1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,220 All right, folks, welcome to another episode of our Zoom Up 2 00:00:03,220 --> 00:00:05,220 . It's our meetup on Zoom. I'm your 3 00:00:05,220 --> 00:00:08,500 host today, Mr. Michael Huggins, coming to you live from 4 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:10,800 Tennessee. My co-host decided to take 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,530 Friday off, so good for him. So you'll see in our previous 6 00:00:14,530 --> 00:00:16,980 episodes, you'll get to hear more about 7 00:00:16,980 --> 00:00:19,650 his story. But today we're going to feature another one of 8 00:00:19,650 --> 00:00:21,140 our successful students using 9 00:00:21,140 --> 00:00:24,390 our system and our ecosystem of real estate investing to 10 00:00:24,390 --> 00:00:26,220 change his life, change his trajectory 11 00:00:26,220 --> 00:00:29,580 of his family. Now, before we get into that, please remind 12 00:00:29,580 --> 00:00:31,380 yourself, real estate is risky 13 00:00:31,380 --> 00:00:34,100 and you need to surround yourself with professionals. You 14 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,760 need to cross your I's, dot your T's. Is 15 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,620 that how you say it? Just checking to see if you're 16 00:00:38,620 --> 00:00:41,620 listening. The point is be professional 17 00:00:41,620 --> 00:00:44,840 with your paperwork. Make sure that you have people double 18 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,600 check it because if you don't, 19 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,750 you could lose a lot of money. But if you get it right, the 20 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:51,580 sky's the limit, baby. You can 21 00:00:51,580 --> 00:00:54,530 make as much as you want and have a lot of fun doing it and 22 00:00:54,530 --> 00:00:56,140 enjoying the time, making 23 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:58,820 friends. And so we want to make sure people are doing it 24 00:00:58,820 --> 00:01:00,420 right. When I first got into this, 25 00:01:00,740 --> 00:01:04,470 I was working two jobs as an auto mechanic. I was barely, 26 00:01:04,470 --> 00:01:06,980 barely making 30 grand a year. By the time 27 00:01:06,980 --> 00:01:09,230 I paid all the taxes and everything, I was taking home 28 00:01:09,230 --> 00:01:11,340 about 20 grand. I was living in my girlfriend's 29 00:01:11,340 --> 00:01:14,330 mom's basement, riding my bike to work, drowning in student 30 00:01:14,330 --> 00:01:16,340 loan debt. But I found this group. 31 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:19,580 My first deal, I started on it within three months of 32 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:23,080 learning the process. And six months later, 33 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,000 we finally sold it after everything. And after all the dust 34 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,660 settled and everyone was paid back, 35 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,660 I made $21,000. I made my annual salary in one deal. And so 36 00:01:31,660 --> 00:01:33,340 I realized, you know what, 37 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,070 I'm going to keep doing this. And so if you're looking at 38 00:01:36,070 --> 00:01:38,220 this and you want to be in the position 39 00:01:38,220 --> 00:01:40,600 to be able to control your life, to start living a life by 40 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,300 design instead of a life by default, 41 00:01:42,860 --> 00:01:44,820 then stay connected with the person that got you here, 42 00:01:44,820 --> 00:01:47,040 whether you're here live or someone sent you a 43 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,300 recording and request that you come request from them, the 44 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:54,540 private links for our Zooms on, we have an intro, 45 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,440 a house tour and a workshop, right? Those are some private 46 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,620 links with private access to get into those. 47 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:01,880 So you will need to be registered and the person who got 48 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,480 you here can get you all that info. 49 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:07,750 Awesome. Now, that being said, let's jump into today's 50 00:02:07,750 --> 00:02:11,200 episode. The idea is we're going to bring you 51 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,880 episodes of transformation, people who are changing their 52 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,800 life because we want you to be inspired to 53 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:17,840 get off the couch, change your life as well, and start 54 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,520 getting the benefits that we're currently 55 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,250 getting from owning our life, being investors, being 56 00:02:23,250 --> 00:02:25,680 business owners. And the cool thing is it 57 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,750 doesn't matter your background. It doesn't matter your age. 58 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:29,400 It doesn't matter your education level. It 59 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,530 really doesn't matter what matters is your mindset. If you 60 00:02:31,530 --> 00:02:35,080 're coachable, we can teach it. So our guest 61 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:39,530 today is a great example of that. His unwillingness to give 62 00:02:39,530 --> 00:02:42,940 up. He just kept going and going. You know, 63 00:02:43,060 --> 00:02:45,680 when one path didn't lead to what he wanted, he didn't give 64 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:47,520 up. He turned and kept going until he 65 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,250 eventually found us. And now he has struck gold, so to 66 00:02:51,250 --> 00:02:54,540 speak. Been able to do some amazing stuff. He's 67 00:02:54,540 --> 00:02:56,900 learned a ton. So we're going to have him share his story, 68 00:02:56,900 --> 00:02:58,760 where he came from, you know, what was he 69 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,550 doing? Why was he even looking for a change and what's 70 00:03:01,550 --> 00:03:04,080 happened? So our guest of honor today is Mr. 71 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,050 Daniel Park. Welcome, Daniel. How are you doing? Good, good 72 00:03:07,050 --> 00:03:09,160 . I'm doing fine. Thanks, Michael Huggins. 