Bling, bling, bling.

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This is the sound of lights going on inside people’s brains. I’ve just gotten back from another outstanding mentoring evening with a West Auckland church and we are getting into the crunchy bits where it gets interesting. I’ve never heard so many “wows’, “are you serious’s” and “that’s clever”, all in one meeting.

It’s exciting to see what I teach actually get in, (Mrs Marsh), because it will forever change the lives of those who apply it.

Following on from my previous blog the other interesting thing is that so many of the questions people ask reveal an interesting mindset. Whenever we are making money we often assume that we are somehow being devious.

All evening people said to me “How do you get around this?” or “How do you deal with that?” There was an immediate assumption that if we were profiting out of a deal the vendor would be unhappy!

My reply was “Well I simply tell the vendors the whole truth, then you never have a problem”. This was a real revelation for many people. What started out for me as a challenge: Could I invest successfully with a focus on integrity and honesty?, has become a tool to success that beats all the grey strategies hands down.

So as I have said before I say again. You don’t have to be a prick or a liar to succeed in property. In fact I attribute my success, which most people tell me is almost unique in New Zealand, to being just the opposite.

So I hope you will consider joining me in making these principles a part of your investing. You’ll sleep well and retire young!!