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zen*******, who are you?

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Jimmyy

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As soon as people saw the title of the thread, they we're already against me. There's nothing I can say or do now, as you're all defending when I'm not even attacking.


The reason why I made this thread in the first place IS to find out what his track record is, because I couldn't find it anywhere. It's not like I would have been able to find it myself, as it appears most of it is in the INSIDERS section.

No one is against you. They're against your approach.
 
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What makes him so credible?

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BLASPHEMY!
 

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Go to his profile and read every single post from when he joined the forum. That's what I did, and so many other guys on the forum when they joined.

The reason why didn't do that is because I didn't want to spend my time putting than much effort on studying someone's post when I didn't even know if his advise is useful or not.
 

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The reason why didn't do that is because I didn't want to spend my time putting than much effort on studying someone's post when I didn't even know if his advise is useful or not.

'nuff said.
 
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his track record is

The problem is, your post (especially coming from someone that has contributed nothing to this forum) will be viewed as either 1) as an attack or 2) as lazy, looking for someone else to do your diligence.

Neither will be good going forward.

Did you even try?

Obviously not hard enough.

The reason why didn't do that is because I didn't want to spend my time putting than much effort on studying someone's post when I didn't even know if his advise is useful or not.

Please tell us why we should continue to read your posts. Obviously you feel that the community must prove to you the value of other members' posts -- please do so for yourself.

We're still waiting.
 

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The reason why didn't do that is because I didn't want to spend my time putting than much effort on studying someone's post when I didn't even know if his advise is useful or not.

You're right. If you were to ask him about financial literacy, he might say this list is important for you to understand.

1. all profit is made in a value gap. profit gaps are where 2 people value the same thing differently
2. the abstraction of money. paper money is just an agreed upon value.
3. paper and ink can create value, paper money, mortgages, notes, stocks, and other forms of abstraction of value
4. cashflow. the cycle of money basics.
5. banking basics. do your really need that 5$ a month charge?
6. international money basics
7. debt vs equity
8. how to get yoru money back from some one you loaned it to
9. why invest? what do they do with your money?
10. financial mentorship. how to model other people finances and what they do.
11. basic evaluation of what your buying. does it make real sense?
101 fun scams most people have fallen for, and how to troll a scammer
12. conflict and money, the emotional component no one talks about
13. money discussions. verboten subjects, and how to have a frank conversation about them.
14. teaching your friends the basics of money conversations.
ok some of these might be more advanced than the pure novice. but hey, I just had to put them out there.

Obviously a bunch of useless jibber jabber.
 
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If I could surmise the biggest lesson I have learned from this forum… And it didn't come to me right away… Some of the largest lessons I have learned are from posters here whose credentials you would dismiss. I have watched the evolution of people here from somebody whose credentials you may dismiss into significance. Don't judge a book by its cover. Don't worry about the size of people's bank accounts. Worry about the content of their character.
 

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only on this website forum is asking questions about someone's qualification when BIG money is at stake as this forum relates to how each one of us takes BIG money out of our pockets, grounds for public hanging...

I swear... whats with all the hate?


If I were going to risk my hard earned $$ on information posted on a forum I would only expect others question EVERYTHING and EVERYONE at ALL TIMES.
 
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most of you reply in such a defensive manner.
I'm replying in a defensive MANOR.
There are Gatling guns atop the turrets you can't see from this photo. I'm ready for zombies.
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There's an author on this forum who hit it big in January. Would you have dismissed her advice on writing in December because you had never heard of her? Don't judge a book by its cover. You will miss the value of the fast lane forum.
 

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I just call him big Daddy (in hopes that he will adopt me, even though we are the same age.)

How about it, big Daddy?

I almost choked on my coffee when I read this hahaha.

I performed a little Fastlane-Fu with the search function.

been a serial entrepreneur since 1991 (when I was 21)
Started and run 14 diff businesses, online and off line. (not all successful)
Bought over 250 apartments in 2.5 yrs starting with no money
Started a company, took it public, built it for 5 yrs. Raised 90M in money for it and other businesses of mine,
Was up to buying over 300 houses a week in 2007,
sold out 2007, Started online business in 2008,
buying up businesses, mostly websites now
hard money lender,
Angel Investor,
Coach for executives,
Do consulting for companies that want to raise money or go public,
Sit on a few boards of directors in a strategic capacity.
Deal Maker, and Strategic Connector.

so.... been around a bit. that's all.
 
