Speaker Highlights: Radio Personality John Adams Covers Toilets,
Tenants, and Everything You Need to Master to Make Money
Investing in Real Estate at GaREIA’s June 2015 Meeting
John Adams, host of the John Adams Show on Talk 920AM in Atlanta, started his
presentation at GA REIA’s June meeting off with a laugh, and the fun didn’t stop
for more than an hour as he spent time with GA REIA’s members training,
teaching, and even doing a little philosophizing about real estate in Atlanta,
Georgia, and life in general.
John, who is a 20-year veteran of Atlanta radio and also writes a weekly column
for the Sunday Atlanta Journal Constitution, came to GA REIA with some firm
principles to impart. “There are certain disciplines you must master in order to
make money investing in real estate,” he said, just before diving right into those
disciplines.
John noted that understanding how real estate investing works is important, but
added that with investing, as with certain automotive GPS systems, “the map
doesn’t always appear unless the car is already in motion.” Essentially, you have
to take action in real estate in order to get results, and sometimes the directions
you need will not become evident until you have already started your journey.
John’s “9 Disciplines,” which he went over in detail during the meeting, describe