<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' gd:etag='W/&quot;CUQCQnk5eSp7ImA9WhdRFUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256</id><updated>2011-08-05T11:56:03.721-05:00</updated><title>Balance and Harmony</title><subtitle type='html'>Humanity needs to live in balance and harmony with Mother Earth.  This can be achieved by utilizing the scientific method towards social concern and the intelligent management of Earth's resources.  Resource Based Economy</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default?redirect=false&amp;v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false&amp;v=2'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>138</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CUQCQnk4fCp7ImA9WhdRFUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-5167313352205786167</id><published>2011-08-05T11:51:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T11:56:03.734-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2011-08-05T11:56:03.734-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='celebration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world enlightainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communication'/><title>World Enlightainment - Part 2 Initiative: Celebration &amp; Communication</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QDr7VZZc1dc/TjwgSGPwcuI/AAAAAAAAAGk/fl3aurj6n60/s1600/TGM_Logo1-copy2.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 85px; height: 71px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QDr7VZZc1dc/TjwgSGPwcuI/AAAAAAAAAGk/fl3aurj6n60/s320/TGM_Logo1-copy2.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637416328847454946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;World Enlightainment Initiative - Celebration &amp;amp; Communication&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Celebration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;Originating out of the cradle of Africa some 70,000 years ago CELEBRATION has been carried throughout the world by our ancestors as deeply etched in our DNA as any genetic marker could ever be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This greatest of commonalities that for millenniums has served to protect, preserve and nourish our cultures, our heritages and our histories also provided an outlet for sharing our dreams, our beliefs, our accomplishments and our visions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;Where other entities often widen the distance between peoples, celebration served as a calling card lowering defenses, inviting inclusion and providing a common language that could be easily understood. Over time these celebrations became the roots of our identities, our personal brands and images, creative seeds of these global celebrations were carried by migrating tribes and travelers along their journeys, taking hold in new locations, adding new components, changing others and evolving into their own legacies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As time and technology moved forward these creative seeds were carried further and faster than ever before, resulting in increased awareness, creativity and professionalism on a global scale.  Where time and distance once separated us, as our world began to grow smaller, WE began a voyage of rediscovery and remembering, finding others like ourselves, who's dreams, visions and challenges were similar to our own, in the next town over and on the other side of the globe.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;Recognizing the opportunity that lay before them the leaders of our time courageously started a dialogue that we have been invited to build upon today. A dialogue with visionaries around the world who have taken the power of festival, events and celebrations to new levels and touched virtually every corner of our planet, who have created MAGIC and HOPE and JOY and WONDER, who have woven a tapestry of human experiences for us all to enjoy.  Visionaries driven by ALL THAT WE CAN BE not what we are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOW it is our time, through the universal process of evolution we have inherited the leadership of a movement who's power may be greater than any other, the power of our species.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;True potential as yet untapped WE have been given the opportunity and power to touch lives, to build community to create pride, to offer HOPE to INSPIRE dreams to stir the imagination to cross borders to lower barriers to open communication, to bond peoples together to build alliances and to TRANSFORM THE WORLD. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Evolution has brought our journey full circle through our migration from ONE into separate entities and back again to ONE single global family.  United as ONE our tools are many and varied our legions endless, our creative possibilities unlimited our alliances strong and our potential impact unimaginable.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;The flag has been planted, an era of partnership begun that crosses all barriers, assumptions, beliefs, ideas, tendencies that we may have about the world, of new possibilities and relationships that excite and inspire, of individual commitment co- operation and communication of extraordinary visions and positive legacies and INTEGRITY that will remain long after we are gone and lay the foundations for future generations to follow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Together WE can do great things WE invite you to CELEBRATE THE FUTURE IN ADVANCE.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;Today WE present THE GREAT MOTHER CELEBRATION a global humanitarian event that will launch a historic movement and membership model with a call for an Perseverance of Peace and the protection and nurturing of our planet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the tradition of "WE ARE THE WORLD" the World Peace ONE theme song featuring the world's top international recording artist and international children's peace choirs sets the ambience. On stage will feature some of the biggest INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITIES, WORLD LEADERS and PEACE AMBASSADORS simultaneously broadcasting from seven venues in seven countries across 24 timezones starting on Friday 22 April UN International Mother Earth Day and ending on Tuesday, 26 April a total of FIVE DAYS of Music, Dance, Fashion, Sport, Art and CELEBRATION.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;As the visible invitation and kick off event for the “DECADE THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE” 2011 – 2021. IT will bring JOY and HOPE to all.  The GREAT MOTHER CELEBRATION will bring humanity together as never before. Join unique performances from cities, cultures and communities around the globe using the biggest most comprehensive interactive multimedia event ever conceived in the largest worldwide live five day convergence broadcast combining television radio wireless the Internet and major entertainment venues.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For the first time ever individuals in ever corner of the world will use the latest and greatest global communication technologies having the chance to speak and listen creating the worlds largest interactive experience by joining over 4 billion people sharing their dreams hopes and solutions for the 21st Century.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;Join over 150 broadcast and internet technology partners from around the world collaborate with the worlds best live television and the talent behind for such successes as Olympics, the academy awards, the Emmy's and Live Aid the most watched live event of all time until – NOW seize this unprecedented opportunity to reach out and communicate with ALL.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Communication:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;WE  creates new ways and new systems for individuals to communicate interact and trade in the global market place through the development of our distinction generosity, under our SOS (Sharing Our Solutions) and LimitlessNOW initiatives.  WE will enable people to upgrade to billionaire lifestyles and a permanent improvement in their quality of life. Our systems are super simple, intuitive and dispense traditional barriers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;(c) 2011-2012 World Enlightainment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-5167313352205786167?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/5167313352205786167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=5167313352205786167' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5167313352205786167?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5167313352205786167?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-enlightainment-part-2-initiative.html' title='World Enlightainment - Part 2 Initiative: Celebration &amp; Communication'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QDr7VZZc1dc/TjwgSGPwcuI/AAAAAAAAAGk/fl3aurj6n60/s72-c/TGM_Logo1-copy2.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CEEDRXk-eyp7ImA9WhdRFUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-3780918485151396863</id><published>2011-08-05T11:38:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T11:44:34.753-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2011-08-05T11:44:34.753-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the m-course'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world enlightainment'/><title>World Enlightainment - Part 1 Initiative: Education</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aa-ixaWMlIk/Tjwd58HZZhI/AAAAAAAAAGc/UtRpJD8Tx4Q/s1600/WEuser1_pic35.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aa-ixaWMlIk/Tjwd58HZZhI/AAAAAAAAAGc/UtRpJD8Tx4Q/s320/WEuser1_pic35.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637413714787919378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;World Enlightainment Initiative - Education&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldenlightainment.com/referral/0077777739"&gt;WORLD ENLIGHTAINMENT&lt;/a&gt; has been in development by it's founders for over three decades in asking the singular question. How do we make the world better forever for everyone? It is therefore an active and ongoing inquiry but WE will become increasingly public as WE develop out our technologies, systems and people over the next few months, years and decade with an answer to this fundamental question.  