Digital Highrise

My Summation of Ramtha's Alchemist's Crucible from A Masters Key for Manipulating Time

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:03:00 +0000

Time is for the thinking mind. It insulates us. And, the yellow brain is the thinking part of the mind. You use it to think up the ‘thing’ that you want to have or experience… as you think of what you want, see it in a mental picture, in 3D, move around it, see it with detail. Write it down on a card, maybe something like,

I want to have and live in the perfect house, in the perfect place, that we all love. Keeping all the energy of thought. Injecting it in your card.

But, we don't want the energy of the yellow brains 'figuring things out' in the creation. For this is the real training. The yellow brain will try to figure out how it is going to happen. You will say,

“No people are going to give it to me, and I am going to expect it at any place either, and I don’t want any event to cause it to happen, and I don’t want this at any time. And I don’t want anything close; I want this.”

And what is left is that thing that you want, on a card, without limits... I want this, period.

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Lucky: a misunderstanding

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:14:00 +0000

I chuckle when someone sees my success and says, "wow, you are lucky." Or when I start something new, "Good luck with that". It's not luck. It never was luck. I was not born rich. I cultivated it from within.

I have bloody my hands working, literally. I have lost money. Felt dispare, anguish. I have felt like I let people down. I have gone hungry. I have worked eighteen hour days. I am lucky.

Freedom is not luck. At least it isnt for me. I have made and lost money. Then made it again. Each time refining the process. The mental game that happens inside me. This is the battle that one faces who isnt not born into entitlement. It wasn't luck.

When I left my job to be a real estate investor. My friends and family thought I was crazy, "you're a punk kid". Ha, weren't they right, I was. I still made a million dollars. And, when I lost everything including my spirit. When I felt the universe or god was out to get me, or as if It had taken my power -I am sooo unlucky.

And, when I facilitated over 400 people in the art of real estate and financial literacy, of course they too said, "You are so lucky."

And, when I said I am starting a real estate hedge fund. They said, "Isn't it a bad time for that?" The nice way to say, you're crazy.

And, when I am sitting on my patio looking on as the sun is swallowed by the pacific. As that green flash catches the arch of the earth and that fireball disappears into the sea. I will think, again, it surely must be luck. Oh, I am sooo lucky

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Power vs Force

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:52:00 +0000

I recently picked up this book again. Funny how such a cosmic book gets accolades even from someone such as Mr. Sam Walton. I am reminded of the fragile nature of force. It's seeming relationship to winning. In my experience I have successfully won the game using force. But, as the author David R. Hawkins points out this win is not without a cost.

Power on the other hand requires no such give and take. Power simply is.

What is the nature of power? What is its source? For me having measure both, I find the easiest way to know where I am creating from is how my creativity is justified. If have to declare a reason for, or to define a methodology, then I am creating with force. In other words Power needs no justification. Remember, it is.

Power, to me, feels like clarity. Calmness. And, a vortex appears seemingly from nowhere and things just work. Magic. Another marker of force is the unsettled nature of pushing.

The viciousness of force it that the more you push the more the universe pushes back. This reminds me of an article I recently read by Richard Branson about The War on... but then again, it doesn't much matter what the war is about, it will create disharmony.

As a kid, I liked to ride my bicycle with the wind at my back -it just felt good. It still does.

The Mayan Calendar, Hat Tricks, Web Apps & Happiness

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:47:00 +0000

Sometime, I just let it flow. I write from a reservoir of information that pours from my fingers. It explodes from someplace outside of me and my lil' hands can't keep up.

I wonder if all great writing comes from this place. I wonder if writers feel this and are moved. Like touching god. Then they lose it and call it writers block. I wonder because, for me, the greatest joy of writing is watching the words unfold, not knowing what will come next.

The year 2011 was an interesting year. Strange movement and seeming stagnation, and a web app that is rocking my business.

I wonder if time will stop. If the calendar ends this year and all the world is eaten by a black hole. Or maybe our way of thinking is weighed in a new direction. Personally, I think it's the latter.

I once had a man try to push me into a spillway. Our eyes met as something took his balance and he fell into the water. If you saw it from my point-of-perspective you would feel like I did. As if some kung fu part of me pushed him in, in self-defense. But my physical form made no move.

Eight years past before that moment caught up with me I and I understood what happened. These sort of hat-tricks are a part of my every day life now. I did once laugh at chopping wood. Now, its just part of the day; being alive, smiling, focusing on joy –happiness.