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only on this website forum is asking questions about someone's qualification grounds for public hanging...

I swear... whats with all the hate?

Momma always said, "It's not what you say, it's how you say it."
 

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zen******* speaks Russian... In French. His shirts never wrinkle. If he were to mail a letter without postage it would still get there. You can see his charisma from space. If he sat in your car it would become a collectors item. His passport requires no photo. You will still like him even if he tells you to F*ck yourself. He is zen*******.
 

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If he was to punch you in the face you'd have to fight the irresistible urge to thank him. He is the worlds most interesting man.
 

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only on this website forum is asking questions about someone's qualification when BIG money is at stake as this forum relates to how each one of us takes BIG money out of our pockets, grounds for public hanging...

I swear... whats with all the hate?


If I were going to risk my hard earned $$ on information posted on a forum I would only expect others question EVERYTHING and EVERYONE at ALL TIMES.

Don't risk your hard earned money on information from a forum. Problem solved.
 

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WOW ! What a thread. Very entertaining on a Sunday afternoon. Better than Netflix.

I'm not really going to add any value here. More than a couple people hit it spot on. Nothing more to add.

I do love this place. Do you guys feel the love ? I feel the love. Lovelovelovelovelove.
 

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Love with a baseball bat.
 
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I honestly wanted to know who zen was when I first came as well. Out of respect I didn't ask, the amount of love he's shown on the forum spoke for it self.

Me too.
 
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We'll I'm flying back from key west today after a week of sun sea boating and diving. (And some fun drinking red bull and vodka) and I get on here and see this crazy thread.

Funny.
While I get your intent, I will say your process of finding out stuff kinda sucks...

I won't belabor that here the rest of the forum has pretty much spanked you better than I could.

So let's talk about you first before we talk about me.

I have seen the question asked several times. Who are you? From your lack of response and your continued focus on who I am,

I am guessing a younger guy in search of answers, and have been burned by others. Ok fine
But I think what your missing the most here is this,

This forum is a conversation, where you are trying to learn from. But your approach is more trying to be right than rich.

Your not asking the right questions. Your trying way to hard to be right. It's apparent in your questions.

I have seen this exact thing many times. When some one is seeking out answers in life, but wants to be right, ( or stuck on 1 old idea they are sure is the truth),

then almost nothing I say will even reach them. That's fine. I just let them figure it out on their own. Maybe they come back latter and ask better questions... But mostly they don't.

So. I have given some advice and some people ignore it and live their life

Sometimes however, I give some thing to some one that is so valuable it utterly changes their life

But again it's their life

They see something in what I have shared that gives them the glimpse THEY needed.

I don't charge people for that, it's what we all get from each other as a community. I get a lot out of this community and other things here.

I have done executive coaching before. and when I do, yes I charge. About 1k per hr. (But it's not how I make money.)

What I do here is similar. I give a perspective that is the insight they need. Not much more.

Now about me

I have a huge list of failures

I have failed at multiple businesses
I have lost 1m dollars of investors money before
I have been kicked out of my own businesses before, by bad partners.
I have had crappy partners
Made bad decisions
Have lost lots of my own money
Been sued by a city
Sued people
Been in over 250 lawsuits
Even been divorced once.

In other words. Quite simply I have f*cked up more than most people.

Oh and one more thing...

I' probably have the worst sense of style of any 100 people you will meet. (Zero F*cks given)
Based on that I might just be the biggest failure on the forum

But as you can see, from the responses, I may not be...

The real question here, is who are YOU. What are you DOING, not what have I done....

Post about you,
Your thread, your progress your journey.

That's all we care About. How YOU decide to create value in the world.
10 min of research might get you enough info to make these big boy decisions of if you should read my stuff or not


my financial status, changes Every single day.
So it doesn't matter


Good luck on what ever you do. We will cheer you on if you decided to stay and play

And will quickly forget you if you just go and hide.

Z
 
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