How to Generate the highest returns Possible on your Real Estate Investments. Warren Buffett has created an incredible legacy, along with tens of billions of dollars by finding inefficiencies in markets and businesses. Buffett who is also one of the famous real estate investors in history and recently converted to hosting... ..shareholder meetings ... ...online,

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Investor QuarterlyTM
June 2016
About the Editor
Pete Asmus is known as The ROi Concierge. He
is a successful Real Estate Investor, sought after
Strategy Consultant, Capital Aggregator, Keynote
Speaker, Mentor, Award Winning Radio Host, and
the Author of multiple books on Self Help and Real
Estate.
Pete is also the Visionary of The Turnkey Investor
Building a Legacy
Those of you who have been following us for a while
and especially those of you who have read our eB-
ook, The Stock Market Refugee, know we are pas-
sionate about helping you grow both your short
term income and long term wealth.
We employ what we call our 2-step system to create
financial freedom and multi generational wealth.
[Diagnosing Inefficiencies]
How to Generate the highest returns Possible on your
Real Estate Investments.
Warren Buffett has created an incredible legacy,
along with tens of billions of dollars by finding
inefficiencies in markets and businesses. Buffett
who is also one of the famous real estate investors
in history and recently converted to hosting...
..shareholder meetings ... ...online,
REAL ESTATE SUCKS
[and 90% of Investors Fail]
Isn’t that the truth? Depending on who you listen to
we are either in a Horrible market about to crash or
at the moment you will look back on and say “Why
didn’t I act”. And it can vary from Seminars to Expo’s
to REIA’s and everyone has a golden shovel. So back
to the question, which is true? The answer is BOTH.
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Dear IQ Reader
Private Lender’s Underwriting
Workshop
Building a Legacy through
Generational Wealth
[Diagnosing Inefficiencies]
Why Multi-Family Apts are
CRUSHING the Market
Real Estate Sucks
[and 90% of Investors Fail]
iQ [Expert Insight] Pitfalls of
National Criminal Checks
THE TURNKEY INVESTOR’S - CREDIT SOLUTION
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Pete has spent the last 10+ years learning,
teaching, speaking and searching for the
perfect investing system for himself and to
be able to offer investors just like you. Over
the years, he’ has experienced both failures
and success and learned from both. Because
of this he has made connections and built
KEY relationships with the top investors,
operators and deal makers in the industry.
Because of his connections he was able to
create a sustainable Turnkey System that
actually does what he believes others wanted
or hoped to facilitate.
After PERSONALLY TRAINING with leaders
in the industry you probably have heard of,
Pete’s real estate knowledge is extensive;
encompassing mobile homes to residential
real estate, and notes to commercial buildings,
he also owns several of the top real estate
groups on LinkedIn (Totaling almost half a
million investors). Pete’s Passion is Partnering
Private Money with projects, getting you to
think differently and giving you the resources
to take action now! He’s personally trained
1000’s of students for these Industry Experts.
He also was able to see the biggest problem
facing new investors… Feeling comfortable
enough to start investing and solved it with
the UNDERWRITERS Workshop
ABOUT THE EDITORPete Asmus is known as The ROi Concierge. He is a successful Real Estate Investor,
sought after Strategy Consultant, Capital Aggregator, Keynote Speaker, Mentor, Award
Winning Radio Host, and the Author of multiple books on Self Help and Real Estate. He
is also the Visionary of The Turnkey Investor and most important Father and Husband.
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Are you searching everywhere trying to find a
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directions?
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As an investor myself, I was constantly looking for resources
that were real not just smoke and mirrors or agenda based. This
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of successful investors. Our focus will be in the Real Estate
arena but it won’t be restricted to it. This is about Investors
period, whether that be in stocks, bonds, businesses or real
estate. We are here to find the successful experts in a field and
find out how they did it or how we can copy it.
This digital Magazine will allow you to quickly ascertain not only
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We Have the TOP underwriters in the country that
are sharing their SECRETS! We are PULLING BACK
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The Recipe for Bulding a Legacy
Those of you who have been following us for a
while and especially those of you who have read
our eBook, The Stock Market Refugee, know
we are passionate about helping you grow both
your short term income and long term wealth.
We employ what we call our 2-step system to
create financial freedom and multi generational
wealth.
