I’m sure you have seen them all over social media with flashy cars and beautiful woman offering to solve all your problems.
How can I build high levels of passive income ASAP, to allow me to retire tomorrow and live life on my terms?
In other words, how can I get rich quick by doing the least amount of work as possible?
The good news is that they all follow a very similar pattern and are easy to spot by following three simple guidelines.
Click Bait!
“How you can buy 7 properties in 2 years with no money down”
As the saying goes – If it sounds too good to be true it often is.
Solution before Diagnoses
Many spruikers will offer you “the property” before sitting down and working out what it is you want to achieve and what your goals are.
They will then mould your expectations to fit their solution and put the product before your needs.
Are they a Salesperson or Professional?
It should not take long to work out if you are dealing with a Salesman or a Professional.
A salesperson will have all kinds of special offers and various angles to sell you a product.
A professional is someone who clearly has a level of depth and experience that a salesperson cannot offer.
They should first be able to diagnose, before educating you and prescribing the solution to what it is that you are aiming to achieve.
A spruiker will only be interested in selling a product to you and won’t be working in your best interests.