I don’t know if ya’ll really understand what it’s like out there in the cold, hard real estate investing world.
Apparently, it’s lonely, nasty, and a cutthroat, and more than a little sad and desperate.
From everything I read on the various social media sites and groups, there are an awful lot of so-called real estate entrepreneurs who truly believe that the “pie” is only this big, and that everyone else is protecting their piece with barbed wire and brass knuckles, and that to carve out your piece, you have to beg for crumbs, or pay a fortune, or take away someone else’s piece by snaking their sellers or stealing their private lenders or bribing their tenants to call the building department on them so that they’ll be motivated to sell.
Seriously, I’ve heard all of that complained about, or bragged about, or recommended as a strategy.
It seems as though “they” think that experienced investors don’t want to share their secrets (unless they get paid 5- or 6-figure sums of money), and that new investors are all leeches looking for success without work, or investment in their own educations, or offering anything in return for all the things&md
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