In simple terms the "initiative" aims to co-create with everyone, a world which is better and better forever for everyone. The creation of a New Optimal World (NOW)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;The initiative covers many projects all of which are carefully designed to support World Enlightainment as a context for global transformation, by which we mean a transformation of the way humans beings are "Being" in the World and the transformation of the environment in which they exist, this new environment WE call Optimal New Environment (ONE)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Education:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;World Enlightainment has developed technologies for providing ACCESS to BEING MOTHER and MOTHERHOOD beyond our normal cognitive everyday understanding of these terms.  This is our basis for a transformation of the way human beings are in the world a fundamental shift in BEING from self-ness to otherness based on the distinction of "Being Mother". These technologies are designed to provide actionable access to leadership and the effective exercise of what WE call Global Motherful Leaders as part of a persons natural self-expression regardless of age, sex, creed or colour.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Imagine the world connected as ONE, imagine a world in which people, as part of their natural self expression, undertake the maternal activities of protecting, preserving, nurturing, and nourishing others, while supporting both their individuality and creativity. In essence, a world deeply intent on the welfare of others without exceptions a world treasured and shared fairly by ALL.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;WE have declared such a world is possible, and will represent a "GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION OF HUMANITY" which WE are committed to co-creating with You. Mother is about creativity and the very act of creation. It is also about nurturing, guiding, and leading. Often mother demonstrates tenacity, protectiveness, preservation and resourcefulness. One of the great lessons of the mother archetype is the process of life and compassion. It is important to create, nurture, empower and release.  Within this new "Being" is an measurable increase in both INFLUENCE and FREEDOM. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOW is your chance to join the inquiry in asking the question what does it take to create a world that is better, better for everyone, forever to join our GLOBAL CELEBRATION and start BUILDING this New Optimal World (ONE).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;When asked what inspired us I think WE can only answer LOVE and an growing understanding that SERVICE to others is really the only way.  WE seeks to remove the FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) that separates us from our full potential as human beings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;People support the initiative by engaging with us and those already engaged and become a part of the inquiry and the building of NOW. WE' have systems that are designed to reward and support and acknowledge this engagement is many ways. Our basis is supported by Life Long Learning and our M Course. Our Education provides members with the experience of, rather than the conversation about the training, distinctions, skills and habits necessary to reach their fullest potential in the shortest possible time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;(c) 2011-2012 World Enlightainment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-3780918485151396863?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/3780918485151396863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=3780918485151396863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/3780918485151396863?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/3780918485151396863?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-enlightainment-part-1-initiative.html' title='World Enlightainment - Part 1 Initiative: Education'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aa-ixaWMlIk/Tjwd58HZZhI/AAAAAAAAAGc/UtRpJD8Tx4Q/s72-c/WEuser1_pic35.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;CEYMRns-cCp7ImA9WhdRFUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-3823797675181839205</id><published>2011-08-05T11:26:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T11:36:27.558-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2011-08-05T11:36:27.558-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='resources'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Henry Ford'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title>Where is the Economy Going?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;Today, everyone is wondering about the state of the economy and whether or not it is going to get better. &lt;strong&gt;With on-going job outsourcing, watching the "bottom line", local, state and federal Gov't's in the red causing layoffs by the tens of thousands and advanced technology causing job loss due to automation in the manufacturing and service sectors&lt;/strong&gt;, where will people get their purchasing power to buy goods and services? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;What about inflation and the devaluing of the dollar? This will cause massive ripples throughout the economy leaving many unable to provide the basic needs for their families. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;This is not fear-mongering...this is the state of the world we currently live in. &lt;strong&gt;The largest factor is going to be technological unemployment. &lt;/strong&gt;There are many factories today that are run by machines with little to no human labor. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;What about the real estate market? So called experts say that the key to economic recovery is in the real estate market, yet &lt;strong&gt;prices keep going down with millions more in foreclosures on the way.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;What about our corrupt, fraudulent monetary system and the $54 trillion in combined personal and Gov’t debt? &lt;strong&gt;Will the U.S. incorporate massive austerity measures on its’ citizenry to pay back the debt owed&lt;/strong&gt; or try to spend their way out of it? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;What about the derivatives debt over one quadrillion dollars? Who will pay this off? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;What about all the &lt;strong&gt;mortgage fraud and the fraudulent loans&lt;/strong&gt; given out by The Federal Reserve? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;Where does The Federal Reserve get their money to loan? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you worked your entire life&lt;/strong&gt; and ever asked how money is created and how the money supply is expanded? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;These are questions that need to be asked and answered. I host discussions on economy and the monetary system. I’m a speaker, writer, researcher, educator and life-long learner. I have been researching how the monetary system works over the past two and a half years. I know and understand how the game works and is played. &lt;strong&gt;Speaking about this topic in Daley Plaza, Chicago was received with open arms and a commitment for me to continue to spread this information. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;If you are interested in learning more, you are invited to my discussions or I will speak to groups that&lt;strong&gt;WE can organize together.&lt;/strong&gt; It is time for answers and possible solutions as we cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” – Henry Ford&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-3823797675181839205?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/3823797675181839205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=3823797675181839205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/3823797675181839205?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/3823797675181839205?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2011/08/where-is-economy-going.html' title='Where is the Economy Going?'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;C0YDQXszfyp7ImA9WhdRFUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-6836157379730302589</id><published>2011-08-05T11:14:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T11:19:30.587-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2011-08-05T11:19:30.587-05:00</app:edited><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mindset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='world enlightainment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transformation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mother'/><title>World Enlightainment - Being Mother</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;As its basis &lt;a href="http://www.worldenlightainment.com/referral/0077777739"&gt;World Enlightainment &lt;/a&gt;~ &lt;em&gt;WE&lt;/em&gt; has developed technologies for providing access to the being of "Being Mother" and Motherhood beyond our normal cognitive everyday understanding of these terms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;This is the basis for a transformation of the way human beings are in the world, a fundamental shift in being from self-ness to other-ness, I-llness to WE-llness based on the distinction of "Being Mother".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;Imagine the world connected as one, imagine a world (which you co-create) in which people, as part of their natural self expression, undertake the maternal activities of Protecting, Preserving, Nurturing, and Nourishing others, while supporting both their own individuality and creativity. In essence, a world deeply intent on the welfare of others and that of our planet without exceptions, a world treasured and shared fairly by all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;em&gt;WE &lt;/em&gt; have declared such a world is possible, and will represent a "Global Transformation of Humanity" which World Enlightainment are committed to co-creating with you. Mother is about creativity and the very act of creation. It is also about nurturing, guiding, and leading. Often mother demonstrates tenacity, protectiveness, preservation and resourcefulness. One of the great lessons of the mother archetype is the process of life itself and the importance of compassion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;This new &lt;em&gt;"being-ness"&lt;/em&gt; provides a real and measurable increase in both individual influence and freedom, inspired by love and a growing understanding that service to others is really the only way forward.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;A "mother" does not become motherful overnight therefore having operational distinctions around "being mother" as distinguished in the M Course is important.