How To Invest In Yourself For A Great ROI!

By Jeff Dunn

This a two part course book. Part One is the self improvement course. You will break free and become the you that you were meant to be and truly are. How to erase and or correct past experiences that can bind you. How to redefine yourself and be the true you in the right mindset. How to properly set goals and achieve them. How to use the law of attraction the correct way and achieve the results you want. How to achieve success in any endeavor. Course Two is how to successfully invest in commercial real estate. You will learn how to find, analyze, negotiate, offer, finance the deal and successfully close the deal, where you own an income producing property. Yes! You will go from point A to Z and will own an income producing property following this course in its entirety from course 1 all the way through. One on One coaching is available in addition to the course. You will be quizzed and tested to gauge understanding and comprehension. You will interact with the author through email to check the results and learn exactly what you need to do. This is a fully comprehensive and hands on course that will indeed change your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeff Dunn
• Release date: Dec 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370590346

Jeff Dunn

Jeff Dunn currently is the CEO of GTLEG and is the President and CEO of “Be A Star Mall” as well as the Executive Producer of “Be A Star World.” Mr. Dunn’s interest in the entertainment industry stemmed from his experience working as a musician with numerous bands, such as Nickelback, Avril Lavigne, and Toni Braxton. He is a Singer/Songwriter, Lead Guitarist, and plays Drums and Percussions, Keyboards. The TV Show “Be A Star World” in which he is the creator and Executive Producer of, he has written the entire opening night score and the main “Be A Star World” theme song. In addition Mr. Dunn possesses nearly forty years of experience in commercial real-estate investing and development. He has been solely responsible for financing, improvements, and success of various properties. Mr. Dunn’s resourcefulness and managerial skills has led to stabilizing and increasing properties values. His forty years of business has shaped his marketing, management, and investment abilities. Mr. Dunn is the author and coach of the book/course "How To Invest In Yourself For A Great ROI! He has a passion and deep commitment to helping others to succeed. He has vast knowledge and experience in real estate as a former real estate broker in which he was already investing in properties. He also was a mortgage broker as well. He started investing over 39 years ago all the while working as a realtor then becoming a broker and mortgage broker. He worked diligently to help his clients to obtain their properties they bought including helping them to acquire the necessary loans to purchase. He created win-win situations for all parties involved. His vast experience has culminated into a very successful career in real estate investing and teaching others to do the same. It is of somewhat a small summary of his experience. But he chooses to serve his students and says it is not about him, but it is about them and helping to be successful and living their dreams. His success he attributes to all the years of study and implementation of self improvement and developing what he calls a purposely acting mindset. The recognition and thorough understanding of the law of attraction is part of this success. His passion is to help others in need and is determined to help end poverty and homelessness. Making a difference in the world is done one step at a time. This is what Mr. Dunn says and adheres to. He remains active in the entertainment industry and commercial real estate investing. His current project is a planned development known as Be A Star Mall and Be A Star Mall Luxury Residences.

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Jeff Dunn

How To Invest In Yourself For A Great ROI!

First published by ZeffAngel MediaWorks in 2016

Copyright © Jeff Dunn, 2016

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Contents

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Course 1

Getting A Grip On Yourself

Focusing On Your Goals

Succeed Without Defeating Yourself

Utilizing The Law Of Attraction

Reevaluate Your Intentions

Key Points To Remember

Course 2

Why Real Estate And Why Commercial Real Estate?

Getting Your Feet Wet, The Nitty Gritty

Pinpointing Your Intentions To Investing Success

Tools Of The Trade

Money, Money, Money, What To Do With It

Guesstimating The ARV

The Financing Game, Play To Win

Strategies

Homework Practices

Prepping For The Real Drill

Walking The Talk, That You Actually Take

Additional Practices Of Understanding

Additional Resources, The Appendix

Worksheets

About The Author

One On One Coaching Program

Acknowledgement

This book is dedicated to everyone, having said that, I would like to offer my gratitude to all in this world. Thank you all for choosing your lives and taking ownership of it. You are the inspiration to this work written within these pages. I look forward to being of sincere help to you. I also look forward to working with you to making your path the way you choose it to be. Bless you all each and every one of you. See you on the path. - Jeff Dunn

A very special thanks to my wife Christina, My wonderful children Angela, Skyla, and my late son James. A very special thanks to my great friend Debbi who always has been there for me in my life and a great shoulder to lean on. And of course my friends and Associates; Sammy The Bull, John, and to all of you out there.

