Sunday 14 December 2008

थे पॉवर ऑफ़ अस्किंग


Wow, the last 8 weeks have been really challenging! More than anything they have been mind tiring! Long story short, I bought a flat off plan 3 year ago, which is still a good investment.

However with the banks and anything associated with them being in a state of defence, it was down valued by £22.000, yep that’s right £22.000, so I have been fighting and taking on the banks, surveyors and brokers. It has been an amazing learning experience, challenging and frustrating but an amazing experience. There were days where I simply didn’t know what I was going to do…I had no answers and no ideas, it appeared that every avenue I went down another obstacle came up and then another, and even when I was making progress something else threw me…

For those of you that know me, you will know I have saying” there is always a way, always” I kept saying that to myself and looking at options, thinking how can I make it work? Well it appears that I have achieved what some people think is amazing, I don’t, I simply think I have achieved what was needed to make it work. How did I do it? By simply asking the right questions…I asked the development company if they will lend me the money and they said yes…I spoke the bank and they too will lend me the money.

I also asked people if they wanted to buy %50 of the property, which means I don’t have to borrow as much, so I am waiting for some answers on that front.

The power if asking is huge, lots of people were asking me how I got the development company to lend me £15.000 what tricks did I use? The truth is there were no tricks, shouting or deception, I simply asked and asked again, took action and when an avenue that I went down offered feedback with no results, I went back and asked again, but asked intellectually, asked a better question and got better results.

My next stage is, I have to decide and work out how much I will commit myself to, this is simply the next phase, with the next phase comes better questions. Always ask first would be my learning, now I can’t stop asking…for everything 

I am sending out my new report called the 5 Mistakes That Entrepreneurs Make when they get started, if you want to get your copy(which is being sent over 5 weeks) go to www.elliotkay.com and enter your details, the first mistake went out last week and there four more to go…to catch the next four enter your details before this Tuesady.

Till next time,

Elliot