The concept of “mentorship”

[Kyle Curtin]

Something that I have found among new folks getting into real estate/ business is the concept of “finding a mentor”. Many people think that you can’t move forward with anything unless you find your “mentor” first by directly asking folks to teach you.

This is a fairly common mentality from folks just starting out, and no shame if you thought this way when first getting into the game.

What I have found from my experience in the past few years of getting into REI is that this mentality is (in my opinion) partially correct and partially incorrect. You certainly need mentors to progress without a doubt and in turn should become a mentor for as many people as you can starting the journey later than you to pass on the knowledge.

HOWEVER, going up to someone and asking them directly to be your mentor will most likely get you absolutely nowhere. There needs to be an equal value exchange on both sides and from what I have experienced, having a mentor is much more “indirect” then “direct”.

What I mean by this is listening to podcasts, reading books, making friends & genuine meaningful relationships with other people in the real estate space and hearing their story, seeing how you can help them, and just constantly absorbing information and being in the sphere, taking hands on action and learning “trial by fire” etc. is how you get your “mentorship”. In my opinion, many people will indirectly be your mentor, as you will be for others. From authors, to podcast hosts/YouTubers, investors in your market, agents, contractors, etc. everyone is in a way a mentor to each other.

Real estate investing is a game of absorbing knowledge and taking action on it to work towards a vision, and the more that you are inside the atmosphere, the more things will happen 🙂

What do you think about the “mentorship” concept?