Foreword

How to invest in real estate! What? Huh? Threw you off a little bit did'nt I? I know what you are thinking, Ah man another one of those kind of books. Wasting money and getting nothing out of it except the usual empty promises and false hopes. So why bother right? Garbage in and garbage out right? Well first off if you want to succeed in anything you have to first start with yourself.

In this book you will see maybe some thing's that look familiar but with a fresh insight on a correct mental plane. Also you will see things that are perhaps new to you at least a fresher insight once again on the right mental plane. So let's call this book; How To Invest In Yourself For A Great ROI.

In fact, let's go a step further to say this is the root of your path to your success in anything in this life. Oh and before I forget to mention it, this is a foundation in which we will implement in this whole curriculum you are about to study. Oh newsflash, the real estate investments you will be making are commercial real estate. Don't worry, I am going to help you to succeed and literally walk you from the start to finish Are you teachable? Can you give this your all? Will you listen and follow through all the way with this and with my help? Stay open minded, clear headed, drop any judgmental attitudes or thoughts. I will be blunt I expect this of you. If you cannot commit to this then you cannot commit to yourself. If you are one who refuses to condition yourself mentally for success, then you should abstain from attempting to be successful. Wealth is a mindset! Put into your mind this right now before going any further because it all starts with you and how you use that machine in your head, your mind.

So by now you are either ticked off or offended. Perhaps ready to throw the book down, ask for a refund, to be honest with you that is exactly what I want you to do if you feel that way. Wow did he just say that? Yes very much so I did and meant it. Because you see if you are looking for an easy road to riches you won't find it. So if you are not ready to change yourself and arm yourself with the right mentality and tools to be successful in any endeavor, then I can't help you nor can anyone. It truly all starts with you and how you think. Not your spouse, sister or brother, father or mother. It is up to you and you only. However, I am going to help you all the way. So are you ready to do this and make your life everything that YOU WANT IT TO BE?

Well I see you are still here. How do I know? Because you wouldn't be reading this if you wasn't. So let's assume you are only mildly ticked off. OK.....Now get over it! You see this is part of the conditioned way we allow ourselves to react. You say Allow? That was what I was taught. That would only be partly true. You see it may have been passed on to you that it is a normal reaction to certain situations. However you would have to take ownership of that reaction regardless of this supposed normal way. Clearly if this reaction was indeed normal or even appropriate then there would be no need for self improvement of anyone. We could all just go on living and acting like pre historic creatures whose whole desire was to devour anything and everything in its path. Surely that would get us what we want wouldn't it? This kind of mentality does more damage than good and certainly hinders you from reaching your full potential in any endeavor you step your foot upon. It is far better for you to condition yourself to act instead of react. Once you learn the habit of this you will put yourself in line with the right ways of obtaining what you truly want.

So in a given circumstance (in which you can pick a card, because there are always going to be many circumstances), you have to let the negative charge around it bounce off of you. When you were taught to react this way it paved the way for you to open up the can of worms; a very judgmental attitude. This attitude has bottled you up and shipped you out, recycled you then repackaged you for a new shipment throughout your life. The drawback is you ended up on a junk store shelf in the storage room with nothing to show for those useless and ill feelings except an acceptance and willingness to keep doing the same, even though you feel wrong for doing it. So to erase this from your habitual ways of being takes a very definitive and quite decisive intention on your part to make a change for the better.

True that it will take effort on your part to make this change, to enact the very things that have perhaps gone beyond the grain for so long. It seems too difficult, too hard right? Well endure my friends because it is tough, but once you break free you are on the road to success in life in all areas of it. A great way to live and enjoy what you were created to do.Live Abundantly!!

Course 1

Course 1: Investing in Yourself

1

Getting A Grip On Yourself

Did you feel like I left you hanging at the end of the foreword? Well this was intentionally, Why would I do such a thing? It was like another escape route in case you are not truly ready to do this. To be quite honest with you most of us are not. It takes a hard look at ourselves without rose colored glasses to truly dissect ourselves, and see what we have allowed ourselves to do to ourselves. It isn't always easy and not always a comfortable seat in which to sit. So let us just kick off the boots and stop kicking ourselves any further. Let's kick some negative teachings we have adapted to and change our lives once and for all.

