{"id":98125,"date":"2018-04-08T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=98125"},"modified":"2021-03-16T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T19:52:58","slug":"attract-like-minded-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/attract-like-minded-people","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way to Attract Like-Minded People for Your Real Estate Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, let me backtrack in my life as an entrepreneur, business owner, and real estate investor in general. I remember the days when I started my real estate company. It took me a year and a half to make my first sale. I was sick of eating peanut butter and drinking $1 gas station coffees to survive. When I went to McDonald\u2019s and bought eight cheeseburgers, eating four and putting four in the fridge, that was the highlight of my week.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that I\u2019ve taken from those times and that I\u2019ll never forget is to always stay true to myself. I never compromised my beliefs. I sacrificed making a profit, making money, and eating in those days because I didn\u2019t want to compromise my beliefs. So the message to you is stay true to yourself no matter what. No matter how hard times get, you are who you are. You can\u2019t impress everyone, and you can\u2019t make everyone happy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best Way to Attract Like-Minded People for Your Real Estate Team\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COX-75EA3UA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Be Who You Are\u2014And Attract Like-Kind People<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m a very eccentric guy, I swear a lot, I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I don\u2019t mean harm, but I always say take me as I am or watch me as I go. I\u2019ve worked with a lot of investors over the years, and I\u2019ve made a lot of money (and lost a lot of money), but one thing that I\u2019ve always done is stay good to my word. If I say I\u2019m going to do something, I do it, and if I make a mistake, I put my hand up because it\u2019s an honest mistake and I pay for the mistake that I made. Over time, people start to appreciate that and respect that\u2014and you start attracting like-minded people and people who want to work with you.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to pinpoint one exact way to get people to work with you. I think there are many things that will get you there, but if I could give one piece of advice it would be to stay true to yourself no matter what. Only work with people who you genuinely feel are the right fit for you and who you feel you can help. In return, they will get you to where you need to be. I\u2019ve said this in many other blog posts but real estate is a marriage; it\u2019s not a one-night stand. You need to plant a seed now and reap the harvest later. You want to understand what delayed gratification means because it\u2019s going to take you and your partner(s) five, 10, 15, or 20 years to meet your goals. It doesn\u2019t happen overnight. That is something that you really have to keep in mind.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/build-the-right-team\" target=\"_blank\">How to Build a Real Estate Investing \u201cTeam\u201d With the Skill Sets You Need<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m begging you, stay true to yourself. Even if that means for a year and a half you have to eat peanut butter for breakfast and drink $1 gas station coffees like I did. Could I have made sales back in the day? I&#8217;m sure could have. Did I want to make sales? No, because I didn\u2019t believe that those people were a right fit for me or for my company, and I genuinely didn\u2019t believe that I could help them get to where they needed to be. So I decided to stick to my guns, and I didn\u2019t sell. It was tough, but a year and a half later, I made my first sale. Fast forward to today, and I\u2019ve done over 500 real estate deals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/real-estate-investment-calculator?utm_source=renewsblog\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"85\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-02.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blog_ads-02-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>What&#8217;s the single thing that has helped you build a team and grow as an investor\u2014all while keeping your integrity?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comment below!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to pinpoint one exact way to get people to work with you. Many things will get you there, but if I could give a piece of advice, it would be this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1672,"featured_media":96897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-business-management"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1672"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}