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;These operational distinctions are the training guidelines used to support wholesome motherful behavior through ethical commitment. There are eight operational distinctions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Generosity - the act of freely giving.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Skill – the attitude of abstention from poor habits.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patience – disregarding harm done to you and acceptance of any suffering you experience.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Joy – taking joy in acts of great merit (virtue).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Calmness – having concentrated focus.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creativity – the act of increasing truth for at least one person without decreasing truth for another.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Authenticity – acting in accordance with your speech and speaking truthfully.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wisdom – is knowledge both conventional and ultimate truths. In general wisdom is that which thoroughly discerns the ontological status of the object under analysis.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.5em; "&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-6836157379730302589?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/6836157379730302589/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=6836157379730302589' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6836157379730302589?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6836157379730302589?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-enlightainment-being-mother.html' title='World Enlightainment - Being Mother'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;Ck8BSXs7cCp7ImA9WhdRFUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-7477483099752776799</id><published>2011-08-05T11:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T11:14:18.508-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2011-08-05T11:14:18.508-05:00</app:edited><title>Monetary Economics to Resource Economics</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 11px; " &gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;With our monetary system on life support, the need to incorporate sustainable systems should be our first priority. Once in place, the need for money will no longer be necessary. Since the inception of The Federal Reserve, the value of dollar has declined 96%. With the reckless amount of spending going on, it will not be long until the value of the U.S. dollar is worthless.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value ---- zero.” Voltaire&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;We can invest our money wisely now into building an infrastructure of sustainable technologies that will render money worthless and create true abundance for every man, woman and child on this planet. This technology exists but is suppressed by the powers that be. People do not need access to money, we need access to resources.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;If money were to disappear tomorrow, as long as we have arable land, factories and technology, everything will be ok…probably better if we manage our new way of existing more intelligently. During the Great Depression, products still existed, but people did not have access to money. At the start of WWII, the U.S. did not have the money to go to war, but what she did have was the resources. Amazing how war always seems to attract money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;“War is a Racket” – General Smedley Butler&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;Money blocks scientific advancements due to budget constraints and politics that’s controlled by those who seek to maintain power. There is an abundance of Wind, Tidal, Wave, Solar and Geothermal Power that can be accessed and implemented as free, clean sustainable energy. There is so much abundance within these mediums alone that they can provide power to everyone for thousands and thousands of years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;People always say it is too expensive or not cost effective. This is the old way of thinking. We need to stop thinking in terms of cost and start asking the question, do we have the resources? Yes we do. Again, ask the question, “Do we have the resources? Not, “How much will it cost?”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;Then there is Marko Rodin’s Vortex Based Mathematics and the Rodin Coil. An energy source I suggest everyone looks into. It is too complicated for me to explain in this note but is fascinating. You may not grasp the enormity of it immediately, but it is worth researching. There is a presentation on Youtube of Marko Rodin showing teachers of Math his technology. Well worth watching!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;Technology is moving so fast these days, it will make money obsolete. Humanity, NOT money, needs to become the new incentive. In our monetary system, profit comes first and people are secondary. This needs to change immediately if we want to advance to a civilized society.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;Other technologies to look into that can transform our world for the better are nanotechnology, maglev trains, robotics, photovoltaics, hydroponic farming &amp;amp; vertical farming and cities in the sea. All of these technologies can make for a sustainable future for humankind when implemented and managed intelligently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;Look into a Resource Based Economy – the intelligent management of Earth’s resources. Also we can implement the application of the scientific method for social concern that will allow the intelligent management of Earth’s resources to become a reality. All we need to do is believe, understand and put it into action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-7477483099752776799?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/7477483099752776799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=7477483099752776799' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7477483099752776799?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7477483099752776799?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2011/08/monetary-economics-to-resource.html' title='Monetary Economics to Resource Economics'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;C0UNSXk_cCp7ImA9WhdRFUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-1029867907300860767</id><published>2011-08-05T11:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-08-05T11:21:38.748-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2011-08-05T11:21:38.748-05:00</app:edited><title></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 11px; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 16px; "&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldenlightainment.com/referral/0077777739"&gt;World Enlightainment &lt;/a&gt;~ WE, is a context for 'Global Transformation' and then creative transfiguration of humankind, as the necessary cause of greater planetary peace, sustainability, social justice and integrity.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;WE, will present throughout this decade (2011 - 2020), the worlds' greatest, live global broadcast entertainment events, quarterly technological showcases, education, and visionary thinkers in celebrating our 'Future in Advance'.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Starting with our celebratory kick-off event for this decade, 'The Great Mother Celebration' will be the largest multi-location simultaneous global interactive broadcast, peace and environmental concert &amp;amp; telecast event in human history.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;WE creates a movement within which everyone develops the capacity to protect, preserve, nurture and nourish, ourselves, one another and our planet, as part of their natural self-expression, based on life-long learning and our distinction of 'Being Mother' and greater integrity. WE aims to educate and train future Global Motherful Leaders in every area of human endeavour.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Together, WE will co-create and build as a part of our shared limitless future, the new'Motherful Metropolises', towns and villages of the future supporting prosperous, harmonious and cohesive communities, providing safe, healthy and sustainable optimal environments for all. Fully networked and based on sustainable, smart connected, technological and social principles where education and solution sharing along with intelligent designs are central to both the physical architecture and governing principles.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;WE will develop and provide to all those participating communication without clutter, the 'ONE system for ALL,' operational anytime, anywhere by anyone, facilitating and celebrating the singular narrative, that is 'Life on Earth.'&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-1029867907300860767?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/1029867907300860767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=1029867907300860767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/1029867907300860767?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/1029867907300860767?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2011/08/world-enlightainment-we-is-context-for.html' title=''/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;Ak4HQH47cCp7ImA9WxVQE04.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-2628629842711010547</id><published>2009-01-30T12:05:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T12:08:51.008-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-30T12:08:51.008-06:00</app:edited><title>Follow The Leader</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ever play the game &lt;strong&gt;follow the leader?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who do you &lt;strong&gt;follow?&lt;/strong&gt;  Do you &lt;strong&gt;follow a leader&lt;/strong&gt; who is successful or do you&lt;strong&gt; follow&lt;/strong&gt; someone who is constantly down and complaining?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who do you take advice from?  A successful leader or your broke neighbor?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why is it people say you&lt;strong&gt; can't&lt;/strong&gt; do that when other people are making it happen all around you?  You are right.  You &lt;strong&gt;can't&lt;/strong&gt; do it because you don't know how.  Those who make it happen know how because they &lt;strong&gt;followed&lt;/strong&gt; someone who did it before them successfully.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who do you want to follow? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you want to &lt;strong&gt;follow&lt;/strong&gt; those who are not getting anywhere in life because they refuse to grow? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you want to start following successful individuals who took it upon themselves to learn so they can &lt;strong&gt;pay it forward&lt;/strong&gt; to others?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone says they want to have more.  In order to have more you must&lt;strong&gt; follow&lt;/strong&gt; successful individuals.  You &lt;strong&gt;must learn&lt;/strong&gt; what they know.  &lt;strong&gt;You must&lt;/strong&gt; get your hands dirty and do the work along side that successful person.  This is the best and only way you will learn.  Do not expect them to do all the work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our leaders in Nouveau Riche came from all walks of life determined to have more and pay it forward because they live in a world of abundance.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are you following?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-2628629842711010547?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/2628629842711010547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=2628629842711010547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/2628629842711010547?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/2628629842711010547?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/follow-leader.html' title='Follow The Leader'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;AkEDQH08fSp7ImA9WxVQE04.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-5988209479265369761</id><published>2009-01-30T12:02:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T12:04:31.375-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-30T12:04:31.375-06:00</app:edited><title>Who Are You?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who are you?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mindset determines the distinction of how you go after something.  What you put in your mind usually determines your course down a path to live your life.  This also increases your ability to act upon something with a quick response.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are 3 responses you can give when you are offered something.  The three different responses generally come from three different economic categories.  The three economic categories are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Poor &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Middle Class &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wealthy &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each economic class has a different response.  These three responses are&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;No &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;I'll think about it &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Yes, I will take unless I change my mind &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can you match the economic class with each response?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Poor people say no because they can't afford it and tend not to change their situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Middle class usually say I'll think about it.  They wonder whether or not they can afford it or if they have room in their budget. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wealthy people say Yes, I'll take unless I change my mind.  These people have a system in place to say yes, start working on their due diligence about what they are going to purchase and at the same time, put clauses and protection in place if they choose not to go through with the purchase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's all about educating yourself and moving forward with how you want to live your life!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who are you?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-5988209479265369761?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/5988209479265369761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=5988209479265369761' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5988209479265369761?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5988209479265369761?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/who-are-you.html' title='Who Are You?'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;AkMDR3w4fyp7ImA9WxVQE04.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-442504299218344530</id><published>2009-01-30T11:57:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T12:01:16.237-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-30T12:01:16.237-06:00</app:edited><title>$155,000 Profit on a Short Sale</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A fellow investor friend of mine and a partner closed on a short sale and profited &lt;strong&gt;$155,000&lt;/strong&gt; in the transaction.  &lt;strong&gt;1 deal, $155,000 profit.&lt;/strong&gt;  This was in last year's "so called" &lt;strong&gt;bad market.&lt;/strong&gt;  As I have said before and continue to say, real estate investing can be done in any market if you know what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seller's house was worth &lt;strong&gt;$600,000&lt;/strong&gt; and they owed &lt;strong&gt;$780,000.&lt;/strong&gt;  They were behind on their payments not knowing what to do.  My colleague came in and worked with them and negotiated with the bank to purchase the home for&lt;strong&gt; $254,000.&lt;/strong&gt;  They re-sold it right away to another party for &lt;strong&gt;$450,000&lt;/strong&gt;.  After all costs and monies owed, they walked away with &lt;strong&gt;$155,000 in 1&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;transaction&lt;/strong&gt;.  They saved the owners credit from having a permanent foreclosure listed on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Owed $780,000 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Worth $600,000 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Purchased for $254,000 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sold for $450,000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Profited $155,000  :) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I highlight the numbers because people are saying they need more money, well here you go.  &lt;strong&gt;$155,000&lt;/strong&gt; would probably replace yearly incomes for most people.  Imagine if you did 2, 4, or only 5 short sales in a year.  A lot of people would be living more comfortably.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How did they learn how to do this?  Nouveau Riche's real estate investment college and R2E2 home study course.  Their education is fantastic. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you ready for more money?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-442504299218344530?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/442504299218344530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=442504299218344530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/442504299218344530?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/442504299218344530?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/155000-profit-on-short-sale.html' title='$155,000 Profit on a Short Sale'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;AkUFSH8zfip7ImA9WxVQE04.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-7308333336497387946</id><published>2009-01-30T11:55:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T11:56:59.186-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-30T11:56:59.186-06:00</app:edited><title>Truman Show Society</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have you seen the movie 'The Truman Show?'  The show is about Truman Burbank and how is entire life is a reality T.V. show 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Everyone in his life are actors on the show and products are promoted throughout.  People sit in front of the T.V. and follow his life constantly.  They are more interested in HIS life than they are in their own lives.  Sad but true!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With news coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 800 million T.V. channels offered, it seems a lot of people are living the life of the viewers in the Truman show.  People talk about this star and that star as almost if it were their own family because it is constantly in our faces.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In order for massive change to happen in your life and in our country, people need to read more and educate themselves on the finer points of life instead of thinking T.V. has all the answers.  Believe me it does not.  Have you ever gone long periods of time without T.V.?  It is exhilarating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The greatest minds throughout History never had a television. Those who were and are around during the television era, do not live their life around it.  They were and are engaged in free thinking, not letting some people through airwaves influence their thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The wealthiest people did not and do not have time for an electronic device to influence them.  They make connections with people and grow lasting relationships that enrich their lives.  A lot of their personal bonds are strong making them personally stronger.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What was the longest time frame you went without the Electronic Income Reducer EIR?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-7308333336497387946?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/7308333336497387946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=7308333336497387946' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7308333336497387946?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7308333336497387946?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/truman-show-society.html' title='Truman Show Society'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0UBQXo7fCp7ImA9WxVQEUU.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-7311847390420338857</id><published>2009-01-28T17:26:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T17:27:30.404-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T17:27:30.404-06:00</app:edited><title>Money, Money, Money...Maaaa-ney</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you frugal with your money or are you a spender?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you flaunt your hard working cash or do you live subtly?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People treat and act upon having money differently based on their values and beliefs.  There are millionaires out there that when you look twice, you would not think they were worth 7+ figures.  