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Walking on Fire

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:42:00 +0000

I talk a lot about fire. I may be talking about passion, but sometimes I'm talking about the real thing.

Photo Credit: solong_mariana

The first time I walked on fire was July 2003. I attended a Tony Robbins: Unleash the Power Within event. It was a three day deal, But, Tony asked 3,000 people to walk on burning hot coals just hours after arriving, day one.

Despite what you believe about walking on fire, from experience I can tell you -running to be the first one to walk it- as you feel the heat you will undoubtedly be asking yourself "WHAT WAS I THINKING!?"

When you find yourself standing at the edge of a fire the heat tells your instincts to ‘step back’ in this moment you will question yourself, maybe even your mortality.

What I have learned has little value to you. Unless you have a desire to create epic change, typically you have to want something new BAD enough to step this far out of your comfort zone. I promise reading about walking on fire and understanding it intellectually is not the same as experiencing it. With that in mind here is what I have learned each time:

TONY'S FIRE · July 25, 2003- I have believed fire would burn me all my life, today I changed my belief about fire and I got a different outcome. What other beliefs, if I change them, will yield different results? AND, if I can walk on fire I can do anything [with respect to everyday life].
CAM’S FIRE · November 17, 2006- three years after Tony’s, I really can walk on fire. AND, a renewed sense of, I can do anything.
My FIRE · September 12, 2011- one quarter-sized blister, walking on fire requires applied focus. AND, I notice some fear living in my heart -I set it free.

If you have a burning desire to change your life, to change what lives inside you, I highly recommend walking on fire.

Making Money in a Crab Pot

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:44:00 +0000

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When I decided to change who I was. When I decided to get into real estate, to become an investor. My fiends and family told me I was crazy. To become rich from simple roots requires courage and conviction. To become rich requires fortitude and to quote Napoleon Hill, it requires definiteness of purpose.

To date I have seen the crab pot in many areas of business and life. It happens because, as we are part of nature –we gather. At a small level this is what plasma is. Plasma is simply a collection of charged particles that respond strongly and collectively to electromagnetic fields.

Those charged particles are independent but they act collectively. The same thing happens in a group of friends, when one person crosses their hands and then the entire group starts to follow.

This also happens in businesses, industries, cities, and economies.

To become rich in crab pot that isn’t rich. You must not do or think as other crabs. Go to dinner alone. Develop a vision. Focus on a horizon. Make a plan that’s blue printed from the truly successful.

Luck for you, you are not a crab. Knowing this you can change pots so to speak.

Those that question the rich are faint of heart. They listen to the crabs in their pot. And instead of choosing to be happy with who they are, they become bitter. Instead of being accountable they blame those in power.

The rich didn’t get it for free. If you want change in your home, in your friends, in your city -on the planet. You must cultivate a new vision. It lives inside you. STOP listening to the outside world and breathe. Breathe in your inner voice. Follow it to what you want.

This takes courage. You will be called crazy: by your family, by your friends. You will be defeated. And have to get up, try again. You will find hope, only to have it crushed. You will touch the stratosphere, then come crashing to earth.

Only this will bring you the fortitude to get up. Only this will remind you of your definiteness of purpose. If you want to be rich, it is not free.

You may decide it’s easier to blame the rich for what you do not have, to DEFY the foundation of our country and your own liberty, because it feels good to be apart of something.

And so your liberty will be taken -because YOU give it away. POWER lives inside you and is given as freely as you show up to have it.

Coworking: No, it’s not an Office

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:50:00 +0000

[I wrote this post for the Global Coworking Blog and have reposted it here.]

I’ll get to the meat quickly but first you must know, my passion for coworking erupted like many house fires, unexpected in the night.

One early morning between 4:00 AM and 9:00 AM this blinding surge became a blueprint to open a coworking space in downtown Salt Lake City. I don’t know where the idea came from… it was just there. I don’t remember ever hearing the term coworking before, but one thing was clear, it was time to open a coworking office.

To me coworking is truly about, collaboration: a unified, high-impact, high-energy workspace. Not really an office at all.

The passion I feel for the community, this collaboration, is blazing inside me. You’ve surely felt it before working on a choice project. Coworking is a blazing fire.

If you want an office, you can go to one of many virtual suites. You’ll get a posh facade and a killer address for your business card. You’ll pay twice as much as most coworking joints and you’ll get a box office that maybe has a window. This isn’t coworking.

