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Introduction—Why

Greed Keeps Most

People from Getting

Wealthy

We all want to be healthy, wealthy, and wise. Unfortunately, everything in life has a price of admission. In some shape or form, we must always pay for the things we want. For our health we must invest our time, focus, and discipline to go the gym and maintain a healthy diet. To be wise, we must invest our time, effort, and energy to study with the wise men and women of the past, present, and future. To be wealthy we must study money, solve problems, and be prepared to share the wealth along the way. Those who fail to pay for success rarely see it.

Money People Deal explores the fastest way to real estate Wealth—joint ventures. Joint ventures are a technique few people truly understand. Of course, many of the largest, most successful corporations use joint ventures every day to earn massive profits while most struggling small investors and entrepreneurs have no knowledge of joint ventures. The truth is that most small entrepreneurs and investors are too greedy and small minded to create wealth through their endeavors. Everything in life has a price of admission, and so do joint ventures. Joint ventures are based on giving, sharing of resources, and creating larger value for everyone involved.

When I form a joint venture, I focus on what I give, not what I get. The more I give away, the richer I get, the happier my investors are to work with me, and the more money I have to invest. The game is simple and easy if you know the rules; the game is impossible if you try to be greedy. The problem with most novice entrepreneurs and investors is that they are conditioned to consume instead of create. We are conditioned to focus on what we are getting, not on what we are giving. Too often we want to own everything entirely by ourselves. So many investors and entrepreneurs are happier to own a single grape than share half of a watermelon.