| In every economy, in every industry, there will always | | | | The answer is: it can't. |
| be winners and losers. Some will analyze their | | | | The only thing a software system like this really does |
| proficiencies and aptitudes so as to select a career or | | | | is attempt to remove your human element and replace |
| venture that suits them and their tendencies, put in the | | | | it with the human element of whoever created the |
| effort, get the education, and use the resources at | | | | software. Any real businessperson or entrepreneur |
| their disposal. They will learn from others' mistakes | | | | serious about being successful would do well to put |
| rather than making them all on their own and be willing | | | | faith in him or herself, in his or her ability to make good |
| to accept the help and guidance from those who are | | | | decisions, in the effort and marketing that he or she is |
| already successful in their field. They will embrace the | | | | willing to do, rather than allowing a software program, |
| fact that the greatest riches often require the most | | | | created by some other person with other motivators, |
| dedication, and they will pursue their dreams and goals | | | | who may work in a different market, catering to a |
| relentlessly. They will feel assured in their success | | | | different demographic, make those decisions for them. |
| because they have taken control of their success. | | | | If the assumption that a person does not want to be in |
| Their efforts, their education, and their expertise will be | | | | control his or her own business is true, then perhaps a |
| what propel them to become what they set out to be. | | | | system like this would be useful, but for those |
| In the midst of the current real-estate debacle, there | | | | confident in their own abilities, with the intent to create |
| will be many of these winners. Unfortunately there | | | | and manage their own wealth, real estate software |
| have been, and will continue to be, those who do not | | | | like this is far to invasive and controlling. |
| prosper. Aside from the individuals who are victims of | | | | Certainly there is another appeal to this sort of |
| the market crash, there are those seeking to profit | | | | system- if it works, the investor gets to enjoy a lot of |
| from the market downturn who will undoubtedly fail. | | | | easy money, and if it doesn't, he or she can blame the |
| They see the potential for making what they perceive | | | | system, thereby avoiding taking personal responsibility |
| to be easy money and decide to start their own real | | | | for the results. But someone who is willing to do the |
| estate investing business. Unfortunately, most of these | | | | work, with the right education and the right research, |
| individuals have not assessed their aptitudes, have not | | | | will trust no one as much as he trusts himself. A |
| gotten the proper training or education, are not willing to | | | | disorganized, inexperience person looking to make a |
| do the hard work that is actually required, and are not | | | | quick buck might make more using this type of |
| prepared to make use of the many resources they | | | | program or software than he would on his own |
| have at their disposal. They expect quick, easy money, | | | | because of his lack of training, education, and |
| and a lot of it, with minimal effort invested. | | | | experience. But, a person with training, education and |
| Instead of realizing that hard work may in fact be | | | | experience who is hardworking and organized doesn't |
| required, that some planning and education would help | | | | need a computer program to take over his business. |
| them achieve their goals, they look for yet another | | | | He or she just needs to work the market. |
| quick fix. This is where new real estate investing | | | | Having an online web system do everything for you in |
| management software comes in. In response to | | | | an automated manner may seem like it saves you |
| people's desire to make quick money in real estate | | | | time, but it also takes your expertise, preferences, and |
| without the research and marketing required, some | | | | instinct out of the equation. A system like ones being |
| savvy business men and software developers have | | | | advertised is like a proficient administrative assistant at |
| created a program that claims to take the work out of | | | | best, and at worst, it can be compared to a |
| real estate investing. The claims made are enough to | | | | micro-managing supervisor. Most people capable of |
| tantalize even the savviest investor- that somehow a | | | | making their own fortunes and paving their own |
| set of software will do all the work for you and all | | | | futures appreciate the freedom to make their own |
| you'll have to do is sit back and watch the money | | | | decisions- that's why they chose to leave the standard |
| come rolling in. | | | | work-force to begin with. Having a software system |
| Upon more careful analysis, however, the various | | | | take the work out of your work also takes away the |
| claims made seem less and less believable. The most | | | | freedom that is so coveted. I am not against software |
| glaring of these unsupported claims, the very selling | | | | system, BUT I am saying you still need to work. These |
| point of the entire system, is that human knowledge | | | | should be seen as tools to help you, not to take over! |
| and ability is imperfect, so therefore a machine that | | | | When it comes to real estate investing, there is no |
| takes the human element out of the process of real | | | | substitute for hard work and good research. A person |
| estate investing is the answer to every prospective | | | | serious about real success will be willing to market, |
| investor's difficulties. Unfortunately, what they do not | | | | make offers, create a monthly and yearly plan, and |
| acknowledge is that the computer software itself was | | | | stick to it. Trusting the strategy of a single individual or |
| created by humans. If human knowledge and ability is | | | | group of people who developed a software system is |
| so fundamentally flawed, how can a software | | | | no way to ensure that the success of your business, |
| program created by humans remove the human | | | | in your market, with your particular demographic. |
| element from the real estate investment process? | | | | |