For the past few years I have spent hours reading about what each real estate investor / guru is doing with their business. I have joined almost every email list and read 75% of the blogs out there. At first I was really digging a lot of the big guys, but after spending months following them and their emails I have learned that they are nothing more than boring salesmen.
I think this is a big trend with investors… they find their niche in the business, get a following and then convince that following to start buying …. EVERYTHING! It seems like eventually most of them forget about real estate investing once they reach this point.
In these times where the market changes every 7 minutes I think it is important for us real estate investors to not be tricked by people who are no longer in the game facing the same challenges that we are facing.
There are 4 main investors / groups that I think you need to follow to keep up with what is going on out there.
- Preston Ely – His wholesaling and probates systems are probably the best deals out there. Not to mention his emails are very funny and educational.
- Ron LeGrand – The God Father of it all…. When you study almost any of today’s big guru’s you will find pieces of Ron Legrand’s teachings. He is able to keep his stuff fresh (and also has a great sense of humor). Most of his emails are now sent out by someone else, but the content is still in line with his teaching
- Darren Dicke – Darren is a wholesaler out of Columbus Ohio, but his use of technology and ability to use the web to make deals happen has put him on this list. As an investor there is a lot to learn from Darren and the way he runs his business
- Colin Egbert – I think Colin is more of a sales guy now, but I think that his site, RealEstateInvestor.com , is a site that everyone should be a part of to keep up with what is going on out there. Colin, along with Sam Bell, do a great job of showing how applying Web 2.0 to your business can help tremendously
I feel better having shared that list. If I had written this back in July the list would have been a little different. There would have been 7 investors to follow, but watching some of them fall into the “sales trap” I decided it’s better to keep you on the right path.
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