Make $500K by Thanksgiving

I Need to Buy a $2M Retail or Industrial Deal NOW!!

I have a 1031 deadline coming up and need a deal in the price range of $1.5M-$2.5M. I will only buy a deal with some upside here-low rents, needs repair, etc. If you have a deal like this, please email me details.

 Here's today's agenda:

• For Sale - 32 Real Estate Investor Deals & Fix & Flips 

• For Sale - 4 Warehouse Deals

• How to Make $500,000 by Thanksgiving

• REI Diamonds Podcast on Commercial Brokerage & Wholesale with one of my partners, Henry Eisenstein

• Earn 10% Interest by Funding My Rehab Deals

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 How to Make $500,000 by Thanksgiving

It's much easier to "Make" money than it is to earn it. In our business, we make money by making deals. Earning money is more like being employed and paid by the hour. Very limiting because you only have 168 hours in a week, maybe half of those would be available for work. I always preferred sales & negotiation with commission & profit available with no cap - Like real estate brokerage or house flipping - You can "make" money quickly instead of earning it

I chose Thanksgiving to highlight the current 6 month window of opportunity in which we now live- The Spring Market!!. Now through mid-October is when 80% of 2025's deal flow will be made. By Thanksgiving, most of that will have gone to closing. Hence, setting a goal now to make $500,000 by Thanksgiving. Here is my framework for creating this result:

1. Belief System - If you don't believe you can make $500,000 by Thanksgiving, I can assure you: "You're right".  If you DO believe you can make $500,000, I can tell you it's possible. When I first set my sights on goals of this size, I had to believe in them first-for quite a few years actually-before making it happen in real life. Some readers say to themselves, "I've done this & more. Thanksgiving-no problem, maybe even the 4th of July."

My mentor, Dan Kennedy, is known as a Marketing Guru. However, much of his work is centered on belief systems. Like Tony Robbins teaches. He taught me how to change my beliefs about what's possible by reading biographies of successful entrepreneurs. The Founders Podcast is a shortcut to this-giving you a summary of many, many, more biographies than any of us could possibly read. 

2. Knowledge - Knowledge about HOW to actually make $500K is necessary. If you're aligned with business partners who know how to do this, you’ve found a shortcut. If you have never done this before or come close, you might have a longer road than 2025 to make this happen. Hitting the $500K mark in a single year took me just under 10 years of trial & error to figure out-not including my career in car sales, which certainly helped me learn how to close deals. 

3. Communication Skills - Income in our business is directly tied to your communication skills. How you conduct appointments & present offers. The wording in your emails, text, and advertisements. The description in your listing. How you talk on the phone - the questions you ask - your ability to LISTEN. All these and more are intentionally developed as you increase your ability to make deals.

3. DO THE WORK - Extraordinary Results ($500K this year is not ordinary) require extraordinary effort. In our business, that means working the phones and negotiating deals. These are the money producing activities. Now, since it's the Spring Market, I'm asking my team weekly to level up more now than ever. I'm asking myself the same thing. 

The 2025 Spring & Summer real estate market is still a once in a lifetime opportunity, and the market is not guaranteed to be as favorable as it is right now.

There is a price to be paid for extraordinary results. I've seen countless people wish (it's not really a goal to them) they could make $500K in a single year, but refuse to acknowledge the price to be paid. There are extra hours, more effort, even an imbalance toward your goal-often for years before you achieve it.

If you're seeking a partnership where those around are showing you the path to make $200K, $300K, or more per year, and you consider yourself a killer closer, please reply to this email. I'm always looking for another member of the team who can push us to reach that next level. This is not for the average or the person who is looking for something "balanced" or "part time." It is a lifestyle.