A speaker shares how a brief conversation at a networking event led to a real estate opportunity in New York. Five minutes of genuine connection turned into a potential building deal, showing how casual conversations can open unexpected doors.
So about two and a half years ago, Pace did an event in Newark, New Jersey, and there was about, like, almost a thousand people there. It was a huge event, and I don't like big events like that where there's so many people. So I was like, I'm going to get out of here. Pace. Pace's flight was, like, delayed or almost canceled, so he got there, like, hours after. So I was like, I'm just going to go home and go home. But something told me, like, just stay for, like, when Pace shows up, stay there for five minutes and then leave. So I stayed there five minutes into when Pace got there, and I met someone who's in Philadelphia, and we headed off, and we're like, okay, let's stay in contact. It was great. So a year later, he messaged me like, hey, I'm going to be in Hackensack. I think that's, like, a little close to you. Do you want to meet me? I'm doing. We're doing this holiday party. I didn't even know what it was. It was two hours before, and I was like, sure. Like, whatever it is. Like, for some reason in my head, whenever an opportunity, I always just show up, no matter what. So I drove over there. It wasn't that close. It's an hour still, but I just drove over there. The holiday party was their, like, closing party of a building they just bought in Hackensack. So I'm like, oh, wow, this is pretty interesting. And since then, I've been like, I made a good contact and relationship with the building owner. And, you know, we just go for lunch and we chat. And I was telling her about this idea that I have, like, I want to do this thing. I want to buy this building in New York, but the owner wants a little too much for it.
