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  • Have you heard about The Kingdom?

    Have you heard about The Kingdom?

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    As some of you may know, I am launching a new real estate investment business. And as with anything new and important I tackle, I will begin by learning as much as I can. I prefer to “stand on the shoulders of giants” to compress the time it takes for me to be successful. This usually means reading a lot of books and online content. This new business venture has been no exception.

    One of the books that I’ve read, a couple of times now, is one I mentioned in a earlier post, “If you can’t wholesale after this… I’ve got nothing for you.” by Todd M. Fleming. This book is the best book I’ve found so far for learning what I need to know to be successful with my real estate business. That book has lead me to the resource that I am writing about today. The Kingdom.

    The Kingdom

    The Kingdom is a community of wealth builders, created by Todd M. Fleming, Jordan Stanley Payne and other investment experts. This community has a large number of experts in investing that are mentoring the other members of the community. They are teaching all facets of real estate investing including wholesaling, buy and hold, fix and flip, single family, multi family, property management, and more. They mentor on both residential and commercial investing. In addition to real estate investing, they teach about investing in businesses, they teach about finding private money for your investments, and they teach marketing. This description just scratches the surface of the expertise found in these mentors. There are several published authors among them. People who, if you tired to hire them to mentor you one on one, would probably break your bank. But they teach generously, daily within the community.

    One area that the mentors are very focused on teaching is the mindset needed to be successful. This is an often overlooked aspect of success and one that is probably more critical than the actual mechanics of the real estate investing that they teach. I personally believe it to be the most important skill to develop for any area of success you desire to achieve.

    “Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills” -Wendy Kopp

    The kingdom is a membership driven community. I’ve seen mastermind groups that charge fees in the tens of thousands to join, but the Kingdom’s membership fee is only $75 per month. That fee grants access to all of the recorded training videos in their vault, plus access to the closed Facebook group “The Kingdom Real Estate” where the mentors do live trainings every day and answer member questions on all investment and mindset related topics. I think the Facebook group membership is even more valuable than the training vault. Having access to experts, “Dorus” (not Gurus) that answer your questions in detail is tremendously valuable, and will lead to success if you are teachable and willing to put in the work.

    If you have any desire to become truly wealthy, as Jude Mendonsa describes in his new book “The Freedom Blueprint”, where you have both money and time, then you really should join the Kingdom community.

    The Kingdom member community

    Would it be Okay if you could check it all out for 30 days at no cost to you? If your answer to that is YES, send me a message and I’ll share the coupon code Todd created to let you have the first month for free.

    After you message me for the coupon code, visit this link to the membership site: “The Kingdom”. Enter the code I’ll give you and your info to become a member, and I’ll see you inside the Kingdom.

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • Fighting the Good Fight

    Fighting the Good Fight

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    Recently I read a post on LinkedIn from a person announcing their retirement. They indicated their first day of work at a company, and the last day of work at that same company. The time span in between the two dates was 40 years. This individual had completed 40 years of work for a single company.

    “Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” -Vince Lombardi

    That is a noteworthy accomplishment for sure, and I say congratulations to the individual for achieving it. It is a milestone well worth celebrating! Still, reading that information really gave me pause. I had a lot of mixed emotions regarding the notion of working for 40 years and then retiring.

    First, just the amount of time… 40 years of a persons life dedicated to working. 40 years! That is a major portion of your life. Again, so there is no misunderstanding… I am not opposed to working. Just the opposite. I think that working can provide a lot of fulfillment, especially if the work is something you enjoy or if it delivers a lot of value to those it serves. I’m just commenting on the shear amount of time. 40 years. That is a long tunnel to travel. If you enter the workplace in your twenties, you’re not out until your in your sixties. I started my first full time job when I was just turning 16, and I’m still at it. I’m already 42 years in. That realization hit me like Mack truck.

    “The arrival of winter finds us in one of two categories: Either we are prepared or we are unprepared.” -Jim Rohn

    Second, 40 years working for a single company. This is definitely not the norm any more. On average, a person will change employers 12 times in their working lifetime. I personally have changed companies 8 times so far, in my professional (salaried) career. I had at least as many full time hourly wage jobs before I “went pro”.

    Lastly, those 40 years were spent working for someone else. Sure, there is compensation for working at someone else’s company, and I am sure the salary was good for a 40 year career at the same company. But you have to realize that the company wins in this kind of transaction. Sadly, today I can only imagine what my life would look like if I had spent the last 40 years working for myself instead of for the various companies I’ve worked for.

