I finished all the classes including the Bonus one. It's heavy, but necessary.
I started my Real Estate Business in 2007. I've had many lows, some highs. Went through divorce where my ex put lien on my home that I added him to, he didn't pay the loan, and I lost my home that I had paid down from 30 years to 20 and was my kid's inheritance. It valued at 429K, and he took out a 389K loan didn't pay it. using my house as collateral all during the time I was fighting for my life, deathly ill. Leaving my kids in the house 5 months, with no money. I see that home now, valued at 989k.
They survived by using my credit cards and my bank account checking and loans. I went from middle upper class to broker than a convict. I've been trying to pull myself out of that Grand Canyon hole I made when I hit bottom. I almost gave up. But my stubbornness to preserver negated that decision. Just as I refused to die, I also refused my business to die. It was and is the essence of who I am. I genuinely care for all but more for those homeless, misfortunates. I always gave them food and clothing sometimes money. I always say, this could be me, so I would never turn my back on helping
I didn't know 12 years after leaving the police department, I would be where they are. HOMELESS!! MY KIDS WITHOUT A HOME. MY LATE SISTER'S KIDS WHO I WAS CARING FOR, WITHOUT A HOME. I FELT I HAD LET MY FAMILY DOWN, ESPECIALLY MY KIDS FOR I ALWAYS SAID, IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED TO ME, THEY WOULD HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONE DAY, THAT WOULD PROVE A LIE. LIVING IN A HOTEL OVER 2 YEARS COST MORE THAN A MORTGAGE BUT WITH HIM RUINING MY CREDIT, I HAD NO CHOICE. WE HAD A ROOF OVER OUR HEAD IN A ONE ROOM HOTEL WHERE FOUR OF US LIVED. 2 TO ONE BED, ONE BATH, AND ORDER OUT ALMOST 3 MEALS A DAY.
THEN MY FUNDS RAN OUT. I GOT SICK AGAIN GIVEN 2 DAYS TO LIVE. BUT STILL I REFUSED TO GIVE UP. THIS WAS 2015. I LIVE! AND AS HARD AS I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE, I SHALL FIGHT AS HARD FOR MY BUSINESSES FOR THEY ARE MY LIFE AND MY KIDS. THEY ARE MY BABIES THAT GOT A ROUGH START, BUT AS A NURTURER, MY BUSINESESS I SHALL NURTURE BACK TO HEALTH BETTER TAN BEFORE SO GREAT EVEN I CAN'T FATHOM! STUBBORNESS AND DETERMINATION BROUGHT ME TO THIS PLATFORM.
I SAW THE INFOMERCIAL ON YOUTUBE, I BOUGHT THE PACKAGE AND NOW A YEAR LATER, JUST WHEN I SAID, "FLUCK IT" DELETE THESE, ONE MAIL CAUGHT MY EYE AND I TRIED TO DELETE IT BUT COULDN'T AND I AM SO GLAD I DID'T. THE EMAIL WAS TITLE; THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE. AND IT HAS PROVEN TO BE THAT PROPHETIC WORD. I OPENED IT AND FOUND YOU ALL, SO HELPFUL, SO GIVING AND SO ENCOURAGING
THIS IS WHAT I LACKED BEFORE. A NETWORK WILLING TO HELP OTHER'S RECEIVE AND MAKE MONEY VERSUS ONE WHO WANT YOU TO CONTINUE PAYING INTO THEM AND GIVING NOTHING BACK. THANK YOU, LEO!
NOT ONLY SHALL I PROVIDE A LIFETIME SECURITY FOR MY KIDS BUT I SHALL ALSO REACHOUT TO THOSE SISTERS AND BROTHERS OF OURS; VETERANS, DISABLED, HOMELESS. LOW INCOME. AND PULL THEM UP ALSO. THEY'VE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND I AM SURE 99% DIDN'T CHOOSE HOMELESNESS, BUT LIFE DID.
I BELIEVE GOD GIVES US A CHALLENGE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HELP SOMEONE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES, WALK AWAY, LOOK AT THEM WITH DISDAIN, OR REACH DOWN, PULL THEM UP, AND BE A BLESSING AND HELP THEM?
I CHOOSE THE LATTER, FOR I DO NOT WANT MY GOD TO SAY 'DEPART FROM ME; YOU DIDN'T HELP THE ONE WHO NEEDED IT.
SO, MY WHY I DO THIS AND SHALL SUCCEED AT FUNDUSI? IS BECAUSE THE GREAT DESIRE FOR MY KIDS AND FAMILY NEVER TO WANT, CREATE JOBS FOR THEM AND OTHERS, AND REACH DOWN AND PULL (SOMEONE WHO HAS FALLEND DOWN). UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS, GIVE THEM A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND TRAIN THEM IN SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN FIT BACK INTO SOCIETY. WHO KNOWS, I MAY BE THE ONE TO HIRE THEM, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER DIVERSITY OF MY BUSINESS. TEMPORARY STAFFING.
LOOKING SO FORWARD TO THIS THAT FOR THE LAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN SO FULL AND EXCITED, I FELT LIKE BURSTING AND CRYING. HERE'S TO ALL OF US ACHIEVING OUR BIGGEST DREAMS AND LIVING OUR BEST LIFE! 😄