Ahhhh The Beauty of Meet Ups

[Jonathan Smalls]

Today was a great day! I could hardly sleep last night because I was anticipating @Justin Silverio 's Meet Up at his recent reno project. Not sure if I couldn't sleep because I was excited or nervous to actually start taking steps in to the real estate world. There were so many people there from all corners of real estate and boy did they have some great information to deliver. I couldn't get over how nice everyone was and how willing they were to provide me with advice. Usually people want all deals in life to themselves and don't want to share with others....Not today....

Let me start by saying Justin's house was amazing! The before pictures almost seemed made up if I wasn't there to see with my own two eyes. Just walking around the newly renovated house gave me a rush of adrenaline and excitement....Felt like Christmas day.....I guess I felt this way because before today all I was doing was listening to podcasts and having discussions in the forums. THINGS JUST GOT REAL!!!!!

I had an amazing conversation with @Brian Ortins as well....This guy is amazing and I can see that he loves what he does. He had no problems answering my millions of questions and this guy wears many hats in real estate. The connections you make with people throughout your life can help you reach the success you imagined since you were a kid. I thought being in real estate was far fetched and only for rich people with fancy suits and cars. WRONG! like Brian said..."The ones who show their wealth are usually the ones who are broke" ....Or something along those lines....

I really liked how humble these individuals were at this meet up. There's nothing like someone with humility and yet they still are passionate with their trade. If you have yet to experience a meet up, I highly encourage it! I definitely will be attending more in the future just to connect with like minded people for a few hours....Don't get me wrong....Talking on the forums is great but there's nothing like a good old fashioned face to face.

I would like to thank Justin and Brian for all the advice throughout the night. I know it can be hard answering the same questions 100 times over and over again so thanks for being consistant and for the constant smiles. You guys are awesome and I can't wait to see what I'm able to do in the future if I have people like you on my side.

Jonathan Smalls