73 00:03:09,740 --> 00:03:12,440 Yes, sir. Thanks for being here. So tell the folks a little 74 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,500 bit about your origin story. Where'd you 75 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:17,710 come from? You know, what was your background? What were 76 00:03:17,710 --> 00:03:20,060 you doing? And we'll take it from there. 77 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:24,630 Okay. My parents are originally from South Korea. I'm born 78 00:03:24,630 --> 00:03:27,420 in Chicago. I've been raised in Atlanta. 79 00:03:27,980 --> 00:03:31,230 So I've pretty much been here in the Atlanta area all my 80 00:03:31,230 --> 00:03:34,060 life. Just a quick story about how I 81 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,760 got involved with this community was I just wanted a, I 82 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,080 want, I wanted a, you know, more better, 83 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:46,190 a better life, a better income as well. But before I got 84 00:03:46,190 --> 00:03:49,180 into real estate investing, I was basically 85 00:03:49,180 --> 00:03:52,930 following the corporate, the corporate ladder. And I 86 00:03:52,930 --> 00:03:57,120 started off from the ground. I originally started 87 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,850 hanging chickens in a food processing plant. No blood, no 88 00:04:00,850 --> 00:04:03,760 blood. They're all clean. Everything, 89 00:04:04,020 --> 00:04:06,830 all the giblets were all out. So I would hang chickens on 90 00:04:06,830 --> 00:04:08,840 the line. Get that fun one year. 91 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,040 I got, it was fun at first because it was one of my first 92 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,400 jobs, but it gets so tiring that when you're 93 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,160 working there eight hours straight, and if you do want to 94 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,160 get off the line and use the bathroom, you're so 95 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,890 limited on time to use the bathroom, smoke a cigarette or 96 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:27,560 drink or energy drink. I didn't want my life to be 97 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,880 like that. So what did I do? I followed the system. Like 98 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,960 what everyone's told, go to school, get a good job, 99 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,240 and hopefully you retire. So I went back to school. I was 100 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:42,520 going for my associate's degree. And then I was 101 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,310 also going to get my associate's degree in business 102 00:04:45,310 --> 00:04:47,960 management, doing this full-time, full-time school 103 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,690 and full-time work. I applied to several maintenance 104 00:04:51,690 --> 00:04:55,000 positions. It took me 11 tries. I finally got the 105 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,620 opportunity. I told them, I didn't know what a, I didn't 106 00:04:57,620 --> 00:04:59,640 know what a wrench was. I told them I'll come to 107 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,120 work every day and I'll show up. If I have to come holidays 108 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:03,880 , I'll show up. That was the 109 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:08,340 key thing that allowed me to become a maintenance man. But 110 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:11,400 during my years of being a mechanic, I was 111 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,560 handling this ammonia refrigerant called ammonia. I didn't 112 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:20,200 have my proper gear on and I still, I didn't 113 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,890 connect the pipes together and I created that environmental 114 00:05:22,890 --> 00:05:26,360 hazard. The county almost, well, the 115 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,090 county did evacuate, not the whole county. Then the fire 116 00:05:30,090 --> 00:05:32,840 department came in and they already assumed that my 117 00:05:32,840 --> 00:05:36,480 manager was dead inside the building. And then I was going 118 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,520 to run off, but I did the right thing with 119 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,630 my co-worker. We called the fire department, our safety 120 00:05:40,630 --> 00:05:42,840 manager, environmental manager came on through. 