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2009, February.<\/strong> My friend. A kind request by this friend to help his desperate Romanian friend. My acceptance to provide free consulting (as this friend of mine asked me to). The desperate friend. A meeting…<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the impression you may have, I am not consulting only property buyers. I advised and still advise a big number of property owners<\/strong>. In some periods, this number is higher than the one of buyers…<\/p>\n I met this very nice gentleman during the meeting.\u00a0He was more than desperate<\/strong>. He had all the reasons to be like this, as in few days the bank would take his properties, because he didn’t have money to pay back his loan<\/strong>. He was not able to discuss properly, as he was mixing words and sentiments. He was ready to break down…<\/p>\n I thought I had in front of me a good person, without bad intentions. A family man, successful in his business. He just got crazy last year, like most of the people, he believed in promises, used his connections so as to obtain loans, bought properties in “good” prices<\/strong> (for the standards of the market in\u00a0 2008). He didn’t ask anyone for help, or advices. His plan was to earn in 2009 and 2010 the profits he would earn from his normal work in 10 – 15 years. But Real Estate is not for everyone…<\/strong><\/p>\n I helped him to believe again in himself. To understand that a wrong investment doesn’t mean that he is not intelligent in overall. That there are always solutions, if we decide to accept the reality around us. I set up with him action plans and time schedules. In 1,5 hour he was looking (and feeling) another person… I told him that I would be at his disposal, so as to follow up the plan and succeed to do all the steps together. <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Very soon he informed me that my strategy worked, his bank accepted my proposals and he was feeling very good, thanking me for this<\/strong>. He also told me that he was searching for someone to sell his properties to immediately, to end the problem, but it was difficult to find. All these followed by many big words.<\/p>\n After few weeks, I found him a buyer. But things got weird, as he didn’t really seem to be very open to sell<\/strong>, to provide all the documents, to behave properly so as to accomplish the sale. I asked him for the news and I understood that now that he has much more time provided by the bank, he is happy. This time there were no words of thanking, or proposals that he could help me in what I may needed…<\/p>\n After several months of silence, I contacted him again, so as to hear how he was, curious for his disappearance. He was almost annoyed I called him. He told me that now that his problems are solved (for a period of time) he has no reason to contact me. When I heard this, I told him (being extremely stupid and innocent myself) “look, we don’t need to talk only about your properties. I called you as a friend, to see how you are, your news, how you see the market in your field of activity etc”. <\/strong><\/p>\n His reply landed me to reality: “Look, I don’t have much to tell you, I am busy. Anyway, I don’t want to disappoint you. So, if you want to help me, I am here, you know where to find me”<\/strong>. (something like… “I can do you the favor and accept your help, so as you will have the pleasure you helped me”). No, he didn’t ask me money for allowing me to save him in the past, he has a generous heart…<\/p>\n My prediction<\/strong>: He will call me again next year, few days before the bank will demand again the money.<\/p>\n My lesson<\/strong>: I should learn to be less stupid in the future…<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2009, February. My friend. A kind request by this friend to help his desperate Romanian friend. My acceptance to provide free consulting (as this friend of mine asked me to). The desperate friend. A meeting… Despite the impression you may have, I am not consulting only property buyers. 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