As with everything else in life, there are 2 extremes with having a lot of money, being thrifty and being liberal with your savings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a flip side to both.  If you are frugal, you fear the loss of your hard working capital.  This includes not donating it to worthy causes, however it is your choice on how you want to control your fortune.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For those who are liberal, they may over extend themselves to the point of no return.  This aspect may go along with those who do not know how to manage or invest their money properly.&lt;br /&gt;I found this interesting article in MSN.com's Money section about people who are millionaires but you would not tell by they way they live their lives...then again who determines this?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StockInvestingTrading/secret-millionaires-addicted-to-saving.aspx"&gt;http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StockInvestingTrading/secret-millionaires-addicted-to-saving.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Equal balance or favor towards one side of the extremes?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-7311847390420338857?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/7311847390420338857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=7311847390420338857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7311847390420338857?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7311847390420338857?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/money-money-moneymaaaa-ney.html' title='Money, Money, Money...Maaaa-ney'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0YCQ3w5eip7ImA9WxVQEUU.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-6891015252212210209</id><published>2009-01-28T17:23:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T17:26:02.222-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T17:26:02.222-06:00</app:edited><title>Dependence vs. Independence</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If this is your first exposure to reading my articles, let me re-illustrate these statistics for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today's 65 year olds:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;54% are dependent on church, family or government &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;36% are still working - dependent on someone employing you &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;5% are dead &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;4% are financially independent - this is the gov't saying if you earn $34,000/yr. you are financially independent. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;1% are wealthy - independence &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;These statistics are from The Dept. of Health and Human Services.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dependence&lt;strong&gt; is&lt;/strong&gt; relying on our government, church and family to take care of us.  Dependence is also relying on being employed by someone else.  &lt;strong&gt;This aspect alone&lt;/strong&gt; raises your stress level of dependence because &lt;strong&gt;NOW&lt;/strong&gt; you are relying on a secure job, with great benefits, retirement funds in which someone else is investing your money in areas in which they have no control over and making sure the bills are paid without over extending yourself on the income limit you have.  You need to take a breath now, right?  Same as working for someone else...&lt;strong&gt;exhausting.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Independence is the opposite of everything I described above.  You have control over your time, your investments, your job in your business (hopefully CEO or President), you have better tax advantages and you call the shots.  This is the promotion of what our fore fathers visioned for people living in our country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the two paragraphs again.  It's harder on the eyes and mind reading the first paragraph.  The second paragraph flows nice with positive words.  Positive words read easier than negative words. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Again, for those who are seeing these statistics for the first time, the 1% wealthy:  74% of that 1% are business owners and real estate investors!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are you relying on?  If you want change, what are you willing to do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-6891015252212210209?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/6891015252212210209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=6891015252212210209' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6891015252212210209?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6891015252212210209?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/dependence-vs-independence.html' title='Dependence vs. Independence'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;Dk4MRHY9fSp7ImA9WxVQEUU.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-5217403597405301321</id><published>2009-01-28T17:19:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T17:23:05.865-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T17:23:05.865-06:00</app:edited><title>Real Estate Bouncing Back?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have read comments on other peoples blogs about how it could take years for the real estate market to bounce back. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bounce back to what?  Values of a couple years ago?  People buying again?  More financing available?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Real estate can be purchased for personal residency or investing in any market if you know what you are doing.  This is a fantastic market to buy or invest in because everything is so discounted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Anyone can purchase a residence for none of their own cash or credit in this market. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Anyone can also purchase or invest in real estate without tradtional financing in this market.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Anyone can grow their retirement accounts in this economy via real estate investing in this market.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- Anyone can grow their equity in this market.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone needs to stop relying on appreciation for long term wealth building in real estate.  Relying on appreciation alone is speculation.  &lt;strong&gt;Long term wealth is built through long term buy&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and hold&lt;/strong&gt; in which other people are building your equity&lt;strong&gt; or&lt;/strong&gt; you as the personal resident staying in your home for 30 years and not using it as a cash machine.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are many ways to purchase real estate in today's market.  Do not expect instant wealth (unless you inherit it) because it does not happen that way.  &lt;strong&gt;Do not rely on appreciation alone.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Real Estate bouncing back is in the eye of the beholder.  When you know various ways to purchase real estate or invest in it, the market bouncing back is irrelevant because you can still be successful and grow your wealth in &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; market!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then again, this is coming from the mind of an investor.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-5217403597405301321?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/5217403597405301321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=5217403597405301321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5217403597405301321?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5217403597405301321?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-estate-bouncing-back.html' title='Real Estate Bouncing Back?'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;DEACQnc_eSp7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-4734668555592434190</id><published>2009-01-28T12:16:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T12:19:23.941-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T12:19:23.941-06:00</app:edited><title>Bait and Switch - Banks</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ignorance is not bliss.  Ignorance IS Ignorance.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is for the first story.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Banks are telling their customers who are seeking a loan modicfication WHO have &lt;strong&gt;never missed&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;a payment&lt;/strong&gt; to stop paying so they can qualify for the loan modicafication.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Excuse Me?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come again?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You actually stopped paying?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Huh?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You ruined your credit for no reason right?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who is the Puppet Master and who is the puppet?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are you lacking vital information?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your home cannot sell and you need to stay in it, why would you stop paying?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/106472/Tough-Workouts"&gt;http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/106472/Tough-Workouts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm speechless.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-4734668555592434190?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/4734668555592434190/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=4734668555592434190' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/4734668555592434190?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/4734668555592434190?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/bait-and-switch-banks.html' title='Bait and Switch - Banks'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;DEICQHs8eip7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-6214012607305783630</id><published>2009-01-28T12:11:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T12:16:01.572-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T12:16:01.572-06:00</app:edited><title>Real Estate Investor Code Of Ethics</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Real Estate Investors who are successful and have amassed a nice portfolio followed a &lt;strong&gt;"Code of&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Ethics."