Our culture, economy, and media are permeated with the notion that everyone should have a nice, newer car, and that they should use a loan to obtain such.Get rid of your car loan!

I'm not anti-media, but I do have a journalism background so I speak from experience.

@Johnie Hsu the main reason is to differentiate "investment management" (or Capital Mgt) from Operations or Property Mgt.We are vertically integrated i.e. we are an investment management firm that also does its own property management, but we have different entities for each.

I called, out of my good integrity, to see what was going on with this; they basically said everything is fine.

Also am readying Your Next Five Moves by Patrick Bet-David which has been so crammed with the best advice for business that I find myself posting little bits from the book on my social media constantly.  

And right now, with social media it has made it very easy for these fake guru's, mentors to steal people's money.

I see alot of people in social media saying stay away from the BRRRR method instead just do the scale part. 

Gone are the days you could just throw it up on the MLS and expect multiple offers.For me personally, when I list a home in Tampa I do the followingMarket it on instagram with pictures and videos ( I am always surprised at how many leads I get through social media).I reverse search the MLS and write done every agent that has sold a home in the last 6 months in the neighborhood and call them personally and let them know about this listingI hold a brokers open so other agents are walking in and seeing the property and getting their buyers involved early onMany home buyers do not have a buyers agent, so many times they will call the listing agent directly and I have to be ready to show the home in a moment's notice.I knock on the homes 5 to the left, 5 to the right and 5 across.

But, i have found that getting information about how long they have been in business and their background really helps determine their integrity and values as GCs to feel more confident in doing business.

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