To me coworking is about energy first, it’s about the harmony that happens when two or more like-minded people are in proximity focusing on the same thing. In this case, building something, working –coworking. And now that I think about it, coworking is really a mastermind. The kind that Napoleon Hill swears will change your life.

So I think you can see that coworking is really, not an office. Truly it is more of a mastermind with a footprint.

I Was Banned from the Restaurant

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:31:00 +0000

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Yes, it's true. A dear friend of mine -or so I thought- owns a local restaurant. I had already decided that the next time he complained about not having enough money, or business I would tell him why.

Looking back I find great clarity, hindsight being what it is. Now I wonder about this choice. In the company of another friend the restauranteur begins to tell us about all the people not buying but instead stealing and loitering on his patio.

I calmly say, "You know my favorite drink is a mocha, and sometimes its hard to pay for a drink I can hardly drink". The problem here is simple. As is the cliché, the devil is in the details. You would think making great food and drinks would be an important detail.

Unfortunately my words were taking as vinegar and my friend told me to get lost. Only when he said it there were a lot more &@$*! as he stormed off. But This wasn't enough, he also took liberty to txt me not to return and that I was an ass hole –yes two words.

The final replies, I wrote, "I love you anyway." To which he replied, "@#&% you".

Business clearly isn't so good. If it were the restauranteur would not have taken my words with such dramatic emotion.

The thing is, I deeply care about his success, and the success of his venture. If I didn't, I simply wouldn't show up, let alone tell him the problem. But like often the case, sometimes we don't want to hear the words that would save a sinking ship.

The restauranteur will mark the third of his kind I have known. The other two went out of business. I hope he doesn't follow the others. Maybe he will read this post. If he does, I love you anyway. The details and consistence are what counts.

Then again, this isn't much different from my business. After 13 years, people still call me about properties for sale. I have a reputation for showing up, consistently. I have a habit of closing deals, of rehabbing property and watching the details.

UPDATE

12/02/2011 – I started getting texts, "what happened to #%#*?" Turns out business wasn't so good. The restaurant is closed and a big for sale sign is out front. Naturally, I called to help. The guy put his life savings into opening the place. Alas, no reception.

What’s Your Money Story?

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:37:00 +0000

Over the last six years I’ve been teaching financial literacy. It’s a good place to bait people in to their real driving desire to be more and connect with inner peace and knowing. The driving force for wealth isn’t what you think it is.

In fact, I’ve interviewed countless millionaires who really have no clue how they made their money. They give a cliché, "I was in the right place at the right time", or "I worked hard". But, always, always they have a core set of values and beliefs about what it is that makes them, successful.

This isn’t a Think and Grow Rich lesson. If you haven’t read the book or even if you have, I suggest reading Napoleon’s best book –in my humble opinion- Grow Rich with Peace of Mind. The idea that prevails in both is meant to affect change in your mind. To write a new story about what money is.

As with everything in the real world money is simply an atom. The difference for me and you and Donald Trump, or Billionaire Charlie Munger is our personal story that defines it, defines money in our mind, and ultimately in our lives.

What is your money story? What were you taught about money? And, is it true? That last bit is a trick question of sorts. Your experience is made up of the stories you keep. And, so whatever your story is, it is true for you. When you look back at your life you will see that your dominant story is the one that shapes your life.

If you look at Charlie Munger or Donald Trump their stories also shape their experience of life. NOT all rich people work 85 hour work weeks like the Donald. His story tells him he must - and so it is true.

Proud to Announce Judah Ashton

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:38:00 +0000

Born 1/20/11 at 11:20PM Welcome back to earth my son...

Basket Brigade 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:09:00 +0000

Tony Robbins life story includes a Thanksgiving where his family did not have food. It's a touching tale that has led to Tony's creation of an open-anonymous group which feeds an estimated 2 million people each year worldwide.

I am inviting you to join us.

This year I am happy to announce I will -once again- be spearheading a team in Salt Lake City.

You will find details added to this page on how to get involved. In the meantime, if you are ready to change the lives for one or more families this year; whether it's time you have, or money.

Email me and I will send you details on how you can help, digitalhighrise+basketbrigade@gmail.com

We Work to Learn

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:07:00 +0000

I've heard it said, we partner because we feel we are lacking. Because we feel that we cannot do it alone. I operate in a business where you cannot do it alone. But, this does not mean you must formalize a partnership, share your profit, or give away your deal.

I've given away a lot of deals.

Sometimes, I forget what I've learned. And, today -this early morning rather- I intend to write for clarity about why. Why repeat?