&lt;/strong&gt;  The stories you hear of Real Estate Investors going to jail or are in the news for fraud did not follow a &lt;strong&gt;"Code of Ethics."&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although there are no established, in writing &lt;strong&gt;"Code of Ethics"&lt;/strong&gt; for Real Estate Investors, the &lt;strong&gt;"Code"&lt;/strong&gt; is very clear.  Our &lt;strong&gt;"Code"&lt;/strong&gt; is &lt;strong&gt;"Common Sense",&lt;/strong&gt; eliminating the &lt;strong&gt;Deadliest Capital Sin&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;- Greed.&lt;/strong&gt;  Every business needs to make a profit in order to grow but there is no reason to be greedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ex:  When closing a Short Sale and selling it off, there is no reason to sell it for FULL fair market value.  Leave equity in for the next person and it will sell faster.  If a deal is appraised at $175K, you buy it for $100K, sell it for $135K.  You make a $35K profit and leave $40K in equity for the buyer.  It sells faster and you receive your money quicker.  I would rather sell it quick like this example than struggle to sell it at FMV where it will sit longer.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Real Estate Investing is not a get rich quick business!  It is long term wealth building!  POUND this idea into your head if you need to.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Real Estate Investors have an obligation to be fair and uphold the highest integrity in every transaction.  We use disclosures and letters of understanding signed by sellers so they know what is going on in the transaction.  &lt;strong&gt;Why do it any other way?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nouveau Riche put together a 50 minute video titled&lt;strong&gt; Ethics and Disclosures: The Duty of Fairness and Integrity in Real Estate Transactions.&lt;/strong&gt;  All students MUST view this video prior to registering for classes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone is talking about the real estate market in a negative way.  We &lt;strong&gt;FOCUS&lt;/strong&gt; on being positive.  Our education provides us the ability to grow our long term wealth in &lt;strong&gt;EVERY &lt;/strong&gt;market.  Up, down, sideways, backwards, in reverse, it does not matter.  Successful investors treat it as a business long term and uphold &lt;strong&gt;"common sense ethics"&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;integrity!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can view a PDF file by following this link: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://college.nouveauriche.com/pdf/EthicsandDisclosures.pdf"&gt;ttp://college.nouveauriche.com/pdf/EthicsandDisclosures.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you upholding your Code of Ethics and Integrity?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-6214012607305783630?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/6214012607305783630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=6214012607305783630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6214012607305783630?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6214012607305783630?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/real-estate-investor-code-of-ethics.html' title='Real Estate Investor Code Of Ethics'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;DEUASHw-fip7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-7304727391049667238</id><published>2009-01-28T12:08:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T12:10:49.256-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T12:10:49.256-06:00</app:edited><title>2009 Nouveau Riche College Dates</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are the dates for this years college sessions for Nouveau Riche.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All session run from Monday thru Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Week 1.  April 6th - 11th  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Week 2.  July 13th - 18th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Week 3.  October 5th - 10th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Week 4.  December 14th - 19th&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With over 35 classes available to register for, Nouveau Riche's real estate investment college is an experience unlike any other. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To learn more about the college experience, please follow this link.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://college.nouveauriche.com/"&gt;http://college.nouveauriche.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please contact me for more details regarding Nouveau Riche's tuition packages.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Silver  - 5 days /30 NR hours  - 1 Yr to take &amp;amp; repeat - partner attends for free&lt;br /&gt;Gold   - 10 days /60 NR hours  - 1 Yr to take &amp;amp; repeat - partner attends for free&lt;br /&gt;Regents   - 20 days /120 NR hours  - 2 Yrs to take &amp;amp; repeat - partner attends for free  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;College week is a great week not only to learn, but to network with other investors and real estate professionals!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-7304727391049667238?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/7304727391049667238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=7304727391049667238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7304727391049667238?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/7304727391049667238?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-nouveau-riche-college-dates.html' title='2009 Nouveau Riche College Dates'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;DEcBRHw4fip7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-5655335648605618977</id><published>2009-01-28T12:00:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T12:07:35.236-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T12:07:35.236-06:00</app:edited><title>Investing vs. Marketing a Home - Agents vs. Investors</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:  What you are about to read may cause some to be upset.  Yet, I need to distinguish between the two.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a big difference between &lt;strong&gt;Real Estate Agents&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Real Estate Investors.&lt;/strong&gt;  The big difference is &lt;strong&gt;Education.&lt;/strong&gt;   I'm not saying they are good or bad, just the &lt;strong&gt;education is&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;different.&lt;/strong&gt;  Agents know the &lt;strong&gt;market&lt;/strong&gt; and the trends of the area.   The are educated on how to market and sell a home, the facts and figures involved in the home, and where to access information for the local area in which they are going to work, along with other essential information needed to &lt;strong&gt;market&lt;/strong&gt; a house or piece of property.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Real Estate Agents get educated to be licensed to sell homes and represent buyers.  During the pre-licensing education, they are not taught in the real estate classes how to work:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Short Sales &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehabbing &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fix 'n' flips &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Work wholesale assignments &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage investment properties &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In depth mortgage financing &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Foreclosures &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Purchase Option Contracts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tax Strategies for maximum profit &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Legal Strategies for investing &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Using your 401k and IRA's to invest in real estate &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Buy and Hold Investing - Landlording &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Land Development &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lease Options and sandwich leases &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing Property Managers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Master Leases &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Multi-family investing &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Investing in Tax Lien Certificates &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Probate Investing &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;'Subject to' investing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The above mentioned topics are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; covered in-depth or at all in Real Estate Classes in which people are going to &lt;strong&gt;test for a license to be a Real Estate Agent.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Again, I am pointing out the difference in education between being taught to someone getting their license to &lt;strong&gt;MARKET &lt;/strong&gt;real estate and &lt;strong&gt;INVEST&lt;/strong&gt; in real estate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is what makes Nouveau Riche's real estate investment college so unique.  &lt;strong&gt;NR educates you&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;on the topics listed above and more&lt;/strong&gt;, so you have the right knowledge when it comes to &lt;strong&gt;investing &lt;/strong&gt;in various aspects of real estate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Real Estate Agents are great to have on your team and I encourage you to utilize their knowledge!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This post came to light after comments were exchanged on my previous posts regarding Short Sales in which a Realtor was saying what we do is a scam, possibly illegal and unethical.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My rebuttal as always is:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The wealthy write the rules, when you know the rules you can play the game!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Also, I have talked with Real Estate Agents in the Chicago market who have gone through our education and agree.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is more education in real estate beyond just testing for licensing to market property.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's to continued education and growth!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-5655335648605618977?