The Wolf

The quieter you are in meetings, the more power you have.

Something I realized when I became a parent is there's a window of time when your parents are healthy, your kids are little, and everyone gets to experience multiple generations of family spending time together. Cherish this time and don’t take a single moment of it for granted.

The happiest people I know all made a choice that looked unreasonable at some point. Left a great job. Turned down a raise. Moved somewhere without a plan. Sometimes the choices that look bad lead to lives that feel great.

@GenZMultifamily @cashrulesNC Would you share the handyman contact? Been looking for a go-to.

@cashrulesNC Ummm main things I’d say is a solid and reliable handyman (boots on the ground) that lives close and having a tenant software. It keeps everything very organized, they only text me on there and most of the stuff is automated for them.

I hired a property manager for about 6 months, then fired him and started self managing from 2,000 miles away. I was paying 8% for slow turns, slow repairs, and subcontracted work. I had zero experience, but figured with today's technology it couldn't be that hard. Turns out, I was right. The people telling me it was too hard or not worth it were usually managing the old school way with a pen and paper. It's not for everyone, but once you build the systems and can manage everything from your phone, the choice seems pretty clear.

@GenZMultifamily Who’s your appliance lady 😎

A benefit of only investing in one market is that I know exactly what a unit needs and doesn't need to get to market rent. I pull up the inspection report and create a Home Depot list for each unit. I give a 20-30% buffer and get a quote for any needed appliances from my appliance lady. It's easy to do, and when I fly out for closing and get the keys, I stop at Starbucks to order everything, and hand my keys to my boots on the ground so they can get started right away. I usually do all of this before the inspection period is over as well, just to make sure my renovation budget was accurate.

@GenZMultifamily I tend to just handle things regardless of the lease because I like them telling me so I can fix them. If they know everything costs them then they’ll stay quiet. The quiet long term renters can be the worst for the property.

A tenant moves in and 3 months later they break the seat on a brand new toilet. They let you know and ask if you can fix it. Who pays, the tenant or the landlord?

As I get older, I’ve become convinced that training yourself to be unemotional is the number one skillset for success in business and life. Getting mad, letting your pride interfere, being jealous, wanting to score points backfires 100% of the time. Exercise and time is a key.

You will never see a fast-growing, high-velocity organization built by slow decision-makers.

Lifting weights is the most powerful “anti-aging strategy” for your skin, brain, bones, and muscles.

study wealthy men quietly. they sleep early, protect their mornings, keep tiny circles, move slowly, speak carefully and guard their attention like it is their most valuable asset. because it is.

I love waking up. Reading my Bible. Praying for my family. Lifting in the home gym. All before anyone else wakes. It’s a privilege and honor to be a father.

Being the person that "shows up and solves problems" will be rocket fuel for your professional life... ..and it can be an endless burden in your personal one.

My biggest flex in life is that when I walk in the door at home, my wife asks me about my day and four kiddos rush to give me hugs. Get married. Put down roots. Have kids.

The fastest way to love your life: do something difficult on purpose, every day, for years, until the difficulty becomes something you're proud of. There's no shortcut version of this. The years are the point.

The people who succeed most in life can do one thing for extraordinary amounts of time without needing immediate reward. You don't lack self-esteem, you lack self-control.

The moment you realize nobody knows what they're doing is the day you become unstoppable. Every expert you admire was once as clueless as you feel right now. The only difference is they persisted in the face of feeling embarrassed.

Underrated cheat code: Believing you are the outlier, that you can do things others cannot do... ... and then working relentlessly to make it the truth.

There's something about watching a storm from a covered porch that makes every problem feel smaller.

"Don't have an answer yet" "Probably won't have it until next week" "Need a few more days" In the service business, these are all better answers than: Silence.

Don't ask people about what pays well. Ask what hurts badly enough that people will pay anything to make it go away.