WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.040 Good morning and happy Monday, ladies and gentlemen, it is April 21st, 2025, and this 2 00:00:09.040 --> 00:00:10.760 is your weekly focusing call. 3 00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:15.720 I am Joe Correa, Joseph Correa, for those who want to be formal, and my mother when 4 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:20.780 she's mad at me, and I'm a program advisor here with Keyspire. 5 00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:24.720 For those of you that it might be your first focusing call, I'm just going to state our 6 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:26.760 intentions very quickly. 7 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:33.240 Each and every Monday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, we do what we call the weekly 8 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:38.940 focusing call, and on this weekly focusing call, we share what we call our 14-day radar. 9 00:00:38.940 --> 00:00:44.560 We look back seven days, and I will actually look back seven days, and I'll share my professional 10 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:49.640 win and my personal win for the last seven days, and then I'll look forward seven days, 11 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:56.360 and I'll share what I'm focusing on that will move my business further or the farthest, 12 00:00:56.360 --> 00:00:58.560 make the most impact. 13 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:03.720 The expectation is, is while you're listening on the call, you'll actually share, or not 14 00:01:03.720 --> 00:01:09.080 share, sorry, but you'll jot down somewhere or make a mental note of what your wins were 15 00:01:09.080 --> 00:01:14.600 last week, and what your, yeah, professional and personal, and you'll share what you're, 16 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:20.040 or write down, sorry, what you're focusing on for this week, and in hopes that you can 17 00:01:20.040 --> 00:01:22.160 create a routine. 18 00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:27.640 The reason is, is that there is a psychology to the science of winning, and it's so important 19 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:33.200 that your brain acknowledges that you are winning, that you have wins, that you're capable 20 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:38.080 of winning, and that you're able to put yourself into a mindset of gratitude. 21 00:01:38.080 --> 00:01:39.080 It's so important. 22 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:45.120 In the real estate world, we might have lofty goals, aggressive goals, and waiting until 23 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:49.200 that goal is achieved and not celebrating your little wins along the way, it might feel 24 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.680 really daunting, might feel like you're not getting anywhere closer to your goals. 25 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:58.680 Little things, little actions, these are still big wins, and just remember, if you're doing 26 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:03.520 real estate either on the side or full-time, you're definitely in a different category 27 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:07.880 of your own, and so to be in a different category and excel in a different category, you have 28 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:13.760 to do different things, and so this is what we do each and every Monday, and we're hoping 29 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:19.840 that we can create a routine and a safe place that fosters celebration of wins, that fosters 30 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:25.400 an attitude of gratitude, and gives a safe place for the Key Spire Nation to come in 31 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:26.400 and focus. 32 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:30.440 And so before I get started, one of the things that I also want to point your attention to 33 00:02:30.440 --> 00:02:35.560 is that after this call, for those of you that have big wins that you want to share, 34 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:40.760 if you want to add value to the community, we've actually started, and one of our team 35 00:02:40.760 --> 00:02:46.840 members, Kelly, who's just rejoined the customer team, she actually posts each and every Monday 36 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:53.120 on the Key Spire Inner Circle in the Facebook group, the 14-day radar, and so if you go 37 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:57.160 on to the Facebook page, I will definitely go on there and comment at some point today, 38 00:02:57.160 --> 00:03:04.920 it'll probably just be a regurgitation of this call, and I actually filled out my win, 39 00:03:04.920 --> 00:03:08.280 I did it last week, so it's not going to be different because it's still the biggest 40 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.960 win, and I'll just repeat that in the Facebook group. 41 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:15.400 So for each and every one of you that have been working hard on your investing business, 42 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.360 be sure to go into the Facebook Inner Circle after this call and share your wins there, 43 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:23.920 you know, put it on paper, share your focus, you know, you do have a higher likeliness 44 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:28.360 of achieving that goal and hitting your focus if you put it out into the world and put it 45 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:34.440 on paper or on social media, and don't forget, what happens on Facebook stays on Facebook. 46 00:03:34.480 --> 00:03:40.120 And so, you know, I implore you all to, you know, add value to the community, put yourself 47 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:46.960 out there, be vulnerable, vulnerability builds trust, and it's a huge thing within the community 48 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:51.720 to be able to add value and actually also get inspiration, and I think that's also a 49 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:53.680 byproduct of this call. 50 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:57.360 And so, without further ado, I am going to get started. 