Wednesday, I signed up for a real estate investment course in Kansas City, Missouri. It’s going to be taught by a guy whose knowledge I really respect. His name is Mark Kemp and he goes by utahinvestor on the forums at Richdad.com. I managed to get squeezed into a full October seminar (one person had to cancel). I’m excited about it and looking forward to the whole experience. I hope this will really help me become a successful real estate investor. Mark is going to be my Yoda and train me like a Jedi Master of the Real Estate Investing arts. This guy knows a lot about the preforeclosure market. Preforeclosure is the period between when the bank lets you know it is going to seize your house for not paying your mortgage and actually selling it. There are a lot of people in this market that tend to be very motivated to do something with their property and for good reason. Mark’s going to show me how to make some money helping these people. Here’s a taste of what he has to teach: his first 300 posts on richdad.com.

I was nervous that this might be some elaborate fraud, and I’m still not sure it isn’t, but I’ve talked with a woman on behalf of Mark and she was very helpful in giving me all the details of the seminar. However, I really wasn’t convinced this was legit until Chris Tran spoke with Darius, a utahinvestor mentee. Darius (also known as invalesco) had already been mentored and has been tearing it up in his local area. He has done over 25 deals in the past 4 months! I heard Darius has a real fire in him, but he didn’t take action until utahinvestor was his mentor. Cool. After hearing that from Chris I signed up and sent my check.

I’ve had some bad experiences with some courses I’ve paid for. Even college courses when I really think about it. However, I’m very optimistic about this one. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.