Leveraged Labor

Intro… - 21 y/o college student - Building a real estate business - Addicted to stocks & options - Fitness & outdoor junkie (just like everyone else) - Most importantly, a system skeptic Cheers to all the connections I’ll make here.

If you're a young, hungry man in his early 20s, late teens TAKE RISKS Don't listen to what your parents say. Take risk right now because there's never been a better opportunity for young guys like us. Your parents don't understand technology like we do. They didn't grow up having Instagram when they were ten years old. I was lucky enough to have parents who let me try and fail with whatever the hell I did in life. I had the option to go to college or go to trade school. If you let your parents control every facet of your life as a late teen or early 20-year-old, you are absolutely fucked. Take risks. You are only young once, and the market is changing extremely fast. Do whatever it takes to take advantage of this golden AI opportunity.

@JakehellerAI This is awesome! Thanks man

Every Real Estate student (currently enrolled) can get a free year of the AI for CRE Collective. Full Standard access. Go to our community page for more info (link below) You'll need to show student ID and enrollment proof. And you'll need to cover processing fees (less than $10) Want to help the next generation of CRE professionals... Tag any students and pass along!

Current status: Retardmaxxing.

Well I suppose I learned last summer that life is short, definitely too short for holding grudges.  So when @GamebredFighter said he wanted to sit down and break bread of course I took him up on it.  Today he came to Wisconsin, sat down had some dinner and chatted it up.  Turns out we have more in common than different 👊👊👊  Felt great to bury the hatchet and make a new friend.  Life is too short to hold grudges, bury hatchets and move one with your life.  So glad Jorge was able to come to Wisconsin today.

The human brain isn’t designed to process all of the world’s breaking emergencies in realtime.

Young RE Investors, a word about navigating the early years: First priority: You need to get wins on your track record as soon as you can. Period. Those early deals are critical to building your story. Doesn't matter if they're small or in the worst part of town (in fact, that's often better...people love that story). You need to demonstrate that you can be a responsible steward of investor equity, debt, staff, and capital projects. It is far easier to do that when you've done something...not selling what you "plan to do". If you intend to raise capital, you're going to have to pay an inexperience premium on those returns until you've earned the right to ask for more. Those early deals will probably be skinny for you. If you have your own capital, that's ideal. Building with and risking your own capital will show early investors that you were willing to bet on yourself before you asked them to bet on you. (And hey, you may find you make enough money to avoid investors altogether, as managing LPs is its own animal that some would rather avoid. I love it, but I'm a psycho.) Anyway, if you are broke and all you've got is relentless ambition, that's fine, but just know you'll probably have to give up the house on the early deals to get investors to trust you (unless you've got friends and family that will take a flyer on you...but be careful with that. Christmas gets awkward when you lose your Mom's money). As you prove yourself - and as you demonstrate that capital placed with you is in good hands - you can progressively expect more compensation for your work. Remember: All (smart) investors are doing a risk/reward analysis on their capital...and the biggest risk of all for LPs is the operator themselves. Meditate on that. Intelligent LPs are assessing YOU far more than they are the deal itself. If you can demonstrate that you are an exceptionally competent operator with a track record of repeated success, you can justifiably expect more....and investors will happily accept it in exchange for (more) certainty of execution. You will get there as you build a track record over time. This is the path we followed. It was slow. Years flew by. 2013 - 11 units (1 investor) 2014 - 69 units (2 investors) 2015 - 28 units (3 investors) Not kidding. That's how slow it was. One deal a year. But then we sold those 3 deals. Started building proof of concept. 2016 - 34 units (8 investors) 2017 - 156 units (24 investors) 2018 - 128 units (32 investors) 2019 - 611 units (108 investors) Today we've done 32 projects full cycle and hit pro forma on all of them. We're at 3600+ units acquired and 400+ investors with a waiting list for new ones. As such, after 13 years we've earned the right to be well-compensated for our work. Give yourself time. Buy good deals. Build exceptional systems. Develop a track record. Everything else will fall into place. Real estate is a long game. Play it as such.

@Leo_Traydes Claude is amazing

Claude > ChatGPT > Gemini > Grok There is not an argument to be made here.

