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Originally posted 2009-10-16 13:56:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I want to congratulate aspiring to be as well as already successful real estate investors who are taking action and the steps needed to move forward, make offers, get them accepted, finding buyers for your deals and cashing checks from the profits. I know many of you finding success in real estate investing today did not have support, time or money to start – but you found a way! And for those that are immobile right now – remember this – if they can do it – so can you!

If you are not moving forward in spite of your desire to do so right now, here are 4 ways to overcome the biggest oppositions people face when getting started in real estate investing:

So, as I see it, you need to first make up your mind on this….and your activity will follow. You have 2 choices:

1. Choice #1: Give up….do nothing.

2. Choice #2: Do it… take action to move forward taking steps to buy and profit from real estate.

Which one are you going to choose to do?

I know anyone who puts their mind followed by action to making money in real estate investing can do it. If you’re looking for a bunch of fluff and maybe more CD’s to put on your shelf, this training is not for you. If you are looking for a step by step, thorough, no-nonsense, realistic, down to earth training and personal coaching to encourage you to keep moving when you want to stop and offset the opposition with you… that’s what I offer. You can see for yourself here: www.CoachingU2Profits.com

Here’s a piece of the article I mentioned earlier written by Klemmer and Associates:

Don’t Let Them Pull You Back — Leaders are not victim to what others think

Years ago, a man by the name of Conrad Salas, who was raised in the deserts of New Mexico, was visiting Galveston, Texas. As he passed through a fish market, he saw a shallow pan of crabs outside a shopkeeper’s store.

Conrad went inside and warned the shopkeeper he better get a deeper pan or the crabs would get away. The shopkeeper told him not to worry about it, explaining that whenever one crab tried to crawl out, the others would always drag it back into the pan.

Although any crab could easily have gotten out of the pan by itself, none ever did. Conrad thought that pretty much summed up his life.

From his viewpoint, he had been brought up on the wrong side of the tracks. Every time he tried to change, someone would try and pull him back saying something like, “Who do you think you are?” or “We liked the old you better.”

You too, will face such crabs. Every time you risk, there will be someone trying to prevent you from changing. Many times, it is from those who care about you the most. It’s not that they don’t love you. It’s that they are afraid of losing you by being left behind.

You will be faced with the decision of allowing yourself to be pulled back in the pan or continuing to crawl out.

Obviously, I support you on continuing to change and crawling out. The good news to that option is that, usually, you pull a few crabs out of the pan with you.

Take 15 minutes right now and take an inventory of the people you hang out with. Are they pulling you back into the status quo or encouraging you to take risks and move forward?

It doesn’t mean you have to cut them out of your life, but you may want to move certain people from your inner circle to a more outer circle of influence in your life and spend less time with them.

Everyone has support groups, but we need to ask ourselves what they are supporting us in doing. Sometimes we have friends supporting us in drinking a lot or being lazy or in listening to negative talk.

TAKEAWAY!

There are people, places, and things that pull us back from our growth to keep us comfortable. Others don’t want you to change, not because they don’t love you, but because they are afraid for you or for themselves.

Action Step #1

Pick one person who is a friend you spend a large amount of time with that does not support you in changing.

Pick someone who lives at a higher level than you in terms of relationships, financially, spiritually, or the difference they make in the community.

Consciously reduce the time you spend with the former and increase the time you spend with the latter. It’s just like breaking a habit. It’s easier to replace a habit with another, better one, than to simply try to get rid of a bad one.

Action Step #2

Look around you in your professional life. Do you have people that are stuck in the old way of doing things? Look at your spiritual life. Do you have people that do not support your growth, because it scares them or threatens their power in the bureaucracy of the organization?

Do you have friends who don’t want you to leave for better opportunities? Find a group or form a mastermind that will support you in your growth regardless of the consequences to them.

Make it a great day!

Tamera Aragon

Success Coach and Trainer

http://www.CoachingU2Profits.com

Originally posted 2009-10-23 11:42:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I made the front page of our local newspaper…
You will want to read more about this amazing experience here!

