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Archive for February, 2010

Feb
26

Fly like an Eagle

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As I rush to the airport to get ready for tomorrow in Christchurch I am very excited because being with people really fills my tank. And being with 300 people all positive about property really spins my wheels!!

Thought for the day:

Are you going to spend this weekend doing things that make you feel good, that inspire you, that make you more in love with life?

Many of us never find out what fills us up and therefore we are permanently running on empty.  I am so thankful that I no longer have to stand in a factory running machinery for 14 hours a day 6 or 7 days a week.  I discovered what I love by trying things and never giving up on my goal of being able to have more time to serve God.

It’s been quite a ride so far but I wouldn’t go back to being empty emotionally for anything.

So as I was saying…..

What are you going to invest your time in this weekend??

And if you don’t like your answer to that question, what are you going to do about it?

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus

The Ethical Investor

PS: It’s actually a painted hand, not an eagle :-)

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Hi everybody.  I am frantically preparing for Saturday in Christchurch so it’s into bed by 3AM and back up by 8. Well OK back up by 9 :-) .   It’s always interesting when you get a group of people to work together to see people react and respond so differently to the same situations. A lot like herding cats basically!  The fortunes for investors continue to improve so I am looking forward to an exciting year for us all!

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean

The Ethical Investing Strategist

PROPERTY UPDATE BY DEAN LETFUS

I have met this week with various bank execs and insolvency specialists and the tide is definitely going out on a lot of small businesses currently.  In fact I think it is quite sad the way the media are clinging to any positive outlook evidence and saying things are improving when they could be a voice to say “Hey things are actually really bad, what can we all do?”.

Of course this creates opportunity for investors to provide a buyer for those people needing to exit their properties.  There is without doubt a significant increase in cashed up buyers and investors entering the market. I was listening to a leading commercial agent yesterday who said there were a number of private funds appearing in Auckland looking to lend money on good deals as well.

So as I suspected the real players are now entering town indicating the the bottom of the real recession is probably between now and the end of the year.

What does this mean for property?? Well great deals for at least another 12 months with total confusion in the media as they try to be positive whilst all the data is negative.

I also think we may see a big spike in negativity after the budget.  And assuming the government does what it is hinting at here is a bold prediction.  On the basis that when Ireland did the same thing the results were catastrophic I predict that if the budget goes after investors and depreciation etc. we will either see the legislation repealed OR tax incentives being offered to investors in residential property within 2 years.

The chronic housing shortage that is going to be created is going to have John Key singing castrato and they will have no choice but to do a u turn.  GST increases will damage lower paid families and those same families will face rent increases of 10 to 20%.  It just won’t work unless we close the ports and airports to prevent immigration and neuter everybody to stop child birth.

FINANCE UPDATE BY KRIS PEDERSEN

Well Kris is actually so busy processing finance deals for his clients that I couldn’t get him away from his paperwork for an update today.  I managed to take a photo of him :-)

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So here’s a finance tip.

To get the best results in property you need great partners. Kris has been my broker now for 3 years and he is frankly incredible.  He works for you like it was his own deals and it is not uncommon to see emails sent from him to me at 3 and 4 AM.

And his background in retail finance and having worked under some of the best brains in NZ means he can help you find answers when most would give up.

So do yourself a favour, use the best broker in New Zealand!!

Come and hear him speak HERE

or contact him kris@propertyfs.co.nz

MINDSET SCIENCE BY DEAN LETFUS

My apologies to you who read my daily blog but I had such a huge response to my blog on taking control I thought I would include it here with some additional comments:

I was talking to a mentoring group for one of my “competitors” today and was again surprised at the response I get to certain things.  I don’t mean this to be negative or condescending but I seem to so often have people looking wide eyed or inhaling their breath over things that I now consider “normal”.

I guess I am fully convinced that property investing as a business is not rocket science. it’s not particularly difficult and there is not that much “new” stuff you can learn really.

