Greatest Hustler of All Time... Do you know them?
Who is the greatest Hustler of All Time? Be careful. There are a lot of hustlers in real estate. I see it time and time again. The faces change, but the game stays the same. So if you are buying a house, be careful that you don’t have the Greatest Hustler of All time. Do you know any of these people?
The Politician
They promise you the sun and moon on their way up. They promise to clean up the mess and only stay for a short while. They rail against the inequalities of life and the unfairness of it all. Every word they say seems to touch your heart.... until they get in. Then you find out about secret deals and backdoor meetings. Money starts to disappear. All their friends get rich. But, you stay poor? They end up staying forever. "Anything that walks on two legs is bad....except Pigs!" (Remember George Orwell's Animal Farm) Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...uh...err.., can't get fooled again. Yeah, I get it. Even George Bush understood that one.
The Money Person
Let me get this straight. I give you all my money to hold. In exchange you charge me fees to get it back from time to time. You pay me a little interest to hold my money, and you earn a lot of interest to invest it someplace else. If you make bad decisions with my money, you go to the Government who taxes me to bail you out? You take my tax dollars and pay your bad decision makers millions to continue their stellar work? Who the hell set this up? I wouldn’t believe it, if it wasn't happening to me.
The 3 Card Monty
I can't believe this trick still works. One guy stands on the corner with 3 cards, shuffles them very fast and asks you to guess which card is which. You, the sharp eyed eagle that you are, figure you can guess the right one and earn a buck or two in the process. However, this guy had a patsy working the crowd, who makes it look so easy. The patsy keeps losing, and you get it right every time. Until it's your turn. These guys aren't on the corners anymore.
The Guy That Talks to God
Are you sure God said for me to give you all my money? Because I don't remember reading that in the good book. Well Ok. I will trust in God. These people that claim to speak for God keep telling me what to do with my money. Often they want me to give it to them because they know how to spend it better than I do. But sometimes, I question the people that claim to speak for God. I think I read something about this. I'm going to leave this one alone.
The Insider
Everywhere you look there is someone in a special position who really knows what is going on. This someone is on the inside. They are trusted. They know the real deal. Instead of doing right for right's sake, they decide they will profit from their information. They charge the person needing help for the information, and they charge the person giving help for the same. Hey... That's double dipping! They make you feel like they are working for you when they are working for themselves. Often you never find out.
The Insurer
You give this person money every now and again in case something happens. It's not a lot, just a little in regular intervals for a long time. In exchange, the Insurer promises that if anything big ever happens to you, that they will take care of you. They promise to make it right. They promise to pay for your well being. When nothing happens, you don't get any money back. They keep it. God forbid, if something happens, you have to pay again, and often you have to carry a cross on your back to prove that you should receive a claim. The insurer will often hire the Insider to make your life hell until you go away.
All these people are in real estate now. I have met some really good people in all these professions. If you need a good person, I will give you their info...for free. But the bad ones make me boil. Beware. If I've left anyone off my list, please let me know at AskRey.net.