Nowadays, no one is safe from having “scandals.” In fact, the more successful you are in life, the more likely people will look for your embarrassing photos or videos. Controversy is perhaps the shadow at the back of success and those who are in the REI world should know this for a fact.

Again, the cyber world is abuzz with a new controversy. A photo of newly crowned Ms. USA Rima Fakih participating in a pole dancing contest surfaced. News said that she went home with her own stripper’s pole and adult toys after winning the 2007 radio show contest in Detroit. Commentators on the photo, however, are divided. Some say that it still is a pole dancing competition while others praised her as she had her clothes on, unlike other contestants who were wearing skimpy outfits. But that aside, point is whether it’s a beauty pageant or in real estate investing, no one is safe from controversy.

It seems some people just want to bring other people down. In REI, it could be your competition, it could be a lender you ignored, it could be a buyer you didn’t purchase a property from. It can even be someone who simply wants to have fun and you were the lucky subject. In real estate investing, you will experience “scandals” and other controversies that may tarnish your reputation. But when you know that your conscience is pure, there isn’t a need to fret.

They will bring you down but someone who understands the dynamics of real estate investing success will rise again. That’s a trait successful REI people possess.

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