@Lior Reich, @Caleb Heimsoth@Jason D., @Vitaly Shevrov.
Let me first start off with saying that I’ve done 100 deals in wholesaling, I’ve made over one million in revenue, and I’m a top producer in the Seattle Market. I’m not bragging but laying a foundation so you can see where I am coming from.
When I started real estate, I didn’t have anything. I had to save everything and then spend it on marketing to get to the point where I am today. I’ve made mistakes in the beginning of my career that would have saved me hundreds of thousands of dollars including a deal worth $400,000. I didn’t use a coach and my results showed for it.
If you don’t believe in coaching, I empathize with you. There are so many sales pitches today, it’s hard to distinguish a good coaching program from a crappy one. The skepticism about these coaches/gurus is real. I was and still am on the skepticism scale but now to a lesser degree.
From my previous experience, I can tell you that this same skepticism has also prevented me from excelling. I’ve done deals. I’ve made money. I can tell you that having a leader who has already achieved what you are trying to obtain makes the path much smoother with less mistakes. Why reinvent the wheel? If someone who has the proof of a track record and they can show you how, why not take that path? If you are expecting this knowledge to be free, please stop thinking in terms of “The lottery mindset” where no effort or extremely tiny effort is needed to achieve a huge return. The lottery is a scam. Thinking you’ll get knowledge for free is a scam. It absolutely costs you something. Either you will pay it in money or time. If I would have hired the right coach in the beginning, I would have saved myself so much heartache and pain.
Why did Micheal Phelps, Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, Tiger Woods, and other professional athletes have a coach? Were they just incapable of learning and training on their own? Coaches are powerful because they see the forest from the outside where we only see the thickness of the trees surrounding us. Coaches are able to guide and mold you but it’s up to you to put in the hard work, effort, MASSIVE action, and grit. This is why these athletes achieved at such a high level because they had coaches. When coaches are introduced into real estate, folks have an aversion to the concept but completely accept that concept in sports.
You might say, “Well, I’m successful and I didn’t have a coach.” First off CONGRATULATIONS! I want to knowledge your hard work. That takes serious tenacity. Second, you probably paid for that success with a lot of time and a lot of money. You can’t achieve success without spending those two resources. I’m also not saying you can’t be successful without a coach. You absolutely can because you’re living proof. What I am saying is coaches can get you to where you want to be much faster, with less trail and error mistakes, and more efficiently.
To that I say if you still disagree with having a coach, forget all that I said, go out take massive action, figure it out on your own, make a lot of mistakes, get frustrated, keep learning, apply the knowledge, and just keep going unless you fail into success. But after doing all of that, look back and see if you could have done it better. See for yourself and ask the question once you’re there, “If I would have known what I know now, would I have done better?” If the answer is yes (100% likely), a coach is a great way to go. What if you could have been a mentor/ coach to your younger self? Would that have made a difference?
The take away is don’t take my word for it. Don’t ever take anybody’s word for it. Test it out for yourself. The proof is in the results.
