Dare to Dream!
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money. Real estate agents did better, but that still wasn’t where the big money was. The big money was in developing. I decided I wanted to be a developer. Luxury condominiums seemed to be a hot ticket, so that’s what I decided I wanted to do—develop luxury condominiums. It doesn’t take a wizard to figure out that a kid in his early twenties probably doesn’t know enough about developing luxury condos to get anyone to take him seriously. I knew I needed help. I looked around to find the person who was already doing exactly what I wanted to do. I needed to find a super-successful luxury condo developer. I found that mentor in a gentleman named Harrison. I began doing appraisals for Harrison. I found every way possible I could help and serve him as I asked him for advice on becoming a developer. He was the epitome of the perfect mentor. Harrison gave of his time and knowledge freely—sensing my passion. He taught me the finer points of getting financing and successfully selling out a development. He had specific and very duplicatable techniques that I learned and followed. In a few short months, I went from making $300 on an appraisal that took me four or five hours, to making $800,000 on my first development. Do you think this is a chance occurrence? Did I just get lucky? Absolutely not! I’ve had many mentors in different areas of my life and the outcome has consistently been the same. Those who have traveled the road you are traveling are happy to help you out—if they can see that you’re passionate about what you’re doing.