Carleton Sheets: early life and values
November 3, 2008 · Print This Article
My place of birth was in Illinois, but my family later moved to Ohio. My parents were conservative in both politics and in their personal outlook on life; they were both educated and cultured and cared about education and manners. They had met when both were violinists with the Springfield, Illinois, Symphony Orchestra.
My earliest recollections of my father are a little hazy. He worked for Procter & Gamble, and was away from home several nights a week. So my mother was the more influential parent during my early years. And memories of those times are happy ones.
What wonderful lessons I learned growing up and I treasure them to this day! I’m convinced that childhood experiences have a profound effect on our adult lives.
- I absolutely believe in being nice to people.
- I absolutely believe in being polite.
- I absolutely believe in being appreciative for what we get—from life and from other people.
- I absolutely believe in treating others with dignity and respect.
- I absolutely believe in being one’s self; not trying to be or acting like you are more than you are.
And I absolutely believe in the importance of budgeting money and keeping expenditures in line with one’s earnings. I tell my students, “Don’t tell me how much you make; tell me how much you save.” This, in fact, is the core of a successful career in real estate investing.
Carleton Sheets is an expert real estate investor and the author of the No Down Payment System. Of course, Carleton is an avid real estate investor. However, he is also passionate about teaching others about how to build their real estate investment empire.
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