When I was a kid, I REALLY wanted a Nintendo. And naturally I got one. It was part of a series of gaming systems, a console. I would sit for hours trying to pass a level. Playing it over and over. Repeating the process. Changing one thing, then another, and another, until... SUCCESS!

I must compare my repetitive process to passing a level. It seems the only, well, sane answer.

Partnerships are an interesting thing. Here is some of what I have learned about them over time:

Working with people is required.
Aligning with someone in a moment, doesn't mean you will tomorrow.
Partnerships are like marriage, easy to get in to - hard to get out of.
People are at different places energetically, honor it.
Just because someone shows up, doesn't mean its perfect fit, or what you think it is.
Nonetheless, you did it. Now what can/did you learn?

Who Has the 'Right' Time?

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:58:00 +0000

A friend of mine often seeks comfort of trees. Not just any tree. He walks up a long trail and finds himself outside the city. This trail leads him to a special tree. The tree is named Constance.

My friend goes to Constance for wisdom. On this day, he says to Constance, "You are amazing. You are so patient, to sit here for hundreds of years." With a belly laugh –if Constance had one– he replies, "But I am rarely here. Time is for thinking, for the mind. I live outside that construct. I travel all over, when ever."

This leads us to another lesson about time. But today, I want to type about time from a linear standpoint. In this linear state we can begin to look at time in other ways. Foremost in my mind, is the intuitive mind and its role in prediction, forethought, or pre-crime like the movie Minority Report.

In Minority Report, as the name implies, the Precog's sometimes disagreed. Sometimes. Other times they are spot on. The crime will happen absolute. What am I getting at? I'm getting at the perception of the Precog. The Precog is you and your intuition, your psychic friend, or counselor. What they see, what they look at –in the future– AND how they perceive it. But wait. There is more to consider. When you, or some you get counsel from 'looks' into the future. They are seeing future through their lens, through their perception of the Is.

Simply put, if the Precog, thinks time is always changing and that the future is open then their looking will be open to that change. AND if you think that, then your information will reflect it no matter who you get it from – unless, you think a certain person is special. But lets back up.

What this implies is that I'm leaning toward an absolute reality. Preordained. Where your future is already decided. But what if you don't believe that?

Enough of the riddles of the mind. You are always right. Your world will validate for you, based on what you believe is real. AS does it for everyone else. The point for today is when I look into my future. Like choosing an exit price for a house. I look at the absolute outcome. Not a probability. Where will I arrive, period. Not where could I arrive, where might I arrive, or I hope I arrive.

I know –for me– an absolute arrival is there. And, as such I look for it, not something else. I ask to see that absolute outcome, rather than a probable, or possible outcome.

I wonder, what outcomes are you asking for?

Secret Society: Are You Positive or Negative?

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:23:00 +0000

I confess I do spend sometime in the metaphysical circles.

My confession is sort of weak because most people know this. If I'm teaching real estate investment or financial literacy I always mention the minds role and the unseen. But sometimes – in any circle – people get down when you mention the possibility of a complete governmental breakdown.

Well what about Armageddon? What if California does fall into the sea? Am I worried? Am I giving energy to bad vibes? The real question isn't about good or bad. The real question is are you afraid?

Neil Strauss – an author I respect – wrote about his fears, authentically in his book Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life. Neil talks about the changes in our economy and government that reflect history, and there are countless trend followers who agree, including billionaires of our nation – a secret society.

Am I afraid? No. Did I read Neils book? You bet your ass I did! I do recommend this book. Was it scary at times, sure. Did I learn some things about getting on? I did. To me life is not about positive or negative, it's about feeling happy. If you are in fear it's hard to be happy. Sometimes finding inner peace comes from understanding your power and what you are capable of creating, regardless of what's happening outside of you. And, that power can come from education, to ease the mind and create a foundation of strength - peace.

As a side note, I know this post might seem a bit off topic for the site. But, it is my site. I write what I want.

The Digital Highrise

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:28:00 +0000

Listen to me for a moment, I'll pour honey potion in your ear and wisp you away – wherever I want to take you.

I'm studied in Hypnosis and Nero-Linguistic Programing. In short, I sell ice to Eskimos. Of course, it could have been the year I was a top recruiter for two MLM companies, learning about peoples dreams, building rapport – maybe.

There is a part of branding and image that makes things easy. In American Beauty, Carolyn Burnham says, "My company sells an image. It's part of my job to live that image." I don't suggest being fake but I do suggest understanding what makes people notice you.

