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Michal Ballard

After 20 Years of Corporate Life, I Wanted To Work on My Own

From 1985 until 2004 I bought, operated and sold several different businesses. I worked as a consultant for several corporate turnarounds and even founded a company that has since gone public. But my last assignment left me so wiped out that I never wanted to deal with big business or employees again, and this was from someone who had been a success in the world of business. Real estate seemed like a fabulous alternative.

How Do You Get Going in This Real Estate Thing?

Being a research junkie, I started analyzing and searching for all of the material out there. I am generally skeptical of anything on the Internet so I gather corroboration from separate sources before I am ready to believe the claims

Foreclosures.Com is on to Something!

I kept going back to Foreclosures.com daily to read the newsletter articles and the various email pieces. I finally got up the nerve to contact Alexis and to my amazement, she responded. I tried hard to find a reason that I shouldn’t trust her. I couldn’t find one. I took some of her answers to a friend of mine who actually had done a number of foreclosure transactions from start to finish and he was very complimentary. He said her answers were accurate and that it was clear that she has actually gotten her hands dirty.

One month later I had completed her Mastering Homestudy and was sitting in her 3-day Lab with my palms sweating, after hearing Alexis and doing some practice calls, I was actually dialing the number of a homeowner whose mortgage was in default.

I quickly learned that action is the lynchpin to the success that Alexis’s students enjoy. You don’t make deals because you have done 20 hours of research on a property and by knowing the comps and renovation costs by heart. You make deals by engaging with people who need help. Of course, the fundamentals are essential to success but none of it happens without the basic and essential action of personal communication.

With Alexis’ 3 days of direct tutoring I learned to be a quiet and confident expert who was able to walk a stressed-out homeowner through their options in a comfortable and honest fashion. I was the person who was willing and able to give them the hope that comes from having a lucid and sensible battle plan. I was able to do this knowing that the financial rewards would take care of themselves if I was committed to the approach and willing to consistently take action.

How did Michal Do?

I practiced what I was taught and put it into action. In two years following Lab I bought and sold over 20 houses and helped three times that many people stay in their homes. Then I moved on to buying apartment buildings in the southeastern United States I now own over 200 units of apartments in the Southeast US and have set up a company that buys and sells apartments. We have raised millions of dollars from outside investors and I personally receive several thousand dollars a month in “mailbox” money while owning over $6,000,000 of assets that other people pay the mortgage on.

The lesson? THE WORLD REWARDS ACTION, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT ACTION.

I can’t imagine doing foreclosure investing for a living without coming to Alexis’ hands on Lab. I can count $20,000 of mistakes I would have made on my first deal without an experienced pro’s direct insight at a minimum. Remember, others involved in this process know how to extract money out of your transactions and if you aren’t careful, you will always be the last in line.

Everyone Benefits From Having a Coach

I have gone from being a rank beginner to an expert in a number of activities in my life. I have also gone from rank beginner to a hopeless lifetime hacker in others. In all of these cases, the difference between excelling and wallowing was in my choice of leadership -- the person whom I chose to lead me and mold me into what I was trying to become.

Here are three examples of how these choices have played out in my life personally...

1. After 10 years of playing golf, I was about a 17 handicapper. I then spent a year taking two lessons a month from a gifted instructor and now my handicap is under 9.

2. I was a C level club squash player for several years until a former national champion started teaching at my club. I took lessons from him and won several city and statewide tournaments over a five-year period.

3. I had also never shot a rifle in my life until I joined the Marine Corps and in three weeks, with some of the best training in the world, I qualified as a rifle expert while hitting 10 out of 10 bull’s eyes from 500 meters.

They say that “practice makes perfect” but what is really true is that “perfect practice makes perfect.” Don’t waste time doing the wrong things over and over and repeating the same mistakes. Learn how to do things right and then do them a lot.

Why become a Foreclosures.com Coach?

We all know the world rewards action and I am so glad I took the right action five short years ago. Over the last few years I have had the opportunity to speak at conventions and seminars as a person who has actually made foreclosure investing work. I have always been amazed at how many people were paralyzed by indecision and stuck with no action plan (or the completely wrong action plan). They spent countless hours considering the possibilities of their potential, but rarely find and commit to execute the right plan.

Everything worth having in life requires discipline and persistence. Sadly, very few people in this world move from being stuck to a disciplined and persistent state, without the blessing of someone coming beside them to offer encouragement and the right guidance. I have benefited from people like this in my life and now the opportunity to be this person in someone else’s life has truly become my passion.

What are Michal’s Future Goals?

I will continue to invest in single and multi family foreclosure properties throughout the US building my real estate “mailbox” money, while using outside investors monies, to maintain our family’s modest lifestyle and donate to our favorite charities.

My additional goals for this year and beyond are to give back and help other investors take the right steps to reach their full investment potential as well. As a Foreclosures.com Graduate, Lab Instructor and Coach I will help you learn the right way to invest in foreclosures during our 3 days together in Lab with Alexis as well as be there to help you to execute your personal plan when return home -- giving you the right blueprint to reach your success today.

Call 800-310-7730 x2 and Hire Michal Ballard to Coach YOU and lets’ execute your Perfect Foreclosure Investing Plan for 2009 and Beyond NOW!