Interestingly and amazingly enough, we were born quite nicely designed to reach any pinnacle in life we would choose for ourselves. However, the two lettered word that is extremely opposite to what we are programmed with from the outset of our lives, takes over and shifts us into a direction that catapults us upwards, then crashing to the ground in a fast hurry away from our intentions and desires. Yes instead of curtailing that two lettered beast and properly acting instead of reacting, we give way to a mere copy of what we truly are and throw out the original self. Sometimes many seemingly chuck the mold too and feel helpless and trapped in this way forevermore. Rest easy now and know that this is just rubbish. We can change our lot in life by changing how we allow ourselves to think, by choosing to purposely act instead of automatically reacting. You see this two lettered word is so overused that when it makes sense to use it, it has a burned into the mind feel to it, like it is the only way to feel at that moment is to feel negative. Then we allow it to spiral into everything else that comes to us and automatically reject what otherwise could in fact be great for us

You probably know by now what that word is and I choose to call it out using its opposite. Yes that is the word we should focus upon and get very caught up in. Of course it too has to be used in its proper context. This word is truly giving yourself permission to excel to heights only seen in your dreams. Yes is the key to unlocking your potential. So here are ways to utilize it. The following is a list of words and statements that compliment this powerful word.

CAN.........................as in I CAN

ABSOLUTELY.........as in ABSOLUTELY I CAN

Do..................as in I CAN DO IT

ANYTHING .................as in YES I CAN DO ANYTHING I PUT MY MIND TO

I ........................as in YES I CAN

PUT.....................as in I PUT MY MIND TO IT AND SUCCEEDED

MY..................... as in I AM THE CREATOR OF MY REALITY

MIND (yes your mind) as in I PUT MY MIND TO IT

TO (To It) ......................as in I WENT RIGHT TO IT AND SUCCEEDED and as in whatever you choose your it to be. Your dreams or goals.

OK I know this is a little different than typical synonyms; however we are not writing dictionaries or thesauruses. We are initiating a process in which to effect change in your life the way you truly want it to be. Becoming the master of your life and taking ownership of it, will pave the way for you to any path you choose. Choose wisely!

OK I know that big painstaking question is just itching to jump out of the mouth, Just exactly how do we do it. Your answer will be given in the next book, (Just kidding guys). Number one thing is to pay attention to how you feel. If you are feeling like I Don't Think So...., then here lies the problem. Your attitude reflects your mental state. It is what you present to your conscious and subconscious mind and everyone around you. It indicates the way you analyze data and how you translate it into a workable solution to the situation at hand, right or wrong. You must reshape the way you think and learn to act purposely instead of reacting automatically.

For example you have had your eye on this beautiful piece of property that you would love to own. You have your heart set on acquiring it and right as you go to make an offer on it you find out it is already sold. How do you feel? Disappointed? Mad? Or do you feel oh well there is another one right around the corner; I will get that one instead.

Another example, you are running late to a very important meeting with your associates to close a deal you have collaborated on for a month. You are driving fast on the highway and then all of a sudden traffic jam and you are only three minutes out from the destination. Do you get frustrated? Angered? In a violent rage? Or do you relax because you realize you will still close the deal when you get there?

The answers lie in how you have conditioned yourself thus far in your life. It comes down to are you a YES person or the other foul two lettered word person? This alone shows you whether you are reacting automatically or acting purposely. Yes gives you permission to live life on your terms and guides you to act purposely. Whereas the two lettered filthy word helps you to react automatically. I will help you to understand how to get a grip on yourself.

If this was the very first day of your life it would be much easier to comprehend this without resistance or pessimism. We could simply choose words that stimulate positive emotional responses that allow you to focus on your true desires for your life. Then you would release it and move on with other things while your desires manifest themselves into everyone else's reality. I will explain that one later.

The majority and it is a huge majority of us that do have pessimistic resistance to this natural principle in everyone's life. Yes everyone. If it is said that it takes lucky people or special people to succeed then you need to shift your ears away from that false teaching that is running like a poison in people’s minds. It simply is a given that luck and special just so happens to include you as well.

So take solace on this and realize that you are just as unique and wonderful as the great ones who have reached unprecedented heights in their chosen pathways. The only difference is they adhered to being a true yes person to their life. This allowed them to set their intentions and follow through to the end result they desired. This will also be further explained later. Earlier you undoubtedly noticed a message that was done quite intentionally for it is definitively and undeniably true. CAN ABSOLUTELY DO ANYTHING I PUT MY MIND TO

Did you catch that one? There was one word at the beginning left intentionally out of that phrase. The word I, the reason is that, you are the one that inserts that one. You are the only one who can apply this to yourself. It is solely dependent upon your own knowledge of yourself and how you allow yourself to direct yourself. When you know this deeply inside of yourself and live it and breathe it, you are quite comfortable with inserting the I in that phrase. You walk the talk and adhere to your convictions regardless of any other circumstances seen or unforeseen that stands in your way. You act purposely and with complete confidence in yourself to make your life whatever you choose.

Exercise 1. YOUR REFLECTION

Take the time right now to stand in front of a mirror, preferably a full length one. Yes you can have a selfie moment here too if you want. Use your phone with the camera on you. Stare at yourself for a few minutes, look up and down. Then answer these questions.

1. Do you see the person you truly want to be? If so why or if not why?

2. How do you feel about what you see? What emotion stirs in you?

3. What do you feel will help you to overcome this feeling?

Think of your answer to this in two parts. Answer 1. With a reacting automatically way. Answer 2. Acting purposely.

4. In the responses of the question above how did each way of answering the question feel? Which response felt truly the right way and resonated with you.

5. Can you see yourself living the life you want with this current mindset?

On that last question if you cannot see yourself living the life you want, why is that and how will you change it. If you can see yourself living the life you want then how will you get there and maintain it? These questions will require you to make a commitment to yourself either way. You will force yourself to reevaluate your thinking and correct any errors that are apparent. You will open your mind to shifting your awareness to the intentions completely and focused to change your life for the better.

Now go back to that mirror and stare deeply into your own eyes and say to yourself I am the creator of my reality." Regardless of your current mindset whether it is either reacting automatically or acting purposely do this anyway. Now take notice of how you feel and answer the questions again.

Take two pieces of paper preferably a notebook, to write in for your personal journal, draw a line down the center of each sheet. Put the questions on the far left side. At the top of each column write Acting Purposely on the left column and Reacting Automatically on the right. Place your answers to each response in the proper columns to each questions on both pieces of paper, (see enclosed template). Do not fret over whether it is right or wrong. Just allow yourself to be honest with yourself. The only ones seeing your answers is only you, so relax and allow your true insight to be written down. When looking at the list which side seems the strongest? If one side automatically reacting is heavily loaded then you have to work on making the shifts to correct the patterns that define you currently, and make your focus on changing to the one you want to be, acting purposely. See the template Fig 1A.

Purposely Acting and

Reacting Automatically

1. Do you see the person you truly want to be? If so why or if not why?

2. How do you feel about what you see? What emotion stirs in you?

3. What do you feel will help you to overcome this feeling?

4. In the responses of the question above how did each way of answering the question feel? Which response felt truly the tight way and resonated with you.

5. Can you see yourself living the life you want with this current mindset?

If you cannot see yourself living the life you want, why is that and how will you change it. If you can see yourself living the life you want then how will get there and maintain it?

It is possible to feel differently to your answers between the first sheet to the creator sheet. Should this happen it will tell you how deeply connected you are to either the reacting automatically or acting on purpose mind. I AM THE CREATOR OF MY REALITY can effectively open the doorways of your inner mind and bring it into the forefront. A true self awareness affirmation if you will, that can make you realize the real you that you have been hiding from yourself.

For the ones who feel they already have this mastered . ...Do it anyway, you will still benefit because you can see what may still need to be changed in order to reach your desired pathway. As Anthony Robbins once said Constant and never ending improvement!"Yes it applies in this case for everyone too. We always need to keep thriving to better ourselves regardless of our positions or accomplishments or social recognitions. We can always be better than we currently are. Oh to make a very strong point here, No one is better than anyone else

You can only be better than yourselves.

That last statement is a hard one for some, because of the reacting automatically mentality. They have been misled to believe and accept that what they have or their social status gives them the one up on someone who is opposite to that way of being. This is completely a false and deceptive teaching for anyone to ever allow themselves to adapt to and make their way of being.

Material things and the big I am all that mentality does not make you special, but someone who is only about themselves. This kind of person always reacts automatically, regardless how far up the ladder they may have climbed. In fact this is not true success at all like that. When you act purposely you reach the pinnacle of success that takes you beyond the material and physical things and allows you to embrace other important areas of abundance so beyond omnipotent.

Choosing proper ways of thinking leads to proper ways of living in which everyone is entitled to. The very ideas of greed, manipulation, power tripping; having more than anyone else is completely asinine. There is only abundance in this universe, lack just simply is nonexistent. It is our minds that determine this for each and every one of us. Know this and make the change. If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make the change. -Michael Jackson Man In The Mirror

Yes this mentality is damaging to yourself and truly hampers you from the real genuine quality of life that you should be living and allowing others to be living. It is everybody's given right to have abundance in all areas of life and we are in a universe where it is unlimited to do so. So having said that lose the better than anyone else attitude, the reacting automatically way of being. Share in the joy of everyone having a great and prosperous and abundant life.

