The deal that changed everything for me..

[Jeremy Beland]

Back in 2019, I locked up a deal that I thought was a guaranteed win. Instead, it turned into one of the most frustrating (and expensive) lessons of my real estate career.

After securing the contract, my buyer insisted that I "winterize" the property to prevent plumbing issues. That meant trudging through knee-deep snow in freezing temperatures, spending hours shutting off water lines and draining pipes—on a house I wasn’t even keeping.

To make matters worse, it was a four-hour round trip. And after all that effort? I walked away with a measly $4,000.

Then, just a few weeks later, the person I wholesaled it to relisted the property on the MLS—without touching a thing—and made $40,000.

Why? Because he had leverage.

He knew I was in a tough financial spot. He recognized I was working from a place of desperation. In that moment, I was the motivated seller—exactly the kind of person I had spent my career looking for. And he took full advantage of it.

It stung. Bad.

But that deal changed everything for me.

The Turning Point

Instead of dwelling on what I lost, I decided to focus on what I could fix.

✅ I built a real cash buyers list. No more scrambling to find a buyer at the last minute—I now have over 5,000 buyers ready to go.

✅ I invested in private lending knowledge. I never wanted to be in a position where I had to take a low offer just to close a deal.

✅ I developed multiple exit strategies. Whether it’s wholesaling, flipping, creative financing, or wholetailing, I make sure I always have options.

The Biggest Lesson

This experience forced me to shift my mindset.

I stopped operating from a place of scarcity and started thinking from a place of abundance.

Today, I consistently make $40K+ per deal, and every now and then, I hit a $90K+ home run. Not because I'm the smartest investor, but because I learned from my failures and adapted.

Mistakes will happen. Deals will go sideways. But the ones who succeed in this business are the ones who take those lessons and use them to level up.

Don’t let your losses define you—let them refine you.