So what does separate someone who gets a result, (the minority), from those who don’t, (the vast majority)?

I believe it is a number of things but front and centre is that most people either don’t know how to or are unwilling to do what it takes to get control of their lives.

Shifting your internal culture isn’t easy. Everything within you will fight it, but it is the only path to lasting change.

The things you currently dream about must be moved to reality in the following order:

Dreams  >  Possibilities  >  Probabilities  >  Reality

And where do we all mostly get stuck??  Between the first and second progressions.

Taking control of your love life, your financial future,  your job or whatever is dependent on believing that it is possible.  And that can be huge. In fact whole industries, dreams and vision boards, visualising are ALL built around trying to facilitate getting you from dreams to possibilities.  If you think about that and the amount of events and companies who invest in this area you will start to see this is “the biggie”. Once you conquer this the rest is a walk in the park.

So if you want the results eventually you must commit to making it a possibility now!

This doesn’t mean that you have to have a pathway to it all at once, it is much more a heart issue than that.   You see you are capable of anything, absolutely anything.  Some things may be nearly impossible.  Me winning a beauty contest would be a challenge for example.  But put the silly stuff aside, you believe it you can do it.

You want to make 100 million dollars a year? Believe it is possible and you can do it.

Want to have the best marriage in the world? Starts with your beliefs.

The Bible teaches us that “As a man thinks in his HEART, so he is”.

Once you decide something is possible you are beginning to accept responsibility and take control for it happening.  As soon as you do that God you activate a principle that allows supernatural wisdom and help to begin to flow to you and through you.  Unfortunately most of us would say: “Show me how it could be possible and then I will believe it is possible”.  Well sadly the universe isn’t wired that way.

I’m deadly serious about this. For many of us our commitment to mediocrity and failure is killing us while we sit there waiting for someone to show us how to unlock a door we already have the key for.

So what lies are you going to tell yourself today. How many things will “never” happen to you because of (fill in the blank)?

Do me a big favour and the next time you catch yourself thinking or saying anything like this, stop and say in a loud voice;

“I am telling myself a load of total $^#!$^!($(.  I am making this lie true and sabotaging my own life.  The truth is I can have whatever I want if i choose to have it. So today I choose start believing that I can/not have it.

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( I’ve paid more than $50 just to hear HIM speak for 2 hours let alone all six of us!!)

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Feb
24

Burn the Ships

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Burning_Ships_at_LosgarI guess I’m fortunate that I am naturally wired to be relational. But in addition to that I have deliberately cultivated a “policy” of never burning relationships unless it was unsafe to do otherwise.

This has resulted in many people I could have easily written off becoming good friends and in many cases people who have helped me make money in my business.

And an interesting development with this in recent times is that I find new contacts “warm” to me very quickly because they hear of and observe my long term relationships in business.

So can I encourage you to think long term about your business and relationships. Decide what is really important. I have been let down and ripped off more than once, in fact way more than once, however what I have gained by trying to work through those issues and by developing trust with people has far outweighed the losses.

Something to think about??

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus

The Ethical Investor


 

PS: One of those strange, unbelievable timing moments!!  One of my newer business contacts just sent me a proposal for a non property related venture that just knocks my socks off.  And he sent it to me because “I like to work with people I can trust and appreciate the value of friendship in business”

So there you go!!

PPS: The above deal really looks great.  There are 5 slots available, (4 now as I have one) :-) , if you’d like an opportunity to find out about an exciting online business ownership opportunity flick me an EMAIL and I’ll send you the prospectus.
( Less than 20K for a 10% stake)

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Feb
23

A nice runabout??

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Now this is what I call a boat!!

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A famous French shipbuilder ship company and one of Monaco joined hands together to build this yacht with enormous dimensions: the WHY 58×38. (58meter long and 38 meter wide)

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The yacht, an area of 3400 m2 with seating for 12 passengers and 20 crew.  Can you believe that!! The size of 20 houses seats an entire twelve people :-)

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Wally et Hermès use green energy to 20 to 30% fuel savings and 40 to 50% electricity consumption on board. Therefore there are 900 m2 equipped with solar panels, producing a daily output of 500 kW.

