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“Who’s In Your Inner Circle?” by Ron LeGrand

Back in 1982 when I first joined my local Real Estate Association, I was fresh out of my first seminar and had no idea what I was getting myself into. I’d been married to Beverly for 17 years, and she was still waiting for me to figure out what I was going to be when I grew up! And, quite frankly, I still wasn’t sure myself.

After attending a few meetings, I came to the conclusion most people in the room didn’t know either. I was in the group for 2 years before I was finally elected President, largely because I was the only one running. But, I can tell you that hanging around the people in that group probably saved me from the dream stealers and kept me from making up my mind that I couldn’t do real estate because I had no previous experience, no money or credit. Over time, I learned the value of that group was immeasurable because of the following reasons:

1. It gave me a place to get the resources locally I needed, and shortcut a lot of the process of doing my own research and hunting down vendors, contractors, attorneys and all other types of relationships you need to be in the real estate business.

2. It surrounded me with like-minded people who kept me thinking in the right direction and helped me get over a lot of hurdles when I went to the meetings and found other people were having the same kinds of problems I was. I found I wasn’t out there all by myself. It gave me a group to talk to, a group that understood me and in time, these were the only kind of people I wanted to be around because if they didn’t want to talk about real estate, I didn’t much care to associate with them.

3. Your local real estate group is a great place to find joint ventures or partners. Whatever you are lacking, someone in the room has it. If you need money, someone in the room has it if they truly believe you can get the deal done. If you need deals, and you’re the one with the money, you’ll be the most sought after partner. And, you’ll have no problem finding people who would love to have your money to do deals. If you’re a private lender, there are plenty of borrowers in that room. If you’re a borrower, there are usually private lenders in that room.

If it hadn’t been for this group always wanting to know how I was doing deals because they heard me talking about them at pretty much every meeting, I can tell you truthfully that I wouldn’t be teaching today. It was the ongoing questioning that caused me to do my first seminar that caused me to do my second seminar and on and on to the information marketing company I have today that actually started in that local REIA group. And, 33 years later, Beverly is very happy I grew up to do exactly what I’m doing today.

I learned to speak real estate. I learned to think real estate. I learned how real estate investors made their money. And, I also learned that the majority of the people who come to the meetings are just looking for a miracle or a handout or some way to get something for nothing, so be careful when you go to the meetings to hang around the right people in the room. Those are the people who are doing the deals, not the people who are talking about doing the deals. That is no more than 10 – 15 percent of any REIA group anywhere across the country. This year, I’m personally working with 15 of those groups to help them grown their local REIA by applying marketing skills I’ve acquired over the years, and we’re developing a close relationship, so I can tell you that the struggles these groups have today are no different than the struggles of 30 years ago.

Likewise, as much as I encourage you to find a local support group through your local REIA, I strongly suggest you never lose sight of the importance to continually educate yourself on the latest training available as techniques for buying and selling real estate in any given economy are constantly changing and being tweaked.

I, personally, buy and sell anywhere from 4-6 properties a month from my office in Jacksonville, and I can tell you, I’m not in it to lose money. So, I promise you, I take it personally to see to it that you understand what and how we do what we do to maximize our ROI on every single deal.

With that said, I can’t encourage you enough to make sure you’re hanging out with like-minded folks, keeping up on new laws and learning the latest strategies. We do all of this and so much more each year at our “family reunion.” Our Great American Real Estate Summit is one event you don’t want to miss.

Come let us spoil you rotten for 5 days, get some advanced training and let me help you structure deals you bring to the event. This event is unlike any other you’ve attended. The support structure we have and encourage between our student investors who come from all over the country and Canada is unsurpassed. Let us be part of your Inner-circle. I guarantee you won’t regret it!

See you at the top!

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2 Responses to “Who’s In Your Inner Circle?” by Ron LeGrand

  1. Bruce Hancock says:

    do you have a list of various groups to look for? In other words, most of them have acrynoms such as gorea etc. can you help to find them?

  2. Wayne Espy says:

    Google this
    National REIA – National Real Estate Investors Association

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