Dean Graziosi Real Estate Blog

Life can bring opportunities you’d never expect. Last month, the week after Valentines Day, I spent time with two amazing people, who are absolutely #1 in their field.

Let me tell the story, and what their success means for you. 

Now, before I get started…you know I always do my best to be completely transparent with you, so I’ll tell you up front that this story is a little lengthy, but please be patient and take the time to read it all.  I believe it will be well worth it to your success.

On Wednesday, February 20th I had dinner with. Michael Jordan, the world famous basketball star. Wow. He sure holds a lot of records. I’m pretty good when it comes to sports trivia, but even I didn’t know everything he had accomplished.   

I did know that the National Basketball Association called him the “greatest player of all time” and his incredible leaping ability, (and I’m talking about making slam dunks from the free throw line), earned him the nicknames “Air Jordan” and “His Airness”.

I didn’t know that he had won five MVP awards, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances and that he holds the NBA record for the highest career regular season scoring average. Oh, and he also was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN. 

Michael and I had a very interesting talk about life, success, tragedy and overcoming obstacles. (I’ll tell you more on that in a minute).

The very next day I hung out with Joel Osteen, the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. He made Barbara Walters’ “10 Most Fascinating People of 2006″, list and has written two books, “Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential” and “Become a Better You.” The central message of his books are “don’t get stuck where you are…keep growing.” 

Joel took over for his father as pastor of Lakewood Church in 1999, and at the time had only preached once in his life, (the week before his father’s death). He had no formal training to be a Pastor, but today, Lakewood Church services are seen in over 100 nations around the world, 200 millions households in the USA and it is the largest church in America.

Now no matter what your personal opinions are of either Joel or MJ, one thing is certain… they have done amazing things with what they have. 

If I had never met them, I might have mistakenly believed they lived some kind of “lucky” life where they had just been handed success.

The truth is that both Michael Jordan and Joel Osteen have overcome HUGE obstacles and public embarrassments, for example; Joel with his 2005 interview on Larry King and Michael’s baseball experience with the White Sox.

They both have endured more criticism than you or I could ever imagine, but they didn’t let other people crush their spirits or talk them out of their dreams. 

These are two very different people but, they both share some of the same success rules.

They work to make a positive difference in the world. They take action and go after the things they want…and most importantly, they believe in themselves. 

They have made the most of their unique abilities, and they have both achieved incredible results, simply by doing what they believed they could do, and doing it to the best of their ability – in spite of the obstacles.

The time I spent with them reminded me of something important. Something I feel is crucial to your success. 

You MUST believe in yourself! Now don’t brush this off as cliché, I want you to pay attention to this.

You, me, Michael Jordan and Joel Osteen all have the same 24 hours every day. It’s what we do with those 24 hours that matters. 

I have life issues, and family, and problems, and friends, just like you do. But my journey toward success began when I made a decision that I wanted more.

Maybe that’s where you are right now. Wanting more. 

Well, you can have it! I have been fortunate to have achieved much. I’ve taken a lot of chances and have been rewarded in many ways. But nothing has been more rewarding than my being able to help others achieve financial independence.

In my opinion, we live in the greatest country on Earth and there are so many ways to achieve success and make a lot of money, especially in real estate…if you are willing to take action, you will change your life forever and you can be a successful real estate investor. 

You must stay focused and not let anything get in your way. You have what it takes to make a difference in your life and to achieve the financial freedom that you deserve.

There is a whole world of money to be made in real estate. This is something that will never go away. So stay excited. 

Are you taking action with the things you’ve received from me? Are you listening to the monthly conference calls and reading the materials I’ve created for you?

A little bit of action goes a long way my friend. Even if you just commit to an hour a day, four hours a week, six hours a month, whatever, please do yourself a favor, do me a favor…apply the principles, and take that chance to change your life forever.

I’ve made an absolute fortune through real estate, and I’m not any smarter than you. I never went to college, and I wasn’t the greatest student in high school. But I’ve achieved success, and you have the opportunity to learn from my trial-and-error, from my mistakes and my successes. 

You can do it! I believe in you…believe in yourself too!

Sincerely,

 Dean Graziosi

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Within the next few months, I expect to information, ideas, answers and tips covering just about every aspect of the investing process to be discussed. If you haven’t yet, please go check it out. There are great topics, editorials and topics and analysis presented for both beginner and advanced investors a like.

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The Last 37 Days…

Please pardon my delay in posting. I just haven’t been able to do it as often as I should - but it’s not because I’m being neglectful. It’s quite the opposite in fact. More on that in a moment, but first and foremost, from our family to yours, I want to wish everyone a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous Holiday Season..

The holidays are tremendously happy for many, but I also know they can magnify pain in so many others. From the bottom of my heart I hope that this year, no matter where you are emotionally or financially - can be the launching pad of great things for you. Real Estate can be a foundational tool for long term financial independence but I realize it’s not the cure-all for everything. But just the fact that you took action shows you are ready for change…and believe me that is the most important first step.

Speaking of first steps, I try to always remember where I came from and what it felt like to be broke or depressed, and I do my absolute best to offer tools that can give you capabilities that can help you go from where you are to where you want to be.

As I look back, I think this Christmas I am more grateful for my life, for all of you, and for my family than ever before. I have a wonderful one-year old daughter who is the light of my life. I never knew being a parent could be so amazing. I am grateful for all I have what I’ve been blessed to achieve. (I think gratitude is something we all tend to “forget to remember” sometimes).

