You know your mindset. It's got more to do Friday with Matt Terrio.

I mean there are plenty of real estate investors who are very smart and they're

well versed in a variety of investment strategies and in a variety of asset

classes. They've got numerous strategic relationships, they've got this gift for gab and

and their results are average, sometimes marginal.

Then there are real estate investors who have just enough knowledge to get by.

They hardly know a soul, likely due to their social awkwardness,

yet their businesses flourish.

How can that be?

You know, success in real estate investing, it's not simply a product of one's education, experience,

network, resources, and talents, but rather the result of

one's attitude and resourcefulness.

And it's more than just being able to see the glass half full.

That's not what I'm talking about here.

It's the ability to see opportunities, coupled with the resolve to take the required actions,

to turn those opportunities into profits.

You know, some people are going to view of

challenge and they choose to focus on the positive and the more that they do the

more resolute their judgment to take the actions necessary to achieve their goals. They press on regardless and they

succeed. Then others they'll view the same challenge, the exact same challenge and focus on the

negative and the stronger their beliefs grow about the improbability of

successfully meeting the challenge and the futility of investing any effort in its pursuit.

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