Quote of the Week

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
St. Clement of Alexandra

Robert Shumake, Spoke On Investing in Real Estate And how to Avoid Mortgage Fraud

Mortgage Fraud Victim Robert Shumake , Generates Public Awareness what to do to avoid be a victim of Mortgage Fraud

Investigations by the US Federal Bureau of claim mortgage fraud is one of the fastest growing white-collar crimes in the United States. Robert Shumake learned this the hard way, when he purchases property in Detroit. Only in his dreams was he to be the victim of mortgage fraud.

Robert Shumake went to sell a house that he purchased and rehabbed, he found out that someone had “stolen” the property and removed his name from the title with a fraudulent quit claim deed! The new owner had moved into the home and took out building permits to work on the property.

Shumake had no idea it would take him two and half years and nearly $60,000 in legal fees to resolve the matter. Mortgage fraud is hard to prove with signed agreements and documents in place and recorded. It is possible to spend thousands of dollars and still not get your property back.

The sad part is that almost anyone can be a victim of mortgage fraud, even a real estate industry professional like Shumake, who is the owner of Inheritance Capital Group in Southfield, Michigan. Mr.Shumake’s company manages and develops real estate. Robert Shumake experience led him to join with Michigan state officials to launch a mortgage fraud task force to aid victims of mortgage fraud and promote consumer awareness and prevention.

"Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by thinking."

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"One's mission in life is determined by one's actions."

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Power of My mind

WITHIN MY MIND lies the power to win. I have the power to excel. My mind has the power of a champion, a victor, a leader, a fighter.

THE POWER OF MY MIND allows me to choose my destination. Success or failure. I chose success. A successful mind is my mind.

My mind is packed with knowledge of things discovered, invented, and accomplished by people; things that others thought were impossible for them to achieve.

THE POWER OF MY MIND defines my past, my present, and my future. My mind always informs me that, if I am to accomplish anything, it will be through THE POWER OF MY MIND.

Finding an Entrepreneurial Mission

Finding an Entrepreneurial Mission

Mission

The Mission is...
the will to press on long after others have called you a failure.
The Mission is...
to identify accomplishment in yourself when everyone around you exudes negativity.
The Mission is...
to look up from the valley to see the mountains.
The Mission is...
to continue dreaming when the world tells you to be for real.
The Mission is...
to believe in the unseen; knowing very well that insight has nothing to do with eyesight.
The Mission is...
to know that the God who has chosen you will keep His promises to you.
The Mission is...
to finally realize that the only mistake in life is in not having a mission.

My hamster used to amaze me as he’d run for hours on his little plastic wheel. Ben would sprint like there was no tomorrow; his dark little eyes looked intense as the pink pads of his feet raced like Fred Flintstone’s bare feet that made his prehistoric car speed away. But Ben never got anywhere. He could run for his life, but he was stuck. So, after awhile, he’d tire himself out, crawl into a nest of woodchips, and fall asleep. Watching Ben do this day after day, sadly, reminded me of a lot of people.

Many people are literally running on the wheel of life, but they will never reach their destination. Every morning they hurriedly get up and sprint desperately to win the race of life. But too many folks don’t even know where they’re going. And a whole lot of others don’t know how to get from Point A to Point B. So, like my pet hamster, they run in circles, tire out, and quit.

If you pay attention to the people who run in circles, you’ll hear a chorus of vague, noncommittal expressions such as: “One day I’m going to get my degree and open my business.” Or they say, “When I get myself together, I’m gonna be the baddest entrepreneur in the city. But we don’t believe their hype. Because they never take action beyond their false, grandiose promises to us and themselves. These folks need to watch Ben huffing and puffing in circles, day after day, year after year. That mirror image of their lives would make them see that they’re stalling on a vicious cycle of mediocrity. Why? Because they will not stop to reflect on their unique, individual mission in life. Only when one knows where one is going should one dash off to get there.

This reminds me of a friend who’s always talking about a particular business he should start. He’s forever telling me that he thinks it’s the business for him. But he never takes action.

That’s because he has failed to identify his own mission in life. And that leaves him without a clear and defined direction for doing what is required of a successful business man.

And how do we do that? First, go within. While I was watching Ben, I realized even his name has significance to this idea.

We have to know where we’ve “been” to understand where we are and where we can go. So if you don’t already hear your calling, sit down, shut out the noise of the world, and focus on these questions: “What am I supposed to accomplish and contribute to the world during my lifetime? What gifts has God blessed me with? How can I package those gifts and present them to people who will benefit from them?”