Step 1 or option 1 is short term, high yield
investments collateralized with real property to
grow your current income or retirement quickly.
Step 2 or option 2 is growing your long term
wealth and creating true financial freedom by
investing in great Cash Flow properties with real
Turn-Key convenience and ability to scale!
Option 2 is what this short series of articles will
be focusing on. You will learn exactly how to
successfully build income and wealth in Real Es-
tate that not only provides you with an amazing
lifestyle and tax advantages but that also has the
potential to secure your family for generations to
come.
Let’s get started!
Cooking up a winning real estate investment
portfolio starts with selecting great markets. It
is the broth your neighborhoods, property and
team all float in. And while it’s certainly possible
to succeed in lesser markets, it’s definitely a LOT
easier...and more fun...to start with a winning
market.
My goal in these next few pages is to share my
personal recipe for picking a winning market. This
is the distillation of the many lessons I learned the
hard way, through over 1,000 properties, across
multiple markets. I’ll do my best to keep the blood,
sweat and tears from splattering all over the pages!
The Main Ingredients
Every great recipe starts with great main ingredi-
ents. Here are some that I’ve found ESSENTIAL to
success.
Your Team
Unless you’re Superman (or Wonder Woman),
you’re going to need help to build and manage a
winning real estate portfolio...even if you’re local.
And if you’re a long distance landlord, your team is
even MORE important.
It’s tempting to buy the property first, then go look
for a team. But that’s a mistake.
Now contrary to popular myth, there is an “I” in
team. It stands for Income from your Investment.
And your team is the key.
Building a Legacy through
GENERATIONAL WEALTHby Ivan Oberon
Start with a GREAT team.
Your team will help you:
• Buy in the right neighborhood.
• Buy at the right price.
• Avoid buying a “money pit”.
• Quality rehab done on time & on budget.
• Be compliant with local ordinances
(city certifications, landlord law, etc.)
• Find and keep great tenants.
• Maintain the property.
Even though you’ll need a lot of different players
on your team, it’s not as hard as it sounds. Often
just one or two great team members can connect
you to everyone else you’ll need.
Keep in mind that a GREAT team can make a
good market great for you. Conversely, a weak
team can make a great market a terrible experi-
ence.
Overall Cost of Living
The rent you collect from your tenant is only one
part of the tenant’s cost of living. If everything else
is very expensive relative to wages, it makes it
harder for your tenant to make ends meet... in-
cluding paying you.
So it’s a smart move to pick markets where working
class people have affordable energy, healthcare,
taxes, groceries and entertainment. It’s also smart
to pick markets where the cost of housing makes
sense for both you AND your tenants.
For your tenants, housing shouldn’t take up much
more than 30% of their gross income.
Also, a great area doesn’t just give your tenants
a good COST of living; it also provides a good
QUALITY of living. So consider things like shop-
ping, entertainment, safety, schools, etc.
Quality tenants will be attracted to quality areas
they can afford.
Ivan Oberon is a seasoned Real Estate Investor, Certified Speaker, Trainer & Coach, Award
winning Radio Show host, Author (the Stock Market Refugee) and family man. Ivan has been
involved in over 300 transactions throughout the U.S. and works with very successful turn-key
property operators in Kansas City, Missouri and the greater Dallas Texas and surrounding mar-
kets.
To this day, 100% of his transactions have been completed with private investor funds making
him extremely experienced at working with private money. [bookIVAN.com]

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“I’d be a bum on the street with a tin cup, if
the markets were efficient.” - Warren Buffet
Warren Buffett has created an incredible legacy, along
with tens of billions of dollars by finding inefficiencies
in markets and businesses. Buffett who is also one of
the most famous real estate investors in history and
recently converted to hosting his shareholder meetings
online, polishes these gems by injecting new capital
and enhancing management.
By becoming adept at identifying inefficiencies in a
marketplace, putting the right management in place,
and leveraging technology can take advantage of more
opportunities to prosper.
By: Dr. Amir Baluch, MD [ Investor | Entrepreneur | Mentor ]
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[Diagnosing Inefficiencies]
How to Generate the highest returns Possible on your Real Estate Investments
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Additionally, US property values have continued
to fluctuate over time, due to changing demands,
even if the property doesn’t undergo any changes.
To date US real estate has always gone up in value,
even though there have been fluctuations.
