The past 7 days I have had the opportunity to conduct 3 interviews with real estate experts (or guru’s if you prefer).  I am doing a lot of non selling interviews these days to build my own portfolio of very affordable real estate products to share with my followers.

I have already launched two…The Cover Your Ass Contract Clause Class and the Learn To Lease Purchase Class.

The past 7 days I have recorded interviews on the topics of Private Money, Investing in Land, and a Deal Analysis from a guy I refer to as the “6K Man” (he has a $6,000 coaching program).

I have started to notice a common theme through all of the events I have recorded up to this point…the importance of networking!

I have written before about my own networking experiences before but today I want to share a little bit about places to network and even a little about what to say.

First…places to network.

The obvious answer is your local Real Estate Investment Club.  There are lots of folks to network with who are in the same business as you…real estate investment!  This should be the first place you start.  If you find someone more experienced than you ask them out to lunch, your treat, and start to build a relationship and pick their brain.

The next place you should start to look is entrepreneur groups in your city or town.  Just go to Google and type in “Entrepreneurs of ___________” (enter your city in the blank).  You can also do a search for business journals in your city or town.  These are great places to start meeting influential people in your community who share similar interests.

Now that you have a few places to start your networking search, what exactly should you be saying to the folks you meet.  First off, tell them you are interested in real estate investing if they are investors.  And then go on to say that one of your goals in your investments is to meet and network with other investors.

If you are meeting with folks who are not investors, tell them you are an investor and what you are looking for in an investment.  D0n’t worry if you do not really know the answer to this question.   Just tell them that you are looking for investments priced below market value and that you then match the investment of with a private money lender who in turn provides the financing for a percentage of the deal.

You never know if you will find someone who will tell you that they may know of a good investment property or will let you know that if you find a good deal that they may be the private lender you are looking for!

I wanted to share this with you and talk about this topic because it is obviously an important topic if every person I have interviewed for my new projects are stressing the importance.

So get out there and network…and then come back here and tell me about your experiences!

Cheers,

~ Ross Treakle