Everyone has a comfort level in which they live and work. That level is determined by several factors and can be changed with practice and time. We have a choice of what we do each day, how we spend our time and how much money we make.

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Real estate prices are still breaking records across Canada, although higher interest rates are expected to affect the affordability of the residential sector through the end of this year and in 2008. The average property is expected to rise in value by more than 10 per cent this year and more than 5 per cent in 2008, says the Canadian Real Estate Association.

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I've just finished reading (for the second time) a book called Magic Words That Bring You Riches, authored by my good friend Ted Nicholas. Ted has sold over 200 million dollars worth of information products worldwide by direct marketing. Over the years, he put together a collection of "magic words" to get people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't do.

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This report is the 2nd in a series that has been developed using research into the habits of overachieving real estate investors. When interviewing these overachievers, we discovered that most of them had the same pattern of habits. Habits that allowed them to deal with the obvious ups and downs of real estate -- habits that did not allow excuses to get in their way.

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As the credit market tightens and the real story begins to emerge, we’re starting to see who’s been exposing themselves to unhealthy levels of risk and who, by playing the game conservatively, will end up happy and fully clothed as the tide rolls out.

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