I felt like I was lied to Today I want to share something with you that is interwoven with real estate, but is really a message I hope that you’ll share with the younger people in your life. It all started when I stopped by a flip project this week and began talking with my lead man, Charles, about a recent article he had read about the shortage of skilled labor in our country. And...
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Learn to rest, not quit
Learn to rest, not quit I am so sore right now. And I have been all week. That’s because we have two things going on at the gym. First, we are having a team competition to see who can achieve the highest average max effort points, or MEPs, this month. These points are calculated based off what range your heart rate is in as compared to your calculated max heart rate, along with the time...
A beginner’s struggle
A beginner’s struggle Recently I was asked about the main struggles that Ashley and I faced when we began our investing journey. These struggles really boiled down to two things. The first was where to get money for deals. You see, Ashley and I were broke kids with a mountain of student loan debt and no verifiable income when we started out. This meant that we weren’t good...
FOCUS like a lion
FOCUS like a lion Ashley and I just got back from a mastermind meeting in Dallas, Texas. It was made up of real estate investors from all over the U.S. who are seeking to build better businesses by developing their systems and processes. Ya’ll, it was phenomenal! Each investor gaves a 15-minute presentation where they told a little about themselves and their company. Next,...
How we did our first deal
How we did our first deal When Ashley and I realized we needed to make our living as real estate investors, it was 2009. We were freshly married, just out of college and didn’t have two nickels to rub together. To put it bluntly, we were completely broke. On top of not being able to find jobs that fit with our bachelor’s degrees, we had a mound of student debt looming over our...