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/5655335648605618977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=5655335648605618977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5655335648605618977?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5655335648605618977?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/investing-vs-marketing-home-agents-vs.html' title='Investing vs. Marketing a Home - Agents vs. Investors'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0IAR3k8fSp7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-1177330201951377266</id><published>2009-01-28T11:57:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T11:59:06.775-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T11:59:06.775-06:00</app:edited><title>Governemnt Giving Up On Adults - Reality Check</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jim Piccolo, President and CEO of Nouveau Riche, sat in on the first ever White House Round Table Discussion on Financial Literacy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The U.S. Government says the best approach for financial literacy starts with teaching children.  A great approach.  However at the same time, the U.S. Government wants to give up on you, the adults!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now is the time to take action and make a change.  Educate yourself on Financial Literacy.  Nouveau Riche has developed the first ever college curriculum style class on Financial Literacy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is FACT ladies and gentleman.  My 20 year old colleague Kevin, provided this link for everyone to see FACT not FICTION. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here is a link of Jim Piccolo talking at a Nouveau Riche event.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2SF_BMIwp8"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2SF_BMIwp8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you ready for a personal financial revolution?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-1177330201951377266?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/1177330201951377266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=1177330201951377266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/1177330201951377266?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/1177330201951377266?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/governemnt-giving-up-on-adults-reality.html' title='Governemnt Giving Up On Adults - Reality Check'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0MGRHw5fip7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-6210201648338824475</id><published>2009-01-28T11:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T11:57:05.226-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T11:57:05.226-06:00</app:edited><title>The Economy - A Perspective</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I continue to be amazed by the mentality towards our economy.  Everyone declares it is horrible.  Our nation is in a financial crisis.  We are in a recession.  The Global Economy is suffering.  &lt;strong&gt;Consumers are not spending.&lt;/strong&gt;  And so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next&lt;/strong&gt; consumers &lt;strong&gt;COMPLAIN athlete's&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;entertainers &lt;/strong&gt;are paid too much...especially the &lt;strong&gt;athlete's.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you know why this is?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consumers &lt;strong&gt;KEEP spending&lt;/strong&gt; their money buying tickets, merchandise, CD's, DVD's, bigger T.V.'s, food at the venue, and everything &amp;amp; anything associated with sports and entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you see the paradox?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe consumers should stop spending their money on these things or stop complaining.  Maybe consumers should spend their money wisely in order to get ahead&lt;strong&gt; then&lt;/strong&gt; go back to spending on these fun activities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The saying goes:  &lt;strong&gt;Business before pleasure.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just one thought...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-6210201648338824475?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/6210201648338824475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=6210201648338824475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6210201648338824475?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6210201648338824475?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/economy-perspective.html' title='The Economy - A Perspective'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0UFRXc6cSp7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-4658791594278281413</id><published>2009-01-28T11:51:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T11:53:34.919-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T11:53:34.919-06:00</app:edited><title>Taxes Rule!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a business owner you receive many tax breaks and deductions.  The IRS tax code favors business owners on their taxes.  With 100 tax advantages for business owners and 300 for real estate investors, it makes paying taxes fun.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1. Business owners provide jobs, insurance, income, and other facets for people. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. Real Estate investors provide shelter for individuals and families.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These 2 things alone give power to the credence of giving those who do own/control businesses and real estate a tax break. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remember, the best tax advantage for middle-income families is to start a business.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the business starts generating money, you can put some off to the side and start investing.  Now your money is working hard for you.  Once this process starts, more opportunities arise as you are able to collateralize gaining more borrowing power.  Tax breaks and deductions go along with the growth of your business and investing portfolio.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taxes are always a rough and tough topic.  Usually these words are expressed from those who work for someone else and don't know the power of business ownership and real estate investing. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take advantage of lowering your tax bracket!  Contact me!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-4658791594278281413?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/4658791594278281413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=4658791594278281413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/4658791594278281413?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/4658791594278281413?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/taxes-rule.html' title='Taxes Rule!'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0cBRnwyfCp7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-1124548052713231217</id><published>2009-01-28T11:48:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T11:50:57.294-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T11:50:57.294-06:00</app:edited><title>Be A Leader</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Give your very best at all times. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you are ready to give up, don't.  Keep going!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you quit is when you fail.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It will hurt mentally, keep going.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It will hurt emotionally, keep going.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To be a leader, you can't quit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You have to give your all.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be a positive influence in people's lives.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Change lives.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be the leader people are looking for!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_wyBftd8gk"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_wyBftd8gk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Turn followers into leaders!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-1124548052713231217?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/1124548052713231217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=1124548052713231217' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/1124548052713231217?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/1124548052713231217?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/be-leader.html' title='Be A Leader'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;Dk4FR3g7fSp7ImA9WxVQEUs.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-6046576579945754329</id><published>2009-01-28T11:43:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T11:48:36.605-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-28T11:48:36.605-06:00</app:edited><title>Property Analysis Wizard (PAW)TM</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Property Analysis Wizard comes FREE when you purchase S.E.E.K. (SUPER ENTREPRENEURIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF KNOWLEDGE)TM.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.A.W.TM is a powerful real estate investment analytical tool that allows you to:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) Add new, modify and delete properties in your portfolio &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2) Analyze financials for both single-family and multi-units&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3) View comparables for a property &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4) Determine your acquisition strategy of "Buy-Hold" or "Buy-Sell" &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5) Track your property income, expenses and time &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6) View property contacts information &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7) Prepare a formal Personal Financial Statement &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;8) Construct offers on properties&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; 9) Prepare legal documents for properties, and &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;10) Email properties for sale to buyers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You also get FREE with purchase of S.E.E.K., a computer analysis class at NR's College.