I found it last week - last Wednesday at 2:15 PM to be precise.

 And no, this isn't a joke.  It's the real thing.  Here are the details.

 Last Wednesday I met a friend for lunch.  I've known this guy for years.  He's got tremendous talent, a great work ethic, a knockout of an IQ, drive, motivation, personality, marketing savvy and smarts - everything you would expect you need to be a huge success.

 But he's not successful.  By his own admission, he's broke...and he's floundering, with little hope in sight.  How can this be?

 We met for lunch at noon.  From noon until 2 PM we talked about each of our situations.

 Here he is with everything...and he's broke.

 Here I am with a lousy work ethic (I'd much rather be walking with my 4 dogs than working - and if I work more than two hours in a row I get cranky and whiny), a less than wonderful personality, talent greater than some, less than most, but I'm wealthy and free.  How can that possibly be?

 We finished lunch and were right in the middle of saying our good-byes when it hit me.  I know why I'm wealthy and free.  I know why over 98% of the people on this planet are not (and never will be) wealthy and free.

 I have the magic pill.  I have the secret ingredient.  I have that one thing more important and more valuable than all the others.  And it's just one word...

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These days all the hype is about finding private money or raising lines of credit to do your deals. There's also a lot of talk about using self-directed IRA's, creating private equity REITs, etc.

Truth be told, all these methods work and the reality is that in order to make any real estate deal work you need a few core pieces. Allow me to outline the process and the parts.

The piece-parts that must come to the table are outlined as follows:

This article by Steven Pressfield will help you to break through the stumbling blocks that have been slowing down your real estate investing. Apply these powerful concepts for a radical life change. - Greg Bell

DEFINING THE ENEMY

Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. Have you ever brought home a treadmill and let it gather dust in the attic? Ever resolved on a diet, a course of yoga, and then quit on it? Are you a writer who doesn't write, a painter who doesn't paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what Resistance is.