Getting Started in Real Estate - Stuck in Fear
Many people's hang-up in "Getting Started in real estate" is FEAR.
Even experienced investors feel anxiety when looking at deals or deciding to take action.
I know, myself, I have conditioned myself to see fear as False Evidence Appearing Real.
It's a tenuous conditioning but it's getting more and more solid with more and more successes.
So How Do You Go About Getting Started in real estate? I'm not sure a certain sense of anxiety when pondering a deal or getting started in something new will EVER leave me...
or you either.
In fact, a healthy amount of fear is good for us! It keeps us cautious.
Grounded.
Realistic.
But too many of us are programmed with extremely limiting beliefs that KILL dreams , and fear that immobilizes instead of makes us proceed with caution and care.
How can we remedy that so that we can move forward getting started in real estate? DESTROY those limiting beliefs! So...
with the help of seasoned investors I'd like to show you how to systematically eliminate the following reasons that I hear ALL THE TIME from people who are afraid to invest, afraid to take a chance, afraid to do bigger deals, afraid to go about getting started in real estate.
Here's my question to you.
What is holding YOU back from getting started in real estate? What are some SPECIFIC situations that could be holding you back? Is it "I'm gonna lose my shirt"? Is it "they're all gonna laugh at me when I fail"? Is it "I can't leave my safe, secure JOB"? Is it "I'm worried that I'll do it wrong"? Let me tell you something.
Almost any seasoned investor you could meet will agree with me and say: we've all felt these similar things.
As an extreme example, what if when getting started in real estate you found out AFTER a purchase on a home that appeared to have unclouded title that there was in fact a HUGE lien attached, or taking 6 months to market a property when the beginner barely has 3 months of carrying costs, etc.
Any of these are real valid fears, don't let my extreme optimism fool you.
However, when you look at the "worst case scenario" often times you will realize that even that is survivable.
So do it! This worst case scenario exercise will examine some of the major causes for fear and answer the underlying issue causing the fear.
You can't fight an enemy you don't know! Again, if you feel any of these fears, SAY SO! Admit it to yourself.
Look at the worst case scenario.
And then just do what you have to do anyway.
Hopefully, knowing other successful investors have felt the same way will make you feel better knowing you're NOT ALONE.
Even experienced investors feel anxiety when looking at deals or deciding to take action.
I know, myself, I have conditioned myself to see fear as False Evidence Appearing Real.
It's a tenuous conditioning but it's getting more and more solid with more and more successes.
So How Do You Go About Getting Started in real estate? I'm not sure a certain sense of anxiety when pondering a deal or getting started in something new will EVER leave me...
or you either.
In fact, a healthy amount of fear is good for us! It keeps us cautious.
Grounded.
Realistic.
But too many of us are programmed with extremely limiting beliefs that KILL dreams , and fear that immobilizes instead of makes us proceed with caution and care.
How can we remedy that so that we can move forward getting started in real estate? DESTROY those limiting beliefs! So...
with the help of seasoned investors I'd like to show you how to systematically eliminate the following reasons that I hear ALL THE TIME from people who are afraid to invest, afraid to take a chance, afraid to do bigger deals, afraid to go about getting started in real estate.
Here's my question to you.
What is holding YOU back from getting started in real estate? What are some SPECIFIC situations that could be holding you back? Is it "I'm gonna lose my shirt"? Is it "they're all gonna laugh at me when I fail"? Is it "I can't leave my safe, secure JOB"? Is it "I'm worried that I'll do it wrong"? Let me tell you something.
Almost any seasoned investor you could meet will agree with me and say: we've all felt these similar things.
As an extreme example, what if when getting started in real estate you found out AFTER a purchase on a home that appeared to have unclouded title that there was in fact a HUGE lien attached, or taking 6 months to market a property when the beginner barely has 3 months of carrying costs, etc.
Any of these are real valid fears, don't let my extreme optimism fool you.
However, when you look at the "worst case scenario" often times you will realize that even that is survivable.
So do it! This worst case scenario exercise will examine some of the major causes for fear and answer the underlying issue causing the fear.
You can't fight an enemy you don't know! Again, if you feel any of these fears, SAY SO! Admit it to yourself.
Look at the worst case scenario.
And then just do what you have to do anyway.
Hopefully, knowing other successful investors have felt the same way will make you feel better knowing you're NOT ALONE.
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