Nouveau Riche, an affiliated company of RME that sells real estate educational products, recently discovered that although its sales of real estate educational seminars had climbed dramatically, the number of participants who actually put their knowledge into action and invested in properties was just a small fraction of the total number of participants. In a survey of participants, Nouveau Riche discovered that the main reasons that participants failed to act was lack of time and fear. The survey showed that every participant believed real estate investing would help them meet their financial, investment, and retirement goals but the majority felt that they lacked the time, confidence, or knowledge to find valuable real estate investments on their own.