Exercise 2: AFFIRMING YOURSELF TO YOURSELF!

Yes we have all heard of affirmations, but the question is do you do them? If not then cast no stones towards others for doing them. The most successful people from all of time have utilized them. Affirmations truly help you to right the wrongs by the two lettered word and the reacting automatically way of being. You can truly set yourself on a track towards changing yourself to be better than yourself. Of course you must use the right words and repeat them often to have the desired effect. We will help get you started and give you good resources to use to make this much easier. We will cover written forms and subliminal and NLP forms. Subliminal and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) are very powerful and extremely effective. Of course your reacting automatically mindset will try to convince you otherwise that, either it won't work or it will make you do things you shouldn't do. Fortunately, regardless of how your conscious mind wants you to believe at the moment, it can help you greatly.

Subliminal’s work without meditation or totally concentrating on the effects of the programming. Meditation does intensify it more because you are relaxed and therefore more receptive. But it is not required. First let's cover written forms. You can use affirmations that are already written, the key here is that it is written in present tense, is actionable, and resonates with you on every fiber of your being or at least the being you want to be.

Use I CAN instead of I will or I'm gonna do it. These phrases keep you always reaching instead of obtaining. Avoid the nasty four lettered word..................(keep your mind clean now) just testing you and seeing if you fell asleep. Avoid the nasty four lettered word can't it is completely and totally degrading and useless to getting you anywhere at all. Use I AM it signifies that you are in the process of becoming, instead of pushing it away. Example affirmation: I can be my very best in every undertaking that I am doing. Or I am successful in everything I choose for my life. Yes these affirmations are different than what you usually encounter. They are present in the moment, actionable and completely doable. They set the course for your transformation to the better YOU!

So then how does one use affirmations? Great question, see you are alert and ready to become the better you. Every morning upon waking, looking in the mirror, any chance you get to recite them to yourself during the day. Right before going to sleep is also a great time. There are many books on this and many tools available to help you with these. Just search online and you will come across many resources, many are completely free. I recommend you write out your own affirmations as then it is more personal and truly resonates with you. Just be sure to follow the guidelines to keep it in the proper context that will help you to enact the changes you wish to make.

A very powerful way to drive home if you will, in to your being these affirmations, is to record them in your own voice. Be upbeat and very confident and sure in your tone and voice. Sounding like yeah right will only prolong things and not quite surprisingly, stagnate your desired results. Hearing your own voice over and over again is a strong reinforcement to enact the desired results more rapidly, all the while convincingly. You can add ocean waves or other relaxing sounds or music to enhance the effects. However using rock or hard pounding music is not advisable. I love rock, but I can tell when it is a good time to use it.

There are many NLP programs out there and as well subliminal material. Once again search online and you will find many resources available. You can even create your own subliminal programs which would be even more powerful. There are also many visual aids available to allow you to experience video subliminals. You can also make your own videos too. Check later in the appendix for a list of recommended resources to help you.

OK I know there are times when you feel like the world unloaded on you and dumped all that is negative and full of complete animosity towards you. You feel so desolate and isolated to the point that extreme desperation takes over, leaving you as the one and only left out of the good life. So you have some options available to you. You can wallow away in self pity and cry and tear yourself apart or you can cut to the chase and scream and shout in anger, kicking and screaming, hitting anything in your way. By the way in either of those options, do it looking in the mirror and see who it is that you should be taking it out on. Yes this strikes a nerve doesn't it? Good, it was supposed to because it is all you.

Now you're mad at me right? I can live with that, but for the mean time get over yourself already. You see you are the one that chooses to react this way (automatically reacting). Most likely this is a result of frustrations of the past that you have bottled up inside of you, tucking it away in some compartment in your mind to allow yourself an excuse to use in the future when something else goes wrong. Well let's break the mold

Let's rebuild yourself in your mind. How you say? We do it by releasing it. Allow yourself to go back in time to the events that gave you the pain to begin with. No you won't be bouncing off stars in a sling shot effect as Einstein suggests to travel in time, but you will go back by simply reliving the event in your mind. How you do this is to live the event completely, see it, feel it, immerse yourself in it. Now change the outcome with an acting purposely mindset instead of the automatically reacting one.

For example, let's say youre a 6 year old child and you see your parents in a very violent and nasty knockdown, drag down fight, physical domestic abuse, guns a blazing, what have you. Certainly a terrible