Being the youngest guy in the room and the stigma with that.

[Shaun Patterson]

Hey guys I wanted to get everyone's feedback on this type of stigma with young people in the real estate industry. So I've been going to a lot of different meet ups and I have notice that when people meet me they have alot of different stereotypes before I start to talk to them. I had one guy literally ask me my age and then his next question was if I owned my own home? I'm sorry I guess anyone 30 and under was a person that rented and knows nothing about real estate. I then had to explain to him that yes I own my own home. I also own my own commercial property management firm. After then being able to hold a conversation with him about the ins and outs of commercial property management he then decides to tell me that I should think about investing in real estate. I then tell him that I currently own real estate. Now not to the level that he does but I'm not at his age yet. The bad thing about this is that I think this type of stigma stops alot of younger people from doing deals with the older guys in the industry just because we are seen as inexperienced and ignorant.  If I didnt know how to talk to him and actually articulate what im looking for in the real estate industry I would just be pushed aside. 

[Jay Hinrichs]

Originally posted by @Levi T.:

Don’t worry about it. People have set views on everything in life. Most real estate investors are old men.

Till this very day, delivery guys ask me where the owner of my house is.. 

When I introduce myself to people that I’ve only talked to on the phone, they always say they thought I was an old man. Some ask do I work for Mr Thornton, or am I his son. 

I’ve seen people quit just because they could not handle the idea of their boss being half their age. 

People just have a set view on everything... In fact, the views we all hold are what makes us successfull as we are, and is holdings us back from being more succefull.

That guy you talked about is blinded by his own view, he can not understand that others around him can be successful, or more succefull them him if they are younger. He likely applies this time formula to his own life success.

lets flip it .. I am now usually the oldest guy in the room and all these young movers and shakers keep me going and exicted everyday.

I mean most of my clients are either no older than my children or younger.. I love working with them.