Short-sightedness and inefficiency in predicting
these changes cause some to sell low. Yet, those
that understand the data, trends, and factors
involved have the ability to reap windfalls in equity
by acquiring these assets simply with good timing
and good negotiation skills.
Most investors don’t understand the dynamics of
different types of markets and what factors dictate
their demand. Some may be hit hard for extended
periods of time due to major shifts in the economy.
Think Detroit. There are other markets like Miami
or Key West which are more driven by overseas
economics which touch the main consumers to
international investors, versus U.S. markets which
may rely on local jobs, and affordability to local
blue collar workers.
Access: It’s all about Who You Know (and
Knowing Where to Click)
Another major inefficiency isthelackofinformation
in the debt market. Lenders and investors rely
heavily on relationships for opportunity spotting,
deal flow, and comfortability in extending credit.
On the other side of the deal, asset owners have
limited options for capital. They’ve often relied on
broker-fed funding options, rather than seeking
How much is that Asset Worth?
One of the first things that intrigued me about real
estate was the unique opportunities available to
achieve high returns, with the added advantage
of being able to control your own asset values.
Running the numbers, it seemed the most obvious
and common sense approach to outperforming
the performance of my stock market portfolio.
Stocks have proven highly inefficient for
consistently generating reliable high net returns,
and value when you need it. Many advertise being
able to ‘beat the market’. Yet, when it comes time
to invest the most experienced stock pickers on
the planet, including Buffet, will admit they really
don’t know what is going to perform. Aside from
the myriad of fees, hyper-volatility, today stocks
appear to fluctuate far more based on emotion
than their real fundamentals. This works well for
those that have billions and own major media firms
and can influence the masses. It doesn’t work so
well for the rest.
Real estate is also considered an inefficient
market. Buyers and sellers often make decisions
based solely on their respective circumstances,
and having little if anything to do with the market
at large. Yet, real estate also provides a tangible
asset, and one which owners can control the value
of by managing the fundamentals themselves.
Another factor is that the real estate market
allows you, the owner/investor to do things that
would increase the value of real estate through
management. Thus, often enough a skilled
investor could negotiate the purchase of a
property for $75,000, within a short time, and with
$5,000 or so worth of management and marketing
expenses or physical improvements, could resell
it for $130,000. That creates a gross profit of
$50,000.
End Value
– Purchase Price
– Improvement Expense
= Equity Position
$130,000 – $75,000 – $5,000 =$50,000
In this scenario the total investment of $80,000
produced $50,000 of equity for the investor,
which is a 62% return. This type of a transaction is
nothing out of the ordinary in real estate.
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multiple lenders and letting them compete. With
access to deal flow and capital separated, and in
the hands of a few, the market is naturally opaque.
Similarly; commercial real estate brokers normally
depend on third party data service providers to
continually update data. This information is in
continual flux, and finding reliable sources is
neither cheap nor easy.
These complications mean that there continues
to be a need for local professional connections to
data, deals, and finance.
CodingInvestmentSuccess:TheTechRevolution
In the past two decades, we have witnessed
a technological revolution that has provided
consumers with more choices, information, and
greater access than ever before. We have seen
companies such as Amazon, Uber, Airbnb, and
Zappos launch into the mainstream as a result.
Entire industries are being disrupted.
“MostInvestorsdon’tunderstand
the dynamics of different types of
markets and what factors dictate
their demand”

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Companies such as TD Ameritrade and E-Trade
have changed the way investors trade and
invest in stocks. More recently we’ve seen
Wealthfront attacking inefficiencies in the wealth
management sector by using technology to
provide the same services at a fraction of the
cost.
U.S. real estate ranks among the world’s largest
asset classes, with a total market cap exceeding
$27 Trillion. The next largest is the U.S. stock
market at almost half the size. In spite of being
this massive market, real estate has been trapped
in the past. That has created a lack of access,
market inefficiencies and also marvelous market
opportunities.
So why, over these two decades, haven’t we
seen the same dramatic changes in real estate
investing?
Unlike other industries, the real estate investment
industry has been held back by regulations
that restricted managers from openly soliciting
clients and advertising their products through
traditional marketing. Then there has also been
a huge divided between the tech savvy who
haven’t understood the intricasies of real estate
wellenoughtogainrealtraction,andentrenched-
anti technology real estate companies.