121 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,910 They said, what's going on? The fire department's like, 122 00:05:44,910 --> 00:05:48,680 okay, had we isolated the hazard? I said, 123 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,460 I don't know. So they looked at my environmental manager 124 00:05:51,460 --> 00:05:52,920 and he's making a hundred thousand dollars a 125 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:54,380 year. They said, are you going to go in there and fix it? 126 00:05:54,380 --> 00:05:57,000 And he goes, hell no. So I said, well, 127 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,730 I'll man up. I made the mistake. I'll go in. I went to sc 128 00:06:00,730 --> 00:06:03,880 uba. I had the gear on. I had the tank on. I went 129 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,180 there, verified all the valves are closed. And I come back 130 00:06:08,180 --> 00:06:11,080 and I realized I caused so much damage to the 131 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,550 county. I realized I was only making $17 an hour and I didn 132 00:06:14,550 --> 00:06:18,280 't want my life to end like that. But, you know, 133 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:20,160 we're always taught to go back to school. So I got my 134 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,520 bachelor's degree. Then eventually, I got the 135 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,430 production manager. I'm telling people what to do, how they 136 00:06:25,430 --> 00:06:27,320 do their job. Then I became a project 137 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:32,130 manager. As a project manager, I was making $70,000 salary 138 00:06:32,130 --> 00:06:35,160 and I was okay with that with a single life. 139 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,200 But my why got bigger because I fell in love with my 140 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,560 girlfriend. She had three daughters and I have no 141 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,780 kids. So I had to figure out how I was going to triple my 142 00:06:44,780 --> 00:06:47,240 salary. Just to let you know, I still have 143 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,960 a triple my salary, but it's working. So I started to look 144 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,600 into real estate. I purchased a guru program. 145 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,370 And one of the most disappointing things you could do is I 146 00:06:58,370 --> 00:07:01,080 got upsold. It was a thousand dollar program 147 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,830 saying you could wholesale from your house. So two weeks 148 00:07:04,830 --> 00:07:07,160 later, I get a call representative 149 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,110 from a sales representative. Have you done a wholesale 150 00:07:09,110 --> 00:07:11,080 transaction? I'm like, no. He goes, 151 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,440 why haven't you? I'm like, well, I'm not in a rush. I mean, 152 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:15,880 I'm just one of the little side hustle. 153 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,060 They said, well, how about this? You fly out to California 154 00:07:19,060 --> 00:07:21,080 and we'll show you. I said, well, 155 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,850 no problem. I'll take a week's vacation on my salary. They 156 00:07:23,850 --> 00:07:26,280 said, no, no, no. It costs $17,000. 157 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:31,320 I was like, what? I said, no way. I want my money back. So 158 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,120 on the way, I was still hunting down how 159 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,740 to get into real estate investing. And then I called the 160 00:07:36,740 --> 00:07:40,360 sign. And then it was this community 161 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,390 in the Atlanta area. Great people, amazing investors who 162 00:07:44,390 --> 00:07:46,280 are doing multiple transactions. 163 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,400 I was able to network with them. And I was asking all these 164 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,440 investors and community members who just 165 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:54,680 started investing as well too. And they had so much 166 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,920 knowledge and I was able to back off, get from them. 167 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,240 And it just, it brought hope to my life. It brought that 168 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,200 motivation. There is something more 169 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:07,930 than just getting a bachelor's degree or even trying to go 170 00:08:07,930 --> 00:08:10,600 for a master's degree and hopefully retire. 171 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,440 But when I seen that, I said, wow, people getting 172 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,760 properties at this discount. So I was checking 173 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,240 this community out for like three weeks and I said, all 174 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:22,360 right, I'm ready to go in. 175 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:25,560 Just because of the education, the program and the 176 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,200 community that I was involved, I was able to get 177 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,500 into my first real estate transaction, I believe eight 178 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:35,560 months, six or eight months. And the best part is 179 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,150 I didn't have to use none of my money to acquire the 180 00:08:39,150 --> 00:08:42,600 property, none of my money to do the repairs. But 181 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:48,000 I did have to use $2,000 of my corporate credit, which I 182 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,000 was able to learn because of the program and 183 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,070 the education that I was able to build that business credit 184 00:08:54,070 --> 00:08:56,200 without using any of my social security number 185 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:01,190 or my personal guarantee. So it's so, it's so amazing how 186 00:09:01,190 --> 00:09:04,680 you're getting connected to people. 