Marnels Journal

Hi DG Family,

I am a 60 yr old granny and saw Dean's show on late night TV about 2 weeks ago. I was so impressed by his presentation and the way he presented himself, I wrote the number down and made the call.

I have recently moved back to Texas from Colorado where I was going to Bible College. I thought I was a bit old to be going to Bible college, but got there and found over 75% of the students were older than me. I made wonderful friends and had a great time. The only problem was I burned through a big chunk of my 401K. I figured I would be in some jungle in central America by now eating mangos and bananas, but the Lord has other plans for me. Sent me to Texas to help a minister friend of mine. Ugh OH...I need to figure out a way to replenish my money supply. Here comes Dean and the rest is history.

I received Dean's book this past Monday. I read the first book in 2 days. Oh yeah, did I mention I also play nanny to a 4 yr old. A very active, precious child. It took me 2 more days to read the second book and then I realized I had massive information overload. I stopped on the 5th day and realized I needed to assimilate some of this info, so I started making a list of things I needed to do. I think a buyer's list was the first and right behind is a seller's list.

It is now day seven and I am rereading the first book and find myself hanging out here on this site quite a bit. After church this morning, I went to check on my Dad's widow. I shared with her what I was doing and she advised I call her daughter-in-law as she is a realtor and business is very slow for her. Oh boy, a realtor to interview. That is one of the items on my list for next week. I have a low opinion of most agents, as I have found the ones I have done business with in the past were a bit arrogant and had very inflated opinions of themselves. Oh, get over it. Times are hard for them and maybe their heads have shrunk, and this one is at least part family.

I am looking forward to getting started on a deal, but I know I need to get a little more info under my belt and do some of the ground work of getting my buyer list together. Did I mention I am almost broke and I know my credit stinks after the last two years. The lease option thing and assignments are probably going to be the way for me for the first few deals.

Up to 3 yrs ago, I was a houseparent at a Christian girls home located on a ranch in far West Texas. I took care of the intensive care girls who had been severly abused and could not function in a normal home setting. The stock market melt down did just that to my 401K and also the investments of the girls home. I was laid off along with a few more house-parents and I was recently informed the whole ranch is about to close due to finances. So sad. I think my point in sharing that info is to let you know there is not a lot that scares me. I love talking to people and if I feel confident in what I am talking about, what's there to be scared about? LOL That sounds pretty cocky for a little old lady who is almost broke after working all her life.

I will post to this journal to just let everyone know how I am progressing. I also want to hopefully give back and help others as much as you guys here have helped me. I love reading your posts and hearing the stories of your deals.

Marilyn Nelson (Marnels)