what you look for is what you get

Last year we attended a Christopher Howard Breakthrough to Success (BTS) course which, if you haven’t been on it then you have to. It was a great eye-opener. I’ve always been into self improvement through reading and attending courses. Whether it’s mental or spiritual. The Art of Living was fantastic at gaining a sense of calm, balance and perspective. This BTS course however was much more focused on energising you to set clear goals and mapping out how you are going to achieve those goals.

Amongst it all was one thing which is so simple that most people don’t realise it. It life, you get what you focus on. So if you focus on something negative, that’s what will happen. Similarly if you focus on something positive, then that too will happen. And it can’t not happen because you’re focusing on it. A great example was when I was searching for good priced property in St John’s Wood, I found Abbey Road and got a great deal on it by working well with the local agents and understanding exactly what the market conditions were. Similarly I always like searching for well-priced property that can generate a good return, and in March I found a great 5-bed ex-local property in Whitechapel (I love zone 1/zone 2 regeneration areas). It was renting for 30k per year and I was able to secure it at 343k, once again by understanding the market and the vendor’s position, I was able to secure a great investment. Sandy and I immediately started the process to buy it and it was the perfect antidote to all the stress that we’d been going through. It was another sign that there are great deals out there, and that I was able to raise finance fairly quickly, both mez and bank.

As Chris says, life is like a search engine. What ever you punch into it is what you’ll get. I’ve not forgotten that and it’s probably why I work so much. I really enjoy property and when people say that I work too hard, the fact is that I enjoy working on property and in my spare time I have no qualms researching and finding potential deals. Given that’s what I’m searching for it’s innevitable that I’ll find more deals. It’s no chore, its just fun. And very lucrative!!