First Rental Property

Greetings Everyone,

Last week I had the opportunity to speak at a real estate seminar held by W & B Academy.

I was asked to speak about my experiences as a professional real estate investor.  This was a significant milestone in my real estate investing career, because by presenting at this event, I can now officially add the title of ‘real estate speaker’ to my list of credentials.

If you plan on taking real estate investment seriously, you must do things that will help to increase your credibility.  You want to be able to stand out from the crowd of other real estate investors, and demonstrate that you are a motivated go getter.  Once you have some specific knowledge on real estate investment, and you feel confident on the topic, I suggest you do the following:

1) Write an article on the topic of real estate for your local newspaper

You don’t have to be published in a newspaper.  It could also be a magazine, or perhaps a newsletter that you write for.  Just make sure that you write something, and that you get it published somewhere.  This article that you write will bring you credibility down the road.  Just wait and see…  🙂

For example, I have been featured and quoted in the Canadian Real Estate Magazine October 2009 issue and the March 2010 issue.

2)  Get a speaking opportunity or run a workshop for beginners

Getting a speaking gig on the topic of real estate investing is a great thing to add to your resume.  It brings great credibility, and you can leverage this experience in order to obtain additional speaking opportunities.

Another idea that you can do is to run a workshop for friends who are looking at getting involved with real estate investment.  This platform will benefit both yourself, and those that are in attendance.  You will benefit as you will gain some experience in speaking on the topic of real estate investment.  Your audience will benefit from the knowledge that you provide them with.

Here is a video clip of my presentation this past week for W & B Academy.  A lot of the content for my presentation came from my previous article series, How to buy your first rental property.

I am going to be making an effort to add more regular video content to my blog, just like Steph Davis.

Check out the video, and let me know what you think of it.  You can place your comments below.

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