Adam Sachs - My Story

My name is Adam Sachs and I would like to share my success story with you. In 1987, when I first moved to Orlando, Florida, I was making only $450 per week in a “going-nowhere” position at a local credit bureau.

When I first moved to Orlando from Cleveland, Ohio, I was 23 years old. I had $500 in my pocket and lived in a tiny, rented, garage apartment I shared with my mother. Our rent was $325 a month. I was happy living in the warm Florida sun even if I was existing paycheck-to-paycheck. And before I knew it, a year had passed by and I was still working for $450 a week in that dead-end job. There always seemed to be more month at the end of the money, than money at the end of the month.

Late one night while flipping through the channels, I stopped on a channel showing an infomercial that was advertising an invitation to attend a free, no-money down, real estate conference. I thought about where I was with my life and decided to pick up the phone and make the reservation. I knew that at some point, someone was going to try to sell me something, but honestly my curiosity got the best of me. When I think back to that late night of channel surfing, I have to wonder if there was some kind of spiritual intervention that compelled me to pick up that phone.

At the conference, I listened intently to what the speaker had to say about turning a profit in real estate. As expected, there were many rags-to-riches stories. A lot of these people started off with little or no money – well, at least I was qualified - and were now rolling in cash. I was really starting to get excited about this and then came the expected sales pitch. In order to learn how to do this for myself, I would have to pay $1500 to attend the training. I didn’t have that kind of money so I went home disappointed.

Before I knew it, a year had gone by. I couldn’t get that conference out of my head. I still lived in my tiny apartment. I still had my job at the credit bureau. And I was still living paycheck-to-paycheck. What I still didn’t have was the money to attend this training.

One night, I had trouble sleeping. The more I tossed and turned the angrier I became at myself for making excuse after excuse for still being broke, still having no money to invest, no time, a huge fear of failure and a fear of losing what little I had. You name it and I was living it. I saw other people driving nice cars, taking sweet vacations, living in beautiful homes and most-of-all helping other people financially. And I was still living, you guessed it, paycheck-to-paycheck.

Finally I had a thought. You can make money or you can make excuses, but you can’t make both. I needed to get into the game. Now on a mailing list, I remembered that I had just been invited to attend another free" real estate conference. I called the number right then and there and made that reservation. I was determined to take action and make my mark in real estate. I wanted to buy my first home. Excited about seeing my future clearly, I set a goal of owning 50 houses within 3 years and earning $1 Million a year by the time I was 35. I put it in writing. Now, it was a real goal.

I used my credit card to pay the $1500 to go to what was only the first of many real estate “boot camps” I attended. I had a goal now. At the end of this first conference I was hooked. I now knew just enough to be dangerous and knew I needed to learn more. So, I took a major plunge and signed up for a $15,000 mentoring program. To pay for this, I sold my car, maxed out my credit cards and even borrowed money from my boss at the credit bureau. Everyone told me I was crazy to have fallen for a scheme from an infomercial. I admit that at one point, shortly after letting go of everything I owned (and borrowe d) I had few moments where I was really scared. What was I doing? I was now $15,000 in debt, still liv ing in a garage apartment and still making $450 a week. Were my friend’s right? Was I crazy to really believe in this stuff?

But what it came down to was that I really did believe that there were more millionaires made through real estate then by any other means. I also believed that if I could learn how to help other people get what they wanted, I could get what I wanted too because, having lived this difficult existence, maybe I could eventually help someone else get out of the their financial rut. Lastly, I truly believed that you are either living or dying financially. Then I had a moment of clarity. No, I wasn’t crazy, I had chosen to live. Are you thinking about what you would choose?

After going through the mentoring program, I did exactly what I was mentored to do. I made Offers - lots of Offers. In fact, I made 76 no-money-down creative offers, just like I was taught, over a period of two and a half months. All 76 of the Offers where turned down. That is a lot of rejection. I like to think that it really demonstrates my persistence to succeed. I knew I could do this.

Finally, lucky number 77 was accepted! Offer number 77 was made on a two-family home (zoned as a single family) located just outside of Orlando. I got into it for no money down, no credit check and no closing costs. Here is the best part, it now cost me only $32 a month to live in my new home. I still own that home. It's paid for and I collect $1450 a month each and every month in rental income. I give that money away to a loved one each and every month. Imagine having 10 properties that are paid for with an income of $1450/mo. That's $14,500/mo! Think about how this would help you and your family!

I became consumed with real estate, I started going to every seminar I could. I heard everyone from Robert Allen to Anthony Robbins to Zig Ziglar. I was consumed with learning everything I could about real estate. To date, I have invested over $250,000 of my own money attending these seminars.

Within three years I had purchased 45 properties (just short of my goal of 50) and was finally well on my way to reach my ultimate goal – financial freedom! Today I have a beautiful condo, overlooking the ocean, on the inner coastal in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. I have a rockin’ home in Las Vegas along with other acreage in Nevada. I also own property in the mountains of North Carolina and several houses in Phoenix.  You know, my daddy now says to me that I have a golden horse shoe in my behind. He said "everything you touch turns to gold." I believe that luck comes to those that seek it, do you believe?

With all my success, I still had another goal to meet. I wanted to help other people find success too. One day about 10 years ago, my phone rang. It was my mentor from the first mento ring seminar I attended way back when I was 24. He asked me if I would b e interested in going on the road with him as his assistant. I jumped at the chance. Public speaking is one of the highest paid professions in the world! I traveled coast-to-coast with my mentor. I listened and absorbed even more knowledge as he spoke to large groups of investors about helping them get into the game like he had helped me so many years before.

Now it was my turn. I was being given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I would be speaking in front of a large group of investors, each of whom had paid $3000 for three days of instruction - live in Chicago. If these investors were satisfied with wha t I had to tell them, I would be able to go on the road as a full time instructor.

To date, I have trained over 25,000 students.

I was extremely well received. Sales for future classes exceeded even my mentor’s expectations. I began going from city to city, 300 days a year, teaching people how to invest in real estate. To date, I have trained over 25,000 students.



To your success,

-- Adam Sachs