Getting rich with real estate is easy.
Yes, I did just say that getting rich with real estate is easy. Becoming a successful real estate investor is as easy as anything else in life that you would endeavor to do.
Learning to be a successful investor is as easy, or easier than learning how to play a musical instrument. It’s as easy as learning how to ride a bike. It’s as easy as learning how to use a computer. It’s about the easiest way of all to achieve success.
Steve Cook here, and I know, oftentimes, in the past I’ve said that real estate investing is simple, but it’s not easy. I’m going against everything I have ever said in the past and I’m not apologizing.
The fact of the matter is that it is easy.
I’ve shared my experiences time and time again with thousands of people across the country. I’ve shared how my first 2 years in business were good and bad. I did over 100 deals, but I had little to show for it. I certainly wouldn’t have been considered successful if you would have looked at my income statement and balance sheet after 2 years.
I’ve also shared how after 2 years, I sat down to evaluate my business. I wrote down everything that worked well for me and everything that didn’t work. The truth is, at that time I was at a cross roads and considered quitting as a real estate investor and finding something that was “easier” to do.
Instead, I identified what I was good at, what worked well for me.. and I pushed through to achieve tremendous success.
Real estate investing is easy, but quitting is easier, so many people choose to quit.
You Can Get Past ‘The Dip’
I read a book by Seth Godin called The Dip. This book is exactly about the story I just shared with you.
The Dip is the time in your life when you are at a crossroads. You either push through or you quit.
For the past few years, my greatest passion has been to take real estate investors who are experiencing The Dip and to help them push through. These are people who know investing works because they have experienced it, but they begin to question whether or not it works for them…
They’re ready to give up and move on. I come alongside them, encourage them and help them to push through to the other side, to the next level.
Don’t Give Up
All things in life have challenges. Everything!
There are things that everyone is good at, and you stand out in the eyes of someone only because you pushed through. If you would have given up driving after the first few times that you struggled, you wouldn’t be driving today.
The same goes for walking. Even for reading. Reading isn’t easy, but if you are this far, you pushed through and you didn’t give up.
If every school teacher quit during The Dip, we’d have no teachers today. If every doctor quit during The Dip, we’d have no doctors today.
Those who push through are rare, and it’s because they are willing to hang in there and push. That separates them from everyone else.
No matter your profession, you can choose to push through The Dip and become great, or you can quit, retreat and be just like everyone else.
Don’t be like everyone else.
Join the Conversation
How’d you get past The Dip? Share below.
Read The Dip by Seth Godin.
Take a look at your business and write down what you’re great at, what’s working and what’s not working, so you can outsource it or revamp your strategy.
Push past The Dip, you will be better for it on the other end.
Steve Cook
was a nationally recognized real estate investing educator, author and real estate investor, prior to teaching Lifeonaire life coaching system. Today he is regarded as "The Coaches' Coach." Many of the people who have been coached by Steve have become coaches themselves, eager to share what they have learned with others.