Comments on: Is There EVER a "Sure Thing" in Real Estate Investing? http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/ The Naked Truth About Investing in Real Estate Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: scott http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-1510 scott Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:46:56 +0000 http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-1510 Anyone selling "a sure thing" in the real estate industry is misleading. I think that the only sure thing is mitigation. Educate yourself 100% before buying real estate. Talk to seasoned investors who are wealthy. That is the closest you will get to a sure thing in real estate. Anyone selling "a sure thing" in the real estate industry is misleading. I think that the only sure thing is mitigation. Educate yourself 100% before buying real estate. Talk to seasoned investors who are wealthy. That is the closest you will get to a sure thing in real estate.

]]> By: Scott Roemermann http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-241 Scott Roemermann Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:14:54 +0000 http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-241 Dan, That's a very interesting point that I have pondered as well. My conclusion was that there is no way to make the system perfect and people are going to make the mistakes they need to make no matter how much we try to remove obstacles. And knowing that, I am satisfied with the importance our attempt to remove obstacles and risks for two reasons: 1. to get more people to take action 2. to minimize the damage when mistakes are made. If people can make more mistakes when there is less to lose, they may not learn from it quite as much but at least we can be sure they will still be in the game to have another go. Thanks for the insightful thoughts. Scott. Dan,

That's a very interesting point that I have pondered as well. My conclusion was that there is no way to make the system perfect and people are going to make the mistakes they need to make no matter how much we try to remove obstacles.

And knowing that, I am satisfied with the importance our attempt to remove obstacles and risks for two reasons:
1. to get more people to take action
2. to minimize the damage when mistakes are made.

If people can make more mistakes when there is less to lose, they may not learn from it quite as much but at least we can be sure they will still be in the game to have another go.

Thanks for the insightful thoughts.
Scott.

]]> By: dan@life coach birmingham http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-226 dan@life coach birmingham Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:37:19 +0000 http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-226 Interesting post this - I think that in any industry there is a certain amount of mistakes that need to be made in order to get to the place we define for ourselves as success. I guess in real estate, there is some serious money involved in mistakes that add to the pressure! I'm sure though that most successful people have had their fair share of painful and expensive lessons along the way. To make a 100% fool-proof system might not actually benefit anyone in the long run and give false confidence without making any mistakes at all. The danger then would be to think you were brilliant and bite off more than you can chew on your next deal or two! Taken with a healthy sense that you are simply learning the ropes and there will still be opportunity to make the necessary mistakes along the way, this kind of thing enables people who might not try real estate to get involved. Interesting post this – I think that in any industry there is a certain amount of mistakes that need to be made in order to get to the place we define for ourselves as success. I guess in real estate, there is some serious money involved in mistakes that add to the pressure! I'm sure though that most successful people have had their fair share of painful and expensive lessons along the way. To make a 100% fool-proof system might not actually benefit anyone in the long run and give false confidence without making any mistakes at all. The danger then would be to think you were brilliant and bite off more than you can chew on your next deal or two!

Taken with a healthy sense that you are simply learning the ropes and there will still be opportunity to make the necessary mistakes along the way, this kind of thing enables people who might not try real estate to get involved.

]]> By: Rebecca Levinson http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-121 Rebecca Levinson Wed, 07 May 2008 19:05:18 +0000 http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-121 Scott, I caught your post thru the Carnival of Real Estate. I have heard of what you speak, but never realized there was a system, process and term "bird dogging" in place for this. Thanks for the enlightenment. Scott, I caught your post thru the Carnival of Real Estate. I have heard of what you speak, but never realized there was a system, process and term "bird dogging" in place for this. Thanks for the enlightenment.

]]> By: Is There EVER a “Sure Thing” in Real Estate Investing? | The Long List of Odysseus Medal Nominees | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-114 Is There EVER a “Sure Thing” in Real Estate Investing? | The Long List of Odysseus Medal Nominees | Realtors and real estate, mortgages, lending, investments Fri, 02 May 2008 21:03:07 +0000 http://www.investing-secrets.com/bird-dogging/#comment-114 [...] Is There EVER a “Sure Thing” in Real Estate Investing?, by Scott Roemermann. [...] [...] Is There EVER a "Sure Thing" in Real Estate Investing?, by Scott Roemermann. [...]

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