For example, if you make mouth-watering red velvet cake, blueberry muffins and peach cobbler, you could consider opening a dessert business. Start small, in your kitchen; advertise and prosper! If you’re a bodybuilder who knows martial arts and you love to protect people, perhaps a body guard business is your calling. If you love books, greeting cards and coffee, open a bookstore with a café—or a whole chain of them!

As you define your mission in life, ask yourself, “What am I passionate about? What do I love so much that I’d do it without getting paid? What skill do I have that can make people’s lives better?”

This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: “If you help enough people get where they’re going, where you would like to go will surely follow.”

You should always remember that your mission is not about dollars or prestige. It shouldn’t be: “My mission is to own a company and make $20 million, then retire to Fiji.” A true mission is altruistic; it’s about doing something for the good of other people.

For the baker, it’s about sweetening people’s lives with baked treats. The bodyguard? Giving people that all-important feeling of being safe. The bookstore-café? Sharing knowledge and fellowship over coffee.

My mission, for example, is to raise enough scholarship money to give any, and everyone access to the cornerstone of success in life: an education. My childhood traumas of poverty and homelessness inspire this mission to enrich the minds of others so that poverty is never an obstacle to learning.

Search deep in your heart and soul to find your mission.

The answers you find will create a key to unlock a lifetime of happiness, prosperity and fulfillment for you. Your passion and purpose doing what you love will fuel your mission at turbospeed. You will never again be stuck on a wheel that’s spinning fast and furiously but going nowhere. Instead, you’ll be on a pleasure cruise atop the wheels of life as you speed happily toward your mission.

Find a Purpose

PURPOSE is knowing whose you are, who you are and what you are. Knowing what you are born to do propels you to persist until the task is complete.
PURPOSE finds an open door among many closed doors.
PURPOSE conquers failure.
PURPOSE measures itself by purposeful ambitions rather than aimless accomplishments.
PURPOSE does not accept the labels of others.
PURPOSE defines itself through self-affirmation and steadfastness.
PURPOSE finds power and peace!

I call them “Aha! moments” — those brilliant epiphanies when something quite simple illustrates a profound fact about life as an entrepreneur. Well, an awesome “Aha! moment” happened during a grocery shopping trip-gone-wrong. I had decided to surprise my wife by preparing dinner. So I stopped by the store to buy bread, eggs, cheese, flour, vegetables and a few canned goods. I also picked up chicken breasts and olive oil. But catastrophe struck my gourmet meal as I loaded the groceries into the car. An ominous crunch sound let me know I was in for a challenge. Turns out, the cans had crushed the glass bottle of olive oil; my groceries glistened in a slippery slick in my trunk. At first, the mess symbolized those moments in business when everything is going according to plan, when boom! something explodes and drowns everything around it in chaos. But suddenly, the symbolism spun far deeper. As I began wiping the oil off the cans, cheese and veggies, an epiphany illuminated my thoughts. The thick, aromatic oil reminded me of a Sunday morning church service when our pastor explained the intricacies of transforming olives into a precious delicacy. He said that in order to produce one drop of olive oil, each tiny leaf of the olive tree is pressed separately to maintain its purity. The leaves are ground, crushed and put through a complicated process before the oil reaches our grocery carts. In Middle Eastern nations, the process of producing olive oil is often painstakingly slow. Hours, weeks, months and sometimes years go into ensuring that it is processed to perfection.

I realized, you can’t rush perfection; pressing olive oil is a metaphor for the creation of an excellent entrepreneur. It takes many hours, days, weeks, months, and years to truly develop ourselves and our businesses into perfection. That idea takes on a spiritual depth because olive oil is an integral part of anointing in religious ceremonies. It is pure and worthy of such honor only because of what has gone into making it. It has withstood immense grinding and crushing to be used for its multiple purposes.

The same goes for us in business. Knowing our purpose enables us to submit to the process, knowing that it will produce superior products and services for our customers.

We often try to escape the grinding, but to grow, we must be pressed. The Pillsbury Dough Boy misquoted the wise men by stating, “Easy in, easy out.” The real saying goes something like, “Hard in, holy out.” Press yourself toward your purpose. You are ordained to do great business. Press on. And, keep pressing on so that you will experience an anointed, holy, miraculous outcome.

Knowing our purpose allows us the opportunity to be changed and expanded.

“Every person is born into this world to do something unique and something distinctive. And if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.” – Benjamin E. Mays, Educator

“One’s mission in life is determined by one’s actions.” – Robert S. Shumake