Steve D Valentine's tools got stolen 24 years ago. The insurance payout pushed him out of automotive work into real estate, where he built a $50M portfolio of about 90 homes in Phoenix. He credits leverage and shifting from trading time for money.
Somebody stole my tools and it made me a multi millionaire. That's right. So I'm Steve Valentine and this was actually a place that I used to be in the automotive business. I was a fleet mechanic. There was a stucco company here during that time. I worked on trucks and booms and heavy equipment.
I learned how to drive a semi.
Which I can still do today. I learned how to operate heavy equipment, which I can still do today. But somebody stole my tools 24 years ago. And 24 years ago I got an insurance check and it gave me the way out of getting out of the automotive business. I went to work for my dad and so I had some income and I just went through it. I started realizing like what the potential was in earning income in real estate rather than being an automotive industry. And so fast forward 24 years later, not only do I was I selling real estate, we were some of the top teams here in Phoenix. But then over and above that, we've.
Now created a 50 million dollar real.
Estate portfolio in the business and you know, 90 homes in Phoenix that we own. And it's very possible for you as a real estate agent, start changing your perspective, realizing that there's more to the business than just selling houses. So hit subscribe down below and make.
A comment, ask a question regarding investment.
Or how we did it. What are your, what are your underlying questions regarding how to start investing in real estate?
Because here's the one thing that I wished I knew more of when I.
Got in the business.
I wish I would have dove in.
More to the education of investing and the power of leverage and having that.
Mindset, not just the mindset of earning income through selling commission because in that.
Aspect you're trading time for money.
Like that is what it truly is. And by the way, you think you're getting in real estate and you're going to be a entrepreneur. You control your schedule. The reality is our clients really control our schedule. So really think about where you want to go with your real estate license. Let me just remind you that real estate license is your greatest opportunity to create wealth and one of the industries that creates the most wealth. You see you, you build wealth by owning real estate, not by selling it. Now we need to generate income, which.
Is awesome and I love to generate income to the sales and representing clients and helping them build wealth. And by the way, when you do.
Understand how to build wealth, you can also teach other people to do it.
Which is what I do in my.
Business at Limitless Real Estate Strategies. So hey, do me a favor hit the like. Subscribe and share this with somebody that.
Needs to hear this, that's in real.
Estate, and I'm looking forward to connecting with you.
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