The Digital Highrise is about an image. It's about saving time. I officed at a highrise – yes, the one pictured. The address on my business card read, "the 17th floor." Not a suite number – the entire floor. The business card was double embossed, in and out. My company logo, also embossed – satin finish. The color of the cards features, blues – soft blue. Why? Soft blue is inviting. People feel at ease.

IF you came to see me. I'd likely be wearing designer jeans, and tailored button-up shirt. Nothing over the top – crisp, clean – different, just a little. If you asked, I'd give you my card. If you wanted to call, I'd refer you to my assistant.

Time management. My card, my highrise office, my choice of wardrobe... an image. All designed to save me time. Sure I can sell you an ice cube in Alaska. But why bother if the image sells it to you first?

Today, I office at home. I closed the highrise doors – gave out all my business cards. Now, I am shifting all matters of business to arrive at physical freedom. I want to be anywhere. This website, the time I spend here – my Digital Highrise.

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Social Media is Stupid

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:19:00 +0000

There are more than 350 million active users on Facebook alone. To compare with something else trending, over 250 million iPods have been sold worldwide.

Do I Really Need It?
Yes, your friends are on Facebook, your customers and prospects are on Facebook. Social media is not a fad. Some suggest its the evolution of the internet. That doesn't surprise me considering the O.Gs – original geeks – that created the web wanted everyone to have their own webpage... And, now more than thirty years later social networking sites are making it reality.

(luc / CC BY-SA 2.0)

How Does It Work Anyway?
As an example... lets say you want to try something new for dinner tonight. Would you google that? Or would you rather ask some friends? Yeah, me too. So what I do is simple. I post a status update to Facebook via text on my phone. "Thinking of trying something new for dinner, ideas?" BAM! In minutes my friends begin suggesting places to go. Not only suggestions, but also discussing other peoples suggestions. I do this NOW. What if YOU had a restaurant?

Ways to Implement
You might have a restaurant, you might be a real estate agent, and you might be crazy... If you aren't using social media. I wont bother telling you how to setup a Facebook page – you can google that.
Here are some ways to use your page/profile to generate some business. IF you are a restaurant, you may consider running a special as your status update – "Today only cupcakes buy one get one free, just mention this Facebook post". As a real estate agent you would type, "just sold a house on Lincoln, on the market 5 days!" or "we did property tours today, there are some real gems coming from the REO market."

What is the point?
How does that improve my business you say? Consider your audience is reading your posts! And, you are fresh in their minds. There are dozens more ways to post and share what is going on with your business – you can google that too.

Social Media Strategy
IF you have a blog remember the 350 million users over at Facebook. Include a share link at the bottom of your posts. In fact, you'll notice there are several ways to share this post at the bottom. Try the Facebook share. Its so easy YOUR readers can do it in two clicks total. And let's get real real... the average Facebook user has 130 friends. When your reader shares a post, they are sharing it with more than 100 potential new readers!

Keep Real Estate Real-Simple Recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:02:00 +0000

If you open your wallet you can spend thousands of dollars getting an education to buy and sell houses. Spend weeks at Boot Camps that teach you everything you need to know to make money – you hope.

This is part two of the series Winning at Real Estate Investment, marked "Real Estate Series".

My experience is you may have already done this? And, you may still feel lost and not know where to start. Whether this is you or not the goal of this series is to show you in simple terms the recipes to win. Again let's look at my buying recipe:

recipes make cooking fun!

find property = negotiate = write offer = accepted offer = close

Find Property

In my mind finding deals (properties) is the most important aspect of being a pro real estate investor. Second only to finding buyers to buy from you.

The general strategy for finding deals is having a network of people that bring them to you – whether they are Realtors, or Attorneys, or Bird-Dogs. But having a system or recipe – to follow our theme – is key to winning.

But, we will cover recipes for locating later on.

Negotiate > Write Offer > Accepted Offer

Let's assume you have found a deal to buy. You have got to get it under-contract quick – or maybe not. Part of the negotiate recipe is understanding the market conditions. If the market is moving fast, so do the good deals. If the market is moving slow, it's likely that you have more time to let the seller stew.

