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I BOUGHT THE BOOK. WHAT DO I DO NOW?NINE SUREFIRE METHODS TO GET MOTIVATED SELLERS CALLING YOU

Your first thirty days as a real estate investor may be the single most important time in your financial life. Abraham Lincoln once said, “If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I would spend seven hours sharpening my ax.” Your first thirty days is your “ax-sharpening” period. Many of you will worry if you haven’t completed your first deal in the next thirty days. Take a deep breath—you’re going to be just fine.

This is a numbers game. Any time you are dealing with the public and it involves buying and selling it is simply a numbers game. Robert Allen asks his students to make one hundred written offers before they decide whether or not this business ...

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