Dylan Tanaka... The Dragon Slayer?

Hunting For Enormous Fire-Breathing Dragons With Nothing But Small Gang Of Entrepreneurs

I like to think of myself as a Dragon Slayer. I know that this is the first time that you've ever heard this from a non-profit founder who has an affinity for argyle sweaters. Sometimes I equate what we as entrepreneurs do to what 17th century Dragon Slayers did. Every time we create a new business or a new marketing campaign it's like inventing fire. Now I know that fire was discovered before the 1600's just play along.

There are 4 traits that almost all successful entrepreneurs possess:

1. A Feeling
2. A Strategy
3. Trust
4. A Lionheart

Lets break each one down as Webster's Dictionary would;
1. Feeling-to find or pursues one's way. What this means is you believe that you know or can produce a better way to do something. It may be building and designing a car, or it could be how to build a human transporter, like on Star Trek. It's an idea.

2. A Strategy-a plan for obtaining a specific goal. This one is straight forward. After yo have an idea you must have a plan on how to execute it.

3. Trust-confident expectation of something. This one is critical. You must have confidence in your product, service, or idea.

4. A Lionheart-having exceptional courage and bravery. Having the Dragon Slayer designation demands an unrelenting can't-lose attitude. This trait is by far what catapults most entrepreneurs into super-successful business owners. You must have a powerful confidence in yourself. If you don't "seem" to believe in you and your business potential investors or customers, they simply Won't believe in you either. Also to be a leader you simply must have an unwavering poise about yourself.

There are no absolutes in life, so not all ultra-successful entrepreneurs posees all of these traits, but I challenge you to show me a few who don't. The more prosperous Michigan real estate investors that I do business or have coffee with seem to harbor these attributes. I know that The REIA of Macomb couldn't be the triumphant success that it is, if my partner Nathan Mayes and I didn't deliver these characteristics.

So I ask you when facing an intimidating, razor toothed, fire breathing, dragon do you have what it takes to be a Dragon Slayer???

Sharpen Your Sword,
Dylan Tanaka
http://www.reiaofmacomb.com/
http://www.oaklandbusinessforum.com/
http://www.wealthinrei.com/
http://www.weoffertoday.com/
http://www.prettymichiganhomes.com/

Experts Answer Tough Questions

At The REIA of Macomb's April Mega Answer Event we had a panel of experts to answer the hard questions we as real estate investors face everyday. This was the first meeting that my partner Nathan Mayes and myself hosted the full 90 minute segment. It took approximately 45 days, but we were able to round up some extremely specialized guest speakers.

Robert Gross a partner with the highly regarded firm Siegel, Greenfield, Hayes, and Gross was our legal eagle. Adam Davis, a business consulting specialist, helped members make decisions on what type of entity to buy properties in. Kim Drake, a Detroit real estate investor and franchisee of "Homevestors Usa" talked about the importance of business systems. Jay Goscinski a licensed real estate agent, spoke about the upcoming year, 2008, and how many more REO's there will be in the Detroit Tri-county area. To round out the expert panel was Alan Faitel. A 30 year veteran of real estate investing, he offered his opinion on subjects such as hard money, offering on listed properties, and where Michigan is going in terms of the economy.

Feel free to contact me if you want to get in touch with any of the individuals that you read about above.

My sites to visit:

www.REIAofMacomb.com
www.PettyMiHomes.com
www.WeOfferToday.com

This blog was originally posted on another blog that I was writing. I have decided to "move" them all over to here. So for the next few posts you will notice that the dates will not coincide with the post time.