Depending on the find recipe you used, you may have a Realtor negotiating for you. If this is the case, realize not all agents are created equal. And, that sometimes you may depending on market conditions and your agent, use a slightly different recipe:

find property = write offer = negotiate = accepted offer = close

Which probably remind you to ask why on earth you'd negotiate before writing an offer? If you have any experience that's the question I get a lot. When I negotiate a deal I want to know the deal before I write an offer. I don't want to send 10 faxes back and forth to arrive at a price. It takes time. Each exchange can take a day or more. I've seen these exchanges go on average 4 to 5 days.

write offer = negotiate = negotiate = negotiate = negotiate = negotiate = negotiate = accepted offer

Granted this exchange may be part of a strategy! Don't think about this to much – yet. But, the reason it takes so long is everyone has to keep signing documents. People have lives!

What I want is to meet the seller at the property and arrive at a real number to buy. Then fax/email my offer and have it signed and accepted inside one day. IF you have a Realtor they might be doing this already – calling the other agent and testing the water... "we're thinking about make an offer around $50k..."

Or I even work with selling agents directly. It goes something like this:

agent: make an offer.
me: I've found it much faster to email or text you what we have in mind. If it works for your client, great, we'll write the offer."
agent: sure um okay

I recently negotiated the purchase of a three million dollar house using text message. Once the contract was signed, the selling agent smiled "I've never negotiated the sale of a house over text". I smiled back.

Other times in fast moving markets you write an offer first. In an attempt to take the property off the market. Again, we will cover negotiation further later in the series. For now understand in our buy recipe negotiate and write offer can be reversed.

An accepted offer means it's time to close! Well, almost... you have several weeks or days to do inspections and perhaps re-negotiate. Once your due diligence time has expired you will be set to close. Again we will cover accepted offers in more detail later in this series.

Close

Ahh, it could be that I've done this for so long that closings just seem easy. But really, the title agent/escrow agent/attorney will handle most of this process. Your job is to make sure the money is there to close and to show up to sign docs.

ReCap

- The general buy recipe is simple.
- Having a find recipe is important – but not as important as having buyers to buy from you!
- Negotiating changes when the market changes.
- As you have a core understanding of the buy recipe, we will expand on all its ingredients in detail. Then we can begin to change ingredients to make new recipes.

You haven't subscribed? Do it here, my courier pigeons will find you and deliver a message when part 3 is posted.

Winning at Real Estate Investment

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:07:00 +0000

Glamour, Despair, Bankruptcy AND RICHES all could be yours, and can be used to describe real estate investing. What will it be?

Invest in Real Estate because it is the best investment there is. – Donald Trump

After 12 years buying junk houses I've seen it all. There is a complex equation to winning. The nice thing about houses – they don't move... most of the time.

There is so much to cover on this topic we'll be breaking it into a series. I can teach you the general recipe for winning very quickly. I will show you how easy it is to invest in houses – in principal, and theory. BUT applying these recipes should NOT be taken lightly.

The number 1 thing to manage with 'flipping' is stress. Seriously, I've helped people make $40,000 in a month only to have them retort, "I'll never do that again!" Some aren't wired to manage stress. And no amount of money will change that.

First, look at real estate as a recipe. Here is a peek at my buying recipe:

find property = negotiate = write offer = accepted offer = close

This stuff is easy – right? Pretty much. We will also be covering mindset as my experience puts your thinking as key as any other part of winning – actually I find that true for life in general.

Looking at the buying recipe you see negotiate is the second step... you've got to have the mindset to make this happen! Negotiation is not for the faint of heart. You may want to read something else and save time... turn back now, read no more!

You're still reading? Here is the thing, I can't do anything else. Real estate is what I do for money. Whether its helping someone rehab and flip a junk house, or buying a 300 unit apartment complex – real estate is what I do. It simply pays too well for me to do anything else. In the industry we have a term, guys like me are called real estate whores. I know it sounds bad, but it is true. We look under sinks for money NOT glamour.

Let's summarize; this series will cover the recipes for multiple strategies for buying, holding, and flipping houses. By the way, flipping is NOT a good term within the industry. We will also cover mindset and all the other things those infomercial boys are selling for huge profits.

AND, some case studies of deals we're doing and ones we've done – good, bad and ugly.

Subscribe to Digital Highrise here, for an email when part 2 is posted.

Haiti Today TEXT TWITTER Whatever

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:00:00 +0000

My heart aches for the people who suffer EVERY day. Haiti is but ONE thing – can you give your heart every day? Or just open your wallet at the whim of nature? I wonder.

There are disasters occurring all the time... you don't look – why? I wonder.

7 Quick Ways to Live Free

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:45:00 +0000

Daily I am asked questions that relate to living happier and without boundaries. Sometimes the questions are in disguise, but they are always about love, money and peace – the oddity is its all really the same. Chew on this:

Consider, that reoccurring clichés may have some merit. And, those that repeat them have lived their truths.