187 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:11,880 Oh, I apologize. There he goes. 188 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:18,360 I'm still on my mic. All right. All right. So yeah, phone 189 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:21,240 call came out. I apologize. But just being 190 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,650 connected with investors, you know, people say you are who 191 00:09:24,650 --> 00:09:27,640 you associate with. And I'm a founder that 192 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,350 that is a hundred percent. So that's where I'm at right now 193 00:09:31,350 --> 00:09:33,560 . And as of right now for real estate, 194 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:36,640 I'm also hunting down pre foreclosures and knocking on 195 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,720 doors and just building up that marketing funnel 196 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,680 right now. So how much did you make on your first deal? My 197 00:09:42,680 --> 00:09:45,160 first deal was $27,000. 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:52,270 And so going from having to basically be tied to your job 199 00:09:52,270 --> 00:09:55,640 to then looking at this check, what did that 200 00:09:55,640 --> 00:10:01,100 feel like? It was like when I, when I first time get that 201 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:03,560 check, well, let me see. When I first time 202 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,820 got that check, I was like, wow, this is, this is amazing. 203 00:10:07,820 --> 00:10:10,520 But at the same time, I mean, fix and flips 204 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:12,800 are good. I thought about, I said, well, I have to go find 205 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:16,120 another one. And my overall goal is to get 206 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,920 rentals or do lease options. So that's my overall goal. I 207 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:20,840 don't know if I answered your question right, 208 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,590 Mike. Well, no, what did it feel like when you looked at it 209 00:10:23,590 --> 00:10:25,640 and you're holding that check and that 210 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,650 money is now on your account after all that work, all the 211 00:10:28,650 --> 00:10:31,160 upsells, all the nonsense, all that, you know, 212 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,640 traditional education and that not leading you down where 213 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,320 you want, you finally got the check and 214 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,800 you're getting what you want. What did that feel like? It 215 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:44,040 felt great. It felt really amazing. But it's just, 216 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,940 it felt like I just wanted to do more. It's, it's one of 217 00:10:46,940 --> 00:10:48,760 those reactions. You get that first check, 218 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,590 it's like, wow, this happened. I could do more of these, 219 00:10:51,590 --> 00:10:54,760 you know? So that's how I felt. Nice. So you 220 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,590 got your big why, you got people in your life that are 221 00:10:57,590 --> 00:11:00,200 motivating you and pushing you to become a better 222 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,570 version of you. And that doesn't happen through typically 223 00:11:03,570 --> 00:11:05,880 going to college, but that's what a lot of 224 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,260 people. It seems like that's, that's the information that 225 00:11:08,260 --> 00:11:10,840 they thought they need to go back to college. 226 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:15,960 And folks, you can go back and look and see this theme 227 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,080 across this entire video series that we've made 228 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,300 almost a hundred episodes now of people being totally 229 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:25,320 disappointed by traditional academic education 230 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,090 when it comes to their finances. And so it looks like 231 00:11:28,090 --> 00:11:29,800 Daniel found that spot here. 232 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,610 So, so let's get a few things clarified because I know 233 00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:35,800 there might be some people listening going, 234 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,190 what did he talk about? And you said called the sign. What 235 00:11:38,190 --> 00:11:40,120 does that mean? What do you mean called the sign? 236 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:46,050 So when I called the sign, I saw people saying like, uh, a 237 00:11:46,050 --> 00:11:49,480 real estate investing people who wanted to learn, uh, real 238 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,400 estate investing call this number. So I was at that point 239 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,370 when I knew it wasn't like a big billboard. It was like a 240 00:11:56,370 --> 00:11:59,080 little yard, like a road sign, yard, 241 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,810 sign yourself sign. And you got connected to the local 242 00:12:02,810 --> 00:12:07,880 group. So, um, so folks, that's, that's something amazing 243 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:11,480 about this network. And this system here is that there are 244 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:11,720 groups all 245 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,450 all over the country. I can believe there's like 70 between 246 00:12:15,450 --> 00:12:18,600 the online communities and the physical locations, 247 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,280 people that you can plug into to start getting the networks 248 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,040 that you need to, uh, to do your real estate. 