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Three decks, a 25 meter pool, a spa, helicopter pad, sauna, gym and massage room, a promenade of 130 meter, a music room, a dining room, a cinema, sun decks, suites, terraces, a lounge, a bibi .

The decks are connected by stairs but there is also an elevator.

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Owners bedroom with an area of 200m2 and completely covering the third deck. (This is just one bedroom) The sea view is great and there is a private terrace 25 meters long.

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The horseshoe shaped yacht has a retractible roof for convertible mode :-) .

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The lounge, as you can see is pretty small to make room for the piano bar and dining area …..

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See what I mean, you can hardly swing a marlin in that tiny area.

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There are only 5 guest suites like this with views.  But if they are feeling too claustrophobic they can always go to the reading room attached to each suite :-)

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Horrible isn’t it?  What’s wrong with a 3 metre tinny for goodness sake :-)

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus

The Ethical Investor


 

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Feb
22

Taking Control

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possibilities

I was talking to a mentoring group for one of my “competitors” today and was again surprised at the response I get to certain things.  I don’t mean this to be negative or condescending but I seem to so often have people looking wide eyed or inhaling their breath over things that I now consider “normal”.

I guess I am fully convinced that property investing as a business is not rocket science. it’s not particularly difficult and there is not that much “new” stuff you can learn really.

So what does separate someone who gets a result, (the minority), from those who don’t, (the vast majority)?

I believe it is a number of things but front and centre is that most people either don’t know how to or are unwilling to do what it takes to get control of their lives.

Shifting your internal culture isn’t easy. Everything within you will fight it, but it is the only path to lasting change.

The things you currently dream about must be moved to reality in the following order:

Dreams  >  Possibilities  >  Probabilities  >  Reality

And where do we all mostly get stuck??  Between the first and second progressions.

Taking control of your love life, your financial future,  your job or whatever is dependent on believing that it is possible.  And that can be huge. In fact whole industries, dreams and vision boards, visualising are ALL built around trying to facilitate getting you from dreams to possibilities.  If you think about that and the amount of events and companies who invest in this area you will start to see this is “the biggie”. Once you conquer this the rest is a walk in the park.

So if you want the results eventually you must commit to making it a possibility now!

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus

The Ethical Investor


 

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Feb
19

Have you failed enough yet??

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failure_success20_tshirtI was sharing some of my stuff ups last night with my webinar clients which reminded me just how important it is to get out there and fail as much as you can as fast as you can.

Now obviously this is not our ultimate goal, however it is important that we learn to embrace trying and failing as an essential part of our journey.  The key thing of course is that we learn and grow so that we end up at the door of success.

So the next time something goes wrong consider the following:

1.   What really went wrong? What part of this failure is my personal responsibility?

2.  Why didn’t I see it coming? What can I look for next time to not repeat this?

3.  What could I do differently if a similar situation arises?  How could I have gotten a better outcome?

4.  What are the 10 good things I have learned from this that I can use to develop my ability to succeed

5.  Most importantly go and celebrate your failure as a major learning experience and look forward to the next curve ball!!

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus

The Ethical Investor

PS: See you in CHCH next week!! www.nzpropertygurus.com


 

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Feb
17

Real Headlines

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Many thanks to Muppet from Property Talk!

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.

I just couldn’t help but sending this along. Too funny.

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No crap, really? Ya think?
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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that’s taking things a bit far!
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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing’ lazy so-and-so’s!
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
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If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain;PoliceSuspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there’s something stronger than duct tape?
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Man Struck By Lightning:Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
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New Study of Obesity Looks for LargerTest Group
Weren’t they fat enough?!
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That’s what he gets for eating those beans!
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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Do they taste like chicken?
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Local High SchoolDropoutsCut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!*******************************************

And the winner is….
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

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