Thankfully that’s all changing now. The recently
passed JOBS Act, now allows real estate
investment managers to solicit investments
online openly to investors; providing access like
never before.
Power Tools for Busy Professionals & Serious
Investors
Funding Nest, a real estate crowdfunding
platform focused on eradicating the inefficiencies
of investing in and raising capital for real estate
investments, leverages the JOBS Act, new
technology, and provides efficient access. The
result of this hyper-efficiency derived from
multiple fronts at once makes it possible to
deliver substantially higher net returns, while
benefiting from the advantages of tangible real
estate assets and local real estate expertise.
Platforms like ours can also allow accredited
investors to layer on additional power tools to
maximize net returns and growth. This includes
self-directed IRAs and 401ks, as well as 1031
exchanges, and non-recourse financing.
Then you have an easy to navigate online
dashboard from where you can invest and
track performance, with great tax savings
and transparency.
Summary
I began my real estate investment career
at the age of 19. I founded FundingNest
with the specific purpose of providing high
quality turnkey investment opportunities
to accredited investors and the physician
community from around the globe. I’m
a licensed Realtor, owner of Investment
Club Realty, LLC, and a board certified
Anesthesiologist. A Texas native, I am
passionate about the local property market,
and am committed to both the health and
wealth of my patients and clients.
As an investment advisor, I apply the same
mindset to real estate. That means clinically
diagnosing challenges, extensive research
and planning, professionally consulting
individuals on the solutions which are right
for them as individuals, and never taking
short cuts.
The typical risks of investment that have
been detractors in the past include; short-
term thinking, dumping solid investments in
response to market fluctuations, buying into
too many investments alone with not enough
capital to cover overhead or time to jump in,
allowing taxes to eat into profits, and lack of
access to the best investments. Yet, it’s been
amazing to receive client feedback on how
painless their entrance into this market has
been as we continue to disrupt this multi-
trillion-dollar market through technology,
transparency, and creating hyper-efficiency
and profitability from the inefficient flaws of
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Have you noticed all the real estate television
shows are focused solely on fixing and flipping,
and give no love to buying multifamily prop-
erties? I get it that fix and flip is sexy and pro-
duces great T.V., but does it qualify for a great
investment or create generational wealth and
passive income? We are going to tackle this
question as well as why multifamily is crushing
it and how you can jump in with both feet and
join the party.
What are the characteristics of a great invest-
ment?
(Multifamily Assets meet all three criteria)
1. Leverage:
The rocket fuel to creating massive wealth.
There are very few investments where you can
invest as little as $150,000 in capital and control
a $1,000,000 asset. Try asking your financial
advisor to extend you this type of leverage. I
guarantee the next thing you’ll hear is a click on
the other end and your phone line going dead.
You receive all of the benefits; cash flow, tax
benefits and appreciation. Why would a lender
require a small down payment to acquire real
estate? Simply put, the buyer is acquiring a rev-
enue stream that covers the expenses of the
property and throws off excess cash flow. The
bank feels safe and protected with real estate.
Bottom line: Multifamily real estate allows the
investor to control more assets with less of his
own capital, which leads to an explosion of
wealth.
2. Liquidity:
Initially, real estate falters on the second criteria.
So how do we tap into the equity of our proper-
ty? We refer to the strategy as “refinancing” a
property and it is one of the main reasons why
multifamily real estate is crushin it.
The goal of multifamily real estate is to increase
Net Operating Income (NOI) by increasing the
gross income and by decreasing the operating
expenses. NOI is simply the gross income de-
ducted by the operating expenses. Multifamily
real estate allows the operator to force the ap-
preciation of the asset by driving the NOI up-
wards.
Refinancing is an excellent strategy to access
the equity you have accumulated in a prop-
erty. Our infographic highlights the steps we
took to refinance a property and withdraw over
$1,600,000 tax-free. (PUT IN INFOGRAPHIC
TO 1.6 MILLION). Dad always told me “It’s not
what you make, it’s what you keep!”
Why MULTI-FAMILY Apts Are...
CRUSHING The Market 3. Control:
I thrive on being the CEO of my own life, and
multifamily real estate has allowed me to take
control of my decisions and destiny. I control
who works for me, how much the rent should go
up, where to buy, and how much needs to be
reinvested into a property. I want to control my
investments, and not relinquish the control to
some dude sitting in a boardroom who’s thinking
about his next round of golf. This control has al-
lowed me to explode MY net worth and continue
to grow the multifamily portfolio.
