I Know, I know- Forgive me.

I can't believe it's been since October that I wrote. Well now that I look back on what I have been doing, I guess I can.

October- Shannon and I celebrated 13 years.
November- I turned 35- Started using Rogaine :)

Happy belated Thanksgiving to you.
Merry belated Christmas to all of you that believe. For those of you who don't- Happy (fill in the blank)_______ from me to yours.

The year ended with a repeat of my two day intensive Drop That Hammer event. It was great. Lots of fun and learning from everyone.

The beginning of the year gave me many new things to do. Let me explain in not so long detail.

In January I attended a Peak Potential event called Life Directions. Really amazing stuff. Harv Eker creates some great events and this one is designed to help you find your true passion in life. It did just that for me.

I highly recommend it for anyone, no matter what stage of life they are in.

Millionaire Mind

After that I got the crazy idea to invite Harv's Millionaire Mind Evening here to Utah for the first time ever. That meant that I had to guarentee the company a minimum of 300 people in attendance. At the same time I started to work on my next seminar focused on how couples can make their marriages as successful as fortune 500 companies using specific systems.

It's funny. The more financially free I get the more projects I seem to give myself.

Just FYI for anyone planning on getting over 300 people to an event in less than two and a half months is not the most stress relieving activity. AND we did it. We actually had almost 400 people there. It was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who turned out, promoted and supported me.

How's your RE biz?
In times like these are you being more creative or are you just giving up? Don't crawl in a hole. Remember that the BIG GUYS- Kiyosaki, LeGrand, Sheets, Trump- all made huge money in the down markets. You need to get more education and find the low hanging fruit.

With Mortgage lenders having the issues they are now, it's a great time to forge great relationships with your local brokers. They have people calling them wanting to get into a house that might not be able to qualify for one reason or another. And there seems to be more reasons everyday depending on the banks mood.

Let them know what you can do in terms of Lease Options and Seller Financing. Show them that you can help qualify their clients even when the banks can't. When you are only charging 3-5% down as opposed to the banks minimum of 10-20% and an interest rate 1-1.5% higher than your underlined mortgage, you can usually sell your property faster than your competition. Throw the broker a half to a full point for the referral and you have created business for both. (Make sure you check with your state guidelines before offering a referral fee.)

The point is to get moving. The media should never drive your business, you should.