Focus on your issues, not those of others. The more you focus on you, the easier it is to change what counts.

Understand your uneasiness is a lack driven by wanting to feel love, yet love comes from inside.

Know that ninety percent of fears NEVER actually come true, yet most spend their time worrying anyway.

Yesterdays are gone, tomorrow isn't here – live today. Really, what would you do if this was your last day on earth?

Notice the success of others - it's not their luck. They just know or believe something different.

Some things, like gravity are irrefutable, others are just default programs – they can be changed.

As an extra - you will laugh about 'this' later - why not laugh now?

The PMA BIG Money Delusion

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:29:00 +0000

"Yeah, I can do that! Sure, no problem. We're getting paid on Friday."

"I think I can." Yes, yes you can. I understand you read the book Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude ("PMA"), okay, probably more like you watched the video "The Secret", or maybe you read Think and Grow Rich. The PMA BIG Money Delusion is a virus spreading that I expect will mutate soon into something more amazing. The current condition of our economic stability and the general view of the people (among other choices) is a product we'll call PMA-BMD disorder.

PMA-BMD is all the positive minded people who have never made more than a normal wage, going after BIG dreams with the expectation of rapid arrival at stardom and bliss. Rapid as in next week or this month.

The reality is I do subscribe and prescribe to PMA and I do take credit for my reality and the creation of things I want. PMA-BMD is a delusion if the PMA takes over and becomes a dominating force, neglecting inner guidance. So what's the solution?

Tao Te Ching would likely suggest - balance. There are parts inside all of us that are not congruent with grand dreams. Those parts mixed with your overall frequency/vibration/experience make your reality.

If your insides are not singing the same song as your mind/ego you will not swiftly arrive. Will you arrive ever? Sure, but what is more likely is you will end up frustrated and pissed off at whoever sold you this PMA bullshit. "So then what?" you ask.

PMA-BMD is curable. Take baby steps. I wrote once "the universe moves in baby steps, as not to collapse the mind". I was referring to the subconscious parts of the mind. You have a map that must be protected. But that's another story. Baby steps don't have to be slow and tedious.

Just understand and listen to how you feel inside. Does your stomach ache? Do you have a knot in your chest? Yeah, you're probably biting off more than you can chew.

Will you arrive at your outcome? YES, yes you will. Tomorrow, most likely not. Baby steps will insure the health of your ego and actually get you wherever you want to be quicker than ~~unrealistic goals~~ lofty goals.

By the way, this validates. In all of history, the number of people that rapidly change reality is very small. Oh, wait! You say "but I'm special" I meditate, and I have had awakenings. I'm enlightened." I know you are. So are all the other people with PMA-BMD. I'll save you the 12-Step program... but really, aim for doubling your business this quarter or in the next six months, then aim to double that.

In the end... really, notice how you feel inside. The goal isn't bad, or out of reach. It's just going to take steps to get it. AND, of course you will take them.

Badass No Hands AND a Bow & Arrow!

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:19:00 +0000

Who is this guy? Okay, you know this guy... Tim Ferriss author of The 4-Hour Workweek. He's got my attention lately... I read the first addition of his book long ago, it's a great book. But what's got me transfixed now is my subscription to his blog... it's sort of like an intravenous supply of good times... and WTF's.

Take 40 minutes and watch this video, you'll see what I mean.

Paying $1 per Twitter Follower

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:56:00 +0000

Follow me on twitter and I will donate $1 to Rescue a Million.

Rescue a Million, President - Julie Butler, Uganda

Last March Tim Ferriss launched a social experiment he called The "Tweet to Beat". The purpose, to give away $150,000 to benefit U.S. public school students.

I am taking the example. Donating to Rescue a Million. A program that simultaneously saves two of the earth's most precious resources - children and the environment.

Right now I have twenty-ish twitter followers making this easy to track... Let's just call it zero. I will give a dollar for up to 50,000 followers, simply put, up to $50,000 donated to Rescue a Million.

What To Do

Follow Me on Twitter.
Spread the Word! Retweet and share... “Paying $1 per Follower: Rescue a Million - http://bit.ly/8QrRqe”

Mr. Ferriss writes about the benefit of twitter as a platform:

...Twitter is the perfect laboratory for a new-and-improved approach (at least with a few variables).