I have noticed a couple of stark differences be-
tween multifamily real estate and other strate-
gies. First of all, multis provide a monthly pay-
check that we refer to as passive income or cash
flow. I also call it a yield on my investment, and
it is one of the most important reasons to invest
in any type of real estate. Multifamily is just the
best vehicle to achieve cash flow.
Secondly, multifamily real estate offers tremen-
dous tax benefits. The government in their in-
finite wisdom realized there was no way they
could provide adequate affordable housing. The
solution was to provide huge incentives to real
estate owners to step in and get the job done.
Depreciation is an enormous tax benefit to real
estate investing, especially when it is coupled
with a cost segregation study.
[Depreciation is basically a non-cash ex-
pense that allows owners to take a deduc-
tion on the income collected, thus low-
ering your tax obligation. I love the idea
that my asset is appreciating while I get to
depreciate it for tax purposes.]
The government also allows owners to employ
cost segregation studies whereby the own-
er identifies personal property assets that are
grouped with real property assets, and separates
out personal assets for tax reporting purposes.
What does this mean? You are accelerating de-
preciation on many items from 27.5 or 39 years
and reclassifying them to a shorter time period,
as short as five, seven or fifteen years. You are
writing off a larger portion of your depreciation
expense and realizing more losses quicker. Re-
member what my dad said, it’s what you keep
and cost segregation is the icing on the cake in
multifamily real estate.
Finally, multifamily real estate offers the owner
an economy of scale unparalleled in any other
strategy. We love the fact that we have larg-
er buildings with more tenants under one roof,
versus having multiple single family homes
scattered about, which increases the manage-
ment and expense burden.
If we have a vacancy in one of our complexes,
chances are that the rest of the tenants can pay
the mortgage. We are limiting our down side
risk by having more tenants. A vacancy in a
single-family home equals no rent that month,
and guess who’s on the hook for the payment?
You can run your apartment complex like a
business and scale up operations by hiring full
time employees. My true success came when I
stopped unclogging toilets and hiring full time
maintenance to handle day-to-day operations.
I was able to focus on managing the asset and
buying more property.
Now that we’ve shown you why multifamily is
the place to be, in the next article we will de-
scribe the four phases of the real estate cycle
and discuss how to take action with a list of
tasks.
Finally, take action and educate yourself on the
power of multifamily invest-
ing. If you have any questions
or want to take the next step,
visit us at Jake & Gino. Let’s
crush it together!

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YOUR FULL PAGE AD
GOES HERE
By Pete Asmus, Real Estate STRATEGY Consultant
Real Estate SUCKS, doesn’t work and is too complicated
Isn’t that the truth? Depending on who you listen to we are either
in a Horrible market about to crash or at the moment you will
look back on and say “Why didn’t I act”. And it can vary from
Seminars to Expo’s to REIA’s and everyone has a golden shovel.
So back to the question, which is true? The answer is BOTH.
It doesn’t really matter what “market cycle” you are in, there
are always ways to make money. No flips? Start developing,
No buyers? Rentals or Notes. There is ALWAYS a way to find
opportunity in real estate if you are willing to dig deep and find it.
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Real Estate SUCKS!
[ a n d 9 0 % o f I n v e s t o r s F A I L ]
The Truth behind Why...The Truth behind Why...

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The Pitfalls of Instant National Criminal Checks
Many real estate investors and property managers have relied on what is referred to as an Instant National
Criminal Check for conducting their tenant screening. The primary reasons are one, it is fairly inexpen-
sive and two, information is returned within minutes. Unfortunately there are significant pitfalls in relying
solely on the information from this source. Recent reports have stated that about 65% of the information
that should be reported are actually in these databases. There are currently no requirements around the
frequency that courts are required to update their information. There are four states that do not report
into these databases. (Does not include: DE, MA, SD & WY.)
I am a real estate investor and owner of a background screening company. I deal with real estate inves-
tors and property managers. My recommendation is not to dismiss running an Instant National Criminal
Check but use it in conjunction with a county criminal check. The real value of the Instant National Crim-
inal Check is that it does provide sex offender registry information for all fifty states and it does provide
terrorist watch list information also. I strongly recommend running an unlimited county check which will
cover the Social Security Address Trace and all the counties the applicant has resided in over the last 7
years along with a tenant credit report.