    “I’m working full-time on my job and part time on my fortune. But it won’t be long before I’m working full-time on my fortune. . . can you imagine what my life will look like?” -Jim Rohn

    So for me the question of “What’s next?” comes to mind. If I were going to retire now, what would that mean to me? I believe that it would simply mean that I would start working for me full time instead of working for someone else full time and for me part time. There is a lot of song left to sing, so to speak. I have books I’m writing, I have a new business I am launching. I have places to go and people to see. I’m not ready to retire yet, honestly I couldn’t if I was. But I’m not letting that stop me from working for myself. When I “punch out” at the end of the day at work, I get busy with “my” work. Is it easy? Heck no. But is it worth it? Heck yea!

    “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” -Colin Powell

    The Freedom Blueprint by Jude Mendonsa

    Now that I’ve been hit by the 40-year-plan Mack truck, I am more determined than ever to flip the narrative around until I am working full-time on my fortune instead of my job.

    If you too are thinking about flipping the narrative around, you might want to check out the book by my new friend Jude Mendonsa. It is titled “The Freedom Blueprint”. It is a great place to start getting your mindset right.


    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • Mindset – getting my head on straight

    Mindset – getting my head on straight

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    All success starts with the proper mindset. No matter what level of success you have achieved so far, it is because your mindset is at that level. You will remain at the same level of success until you take your mindset up to the next level.

    “The only thing keeping you from getting what you want are the stories you’re telling yourself about why you can’t have it.” -Tony Robbins

    How do you take your mindset to the next level, you ask? It is through one of two ways – The first way, which is the hard way, is to live through a personal situation that forces you to level up. The second way, which is by far the easier way, is through personal development.

    Personal development is the process of improving your awareness, improving your talents, increasing your knowledge, etc. Personal development is the key to getting you from where you are to where you want to be, no matter which vehicle of choice you want to use to get there.

    I know this is true. I know it. Yet, I have to work on my personal development every day. I have to work on my mindset every day because I am not done with my journey of success. There is a long way I still plan to go. If I want to get where I’m planning to go, my mindset has to lead the way.

    Don’t get me wrong. I have achieved a lot, and I am totally grateful for all that I have and all that I am. But I’m not done. There is more I plan to do and be. There is a bigger legacy that I plan to create. I know that my current mindset has brought me to where I am today, and I also know that to get where I plan to go, I need to take my mindset up several levels!

    “I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” -President Abraham Lincoln

    I’m starting a new real estate journey, and my mindset as it relates to that journey is an infant. So, I am reaching out to people who have achieved the real estate success that I am targeting and I am learning from them. I am asking questions and acting on the answers. I am listening to their advice, not just on the specific steps to execute real estate deals, but on the thought processes and attitudes that they have. I understand that their mindset is different than mine. I understand that I need to get in tune with the mindset of a successful real estate investor if I want to become a successful real estate investor.

    “…my life began changing when I stopped setting goals for where I wanted to be and started setting the course for who I wanted to be” – John C. Maxwell

    How can you begin today to start taking your mindset to the next level?
    1) Decide exactly what you want.
    – Be specific.
    – Write it down.
    – Set a date for having it.
    2) Everyday, imagine that you already have it. Everyday!
    – Morning and evening.
    – See it in your mind.
    – Believe you already have it. Believe it.
    – Make your mental picture so clear that you feel it emotionally.
    3) Schedule time to learn the skills, and execute on what you learn.
    – Block time for your personal development.
    – Block time to learn the skills for your vehicle of choice, i.e. real estate.
    – Block time for your actions, executing on the skills you are learning.
    4) Believe. Believe. Believe.
    – Understand that is NOT… “You believe it when you see it”.
    – Understand that it IS… “You will see it when you believe it”.

    “If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it – then I can achieve it.” -Muhammad Ali

    If you would like a suggestion for good book on personal development, I highly recommend John C. Maxwell’s book “The Complete 101 Collection”. This is actually eight books in one. It is all of the 101 leadership books bundled into one volume. There is so much great content in this book that anyone who wants to continue their personal development journey (and that should be EVERYONE) should have this book in their library. They should read it, and re-read it again and again. I am!

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • Always be teachable

    Always be teachable

    Today, my attitude of always be teachable was put to good use. Actually that attitude is put to good use most every day, but today it was even more so. I am building my new real estate business, and I am doing so using the model taught by the Kingdom Real Estate group, and the book “If you can’t wholesale after this…” by Todd M. Fleming (see this post for more on the book.)

