Be a private mortgage lender!

1. You can be your own bank.
2. No tenants or toilets
3. Great interest rate
4. Safe
5. The collateral is real estate
6. Terms are 12 months to 3 years or longer if desired
7. Closing at a Title Company or Attorney's office

Not a day goes by where we are not given the wonderful gift of opportunity. A time of favor given where we have the option to do, develop, and achieve something.

Making the most of our opportunities helps shape who we become .

The person who lives in regret says, "I should have done it when I had the chance. Had I taken advantage of the opportunity when it presented itself, I could have avoided this remorse."

I backed away from the opportunity because it brought with it a complication, a demand on already tight finances. Opportunities do this. That is why we are often cautious in the face of them. Opportunities bring:

• the promise of blessing
• new obstacles

Have you ever discovered something that really appeals to you but you haven't got the amount needed for its purchase? It happens to me all the time. What astounds me is that once I set my mind on getting the item, the funds begin to materialize.

The commitment to obtaining the desired acquisition helps me channel my finances better.

• I set up a budget.
• It helps me stop the flow of finances slipping through my fingers like it does so easily when I have no real reason to be saving.
• The goal seems to lubricate the mind to help it tick over what can be done to raise the finance.
• Possibilities come to mind.
• Funds can be realized by liquidating possessions no longer used.
• Resources can be raised by taking advantage of opportunities to increase income.
• Supply can be obtained by cutting back on current overheads.

Nobody I know has a money tree. Even the millionaires I know have liquidity challenges due to having their wealth tied to investments.

But what you will notice in life is that if people catch a vision which excites them, they rearrange their priorities. Before you know it, the rivers of resource that were pretty dry before, start to flow again.

So why bother?
Because every opportunity taken and every obstacle survived elevates you into greatness.

I have face many opportunities. I have joined all kinds of MLM companies.I have owned a laundromat, a travel agency and owned 12 houses in the 80's when the real estate interest was 18%. I have faced many failures and have learned from them.The opportunities that I did helped me become what I am today.

Getting motivated to pursue an opportunity can be difficult. That is, unless you have a reason for doing so. However, if you have a dream, then that's all the reason you need!

Where do you want to be in five years?
A vision for where you want to be in five years time will stimulate you to be on the move.

The returns never arrive before the risk.
That principle is spoken of in the Bible and prove true by the experience of millions. Unless a seed of wheat falls to the ground and dies, there will be no harvest.

How do you eat an elephant?

• One bite at a time.
• Decide on your first step and then take it.
• Commit yourself.
• Take baby steps. It doesn't need to be a planet stopping step.
• In fact, it is better if it is a smaller rather than a larger step but still large enough to drag you out of the comfort zone.

If the opportunity is morally right and ethical, blessings will come your way.
My friend, determine your first step then take the plunge w hen you emerge triumphant, award yourself with a gold medal. Then determine your next step .

This time you will have the added benefit of previous success to encourage you to bite off a little more than before.

Ray Kroc started with a hamburger business plan and then to real estate.

After the company was up and running, and

• purchasing some of the best real estate in the world -
• street corners at busy intersections-
• the company went public on the stock market.

Every time you look at a McDonald's sitting at a busy intersection,

• remind yourself of the business of hamburgers,
• buying real estate ,
• the street corner, and
• selling millions of shares, paper assets, worldwide .

That is the real way the rich invest.

In 2003, Ray Kroc's wife, Joan, passed away.
The business they built has

• spread across the world,
• provided millions of jobs, and
• has made many people rich.

More than rich, Joan Kroc was known for her generosity.
It is estimated that she donated billions of dollars to worthy causes and charities.

1. Touch lives. Take a hold of someone's hand
2. Be a mentor
3. Be a NIRE Instructor

After a few years of studying and experience, with the help of your mentors, with the help of fellow real estate investors, you will be ready to share your knowledge and experience.

I believe in YOU, my friend. YOU can do it! So many people will be enriched because of YOU.