Don’t substitute running a quality background check for the instant gratification of running an inexpen-
sive, incomplete background check just because it’s fast. As a property owner/manager you deserve to
minimize your risk and protect your investment. Property Manager’s that are leveraging their property
management software package to run their background checks should discuss what is actually being
done as part of that check. If you have any questions about your current system feel free to reach out.
Mark Baker
Owner: Pro-Tect Background Screening
www. Protectbackgroundscreening.com
Office: (857) 284 1622
In fact, in the stock market It’s much easier to
get bigger and faster returns when the market is
crashing because the fall is faster than the rise.
When you think the stock is going to go down in
value and bet on that fact, It’s called “Shorting
the market” and it’s made A LOT of Millionaires
[It has also taken millions in a split second, which
is why personally, I feel safer and more in control
of real estate].
So why is it then that Real Estate SUCKS so bad?
Why is it so hard to get things to happen, to
get people to do what they say they will or
to get the profit spreads you hear about on
TV? Most of the time it comes down to ONE
SIMPLE WORD… Expectations. In the 10+
years I’ve been speaking, teaching, coaching
and investing the one reason I consistently hear
about why things went south is Expectations,
they expected X and Y happened.
Now you may be thinking how do expectations
make a deal go south and the answer is, it’s easy.
80% of the time the reason deals go south isn’t
one BIG thing, rather it’s multiple little things
that over time grew exponentially. Let’s say you
expected the Contractor to pull the permits, but
he expected you to, or you have an architect
who doesn’t get along with the city planner
because of an affair gone bad and you are now
feeling the repercussions of their affair and your
expectation to have these jobs stay on time and
on budget [was just blown away] and is out the
window.
Now if you are in a few cities in California on the
beach they only meet once every SIX MONTHS
to approve plans. This will affect the working
relationship because construction isn’t able to
be started or completed. This causes you to
fall MONTHS behind schedule. Now imagine
the Hard Money costs to hold that property,
destroying your ROi while you wait the six
months for them to convene.
So why does that have anything to do
with investing?
Well if you are going to lend your money on a
deal you have expectations about how you will
be compensated. If you are a contractor, you
have expectations about how you are paid and if
you are an investor you have expectations about
working with your team.
The problem with expectations is, if they aren’t
realistic everyone around loses. Most people
don’t know they have unrealistic expectations.
They went to a seminar and were told you can
make $40k on a $100k investment. Now can
you? Yes. Is it normal? NO. It doesn’t happen
every day.
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We search through hundreds of deals EVERY
month just to be able to present our active
investors each month with one to two Deals
that have a HIGH ROi [50-80%ROi]. Most of
our deals are First Trust Deeds or Cash flow
opportunities not Joint Ventures but those are
the ones that get us the most attention because
of the INSANE ROi.
However, it’s like the icing on the cake, we aren’t
just focused on a huge ROi because typically
with big reward comes big risk. So we have
to whittle down through a massive amount of
deals to find the diamonds in the rough. Low
risk, High reward and we are willing to wait for
the RIGHT deals.
The biggest reason that most new investors have
a skewed view of what is possible, is due in large
part, to what their current needs are and where
Expectations decide if you answer...
Yes or No.
The answer you give all depends on what you
expect to happen. When most people work with
each other that’s another challenge. We all have a
different version of what “good” means or “fast”
and expectations to go with those meanings.
Why is it a NEW YORK minute? Because time
actually moves faster in New York isn’t the answer
unless this is an episode of the Twilight Zone. It’s
because most people in New York move and talk
fast, just ask ANYONE from the DEEP South.
I read a book or article once that talked about this
from a sales perspective. It said something like,
if you want to sell to someone you have to match
them, pace, tempo, etc. Tony Robbins even talks
about this, in fact I think it was him who I heard this
from. The point of the story to me was people will
buy from people that they know WHAT TO EXPECT
from.
When you trust someone, what is that?
Think about it, it’s the feeling that you KNOW what
they would do in a situation. Like if you gave them
money to hold. You probably wouldn’t do that to
a total stranger but you might to your family or
friends. When you break trust into its most basic
and simple form, it’s about Expectations.