    Yesterday I realized that although I have been taking action on what I have been learning, most of the action was passive – do things and wait for the results I am seeking. Once I made that realization, I decided to flip things around and focus more of my actions on active things – do things that create the results I’m seeking.

    “Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” -Meister Eckhart

    There is a process for learning when you are teachable and acting on the lessons you are being taught (from Self Improvement 101 by John C. Maxwell). It goes like this:

    Step 1 – Take action
    Step 2 – Look at what worked and what didn’t
    Step 3 – Search for a way to change or fix what didn’t work
    Step 4 – Go back to Step 1 and repeat

    Today, I switched my actions from passive to active (Step 1). I thought my plan was pretty good. When I asked my mentors for an evaluation of my action, they had a different opinion (Step 2). After a lot of questions and answers, I formed a new plan of action (Step 3). Tomorrow I will execute on my new plan (Step 4). When I do, I may not get it just right. In fact, I probably won’t get it right. But I’ll review what happened, make a plan to make it better, and try again the next day. Sooner or later, I’ll get it right, or at least close enough for things to work and for me to get the results I desire.

    “When one teaches, two learn.” -Robert A. Heinlein

    It is not always easy to be teachable. You really have to work to keep your ego in check and it takes patience, perseverance and a lot of energy to put down what you think you already know to make room for what you can learn. Being teachable when you are focusing on a specific task or skill, like I was today is good. But there is a next level…

    The real trick is make having a teachable spirit who you are and not something you do. I struggle with this all the time. But when I am getting it right, I can learn from every experience I have. Small lessons, big lessons and everything in between. And the lessons come from everyone and every where.

    “Be teachable. That is the whole secret.” -Vernon Howard

    “Teachable People Learn Something New Every Day” -John C. Maxwell

    Being teachable is a skill and like any skill, you can learn and improve on it. Being teachable is one of the most important facets of personal growth.

    If you believe in personal growth and being teachable, there is an excellent book on the subject that I would like to recommend. It is “Self Improvement 101” by John C. Maxwell. I have many of John’s books in my library. You really can’t go wrong by reading any of his books, but this one in particular is such a great guide to being a life long learner. It is one of my favorites by him.

    “Growth must be intentional – Nobody improves by accident” -John C. Maxwell

    There is one last point I would like to make. Being teachable is extremely important, but you have to combine your learning with action. I learned a new term recently. It is “Duru”. There are a lot of “Gurus” out there who know how to do things. But the ones who know what to do and actually do it are the “Durus”. You need to strive to be a Duru.

    “You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.” -Tony Robbins

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • You have to believe you can

    You have to believe you can

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    Today I want to talk to you about belief. I am launching a new real estate business, and today I felt as though my business is this huge railroad train and I am the engine of that train. My engine is fully stoked up and my wheels are turning, but the steel wheels are struggling to gain purchase on the steel tracks, and my train has not yet moved forward.

    This is a cross roads moment. I have to decide whether or not I believe my engine will begin to move the train forward… that is, whether my efforts will gain purchase and my business will begin to move forward. I have to make this decision based on faith, because I have no previous personal experience launching a real estate business to help make this determination.

    Henry Ford once said “Whether you think you can do something, or think you can’t…you’re right!”

    So, do I think I can? Or do I think I can’t?

    I know, by borrowing the experiences of others, my new friends and peers in the Kingdom Real Estate group for example, that my business model can be successful. Very successful. I also know from personal experience in other areas that with belief, determination, and perseverance I can be successful. I’ve written two books, I’ve completed seven marathons. I know I can create success. But will my engine be able to move this train?

    To get my train moving, all I need to do is combine my borrowed belief in the business model with my personal experiences with being successful and it becomes clear that I can be successful in my business. If I keep my engine stoked and running hot, my spinning wheels will gain purchase, and slowly but surely my train will start to move forward. My business will grow and succeed.

    The key for me is to keep taking action – as much action as I possibly can – as much of the right actions that, with belief, will begin to move my train forward. I am like the little engine that could. I think I can, I think I can…

    The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • You won’t get what you don’t ask for

    You won’t get what you don’t ask for

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    Today I want to share a story about the Chrysler building that was relayed to me by my new friend Joey Martin. It is a story that was shared with Joey by his friend Tim Bratz. Tim’s telling of the story was captured on video and if you would like to hear it in his words you can check out the video linked below.