“Once In A Blue Moon…”

I have heard this saying many times in my life and never gave it much thought. However, when I found out there was going to be a “blue moon” on New Year’s Eve this year, and because I was married on New Year’s eve – I just had to do more research as to what this meant!

(Be sure and read to the end as the meaning of my story could profoundly change the way you are looking at life!)

So what does it mean when you hear someone say: “Once in a blue moon…”?

The current technical modern meaning is that it is a 2^nd full moon in any given calendar month.

For instance this year a full moon occurred on December 2^nd. Therefore, Dec 31^st was the second full moon in one month which is a phenomenon that occurs every 2.5 years, (the next one will be in August, 2012).

However, the December 31, 2009 blue moon added another phenomenon. How often does a blue moon happen on New Year’s Eve?

I found out the 2009 New Year’s Eve blue moon is the first since 1990. Another won’t roll around for another 19 years.  That means we won’t see it again on New Year’s Eve till 2028!

And do you know the saying “once in a blue moon” first started being used in 1528, (See P.S. at end the end of this article for details), and had nothing to do with today’s meaning of this saying? In fact, in the last 500 years, that saying has evolved from a totally different meaning to what it denotes today.

The saying, “Once in a blue moon” started out to mean something that is likely to never happen but has since evolved to mean something which happens every now and then.

So I bet your asking yourself, “Where is Tamera going with this?”
Hang in there – I’m almost to the end…You see, I had something happen to me that would happen  literally only “once in a blue moon” ….taking on the original “never will happen again” meaning.

Here’s what happened:

Here’s the moral of the story… (besides how fun life can be if you’re out there in it!)

Today’s real estate market is a once in a blue moon circumstance just like the one I had on New Year’s Eve.  Have you thought about this? Today’s market is very likely NOT going to happen in again in our lifetime. Properties are on sale and cash flowing where they have not been in years.  Buyers are receiving gifts from the government for buying properties.  And sellers have a flood of houses to choose from being sold at a discount. (Short sales or REO’s anyone?)

Don’t be like so many of my friends and acquaintances who let this year’s blue moon experience pass them by.  Get up, get moving, set your goals –make a clear path and stick to it til you get there!  I am here to help if you need me… www.CoachingU2Profits.com I have everything you need to do it.  My program starts out with goal setting and it’s only up from there! I’m offering a sneak peak at this system for only $1.00!  If $1.00 is too much for you to check it out what I believe to be the most intensive real estate coaching training program out there today, then real estate investing is definitely not for you.  As you might already know,  it takes some risk. It takes stepping out and taking some chances. It takes action. It takes a little work.  But, keep this in mind… the blue moon is happening with or without you.  I may or may not be there in 2028 when the next New Years Eve Blue moon occurs.  But, either way, it is going to happen.

This market is offering so many opportunities and that is happening whether you choose to participate or not. I promise you – it’s way more fun to be a part of it, then reading about what you could have, should have, would have been part of … if only….

My future blogs are going to really be digging into the nuts and bolts of real estate investing, sharing what I learn and continue to learn on this exciting road I am walking called real estate investing. I was recently dubbed “The Flippin Queen” due to the number of properties I have bought and sold (flipped).  Of course, though this is true, the label is all in fun… and I am going to run with it.

I want to encourage you to start 2010 right. When you fail to plan – you plan to fail.  Take the first step to plan … plan to work… then work the plan!  And don’t miss out on this “once in a blue moon” real estate investing market.

It’s 2010
Don’t ask when!
The time is now!

Tamera Aragon

P.S.  Here is the history of the saying, “Once in a blue moon”:  According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first reference to a blue moon comes from a proverb recorded in 1528:

If they say the moon is blue,
We must believe that it is true.

In other words, saying the moon was blue was equivalent to saying the moon was made of green (or cream) cheese;  it indicated an obvious absurdity.

In the 19th century, the phrase “until a blue moon” developed, which meant “never.”

The phrase, “once in a blue moon” today has come to mean “every now and then” or “rarely”. Whether it gained that meaning through association with the lunar event remains uncertain. However, this is the meaning most used today.

Originally posted 2010-01-04 10:13:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter