Over the years I’ve had the privilege of working with some very successful property investors, business people and entrepreneurs and I’ve also met many not so successful investors. And I’ve found that, in general, people fall into one of two groups. Those who make excuses and those who don’t. The ones who make excuses don’t start…
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