may drag you under, rather than push your momentum forward.

We are working with Fannie and Freddie to build a mechanism" to identify strategic defaulters, Wolfe said at a recent mortgage industry conference.

Unfortunately the race to the bottom pricing is real and it will remain for atleast the next year till after elections (currently it is a fear driven leadership and it produces fear) and clearing out the fear driven pricing by the panicking STR owners selling.