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  • Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Hmm, you’re looking at Lockyer valley, darling downs and south Burnett areas. Ranging from 1 to 250 acres and prices all over the shop, 30 acres for 55k in one spot. Some pretty gorgeous blocks actually, some that went up 44% in value in the last quarter. Booming. I’m slowly getting tempted to buy some myself along with some horses… But I’m gonna play with these tax liens first. :)

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Hey dwolfe, My next post WAS about the dog experience. Have a look ‘ben vs the dog on the river.’ I put it up last night. :) I’m totally going to tell that story in my autobiography when I’m a trillionaire from working my way through the big black box. :)

    And as a side note, HOW GOOD WAS PETER DANIELS! if people wanted informative meat, he was it. It may not have been what some were expecting, but listening to him I got so hungry to muster every piece of manhood within me and unleash my leadership potential on the world. His speeches sung like a chorus and his regality was just awesome.

    I need to salute something.

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Ha! I only just read the responses to this. Had no idea anyone was looking out for me… Till someone approached me at the conference and said “hey! Playdough man!”

    :)

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Well, I went, and I freakin' loved it.

    Look at the facts people.  It was CHEAP. For the price, it was pretty good.  I got my ticket for 300 bucks, for a 3 day conference, and the time it saved me was massive.  I'm usually open to all forms of opportunities so in normal life whenever someone invites me to a business event of some kind, I tend to willingly go; even if it's being sucked into yet another Amway meeting without realising it till I get there!!! /wrists /wrists.  I've now been to twenty sales seminars in a row thanks to this event, but with a quiet desensitivity to the sales pitches because by the end of it, it all became repetition. Just going to a single seminar selling only one product? I would have signed up to any of them, but because there were so many choices on offer, it made it easier to not buy anything and stick to the one that I only thought were exceptional.

    Was it a bit infomercially?  Well yeah, it was. But I don't care. I suffer from no delusions that in a matter of 3 days I'll be able to pick up and learn what it takes to become a millionaire. Instead, I was shown a series of doors, all different methods on how to create wealth, and I was invited to pick one.  I now feel that I have a pretty solid understanding of what my options are, and I can now step away from it all and say 'Yep! That's where I want to head.'

    For me, it's Tax Liens. That…sounds…awesome. Plus, it has the tick of approval from the most trusted and credible source at the conference, Steve himself. Let's face it, we're all following him like adoring fans since we're there because we loved his book and if it's good enough for him, that's certainly intruiging enough for me.

    Oh, and for the record, I bought the memory improvement program and the tax liens course. That's it.   I'm pretty sure they both were the cheapest things there for 500 bucks and 1500 for two to the tax liens. I split it with a friend so It all became cheaper.  Looking through my memory pack, I did the first day of the memory course that night, and I swear, I so heavily imprinted the training memory in my mind that I dreamt about it all night and woke up screaming "TOMATO!"  

    So in case anyone wants to put a face to the name, I was the guy that was lucky enough to be noticed by Steve Mckight when I took a swim in the Yarra river to fetch a drowning dog!  Free Big Black Box! Woohooooo! :)

    I think it was worth every cent… but in the scheme of things, I'm just a beginner. Perhaps for the more experienced who are good and want to get better, they might get more out of actually going to one of the courses, rather than watching a three day menu.

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Thanks Gang :)

    It's just an outlet to anyone that'll listen, maybe Steve will bring out a magazine of some sort and pay for my stories or something. ha!

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    I'm going! :)

    http://www.youtube.com/benanaman

    This is what I look like, you're welcome to spot me in the crowd and say Hi :)

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Haha, quite the compliment.

    I HAVE considered hollywood, it's just the getting recognised there that's the hard part ;)

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    haha. No no, completely different.

    You might have heard about the government grant that was going around for insulation?  $1600 dollars the government would give to anyone that insulated their house. That meant that you could knock on someones doors, offer them insulation, make a very healthy profit for doing the job, but the government paid for the whole lot.  An excellent opportunity. I generated 160'000 dollars worth of business in the first month. Sounds like a lot, but that's only 100 sales.  It worked very well for a while, except the company that was doing the laying for me were the worst bookkeepers in the world. They short changed me without fail every time I did an invoice, and just plain didn't pay sometimes. It made it extremely difficult to run a business when your workers were getting paid so sporadically, so I walked away from it.

    Good thing too. The government pulled the grant without notice, and literally 2000 people lost their jobs in australia overnight, not to mention it crippled many businesses who owned warehouses full of insulation, but now couldn't sell it.

    Kevin Rudd, you're a champion.

    A lucky escape for some, a horrible nightmare for others.

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    No, I work in an office in west end. I fight traffic for an hour or more a day, Why do you ask?

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Hey you wanted to see a preview of my house…

    This is just the unit (dual occupancy) my side is a lot bigger with more expensive stuff, but I'm stoked about the kitchens.

    I was originally quoted for just the granite benchtop in the kitchen in my side.   Later on we found someone that imported kitchens. He gave us a quote to do TWO kitchens, the laundry and two bathroom benchtops in granite for cheaper than doing everything in laminate. Bargain.

