What I learned in my second month calling 52,221 people… (continued..)
Continued from my last post… This is an update that some people have been waiting for, as I have been getting a lot of questions. I also have a TON of insight from my last post, as I am starting to really understand this game and build a team of people to help. I have been learning a ton about leadership and building a team, networking with partners, JVs, etc. While I have been diving deep into this wholesale game, I have been learning at an exponential rate and still have a long road ahead of me. But I promised this group that IF I could get to level 3 to post, I would share my insights and my journey, along with my deals and my team as a resource. So here we go… First, I want to start off with my story, as I’m sure some have heard already, but I started a while back working with my parents in a Real Estate Agency out of New Hampshire, mainly for investments and commercial Real Estate. My personal background, though, is in Marketing, and I built a fairly sizable marketing company over the last decade. I got into the wholesale game when I moved out to Miami to start a life that I wanted to live with my wife. When I moved, I was going to get into high-end condo sales as we landed here in Brickell. After giving it some thought, I really did not want another licence or even to be on call and stuck in one area, as I LOVE to travel. Wholesale is that opportunity where you can work from anywhere and do this thing virtually. While you may be on call, you don’t have to physically show up and do showings, etc. (Although if you live in a good market, you should probably do that). I also hate the cold weather lol, and that's why I moved to Miami for the most part and year-round sports. Over the past few years that I have been working as a real estate Agent, I have completed 450+ transactions within two years and counting. This has given me a good understanding of how the investment side of things goes from a buyer's perspective and how to obtain listings. In my marketing company, going back to when I started that company, I worked day in and day out, 12+ hr days, pitching businesses by just doing cold walk-ins. I would walk into a business (as these were mainly small companies, as I lived in New Hampshire in Derry and would drive over to Manchester to Main St) and use the opening line “Who do I speak to about bringing you more customers for your business?” This led me to a lot of interesting ppl, but it really taught me how to speak to people, look them in the eye, and shake their hand with real belly-to-belly interactions. Later, this led to phone sales, etc. These two things have taught me a lot about who I am and where I want to take this thing. I also learned a lot of team-building skills in that company as I built up the employees and offices. During this time, later after Covid, I had gotten my real estate licence and started to shift my skills into Real Estate and really fell in love with the business itself and the model. Years later, here I am posting on this thread.