It’s public and therefore accountable, it’s trackable, it allows exclusive communication with followers when needed (“protect my updates” under settings), and it’s current media popularity makes it the ideal PR vehicle for this campaign. Last but not least, though this experiment has no victims, produces no spam, nor violates the Twitter Terms of Service, this alternative use will get some purists hot and bothered.

Follow me on twitter: www.twitter.com/webrobert
Link this post: http://www.digitalhighrise.net/2010/01/paying-1-per-follower-rescue-million.html Same url shortened: http://bit.ly/8QrRqe

UPDATES

02/15/2009 – I spoke with Rescue a Million today. They are talking about a campaign to fulfill my offer for followers. Something about Hero's for Haiti. Stay tuned!

01/01/2011 – This donation model is closed.

Resolve to Kick Ass and Win!

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:24:00 +0000

This is a beginning, a guide if you will to winning at love, life, and money.

A little history and why you should bother reading this...

at fifteen I declared "I'm going to be a millionaire."

at eighteen I realize the only difference between that guy in the Lexus, and me, is he knows something different about making money."

by twenty I own more than a million dollars in real estate and had bought and sold over a dozen houses - making sixty thousand a month.

right around September 11, 2001 (I was twenty-two) I went bankrupt. I was super depressed. I wanted to die.

For the next two years I wonder what I did to god, the universe, the unseen (whatever you want to call it) to deserve this mess.

Broke and tattered I even try knocking doors selling cable television. There is a ratio for success. BUT it does not work for me.

I pick up the book Think and Grow Rich, and realize the missing ingredient to success formulas.

I find my mojo and by twenty-five I office and the tallest highrise in Utah, co-hosting the largest Robert Kiyosaki Cashflow game in the state.

Hiatus time, at twenty-seven I close my office and spend almost a year sitting in meditation watching HD quality movies of self-discovery in my mind - I call this the reboot phase of my life.

As I write this now I am thirty years old, I find that i understand the word wisdom and what it means to know something versus think it. And, I understand the marriage of my conscious mind and that part of me that remains hidden in my DNA. A part that I am reminding daily of its power to create. Awakening from the outside in, and the inside out.

The purpose of this work is to help you understand the unseen forces that seemingly run your life. To help you navigate your experience, and get what you want, AND to know why you did. So you can repeat your successes and stop repeating your failures. Life is about choices.

stay tuned...

How Wearing a Pink Ribbon is BS

noreply@blogger.com (Robert Wayne) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Are you an activist? Are you a consumer? Do you eat food? Do you like being skinny, healthy, dis-ease free?

Ribbons don't save lives, research doesn't save lives. YES, awareness DOES save lives. But awareness about what?

If you know me, you know I am about empowerment, and that I have lived some cool-worldly-amazing experiences. Yes, I walked on 1300º degree burning hot coals. Your red hot stove is 300º and will blister your hand like no body's business. I have used my thoughts to eat pizza every day for a month and LOSE ten pounds. I have stared into myself for eight hours just to brighten the dark corners of my mind.

So why am I writing about food awareness? I mean who cares. "Abra kadabra! I deem THIS food healthy!" Yes, I do do that. And, yes that was a pun, a shitty one like our food system. Don't believe everything you read. Don't believe everything you see. BUT DO notice how over-weight and grossly obese our country is as a whole. I'll spare you the stats.

Did you know that even the average daily calorie suggestions we use are based on the average consumption of the people? Yes. What does that mean exactly? It means that our obese nation is averaged out and - voilà! Here is your daily average calorie intake! What! Wouldn't it make more sense to use a 'healthy' average? Guess not. Eat Mor Chikin!!

Fast food is king, no really.

Our food is governed by industry, by the shear demand of food monopolies... what does that mean to you? It means that when you go to the super-market most of the food comes from the same place... and literally is made from the same things. Like government subsidized corn. Even that cow was fed corn, oh, and the chikin he promotes.

"I don't eat fast food!" you exclaim. And, I must reply, "Yes you do". When ALL of the beef sales are created by McDonalds and its competition.. the beef comes from the same slaughterhouse, created with production standards of mass-happy meal heaven.

What's the Point?

Do you know what you're eating? Your meat is bathed in ammonia, your vegetables are genetically enhanced. And, you are getting sick. All those pink ribbons and cancer commercials are for our loved ones. Fight Cancer get a pink ribbon! What! History doesn't lie! Eat real food, and BE healthy.

Bottom line; know the source of your food and where it comes from. Sounds simple, it is. Do you really know the source for anything you've eaten this week? And, Get Involved.