249 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,480 All right. So, so after having that upsell experience, and 250 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,460 then you walk into the room, um, that they're hosting down 251 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:31,160 there in Atlanta, 252 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:32,760 what, what was the difference for you? 253 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:38,710 The difference is I'm not behind a computer and hoping that 254 00:12:38,710 --> 00:12:41,560 my dreams and goals will come true. 255 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,380 Just being in the back of the computer and not doing 256 00:12:44,380 --> 00:12:47,320 anything. But when I went to that room, it was, 257 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,740 we had, I don't know, maybe 200 people. And it was a, it 258 00:12:50,740 --> 00:12:53,480 was a large building around 200 people. 259 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,660 We have like on the left side, there are like a hundred, 260 00:12:56,660 --> 00:12:59,240 like maybe a hundred investors. And on the 261 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,360 right side of the room are people who just wanted to get 262 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,400 involved in real estate, brand new. So there was 263 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,640 about like 20 or 50 people who just wanted to learn how to 264 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,160 do it. And then, um, I met Debbie Worthington and 265 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:17,150 Bill Omi and Bill Omi. He's, uh, one of the, uh, well-known 266 00:13:17,150 --> 00:13:19,160 investors who has a rental portfolio. 267 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,720 And he was just talking about the auction product, uh, 268 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,600 auction, uh, process about how he could get 269 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:32,370 properties at 10, $13,000. And it's so amazing. Cause I 270 00:13:32,370 --> 00:13:35,480 used to put investors on the pedestal. 271 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,630 Now I was able to talk to him belly to belly, just normal. 272 00:13:39,630 --> 00:13:43,000 Like they're just regular people. And that 273 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:47,060 was the, one of the craziest experience I have. Nice. And 274 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:51,320 it'll give you a lot more, uh, confidence 275 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,660 and being able to see that it is real. You can do this. You 276 00:13:54,660 --> 00:13:57,000 don't have to be some super fancy person. 277 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,480 You can just be a regular dude doing investing and 278 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,760 controlling your life. Yeah. Regular dude. 279 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,960 Nice. That's what it's about folks. Just bunch of regular 280 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,880 people doing extraordinary things. 281 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,530 Awesome. Okay. Um, so what would you say was your biggest 282 00:14:13,530 --> 00:14:15,880 obstacle in this story of transformation 283 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,690 that you're going through? Wow. My biggest obstacle was, um 284 00:14:20,690 --> 00:14:24,520 , I don't know if this is, uh, the typical 285 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:28,250 Asian guy is shy, do the homework in the back of the 286 00:14:28,250 --> 00:14:31,880 classroom. My biggest obstacles was just networking 287 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,810 with people, asking questions, just getting out from my 288 00:14:35,810 --> 00:14:39,480 comfort zone. Cause I was just a shy type of guy. 289 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,710 I would never talk to anybody. I would just go on YouTube 290 00:14:42,710 --> 00:14:44,680 and Google and get all my answers there. 291 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:48,410 But I knew that wasn't the way I had to come out, uh, talk 292 00:14:48,410 --> 00:14:51,080 with people. And then when I started to, 293 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,070 look for real estate deals, I started knocking on people's 294 00:14:55,070 --> 00:14:57,560 doors. I had doors shut up my face. 295 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,410 So that was my biggest obstacle. It's just the 296 00:14:59,410 --> 00:15:03,560 communication. Okay. And so now being able to pick 297 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:05,820 up the phone and just call someone out of the blue, is that 298 00:15:05,820 --> 00:15:08,520 easy for you? Yeah, it is very easy. 299 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,500 Nice. And so you said you're working on pre foreclosures. 