Most people FAIL in real estate and life because
they EXPECT too much and are willing to GIVE
too little. It’s called the “Entitlement mentality”,
and most people have it and don’t know it. Until
you can give up your ego and Put on your ‘Ring
of Responsibility’ that says no matter what it’s your
fault, you can’t truly get into a place of power.
You have to take responsibility for
EVERYTHING.
You heard me correct, but what if it’s not your Fault?
If you want to be a successful Entrepreneur or just
Happy, THAT isn’t a truism for you anymore. All
the successful people I have met, been a mentee
of or mentored, ALL have had the same attitude
towards responsibility. They all had 3 MAIN things
that stood out:
They were willing to do whatever it takes. In Gary
Keller’s book “The ONE Thing” He actually put into
words something I always did but thought it made
me compulsive obsessive. He said, “Successful
people look at tasks different. They work until the
task is complete, where most people work until the
day or their shift is over.” SO TRUE. I’ve had such a
challenge getting anyone to work for me because
of this habit.
They were Action Takers. This just means they
didn’t sit and wait for “something” to happen.
they ultimately want to go. They hear they need
big dreams and big goals, so now they only want
to participate in deals that whoever they heard
speak told them were possible.
What they aren’t being told or hearing is the
amount of time and effort that went into making
that possible. They are told or assume that just
because they understand the formula they are
now ready to go. And typically that just isn’t the
case. In reality they are extremely underprepared
with far-fetched expectations of time line, effort
and ease of process.
Patience is one of the most
UNDERUSED assets.
So many investors get emotionally involved and
just “WANT TO GO” so they rush research and
jump into a deal without the right due diligence.
Every time we present a deal, you have to tell
us if you are interested and how much you
would invest FAST or you will never get into
a deal. You then have 1-3 weeks (depending
on how fast it moves) to be able to do all your
due diligence. We even pull the borrowers
credit, check background and bank statements
to be able provide to our investors proper
due diligence. The last thing before we close
is provide our investors a 3rd party after repair
value appraisal giving them the ability to make
confident investments.
iQ-QUICK TIP
WHENEVER you are working
with anyone, GOOGLE THEM!
I can’t tell you how many times I
heard AFTER someone had a bad
experience they said, “I wish I would
have googled them before I invested.”
In this time of super technology don’t
be at a disadvantage because you
arne’t sure how something works.
WHENEVER you are working
with anyone, GOOGLE THEM!
I can’t tell you how many times I
heard AFTER someone had a bad
experience they said, “I wish I would
have googled them before I invested.”
In this time of super technology don’t
be at a disadvantage because you
arne’t sure how something works.

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Successful Investors Go Make SOMETHING
Happen. They don’t run blind into situations
but they don’t let their lack of experience hold
them back from opportunities. They would go
skydiving and learn on the way down. [slight
exaggeration]
They knew ONE was a lonely number. “You don’t
have to know everything you just have to know
the people who do”. Meaning, if they didn’t
know everything and if they wanted to reach
their goals of Income, retirement and family they
needed a great team to make it happen.
Get Results by Taking Action.
If you want to stay out of the 90% of watchers,
fakers and takers, then move to a team of Movers,
Shakers and Players. If you actually WANT to
get into the game then don’t hang around the
people under the bleachers complaining about
how everything isn’t fair. Your mindset will
dictate what is possible in your life, PERIOD.
Wanting the most out of your life, business and
investments takes work, so spend time with the
people you know who crush it in those areas.
If you don’t know anyone, then GET NEW
FRIENDS, that’s why you are where you are
currently.
Where you are in life right now is a reflection
of who you USED TO BE not of who you are
GOING TO BE. If you don’t like where you are,
“TAKE RESPONSIBILITY” and you will have the
power to CHANGE it!
Pete ASMUS
Investor | Speaker | Author | Entrepreneur
Pete Asmus has spent the last 10+
years learning, teaching, speaking and
searching for the perfect investing
system for himself and to be able to
offer investors just like you. He also owns
several of the top real estate groups on
LinkedIn (Including the Largest Commercial
Group and all totaling almost half a million
investors).
To find out more about Pete Asmus
[Go to http://peteASMUS.com]
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their expectations of how investing really works.”
~Pete Asmus

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