Mentor for Life Concept and Why it Works

From the desk of C.J Lauria

“Mentor for Life”™  What a concept.  The mere title indicates that long after one is trained and coached in the desired career path, the Mentor is still available because he cares about his protégé.  In a moment we will discuss why this concept is so effective and how it is possible to achieve.

In my last two articles in this series we discussed the need to have a real estate mentor who is seasoned, a good instructor, innovative and full of integrity.  Now we want to examine if and how it is possible to have such a mentorship in the field of real estate investment.

Let’s face it:  When we talk about a real estate mentor we visualize someone who is 1) not a kid and perhaps 2) a multi-millionaire from his/her many successes in real estate investing.  There are so many scams on the internet that it can make your head spin.  That is one of the reasons I am so passionate about bringing some integrity to the profession.  My “Mentor for Life”™ business plan is just that means by which I intend to provide honest value in training, coaching and mentoring to the real estate home business person.

So what does it take to convince a highly successful real estate mentor to take you under their wing, so to speak?  It’s all about vested interest in your business.  Honestly, why else would someone with this kind of background practically adopt a student as if they are their own child?  It’s simple:  They are still a business person with a business mindset.  If they can have a number of students in multiple locations it would be possible to tap into many markets at the same time.  Even a little piece of the action represents a huge portion of profits if the protégé is successful.

Therefore, while training and coaching are essential, real mentorship involves concern about the outcome with the future in view.  This is the basis for “Mentor for Life”™ and itreally works.  You see, in this type of arrangement, each students maintains their autonomy as individual real estate home business entrepreneurs.  Nevertheless, they enter a joint venture agreement with the Mentor for all subsequent deals.

In my business, it has laid the basis for some very nice long-term relationships.  I like people and the team that we have formed is fun and inspiring.  Hey, sometimes one of my students comes up with an idea that I had never before entertained.  With this kind of synergy we have been able to move on to some bigger and better avenues of real estate investment.

Is this type of plan right for you?  More importantly, are you right for a “Mentor for Life™ partnership.  In my next article, as the final part of this series, I will run through some of the criteria we use to determine an applicant’s qualifications.

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