300 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:13,160 Why are you attracted to that? 301 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:17,330 Yeah. So pre foreclosures. So the first transaction that I 302 00:15:17,330 --> 00:15:19,240 did was with the partner 303 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,190 within the community. And it was a subject to subject to, 304 00:15:23,190 --> 00:15:24,920 um, taking over people's mortgages, 305 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:29,110 basically. And auctions was good buying properties, 12,000, 306 00:15:29,110 --> 00:15:31,240 $14,000. That amazing. 307 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:36,200 But what's more amazing is when people are going into fore 308 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,600 closure, you're giving eight ways on how 309 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,480 to prevent them from going to foreclosure. And not only 310 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,480 that, if you help someone like that, 311 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,360 you're the last person they remember. And if they can't 312 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,360 sell the house, they'll sell the house to you. 313 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,290 And the best part is we don't have to pay the house all up 314 00:15:53,290 --> 00:15:56,120 cash. We could just say, Hey, we can help you 315 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,340 out with the debt, move you to a new place, just transfer 316 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:01,320 the deed to us. And we don't, you don't 317 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,220 worry about your mortgage. We'll take care of it. And then 318 00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:06,520 we flip it. And then we just, uh, make profit 319 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,220 off of that. So that was the reason why I like doing pre- 320 00:16:10,220 --> 00:16:12,840 foreclosures because you get properties 321 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,230 at a discount versus, you know, a lot of people's, uh, 322 00:16:16,230 --> 00:16:19,000 challenges. It's money. It's always money. Well, 323 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,150 not necessarily, uh, with this pre-foreclosure, like I said 324 00:16:23,150 --> 00:16:26,920 before, none of my money for the closing 325 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:30,650 costs and the repair costs. I only had to use $2,000 of my 326 00:16:30,650 --> 00:16:32,680 corporate credit. And that was it. So 327 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,960 that's what I love doing, helping people and getting 328 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:37,160 properties at a discount. 329 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,720 Cool. So one thing else that, that, uh, you touched on as a 330 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,880 great reminder is building corporate 331 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,350 credit and being able to have your business entity have its 332 00:16:47,350 --> 00:16:50,440 own banking, its own credit. So you can 333 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,610 utilize that without having to tie up your own personal 334 00:16:52,610 --> 00:16:54,360 credit. So that's a great move, man. 335 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,640 Thanks. Okay. Well, cool. This has been pretty inspiring. 336 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:00,840 And, uh, how old are you? 337 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:06,810 Um, I am, I just turned 33, uh, February 27th. So I am 33 338 00:17:06,810 --> 00:17:07,880 years old. 339 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:12,850 Nice. And, um, and so going from job to school, to job, to 340 00:17:12,850 --> 00:17:14,520 school, to then finally coming here. 341 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,900 Um, it doesn't look like you're slowing down. It looks like 342 00:17:17,900 --> 00:17:19,560 you're ramping things up. So 343 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,890 I want to say congratulations and also thank you for your 344 00:17:22,890 --> 00:17:25,240 contributions to our community. I know you help a 345 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,460 lot of people. You answer questions, you inspire, you show 346 00:17:28,460 --> 00:17:31,720 up. And, uh, that willingness to show up 347 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,960 is saying a lot about who you are. So thank you for that. 348 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:39,420 Thank you, Mike. Cool. Okay. Well, stick around for a few 349 00:17:39,420 --> 00:17:41,320 bonus questions for the live people here. 350 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,020 And, uh, I just want to say thanks again for being our 351 00:17:44,020 --> 00:17:46,360 guest today. So folks, if you like these stories 352 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,840 of inspiration and transformation, get back with the person 353 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,440 that got you here. Come to our intro, 354 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,810 come to a workshop, come to a house tour, come see this 355 00:17:52,810 --> 00:17:55,320 stuff live in person. We're real, 356 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,320 we're authentic. We're an open book. You can ask us any 357 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,880 questions, get connected with us so you can start 358 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,990 getting the benefits that Daniel and I are currently 359 00:18:01,990 --> 00:18:04,840 getting from the program. So with that, I'm going 360 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,140 to sign off. 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