"Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% of what you do about it"

Having been disabled from birth, as a result of cerebral palsy, Bern often came across the ‘no, you can’t do that!’ attitude. Well, challenged by this Bern adopted the ‘I can and I will’.

To date Bern has bungy jumped off Blaauwkranz bridge and even been paragliding, climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in his wheel chair twice, the first time making it to the Uhuru summit and second time to Gillmans. A challenge that had captured his imagination for years.

Bern’s focus on teamwork and goal setting is thought provoking and positively inspiring to mobilise you both personally and in the workplace

I just can't believe were Dean has took this site to and all the new stuff that keeps coming up. I see so many new names on here each day. and I do want to say I am member of the success academy and have done great with it. But I still want everything Dean has to offer. I was just looking at all the post last night and was wondering who was going to be the most successful student from all of this. All I can say is that I do know that it works and a lot of my great friends on here that have succeed used everything Dean has to offer. I must admit know matter how good are bad things get i will always be at the front of the line to get what ever he has to offer. I can't wait to see who his next successful student is going to be. My goal is someday to be his most successful student.

In my journal I posted about a bid I put in on the property next to the duplex I bought. I had to negotiate a little to get some things changed on the contract that the bank had drawn up. Well we agreed on up to 120 days for them to accept my offer,and I crossed off the part that they had in it that gave them the right to keep advertising it after my offer was accepted until the 120 days were up. I told the agent no way because all that told me was they were going to wait for a higher offer before my offer was binding. well I opened my mail to look at another home that I was bidding on and found an e-mail from the agent asking for a copy of a check for 500.00 and the contract attatched to it. So I quickly wrote out a check and copied it and faxed it over to her.

Hey everyone.

Just started marketing to expired listings sent to me from my realtor. I have gotten the best response rate by far from this than any other type of marketing I've been doing. (Thanks Carol for the tip!!)

I just get the property address, see where the owner lives and send them one of my special letters and the calls start coming in.

Now not all these properties turn out to be good deals, because these sellers still think their houses are worth what they were a few years ago.

When they call I always ask them how come you think the house didn't sell when it was listed. They always tell me some type of excuse. Its never that the property was listed way to high. Which is the real reason why it didn't sell.

How come they just don't get it?? Come on sellers wake up.

Just wanted to post this on here so some of the new people can read about one of my current deals in Akron Ohio we have under contract.

Probate property
2bed/1bath
Under contract for: $6000
Sale price to cash buyer: $9500
Profit:$3500

Arv: $40,000
Needs $5k or less in updating
Similar REO's in area selling For $10k- $12k

Right now none of our buyers seem to be interested, so we will go back to seller renegotiate the contract down to $3k and sell to cash buyer for $7k. Therefore making it a more attractive price to sell quickly.

If we renegotiate for $3k and sell for $7k we will make $4k instead of $3500. This we be split two ways of course between my partner and I.