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Everybody Needs a Mentor

Greetings from 37,000 feet!  I am on the plane to meet up with one of my new Territory Managers in Mentor for Life™, a real estate mentor program for serious entrepreneurs.

Anyway, I was thinking about how much of a challenge it is for those who have no one with prior experience and a willingness to share it.  From the beginning of time the traditional (functional) family unit provided all the mentorship a child needed to equip him/her for the world.  If one was raised in a farming community, the training would focus on farming and if it was fishing, that was the career the youth could expect to be mentored in.  Often, with the loving supervision of two caring parents, one could pursue that path with confidence.

However, with the advent of the industrial revolution things began to change.  Life became more complicated and choices abounded.  This spawned an awareness and further advancement and just one hundred years later we beheld the personal computer and all the complexities it brought with it.  Now, the advances we use to read about in comic books as kids are a reality…even for kids!

What this is all leading to is the blatant reality that the world of real estate investment has become a complex and varied proposition.  You want to venture into real estate investing?  Fine…but you need a mentor.  And chances are that your parents, no matter how well meaning, are/were not qualified to give you what you’re going to need as you explore the ominous world of 21^st century investment.

At first, this may be a huge step for many.  Those enrolled in my Mentor for Life™ know they can always contact their mentor because they qualified to be a part of my team.  I was thinking, though, that those who aren’t may have some simple, general questions about mentorship.  Since this is probably the case with sincere folks across the U.S., I have decided to open the door to anyone with genuine queries about real estate mentorship.  For a time, I will personally answer anyone’s questions about mentorship free of charge.  I can be reached at cjlauria@invesdoor.com anytime.  Due to our nationwide scope of influence I suggest you allow 48 hours for a reply as I haven’t found a way to clone myself.

In the meantime, I recommend you consider this:  The greatest hindrance we encounter is our own fears. When starting a business for the first time, fear of the unknown can be paralyzing.  A qualified mentor has been down that road and can validate certain feelings that you’re experiencing as well as identify erroneous perspectives you may manifest.  In today’s business climate, “supply and demand” is still the key issue.  This time the demand for true, qualified mentors has never been greater, but the supply is limited.  I look forward to hearing from you soon.