This was the story of my first company I sold. And I learned quite a lesson. In 2014, I was getting ready to launch my second company Mile27 Realty (at the time we called it Real Estate Concierges and later re-branded it to Mile27 Realty) with my partner Jay. I has built and was running…
Man oh man…what a story. It being July 4th today and with extreme gratitude and praise for even having the opportunity to have a lucrative career in anything…I thought I would share my story, pains, pathway to success in the Texas Real Estate Industry. I know that being blessed enough to live in this limitless…
Ohhhh this one was a doozy. The recession just hit hard in Dallas, Texas and the new home builder that I worked for, Wall Homes, just let 80 of its staff/sales team go and filed for Bankruptcy the same week. I had started investing as a partner in my first real estate brokerage a year…
This is a Blog & Vlog Series dedicated to those who want to learn about the Real Estate World. The True one. Not the HGTV one. These are the tales from the sales from a New Homes Sales Person turned Real Estate Agent turn Real Estate Broker, Real Estate Investor, Business Owner, Property Manager, and…
My son asked me a question recently that many people looking to become a real estate investor have asked me in the past, “When did you become a real estate investor?” I’ve always answered that question as “2006,” the year my wife and I purchased our first rental property. However, as I reflected on my…
Part of going the extra mile with our clients is teaching them how to save money through their properties! Protesting your tax appraised value is a fairly easy, cheap way to do that. Here is the who, what, when, where, and why to get you started: What is a tax appraised value anyway? Every year…
Why should I become a real estate investor? This was a question my wife and I asked ourselves in 2005 as we were building the plan for our real estate investing business. Our children were ages six and three at the time and we wanted to build a real estate portfolio that not only would…
I’ve met with many individuals interested in real estate investing who read numerous posts/articles about what markets to invest in and what to buy. However, they get stuck in reading about others success and never pull together the macro vs. micro to get ahead. I believe success in real estate investing comes down to ‘Macro…
As Mark Twain best said, “The secret to getting ahead, is getting started.” People talk about financial freedom, but many, given their current financial situation, don’t have a plan or understand how to get ahead. But in order to get anywhere, you have to get started and have a disciplined plan to stay focused to…
About a year ago, my 19 year old son asked me,”Dad, what makes people successful?” It was a question I didn’t expect, but as I thought about it for a few minutes and reflected back on my experience and many conversations with successful people, I responded, “It’s how you spend your spare time. It comes…
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