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Darwin Horan - Profitable Real Estate -(Darwin Horan) Profitable Real Estate
Before you start reading about the five
money-making option strategies, which I have outlined in Part Two of this book,
I will tell you what it takes to be a profitable real estate option investor in today's
competitive real estate market. In the first part of this chapter, you are going to
learn about the traits that separate profitable option investors from the alsorans
and wannabes. You do not need to be a card-carrying member of Mensa International,
the so-called high IQ society, to make money with options. But you
do need to know how to think on your feet and to connect all of the dots so that
you can complete a profitable option transaction from scratch and overcome any
of the potential deal-killing hurdles, which can pop up at any time. To make it in
this business, an investor must possess:
1. A positive mental attitude.
2. An imaginative, analytical, and creative mind.
3. A heavy dose of good old-fashioned common sense.
4. Dogged determination and persistence.
5. Self-confidence and courage.
6. Self-discipline.
A Positive Mental Attitude Is the Most
Essential Element in Achieving Success
A positive mental attitude is the most essential element in achieving lasting success
in any type of worthwhile endeavor. And from my observations, the people
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with a real can-do attitude are the ones who generally get ahead in life. The following
inspirational quotation from author Walter D. Wintle best sums up the
power of a positive mental attitude:
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you
don't. If you like to win, but you think you can't, it's almost a cinch you
won't. If you think you'll lose, you've lost. For out in the world we find
success begins with a fellow's will. It's all in the state of mind. If you
think you are outclassed, you a