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this property analysis training session, students learn how technology can save time, money, and effort in real estate investing. As they are guided through a step-by-step process of analyzing properties for purchase based on the results achieved from the Property Analysis Wizard (P.A.W.)TMsoftware, students will learn how to determine short-term and long-term strategies for single-family and multi-unit properties. The importance of a power team, how to construct property offers, and how to prepare legal documents for properties will also be covered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Finally, for&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;FREE when you purchase S.E.E.K., you can attend our Building a RME portfolio class.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Students will learn how to leverage the power of the real estate investing system created by The Real Market Experts (RME), called the Investor ConciergeTM. This class demonstrates ways that students can maximize their experiences with this proven system and how to leverage someone else's time to do much of the work for them. Students learn the ins and outs of using this system and ways to incorporate the real estate education they have learned to build a successful and diversified real estate portfolio in some of the hottest markets in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nouveau Riche has put together an amazing system to assist in your growth as a business owner and real estate investor.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take advantage today!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony Toto&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ISA &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nouveau Riche  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-6046576579945754329?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/6046576579945754329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=6046576579945754329' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6046576579945754329?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/6046576579945754329?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/property-analysis-wizard-pawtm.html' title='Property Analysis Wizard (PAW)TM'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D08GRHk7eip7ImA9WxVQEU0.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-2896312904633944521</id><published>2009-01-27T19:22:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T19:23:45.702-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-27T19:23:45.702-06:00</app:edited><title>Mortgage Rates 2009 - More Speculation?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another blogging day I guess.  Sometimes I get in the groove and can't stop.  Advertising is what produces business.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mortgage rates in 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1.  We don't know the future.  Speculation is what got us here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2.  Inflation - More inflation will not solve inflation.  We will see...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3.  Recession - Create your own economy and success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4.  Gov't action - Gray area&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5.  Housing market turmoil - Translation - &lt;strong&gt;Opportunity!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6.  Lending standards - Depends on who is running the system&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7.  No rush - Depends on&lt;strong&gt; your&lt;/strong&gt; situation.  Do your due diligence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=16285436"&gt;http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=16285436&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watch and monitor the yo-yo string.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-2896312904633944521?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/2896312904633944521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=2896312904633944521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/2896312904633944521?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/2896312904633944521?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/mortgage-rates-2009-more-speculation.html' title='Mortgage Rates 2009 - More Speculation?'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0AEQXw7eyp7ImA9WxVQEU0.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-321881387255953923</id><published>2009-01-27T19:17:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T19:21:40.203-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-27T19:21:40.203-06:00</app:edited><title>Leverage IS Everything</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to starting and sustaining a business or investing in real estate, &lt;strong&gt;Leverage&lt;/strong&gt; is the most powerful tool used to grow the business and your real estate portfolio.  There is no reason to do it alone plus you cannot know the details of every little thing so leveraging others makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What can be leveraged?&lt;/strong&gt;  OPE - Other People's Everything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Money - Cash, 401k's, IRA's, etc Time &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Skills - Labor, negotiating, etc &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Knowledge - I think you know my thoughts by now on this subject &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Contacts - and contacts of contacts &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Credit - Bring them in as a partner and give them a percentage of the deal &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Contracts - due diligence &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have these people in place before you get started, more will come along as you grow.  This is also part of building your foundation to get started.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What real estate professionals on your team will you need?&lt;/strong&gt;  Skills &amp;amp; Knowledge&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Other Real Estate Investors&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Title Company - One that understands investing closings &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Attorney's - Choose those who are willing to represent your case in court if need be&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hard Money Lenders &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Private Money Investors &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Appraisers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Financing Professionals &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rehab crew &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Realtors - work with those who are educated in investing.  Reduces time &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have so many ways to leverage others.  Henry Ford was a master at leveraging everything.  He focused on producing results while letting everyone else do the thinking for him. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leverage is key to continued growth!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-321881387255953923?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/321881387255953923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=321881387255953923' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/321881387255953923?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/321881387255953923?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/leverage-is-everything.html' title='Leverage IS Everything'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag='W/&quot;D0MFRHc7fip7ImA9WxVQEU0.&quot;'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1316625208045672256.post-5910872347995797914</id><published>2009-01-27T19:14:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T19:16:55.906-06:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app='http://www.w3.org/2007/app'>2009-01-27T19:16:55.906-06:00</app:edited><title>Loss Mitigation Dept.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon32x32.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/reisuccess23" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"&gt;Subscribe in a reader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Loss Mitigation department does not make the final say on Short Sales.  They work the files for Short Sales.  The Board Members have the final say on approval of their assets and liabilities.  Don't blame the person on the phone.  They are simply doing their job and they have &lt;strong&gt;no say&lt;/strong&gt; in the matter, just simply following procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know some lenders have tighter guidelines for short sales, but you need to be patient and respect the person working your file.  These people are so overwhelmed right now that respect for them is not only deserved but demanded.  If you don't have the patience for it, don't work Short Sales.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can continue to plug away at the banks "pain points" to the person working the file if they are still deciding on whether or not to approve the Short Sale.  Do it in a respectful way, this will give you bonus points.  Ask them politely to relay the "pain points" to the &lt;strong&gt;decision makers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be Polite!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be Patient!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be Respectful!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Follow-up to see if they need anything!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't be rude!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Politeness buys you bonus points, rudeness results in them hanging up the phone on YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tony&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1316625208045672256-5910872347995797914?l=reisuccess23.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/feeds/5910872347995797914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1316625208045672256&amp;postID=5910872347995797914' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5910872347995797914?v=2'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1316625208045672256/posts/default/5910872347995797914?v=2'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reisuccess23.blogspot.com/2009/01/loss-mitigation-dept.html' title='Loss Mitigation Dept.'/><author><name>Tony Toto</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13578147125304059728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05703709712342650517'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>