Okay. Now that I’ve said all that…I’ll explain why there was such a delay in my posting something new here.

I have been super busy working on Operation Free Home, which oddly enough I started the last time I posted (37 days ago to be exact)…and finished today…hmmm.

In case you hadn’t heard, I started “Operation Free Home” to help the countless people across America who have a home they can’t afford, rent or sell, to be able to cover their mortgage for a year while at the same time allowing someone in need to live in that house for free. It is truly a win-win program for all. My hope is to have this spread all over the country and maybe the world. And from the looks of it, it has already started.

Yesterday I was on the NBC affiliate here in Phoenix on the “Mid-Day Arizona” show to announce the winner of the home. This is a beautiful story that’ll move you. You have got to go right now and watch this story. I think it will affect you as it did me. Please watch this right now:

Then as soon as you are done watching, do me a favor and go to www.operationfreehome.com and check out some of the stories of the people who entered but were not chosen.

This was extremely hard. I wish I had 50 houses to give away. But this was the start. I am confident that reading those stories will do for you what they did for me. They touched me and made me appreciate everything I have so much more.

Will you take a few minutes to explore the site, and see how the program works? I want you to see this because I need your help to spread the word about operation free home.

I have modified the site to give all the instructions on how anyone could do this too. Just imagine the impact we could have collectively if just 1 person in every town did this. We could REALLY change lives.

If enough people begin duplicating Operation Free Home, needy family’s can have a place that otherwise would remain vacant or unsold because of market conditions, and get a chance to get back on their feet.

I believe this serves a great purpose to not only the recipient family and the home owner, but to the economy as well. It is a positive way to provide help that prevents the home from being added to the enormous list of ongoing foreclosures in our nation. It also allows sponsors, by making a modest and even tax deductible charitable contributions, to receive valuable positive publicity and recognition for their involvement.

I want this process to help out as many people as possible and with your help we can kick off a nationwide movement.

So that is my Holiday request from you. Help me to help spread the word. Tell others about this. It’s exciting! Perhaps you or someone you know could benefit from the Operation Free Home concept right now!

Okay, I’m going on and on, so I’ll stop for now. It’s been good catching up with you and I want you to know I have some REALLY exciting things in the works for 2008 - so in case I don’t get another post up until next year, (grin). I wish you and your family a healthy, safe and prosperous Holiday Season.

Sincerely,

Dean Graziosi

PS I’d like to read your comments on this too so please post away…and I’d really appreciate your helping me spread the word about operation free home by e-mailing the link to anyone you can – without spamming of course.

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Hey everybody, I just wanted to apologize for not getting to so many of your incredible comments recently. Things are taking off through the roof. Be A Real Estate Millionaire is the number one real estate book in America, selling thousands and thousands of copies on a weekly basis. The book, Be a Real Estate Millionaire, is helping people all over America transform the way people think about life, think about real estate, and think about making money and securing their financial future forever. It’s a very exciting time in my life. I just want to let you know that we are going through a little growing pains. One thing to realize is I still do real estate on a regular basis. I have 137 condominium complex project I’m in the pre-build phase of, and I also have a whole bunch of foreclosures that I’m buying and selling. But I also, on the other hand, have my book business. I also have my business that’s selling the information in my book to people like yourselves, and that’s just gone through the roof. So, I apologize if anyone has called up until recently, and we have a little delay in customer service. I’m very transparent to say that we grew a bit to fast. We’ve actually slowed the growth down on purpose so we could catch up. Our customer service department is hiring countless people on a daily basis, getting them trained so they could be there to help you with anything you need. We have coaches standing by to help, and as of right now, customer service should just be incredible. Also, we’ve created an online customer service department that can help you every step of the way.

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So you can just click on this link and leave a ticket, or soon even talk to someone live. Please know that we’re here for your COMPLETE satisfaction.

We get e-mails and blog posts on a daily basis where it’s changing people’s lives, and I urge you to please take action. Don’t just get this book and say you’re going to read it someday. Don’t get this book and skim through it and just read it. I want you to digest it. I want you to think about what I’ve done and what I’ve laid out for you and how you can take action with it because without action, all the information in that book is useless.

I just want to let you know that I have a lot going on but I WILL get to your posts. I apologize again that I haven’t been on top of this blog posting as much as I should have been, we’re just so crazy busy right now, but we’re getting caught up. I’ll be back on this blog nonstop very soon with killer action oriented wisdom that you can apply immediately.

Please stay updated, please search this blog for incredible new, absolute new, never before heard of, or experienced ways to make money in real estate with no money down. And it is not some old - outdated no money down techniques that you still need to borrow money or have good credit for. NO NOT AT ALL - there’s new cutting edge techniques we discovered to profit from today’s market with no money and no credit. I’m going to be sharing it on our monthly teleseminars and on this blog in the very near future. So look out for both.. We’re also getting a newsletter that’s going to go out to every single person who is a part of Be A Real Estate Millionaire that you will have within the next couple of weeks.

We are moving as fast as we can in every level possible to increase your capabilities by supplying you with information that works, not the theory, but proven strategies that work. I’m out on the front lines every day still making money in real estate while at the same time, sharing that wisdom with you. So thank you so much, thanks for the great posts, I apologize once again for any delays, or if customer service was a little backed up, which is no longer an issue. We are definitely on the road to incredible things and remember that with this market, we have a couple year window to make an insane amount of money and I hope I’m the one that can help you do it.

Take care. Dean Graziosi

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