Jesus Gabriel Mendez ignored his immigrant parents' warnings about real-estate wholesaling and kept cold-calling despite rejection. His mother wanted him in college, but he argues parents without investing experience shouldn't guide your business decisions. Success came from persistence, not listening to non-experts.
What did your parents think when you first got started? That's a good question. I can tell you from my experience of having immigrant parents, my parents hate risk. They already risked coming to this country, so they didn't want me risking my future. So my mom listening to me making cold calls, making people offers, and people telling me no, she thought I was wasting my time. She thought I was throwing my life away by not going to college. But I decided to push through that because I know if I consistently kept going and I didn't quit, eventually I was going to be successful. And if I was successful, I was going to be able to take care of them. And it ended up working out because of me not listening to my parents. My parents were not real estate professionals. They weren't successful wholesalers, so why would I take in that advice from them? And I think that's a great learning lesson. Do not listen to people that aren't in the position that you want to be in. In this case, it was my parents. I know they wanted the best for me, but they weren't the person that guided me in the direction that I wanted to go. So if you're still in that position worrying about what your parents think when starting a new business, I would completely ignore it. Completely ignore your parents and go 100%.
