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.