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There’s Big Money in Conquering Your Fear:
And Here’s How to Do It!
By Matt Theriault
“Show me the money!”
You say, Ok, I will.
•There aren’t any deals out there right now.
•I can’t qualify for a loan.
•The REO agent won’t call me back.
•The market is saturated with other investors.
I
t’s actually in plain
sight and yours for the
taking, if it weren’t
for that one thing that
stands between you
and it. That thing is
fear. Fear is what
stands between the money
you’re making right now and
the money you want to make.
Just on the other side of that
fear exists an abundance of
wealth, freedom and happiness.
Big money! If you could only
figure out how to conquer that
fear, that big money would be
yours. Such a simple concept, but it almost seems
insurmountable, doesn’t it?
What? You’re not afraid of anything? Fear isn’t your
problem?
Well... if the lack of time, money, credit and/or
knowledge has stifled your real estate investing progress,
fear is your problem. The reason most would not admit
that fear is their problem is because fear comes in so
many different shapes, sizes, names and intensities that
they don’t recognize it for what it really is. It’s not
always called fear, sometimes it sounds like: •I’ll wait until the election is over.
•The market hasn’t hit bottom yet.
Fear, or any variation of the word, isn’t mentioned in
any of the above examples, but they are all founded on
fear. Until you recognize fear for what it really is and
learn how to conquer it, the big money you seek will
forever exceed your grasp.
Through my own personal experiences and now through
several years of coaching others in their real estate investing,
I’ve come to know fear for what it is 99.9% of the time:
False Evidence Appearing Real (F.E.A.R.).
•I’ll call that FSBO tomorrow. Continue on pg. 22
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