While some may rely on gut feelings or emotions, I firmly believe that numbers should drive our choices.

One more tip – people remember stories that trigger their emotions.

With your trading background and mindset, you're already bringing key skills into real estate: discipline, risk management, and data-driven thinking.

Love the way you’re combining data with disciplined project management—that Marine Corps mindset definitely shows up in how you approach investing.

I’ve managed projects with hundreds of moving parts, budgets in the tens of millions, and teams that lived or died by system discipline.

I've learned with time, to try to run a financial question through a, Financial lens, Behavioral lens and Emotional lens.  

Early on, I would spend hours building spreadsheets and running scenarios on properties that, in hindsight, I should’ve tossed aside in the first 5 minutes.These days, I’ve tried to discipline myself with a few quick filters.

Quote from @V.G Jason: Disrupt the actual real estate agent and closing process.Remove agents and loan originators; they prey on emotion.

The feeling of being “stuck” while saving is super common, but that discipline is exactly what sets you up for the next deal.

.- Explore creative financing strategies and build relationships with private lenders, hard money lenders, and wholesalers.I’m focused on being transparent, disciplined, and long-term oriented.