    The story is a prime example of a philosophy that I have held dear most of my life, that being “You wont get what you don’t ask for”. Flipping the idea around, stating it slightly differently is “You will be amazed at what you can get if you will just ask for it.” I have lived this philosophy through action on both the small scale and the big. Here is an example of small scale…. I would go to the movies and the person selling the tickets or the “refreshments” would have a small pin promoting the block buster of the week. As I was being served, I would say something like “Hey, that’s a nice pin. Can I have it.” You would be amazed at how often the other person would say “Thanks” and then unhook the pin and hand it over to me. While didn’t always work that way, I would guess that it was more than 50% successful.

    Another example happened just last month – it’s a bigger scale example. There was a large real estate wholesaler event held near my home town and having just launched a new wholesaling business I really wanted to attend. Down side, the tickets were not cheap. (worth it, but not cheap!) Before I bought a ticket, the sponsors posted that they were going to give out 20 tickets to some lucky people for free. All you had to do was write up why they should give one to you. I have to imagine that they got a huge response, but as things go, they picked me. Now the story does not end there, because there was some fine print… in order to be able to get the free ticket to the event, you had to book a room at the hotel that was hosting the event. As I mentioned the event was near my home and I had no use for a hotel room. I was told that if I didn’t book the room, I was not eligible for the free ticket. Well, the story does not end there either. Every day that followed the day I got the email telling me I was not eligible for the free ticket, I sent them an email reply asking them if they would make an exception for me and let me have the free ticket anyway. I was very persistent and every day sent a polite and unique request with more reasons why they should make an exception in my case. You may have guessed by now that after almost two weeks of me asking every day, they relented and allowed me to have the ticket for free without make the hotel reservation.

    This illustrates the point – if you don’t ask, you are not going to get. Back to the Chrysler building story. Back in 2009 at a low point in real estate values, an investment group purchased the Chrysler building for $800 million dollars. Then last year, 2018 the investment group decided to put the building up for sale, but did not set a price. Instead they said the building would be sold for current market value. Many investors considered adding the building to their holdings, but since the real estate market was in a boom in 2018, they feared the market value of the building would exceed a billion dollars and no one would even venture to make an offer for fear it would be declined for being too low. No one until an investor from Austria decided to ask. They submitted an offer for just $150 million dollars. And as crazy as it sounds, the offer was accepted. They bought the Chrysler building for just $150 million.

    If you want things in life you have to ask for them. You can’t expect everything to just magically be offered. You have to ask, sometimes you have to ask over and over again to get the one thing your asking for, other times you have to ask for different things over and over to accumulate a lot of things. Like buying properties. You have to ask… you have to make offers… the more offers you make the more properties you can buy. This is another example of what I was talking about yesterday – you have to have persistence to be successful.

    So, if there is something you want in life – you better be asking life to give it to you.

    Here is the video of Tim Bratz talking about the Chrysler building deal. It is worth watching.

    Tim Bratz talking about the sale of the Chrysler building

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • Some times there’s more work than day

    Some times there’s more work than day

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    Today was one of those days were there was just more things on the TODO list than there were hours in the day to do them. That’s why today’s blog post is being written tomorrow (it’s already after 1 am here).

    So this is going to be quick and to the point. I’ve been listening to “Think and Grow Rich”, the Napoleon Hill classic. I just passed the chapter on Persistence. This seems so fitting and timely for me today. It is a lesson that you really have to take to heart. Everything worth wile to achieve will require persistence to achieve it. You have to be willing to keep getting back up every time you get knocked down. Be like bowling pins… no matter how many times you knock them down, they get stood back up… over and over and over. Eventually when you have finished your last frame, and are ready to go, you’ll see the pins are back up and ready for the next bowler.

    I’m going to share more from “Think and Grow Rich” over the next few days. If you haven’t ready it lately (I know you have read it, right), then pick it up again and read it again. Persist. You will be very glad you did.

    If you need a new copy of “Think and Grow Rich” click on this like to get it from Amazon: “Think and Grow Rich“.

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • If You Can’t Wholesale After This…

    If You Can’t Wholesale After This…

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    In today’s episode I talk about the book “If you can’t wholesale after this…” by Todd M. Fleming.


    This is a book about Financial Freedom. It focuses on the vehicle of real estate wholesaling as a means to achieve your financial freedom.

