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Joe: Hey, it's Joe. I've got another question here.
"Can you personally show me how to buy properties? It sure seems like it'd be easier if I had
someone walk me through the process a few times."
Joe: I use this example a lot: I don't know anything about working on cars or diesel mechanics
or anything, but I know a guy who's a really good diesel mechanic, and they've got these
thick, thick books on how to change things in the engines, how to work on the carburetor,
etc. (I don't know what all of that stuff is) So, how to do that stuff. You can go through
and you can read that book and you can learn all about diesel mechanics and how to fix
a diesel engine. Joe: There are two ways that I can do this.
One is I can read a book, the other is I could stand next to a professional master diesel
mechanic and he can point at the tools and say, 'Take that wrench' (or whatever it is
they use on diesel mechanic stuff) 'Put it on that nut and turn it. Then, do this and
take that hose and push it there, and do that', etc., telling me exactly what to do with what
tools, and what I'm trying to accomplish while I'm doing it. That would be much easier than
trying to go into a book and trying to figure out specifically what needs to be done.
Joe: A master diesel mechanic could teach me much quicker than a book could. That's
how this mentor program works - having someone who's a master at real estate tell you, 'Here's
what you need to focus on. Here are the things you need to do first. Stop wasting your time
doing these activities; they're not making you money. Focus on the things that are making
you money. Here are the three things that you need to do to make money.' Those are the
things that I do in my mentor program for my mentor students.
Joe: So many times, I'll get them started and I'll say, 'Go work on this, this and this,'
and they'll get working on those things and then they'll get sidetracked. Now they have
to go off and do this, they have to go off and get their LLC, they have to go off and
fix their database, they have to go off and make some more signs, they have to go off
onto these other tangents on things that don't make them money. Now, there are times when
you have to do those things; those things have to be taken care of at some point, but
those aren't the things that you want to start with - you want to start with the activities
that make you the money. Those are the things that having a mentor can help you do. Thanks.