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Peter Tverdov
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  • Real Estate Broker
  • New Brunswick, NJ
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Has your inner circle changed as you have gotten successful?

Peter Tverdov
Agent
Property Manager
  • Real Estate Broker
  • New Brunswick, NJ
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I have built a real estate portfolio and real estate management/rehab company from scratch in a 4 year period. This is in addition to working at an investment bank during the day and putting in 12 hours between my work time and commute round trip. I have noticed as my wife and I have gotten more successful that friends have expressed less interest in seeing us, talking to us, etc. One person asked us if we had club seats when we invited them to a football game the other day (we don't) and a few weeks ago during a play date a friend asked us how much money we make (ridiculous). We live in an insanely modest sized home (and neighborhood) for our income, don't brag about our success on social media at all. No success stories even on here to find on google. The only thing I do is post pics of the rehabs I complete for clients and sometimes rehabs I complete for myself (no one knows the difference of who owns what) on IG, no mention of dollar amounts.

I am struggling with the realization that I am losing a lot of friends from college by being very successful but I damn sure am not apologizing for it. Anyone can do this. Anyone. 

I'm curious to hear from people who may have experienced (or are experiencing) the same thing and how you adjusted? Your network = your net worth and frankly I am only interested in meeting/hanging out with people more successful than me at this stage. My FIL has a great quote where he basically says, "everyone is happy for you...until they find out you're doing better than them"

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