Monk's Den

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Hello Den Folks,

I wanted to take time to formally introduce myself to all of you. I'm what you call, a "blind follower". I have never been to a Monkinar, I haven't met any of you, or really talked to any of you other then a share count PM to Ex-Blockman.

My name is Scott, I'm 29, and I live way up north in Maine. I do landscaping and lawn mowing for a living. I came across this website one day when I was googling on the best place to start my trading account. I came here, paid for a membership, and quickly starting learning some of the more painful ins and outs of stock trading OTC/Pink stock pennies. It was a learning process, but I needed to lose money before I was ever going to make it. I eventually grew tired of the rat race of trying to find that next amazing stock. I seemed to always lose more then I gained. I finally stumbled across Monk and Monk's den. I read what he was doing, digested what people were saying on the boards, and took some time to mull over what exactly he and his friends were doing. At first, I laughed and said there is no way. At second, I smiled and said he can't be telling the truth. At third, I said what if he is telling the truth? It's very tough for an investor on the outside to come to grips with what is being done here. Alot of outside forces and your own mind can be your worst enemy into buying into something as simple as a "float lock down". I eventually decided it was no more risky then any of the things I was trading before, and picked up 3k shares of CDIV around 40 cents and just sat there and decided to digest more about the Den. The more I saw the Den in action, the members of it constantly helping others and always willing to go out of the way to help most people they didn't even know sold me..I invested everything I had into CDIV from savings, and a little into EIGH. I blindly trusted people I had never met with what I considered a large amount of cash money, and really never had a second thought about it. I felt comftorable.

What drew me to stocks out of the blue was the need to keep my mind off family things. My father passed away 1 year and 2 months ago of Cancer, and being young still, I was crushed. He was the only person I had ever worked for, and while he was tougher then nails on me sometimes, I loved him. He gave me the life lessons I needed to learn and pushed me into the right directions always. Even though I was just going to be a "landscaper" as I always said because I would ultimately take over the business, Dad made me go to college, get a Bachelor's degree, and then I came back to the business. As I was starting the learn how to be like my Dad and run the business from the ground up, he got diagnosed with Cancer, and the rest was put ont the back burner. Needless to say, when he passed away, I took over which was ultimately his crown jewel acheivement. Building a one lawn mower 2 man operation into a very powerful, well profitable corporation. As Dad always said, trust isn't something you buy, it's something you earn. And the Den has earned my trust.

Anyway, I just wanted to share with everyone where I was coming from, and let everyone know I'm always lurking and around willing to talk about anything. I hope to eventually attend a Monkinar this fall/winter when business isn't as busy as well I'm sure there is many more "blind followers" like me, but I felt the need I needed to let everyone know here who I'am personally, because I have nothing to hide, and I don't need to hide behind a screen name.

God bless everyone in the Den, and here is to a profitable rest of 2010.