G'Day Possibilities
Welcome to the Forum
There is a Perth Somersoft group which meets up for dinner occasionally. Check out Meeting Point and go along to meet a few like minded property investors
Mentors do not charge for services. What services? To have a chat? To provide 'advice'? What advice? To 'encourage' you? To take responsibility for you? What license or insurance would a Mentor have to have to be able to charge you a fee?
There are many people who are only too happy to tell you their story - why not get a copy of Jan Somers books - particularly, Building Wealth Story by Story - 101 stories of people who have grown wealth through investing in residential property.
It is difficult when you don't know where or how to start, but I would suggest that a good place to start is to not post your personal and financial details on an internet forum!
If you don't respect your own privacy and confidentiality you cannot expect that anyone else will, either.
Many people have shared their experience on this forum, and if you take some time to prepare yourself, slowly and steadily, read and understand that how one person 'does it' is not how another person has 'done it'. We are all different in our approach, our risk tolerances, our sense of value, what we look for in an investment and why we are doing this at all.
Buy houses, make money is quite simple. However, buying houses usually involves borrowing money. Are you prepared for that? What is your sleep at night factor? Are you willing to take responsibility for your own actions, accept that you will make mistakes, and that if you buy well it will be as much good luck as good management?
Have you gone out and actually walked through at least five houses for sale in the last month? If not, why not? No body else is going to be your eyes and ears, and even if you engage a Buyer's Agent when was the last time you walked through a house you were not familiar with?
In the words of Florence Scovel Shinn, "No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher."
But your primary teacher is yourself.
Nobody can experience this but you. The money you would spend on a 'mentor' could be the deposit on an investment flat. Buy $50 worth of books first and see where that takes you. With $50 worth of books, well read, you can make for yourself, a fortune.
Cheers!
Kristine