    I'll eventually get something to show off on my side, but right now my computer is in a box somewhere! This is just the ad for the unit. Have a look.

    http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=404451220&f=0&p=10&t=ren&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=49556884&s=qld&tm=1268179774

    Profile photo of Benjamin CsikosBenjamin Csikos
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    Well, hand holding is my job.  I'm the guy that knows a guy. I find people that want to buy property, and then get them connected with the right people to  help them step by step. Want financial advice? I find you an advisor. Need an accountant? I get one for you. Want to buy a property? I get you in front of a buyers agent. Need a property manager? I get you in front of them.

    In my job I don't actually DO anything, I just get everyone else to do it for you, so you don't have to. 

    Usually it's for people that want to do it through their super, if you just want to buy property that cuts out a lot of steps.

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    What they all said.

    Nothing like a free internet forum. If someone is pushing an agenda, the others will see through it pretty quick and give 'em a smashing.

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    Oh and Pete,  sounds like you're looking for someone to hold your hand and give you confidence.

    Truth of the matter is, it's extremely rare to find someone that is happy to give good, solid, well educated advice that isn't pushing a hidden agenda of some sort.  

    There really is no substitute for your own education. My best advice?  Go down to the bookstore and spend a few hundred bucks on property investing books. Read them all.   If you don't want to spend money, hit up the library.

    Once you've read enough that you can speak the jargon that you hear all the time without even meaning to, then perhaps have a look around for business networking groups to join.  Places like 'cashflow' board gamers etc. They do exist. People that all are wanting to make plenty of money, and want to surround themselves with like minded people. (Cashflow is the board game that robert kiyosaki invented that he talks about in the book 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad.'

    Sounds like you just need a mate that you can bounce off.

    P.s. Steve Mcknight seems pretty genuine. The thing that got me sold on his book originally was the acknowledgment to Jesus Christ in the beginning of the book.  I think if you asked him to give away every cent he owned if it meant it was the only thing that would save a single persons soul, he'd do it.  Someone that puts the person before the coin is a pretty good bet for sound advice. But it's always up to you to be discerning.

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    You need a license to hunt down cashflow positive properties?

    Come on now. Anyone can spend their day surfing the internet and hunting through property websites, and then pass it to a friend. Why would you need a license for that?

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    I'd advertise myself and see what happens.  Put an ad in the paper somewhere for 50-100 bucks, and see if you can do a better job than your property manager. If you get plenty of inquiry, you know they're not doing their jobs.

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    Lol.

    When I am obscenely rich with more money than I know what to do with, I'm sure I'll buy a boat.. and take up golf.

    That will be fun for about, oh 18 seconds when I realise I get sea sick, hate the smell of fish, and find golf really, really boring.

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    Sounds like touch to me.

    Personally, I hate cleaning up the house. I really wouldn't care if I slept with rats. I just keep it clean because a happy wife is a happy life.

    It's pretty easy to keep a guy happy. Sex and a paycheque.  If he's getting both, he's happy.

    Women on the other hand???  It's all over the shop at any given time. It's like a complete mystery.

    Take heart, and enjoy that at least you know what it takes to have a happy relationship. It's been the same, black and white, cut and dry thing all along. No puzzle to solve. Sex and a paycheque. Easy.

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    Lol!   Uhoh… sounds like the wrong tactic.

    It's all about the 5 languages of love.  Words of affirmation, Time spent, Touch, Acts of service, Gifts.  Everyone gives and recieves love in one of these languages.

    Mine is Words of affirmation and touch.

    Nicky's is heavily acts of service. 

    You can both be saying the same thing to eachother but it's like youre speaking different languages.

    "I love you!" You say. They look at you blankly.  So you say it again, this time slower and more succint.

    "I….LOOOOOVE….YOU."  They still look at you.

    "What are you an idiot? I LOVE YOU!!! I LOVE YOU!!!"  Now they just look offended because you're shouting at them.

    It's like trying to speak english to a japanese person, thinking that if you go slowly and loudly they will understand you. It's not what you're saying, it's the language youre saying it in.

    Nicky cleaning up the house for me does absolutely squat for me. I really couldn't care less. But she is speaking to me in the language she understands.  Me stroking her back and giving her shoulder rubs doesn't mean squat to her, but it's the way I would want to be communicated with.

    If his language of love is acts of service, him cleaning up the kitchen means he'd expect you to be crazy excited and turned on by such an act, rip off your clothes and violate him with great gusto… because that's what He would do.

    …but if youre not an act of service person, it's just a 'Oh crap… time to do my DUTY again."

    Do you know eachothers languages?

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    Actually, this reminds me of a video I made one month after we got married. I've learned a lot since then. Check it out.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/benanaman#p/u/28/hxfGabzAKdE

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    Sure can Young Investor!  I've already shot the footage, just need to cut it up a bit and get it uploaded… you may have noticed I tend to make a lot of youtube videos about everything and anything, and moving into my house was definitely some good material.  All the moving trucks get started this saturday, so I'll probably film a time lapse of moving in and out. Coming soon…  :)

    As far as painting the fridge… well.. since then… Nicky won the argument. We now have a chrome fridge.

    *slaps forehead*

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