    I’ve recently launched a new business around wholesaling real estate, and this book was recommended in a post on the Wholesaling Houses Elite Facebook group. I purchased it for my Kindle first, and then after reading it the first time, I ordered a physical copy for my library, and read it again when it arrived. I continue to refer to it as I continue to learn the ins and outs of my real estate wholesaling business.

    The book is the best written reference I have found so far to learn how to wholesale real estate. But it is much more than that. Todd starts off with the key ingredient for achieving most things in life, the proper mindset.

    One of the mindset techniques used in the book is for the development of the skill of asking better questions. Todd teaches that “Asking better questions creates a better life”. He goes on to provide a wealth of better questions to ask as you build your financial freedom.

    “If you can’t wholesale after this…” provides a step by step guide for setting up your own real estate wholesaling business and gives you both the tools and the mindset to be successful.

    If you are at all interested in real estate wholesaling, or in financial freedom I can highly recommend this book. If you don’t already have a copy you can find it on amazon at this link:

    If you can’t wholesale after this…

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • Twelve Pillars

    Twelve Pillars

    Twelve Pillars

    Hi, my name is Earl, and welcome to Earl’s Library.

    In today’s episode – the very first video episode – I talk about the book “Twelve Pillars” by Jim Rohn and Chris Widener.

    I’ve read and re-read “Twelve Pillars” several times. It provides an excellent reference for lessons we should remember to help live an exceptional life.

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    “Twelve Pillars” is the story of a man named Michael who needs to make some important changes in his life. He is stuck in a rut and so far his life has not turned out the way he envisioned it would when he was a younger man.

    Michael’s car breaks down near a large estate, and he goes there to find help for his situation. He went looking for help with is car situation, but ends up getting help with is life situation.

    At the estate, he meets Charlie, the maintenance man. Charlie shares some sage wisdom that he has gained from the estates’ owner Mr. Davis. Michael and Charlie become fast friends, and over the course of several visits, and several months, Charlie imparts Mr. Davis’s Twelve Pillars of wisdom.

    For me, some of the key lessons from “Twelve Pillars” are regarding personal development. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I have been a student of personal development since I was 10 years old.

    Here are my favorite quotes from “Twelve Pillars”:

    “What you become directly influences what you get.”

    “Formal education will make you a living. Self education will make you a fortune.”

    “The only way things are going to change for you is when you change.”

    I highly recommend you read (or re-read) “Twelve Pillars”.
    In case you don’t have a copy yet, here is a link to the book on Amazon:

    Twelve Pillars

    Until next time, have a Superfantastic day!
    -Earl

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  • Advice from Gary Vaynerchuk

    Advice from Gary Vaynerchuk

    Hi everyone. My name is Earl. Thanks for stopping by Earl’s Library.

    Gary on stage at WeLive19
    Gary Vaynerchuk on stage at WeLive19

    Recently, I attended a huge real estate wholesaling training event called Wholesale Elite Live 2019. One of the guest speakers at the even was the one and only Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary advised the crowd of more than 1000 people in attendance that they must put in the work. Everyone should be sharing content that brings value to their followers. Gary said that sharing content is the single most important thing you can do for your business, and added that 20% to your workload should be making content for the internet. He advised that you don’t need to “create” content, but instead you should simply “document” what you are doing. Don’t underestimate building a personal brand on the web, it matters and will continue to matter more an more. Just document.

    I am taking that advice to heart. As you may (or may not know) I am an author, and have two published books. My first two books are technical books, one is on Chef Provisioning and the other is a Docker Quick Start Guide. Now I am changing it up, and I am writing a how to book for success.

    I have been a student of success since I was a young boy. When I was ten years old, a friend of my fathers, Ken Hicks, gave me a paper back copy of “Think and Grow Rich”. He told me that the book had a magic secret that when I was ready would allow me to become rich. I was hooked, but honestly, I was not ready when I was 10. Still I read that book, and have since reread it many times. Since then I have taken every opportunity to read (and later listen to, and watch) great success mentors.

    Now, that I am writing my own book on success, I am rereading many of my favorite books and success magazine articles, I’m listening to and or watching my favorite training seminars, and I’m learning the lessons at a deeper level than ever before.

    This brings me back around to the advice from Gary Vee, I’ve decided that as I read the books, and magazines, and as I listen to the audios and watch the seminars that I will document some of the insights, lessons, aha’s, and quotes that I find to be significant, sharing them through my new “Earl’s Library” social media platform.

    “No matter what you do, your job is to tell your story.” -Gary Vaynerchuk

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