Real estate mentoring is a new buzzword out there in the marketplace today.

If you want to be mentored in real estate investing then you want to ask the real estate experts. It makes sense to find and get real estate mentoring not only by successful real estate experts, but even beyond that-find those who themselves have achieved that status and also helped mentor others to millionaire status with real estate investing as well.

Real estate experts who are also the mentors of millionaires are who you want to learn from, but it's not always easy to find them (or give them a reason to mentor you) to get free real estate mentoring.

Why is that important to keep in mind when thinking about real estate mentoring?

Well, would you take business advice from someone who has never succeeded in business? Would you ask a nun about childbirth? Would you ask a bank manager about running a business? Many do, unfortunately.

There are a lot of never-took-a-risk academics and "gurus" out there who make money selling seminars, supposed solutions and opinions. They make their money from selling information (some good, some decidedly NOT) and motivation.

Whether they ever used or did what they are selling is sometimes questionable.

But let's pretend that they did.

Let's say that they used what they are selling and became millionaires before they ever put it down on paper, recorded an audio program, or presented a seminar.

Can they then be qualified to engage in real estate mentoring?

Maybe, maybe not.

Personally, I'd be interested very much in what THEY achieved, but I'd be even MORE interested in what those they mentored achieved.

So they are real estate experts, which should be priority number one.

Are they also the mentors of millionaires in real estate investing?

Just because someone can do a thing, doesn't mean they can articulate in a simple manner how you too can do the same thing. Just because one person can take actions and receive a result, doesn't mean they can necessarily teach you to do it. Just because a man can make a million bucks, doesn't mean he can explain to you how he thinks and how he makes decisions.

Mentoring is all about finding what works and being able to clearly articulate and teach it to someone who could not achieve on their own what they achieve with what you teach them.

That's why, if you want to be a millionaire, and you believe that the right real estate mentoring relationship can help you there, you need to find the real estate experts who have also mentored millionaires.

Learning directly from a mentor of millionaires isn't always easy unless and until you get in their network. Especially if you're looking for free real estate mentoring…

Let's examine the story of Andrew Carnegie, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time, a man who was the mentor of many millionaires. Was he a great mentor because he was so successful? Or was he so successful because he was such a great mentor?

Andrew Carnegie had a tremendous ability to draw the best out of a man. Way back then, if you had been among the scores of men who became extremely wealthy and powerful multi-millionaires at a time in our history when such a feat as amassing a million dollars was actually difficult, you would have seen firsthand how a great mentor can empower you to strive for levels of success you never dreamed possible.

He didn't just tell you what he did in business. He told you what he did and then he taught you why.

But he didn't stop there. No mentor of millionaires could!

He would empower you to strive for ever higher heights by setting a positive and powerful example, yes, but also by helping you believe you could do it.

And almost as importantly, once you proved yourself, he opened his sphere of influence up to you, let you trade on his credibility and experience, and empowered you to make use of his network for yourself.

And just look at the results for men like Charles Schwab and Napoleon Hill who became members of his network!

You've heard of them, right?

Read one of the many biographies available on Andrew Carnegie and you'll see how many other names like Charles Schwab and Napoleon Hill that even today are household names owe their successes to his mentoring and their desire to seek out a mentor like Carnegie.

So, when you're looking for real estate mentoring, look closely- even if you are trying to provide value to someone in exchange for free real estate mentoring.

It's not enough that they simply are millionaires themselves. If you want to be a successful real estate investor, or even more successful, it's not enough to try to learn from just successful real estate investors. If you want to get to the next level with finding and doing real estate deals then you need to be able to call on mentors who have made money finding and doing real estate deals- and who have also mentored others to do the same.

Success over many years in the real estate investing business, and with managing real estate investments, should give your real estate mentor the knowledge and experience of what works and what doesn't from their own successes and mistakes- and from those of others. Their experiences with those they have already mentored should take it further.

It's not enough that the "guru" did it. What is the result people get when they do what he claims to have done?

That's what matters.

If you want to reach the next level, why do you want to ask the real estate experts who have been the mentors of millionaires?

These individuals have earned the right to be called "experts" and so they have the experience and expertise you need to get the right answer the first time.

Unless you don't use it!

So, seek these individuals out…

And ask away…if you ask in the right way, ask the right people, look to provide value to those of whom you are asking help, and ask until you get the answers you seek, you can even get free real estate mentoring.

Believe me, I know.

After all, "your network determines your net worth."

Who knows?

Maybe one day, you too will be a mentor of millionaires.