Are you doing or are you planning to do?
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Are You Doing or Are You Planning to Do?
Are you doing or are you planning to Do? Are you actually buying and selling real estate or are you planning to buy and sell real estate? Today’s post is about doing while you are learning. So many people get caught up in the learning curve. Some call is paralysis-by-analysis. Some of us, I won’t mention any names here (me), get caught up in the details of learning but never take action.
Take Massive Action
I have sat in a lot of training seminars of the past two years and one of the biggest themes
that all of the successful investors live by is Take Massive Action. The deal is that if you Do Nothing, Nothing Will Happen. So, like myself, if you are one that thinks they need to learn it all first before doing anything then you will not get results. Take Massive Action! Period!
Another concept that I hear at the training’s is Done is Better Than Perfect. This is the one that broke me out of my little world of needing to know it all first. Done Is Better Than Perfect. Get something out there, take massive action, get results and then share your results with others that are in the same position as you. Pretty simple concept actually. Get good information, learn a new skill and then implement the new strategy. Track the results and adjust your actions based on the results you get.
I love to teach others how to get going
One of the bigger concepts in Real Estate Investing is making offers. You have to be making offers on property in order to buy property. It sounds basic but I cannot tell you how many “Investors” I speak with that are not making offers on property. You should be making 10 offers a week on Foreclosures, Short Sales, Probate Property, MLS Listings, Bandit Signs and any other source of property listings. You cannot and will not get all of your offers accepted and until you do you will not be buying or selling anything. Now talk about taking massive action. You make 10 offers a week for a couple of months and I can almost guarantee that you will get something going.
What we did was get some training, mentors, coaching, tools and resources to help us. Then guess what we did, we took Massive Action and began making offers the whole time. We did not wait until we were through all of the training. We took massive action, made offers and had a house to rehab in just a few weeks. The only way anything is going to change is if you make a change.
Change Does Not Come Easy to Some
I am one not to change very easy as I think that I know a lot. Well that ended up being the main thing that I had to overcome. How did I do it? Well first off it was not easy but the one thing kept ringing in my head “Done is better than perfect, Done is better than perfect.”
Bottom line: Just put something out there, track it and adjust what isn’t working and scale up what is working. I have a ton of knowledge and now it was time to put it to work. Shoot first then check your results. Re aim and shoot again. Check your results and re aim. It does not matter what line of business you are in, until you take massive action you will not get Massive Results.
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Have a great weekend everyone!
Enjoy life to the fullest,
Michael Rodriguez