I am so bullish on the real world. Group events. Cookouts. Sports. Parties. Animals. Music festivals. Phoneless dinners. Co-living centers. Healing centers. Retreat centers. Beautiful views. Group adventures. These things light me up. Tech, ai, and materialism continue to disguest me more every day. The pendulum has swung too far. A small group of soulless nerds will continue to obsess over ai, automation, effiency, and the intellect. But those of us connected to our hearts and spirits are becoming disgusted by it. We want real, and we want human. Expect a huge countersurge of irl businesses and events in the next few years.

@jonathandoep @kevinxu I havent done enough research on this but does running an AI agent through a Mac Mini actually provide a security layer, or is that too simplified

@kevinxu Do you think a standard Mac Mini could handle everything or should I upgrade to Mini Pro? Any advice from anyone would help!

I just installed every plugin on Anthropic's Claude Cowork platform. I now have the power of a 500-person company for $200/month. You can just do things.

Careers are dead. Jobs are dying. Opportunities arising.

@TheJSantiago @thmoneycircle Do you know of anyone using data syndicate? If you do, what do they say about it

@thmoneycircle Currently one of the title companies I use but I know there’s others like data syndicate, foreclosure daily etc

Where are you guys getting nationwide probate/preforeclosure data

@mindofachaser Love that. I've brought it up before when she wasn't level headed and man that was a mistake. All of them are the same like you and I have talked about lol.

@leveredwork Just stand your ground. Not too crazy, especially these days. But let her know subtly. Plant those seeds. Water ‘em slowly. Talk about it when she’s level headed. Few months later, win-win.

One thing you must do in a relationship is set the tone early. I told my girlfriend a few weeks in that she’s never going to have a normal life with me. No leaving at the same time every day. No coming home at the same time every day. No sharing of chores just because. No white picket fence, never-crack-a-laptop-on-the-weekend kind of life. There’s nothing wrong with that life. I just knew from a very early age it wasn’t for me. At first, there were growing pains. My girlfriend grew up in a standard suburban household. Dad worked a corporate job. Mom worked at the school. Predictable. Stable. Safe. Family business, entrepreneurship, investments, emergency calls, stress, risk. None of it made sense to her. So naturally, like every pre-programmed woman with a hint of feminism, we had our back and forths. Eventually, she learned to accept the fact that I was never going to bend to arbitrary societal constructs. Eventually, she realized that no matter how much I loved her, I was not going to throw away my life, my passion, my purpose, and my duty to myself and my family to fit some societal norm. Once she realized I wasn’t bluffing. Once she really understood this is who I am, this is what I love, and that the man she fell in love with only exists because of the life I chose. That’s when the dynamic shifted. She joined the team. She started helping in every way she could. And it became a net positive for both of us. Why do I say this? I got a big project later this week. Needed to put a few things together at my warehouse tonight. Before, she used to be mad when I’d have to go work after hours or on weekends. But now? She asks to join. She looks at the positives. She asks how she can help. She tries to make it fun in her own way. We just got home from the warehouse. She helped clean some things up. Was in a great mood. Music playing. Laughing. Having a good time. If you’re a business owner or live anything similar to how I do, you know how important this is. Having an internal battle at home every single day is not conducive to a long-term successful relationship or life. A strong woman doesn’t follow a weak man. She followed because I never stopped leading. So as a man, set the tone early. Or spend the rest of your life negotiating who you are.

@Leo_Traydes @VWAPmag Yessir! Let me know what you think. Im a 22 year old student just like you trying to navigate life so a lot of your posts resonate with me. If you want anymore book suggestions down the line lmk

I just ordered my first two books Ended up going with “The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell” as well as “Four Thousand Weeks” Thank you @leveredwork and @VWAPmag for these suggestions I’ll continue to come back to this post for future purchases 🤝

@Leo_Traydes Essentialism by Greg McKeown & Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. Both easy but impactful reads.

What books do you guys recommend that’ll better my overall well being?! Anything from tech, health, finances, legit anything Nothing $XRP related though

Legends don’t chase. They attract 💯😎

@ShamsCharania Clown. ESPN isnt even about reporting sports anymore its all about clicks and engagement.

The Milwaukee Bucks have indicated to teams that they are keeping Giannis Antetokounmpo through the trade deadline and will start making other trades, sources tell ESPN.

@Glitch_Trades @RobinhoodApp Was just thinking about moving to Schwab

Phew @RobinhoodApp almost cucked me on that final trade. Shitty fill due to the animation screen lag. Almost missed the fill too. Might move my money out to Schwab or Webull.

@readswithravi Love this

“If you aren't getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren't ambitious enough.” — Chris Dixon