Hi Friend,
I hope you are doing well.
Yesterday I received an email from a blog reader.
In the email, the reader provided some feedback as to why they had unsubscribed from the First Rental Property blog.
With a blog readership in the thousands, I get messages from people all the time that have chosen to unsubscribe. This is just the nature of having a blog with a large readership.
Some of the common reasons that I get from people who have chosen to unsubscribe are listed below:
- I am no longer interested (in general)
- I am no longer interested in buying a rental property
- I am getting too many emails
- No reason stated
These are the standard reasons as to whey people unsubscribe and I hear them all the time.
However, the most recent explanation that a reader gave me, struck a cord with me.
The reason they had stated, as to why they unsubscribed from First Rental Property was because:
- They wanted more VALUABLE information
At first, I thought to myself, “Oh man! Are the subjects that I write about on the blog not valuable? Do the subjects not benefit new real estate investors who want to purchase their first rental property?”
After I had some time to ‘digest’ the former subscriber’s comment, I quickly realized once again that the content on the blog is valuable.
However, the thought process that this former reader experiences (no disrespect former reader) is very common with a lot of people who are trying to buy their first rental property.
If you are a new reader to the First Rental Property blog, you should know that most people who are interested in buying a rental property never do so.
One of the main reasons why I believe this to be the case is because people are not thankful in general.
Let me explain.
The prospective real estate investors who never end up taking action and buying their first rental property, seek out as much information as possible regarding real estate investing but yet they never:
LISTEN.
When you are a new real estate investor and you are trying to navigate your way to become a successful real estate investor, you need to listen. You need to listen carefully to experienced real estate investors. When experienced real estate investors give advice, for the most part, they know what they are talking about! Because they have been through what you are trying to accomplish yourself (buying a rental property) there is a lot that you can learn from them.
So the lesson to be learned here is, LISTEN. Once you have listened to the veteran investors, then in turn please be thankful for their expert advice. If you show gratitude there is a good chance that you will receive MORE valuable information from the experienced real estate investor. If you are ungrateful and do not show your appreciation for the information that they have given you, there is a good chance that the valuable advice that you were getting from them will stop.
Another big way in which you can be thankful and show your gratitude is to:
IMPLEMENT
If you implement the advice that an experienced real estate investor has been giving you, there is a high probability that you will continue to get valuable information from the veteran investor. If you show that you are an action taker and that you are willing to listen and take action, you will get more support from the experienced investor.
On the flip side…
…If you continually seek information on real estate investing, and you never take any action toward buying your first rental property, your free information from that experienced individual will soon ‘dry up’.
The free info will be gone because providing non stop valuable information to a novice real estate investor is an energy sucking tasks for a lot of experienced investors. It becomes energy sucking when the experienced investor realizes that the novice is not listening to a word of their advice and not implementing anything that they are saying.
My biggest advice to you if you are in the market to buy your first rental property is to simply LISTEN to and IMPLEMENT was experienced real estate investors are telling you.
In addition, if you show them gratitude and you show them that you are thankful for all of the information that they are providing you with, you are going to continue to get more information from them.
If you are ungrateful and you don’t listen to or implement what they are advising you on, they are not going to help you for much longer.
LISTEN. IMPLEMENT. INVEST.
Happy Investing!
Neil Uttamsingh
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