Ondoy and Trace's 10 Day Challenge

Two weeks ago, I started a website, a challenge and an offer.

The website - http://BuyFirstDeal.com is a social media website (like your own Facebook) to help beginning real estate investors overcome hurdles and barriers preventing them from acquiring and profiting from their first real estate deal. (If you have not joined, do so - it's fr:ee!)

The challenge - invite people to become members of the site - more specifically, get 1,000 members in just 10 days.

My offer? In exchange, if we get to 1,000 members in 10 days, I will giveaway to all the members of the site, my audio CD "How to Acquire Your First Deal" - FR:EE! Also, the top 10 people who invited the most people get outrageous bonuses like my Brand New Home Study Course: "NO RISK, Quick Sale Home Study Course" valued at $499 - fr:ee! I also offered folks jobs within my company and in exchange they would get lifetime mentoring.

On the eight day of the challenge, the site was shut down by Ning.com - for no apparent reason (probably because it was growing by 100 members a day!). Simultaneously, typhoon Ondoy hit.

Below is what one of my students (and NOW my Article Marketing Director) wrote as she recounted what happened to her when Ondoy hit:

"It's been a busy week. My husband and I were among those who were stranded on the streets last Sept 26 because of the floods brought about by typhoon Ondoy. We came from the Jomar Hilario's workshop, which was cancelled before lunch time because the mall, where the seminar was conducted, had to close down. Luckily for us, everything happened "just at the right time".

That morning, we didn't park on the slot where we used park our vehicle. It was a convenient location because that slot was near the mall and that meant we only had to walk a few distance to reach our venue. By some stroke of luck, we arrived a little early on that day and i asked my husband to go around the parking area first so we can kill some time while waiting for the mall to open. I was quite unhappy when he chose to park farther from the usual but he said it was okay. A little walk won't do us any harm anyway. When we were sent home before lunch time and went back to get our car, we were shocked to find that those vehicles who parked on our "usual" location were already filled with flood water up to their windows. Our car was parked safer and we were able to get it out of the floodwater just in time.

Going back home was no easy decision either. We left our 2-year old baby at home and all we wanted was to get back and find her safe. But the flooded roads, the heavy rainfall, stormy winds and the crowded streets made everything so difficult. But we went ahead. Several times, when we became intimidated by the flood and the traffic, we stopped --- to rest, to observe, to listen to the news, to plan what to do next. We were just a small car anyway. We couldn't risk charging ahead only to get stuck in the middle and waste the opportunity of being able to get back home. At some point, I found myself on the verge of tears. All the news we're hearing on the radio were not so promising. In fact, one need not listen to the news at all --- we only need to look around to see that we're into a great challenge!

But we wanted to go back home. We wanted the comfort and safety of our home --- with our daughter. With that in mind, we dared to cross floodwaters and muddy, slippery streets. When there were obstacles ahead, we were lucky to have some people point us to new directions and alternate routes. We passed by places we have never been to. It didn't matter if the road was not familiar to us. We knew it will take us closer to home. We had to rely on the kindness of people whom we didn't know to give us the right directions. We had to take their word that it was the right path".

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dedicated to your success,

Trace
P.S. If you've not started investing in real estate, getting your deals funded could be the solution. Go here - http://SixFiguresSyndication.com to solve that problem NOW.

P.P.S. On Thursday, October 8, 9 PM Eastern time or Friday, October 9, 9 AM Philippine time I am going to reveal how anyone can get my audio CD "How to Acquire Your First Deal" - FR:EE. Click here to register for my webinar - https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/629357730

P.P.P.S. A friend lost his wife and 2 sons in the Ondoy disaster. Please help: http://lostawifeand2sons.blogspot.com/ (we've already raised $1,090.01 through your generosity - thank you!)