51 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:00.120 This is your weekly focusing call, ladies and gentlemen, let's get it. 52 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:05.000 And so, yeah, so it's been a couple of weeks since I've hosted the call. 53 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:09.160 For those of you that have been following on this purchase I've done for a duplex in 54 00:04:09.160 --> 00:04:12.960 Drumbo, it's been an up and down roller coaster. 55 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:19.279 I took possession of this property on February 9th, and I've had a squatter, well, not a 56 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:24.040 squatter, I inherited a tenant and he wouldn't leave and he wouldn't pay rent and it's just 57 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:29.800 been one of those awful feelings, you know, he's been a great dude while he was in there, 58 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:34.000 you know, he's been very helpful and in fact, without him and his cooperation, I actually 59 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:38.120 wouldn't have gotten the property, you know, I had a little bit of an issue with the sellers, 60 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:42.280 you know, just giving me a hard time on closing and not giving extensions and there was an 61 00:04:42.280 --> 00:04:47.680 emergency walkthrough that needed to partake and the sellers were not cooperative. 62 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:54.640 And so, I went to go do the walkthrough and I unannounced showed up and John, the tenant 63 00:04:54.640 --> 00:04:59.000 downstairs actually graciously let us in to do the walkthrough, which was the most, like 64 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:00.280 the last piece of crap. 65 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:04.680 to close that sale and so you know I've been dealing with him with as much grace 66 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:10.320 understanding and compassion as much as possible you can imagine that if you are 67 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:15.440 you know paying $6.50 a month in rent and you've got to relocate it's not a 68 00:05:15.440 --> 00:05:18.560 great feeling and so I really was trying to deal with the situation with 69 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:22.760 sensitivity also biting my tongue because he hasn't been paying rent and 70 00:05:22.760 --> 00:05:25.680 part of the sellers agreement was that if he stopped paying rent I would 71 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:29.520 actually cover rent before closing which I did he didn't pay rent for December 72 00:05:29.520 --> 00:05:34.800 and so I covered that cost and in my closing cost was included in the addendum 73 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:39.760 for the offer of purchase and sale and so obviously as months go by and I'm not 74 00:05:39.760 --> 00:05:44.120 getting rent checks it was getting really really awkward I guess is a good 75 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:48.280 word you know and I want to say it was difficult it was definitely difficult at 76 00:05:48.280 --> 00:05:52.520 times but it wasn't difficult overall it was just awkward and you know there's we 77 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:57.120 we have protectors in us for those of you that understand what I'm saying we 78 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.800 have deep protectors that you know they do they just get triggered they 79 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:06.160 definitely act you sometimes in a way make cause us to act in a way that we 80 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:10.360 might not be proud of at times and so last week I had an altercation with John 81 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.680 he had asked me for moving expenses and I told him yeah no problem I'll 82 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:19.760 definitely help you you know he sent me a quote for the truck was 400 bucks plus 83 00:06:19.760 --> 00:06:24.600 the cost for kilometers which is 200 kilometers is where he needs to move you 84 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:29.680 know to be able to afford to rent somewhere and you know I had gone along 85 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:32.840 with him and told him I would cover his moving fees anticipating that I would 86 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:37.240 actually just take it out of the money that he owed me and so we started texting 87 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:42.360 back and forth last Saturday and it appeared that he was not only wasn't he 88 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.320 gonna pay rent but he was also expecting moving expenses and we went back and 89 00:06:46.320 --> 00:06:52.520 forth and you know he he actually asked me to step outside so he said instead of 90 00:06:52.520 --> 00:06:55.560 texting why don't you come downstairs and talk to me and be civil and I just 91 00:06:55.560 --> 00:07:00.520 thought oh my gosh well number one John I'm not home at the moment and at my 92 00:07:00.520 --> 00:07:04.080 parents house with my with my kids and so I can't come outside and talk to you 93 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:07.840 in person but I'm happy to have a phone call and so you know he's not been 94 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:13.160 really helpful in sending me his email and you know taking phone calls he only 95 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.680 wants to talk in person and for me I need everything documented and I just 96 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:19.800 kind of took a firm stance and said listen I'm not gonna debate this over 97 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:24.240 text anymore you're gonna need to send an email and you know it went back and 98 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:30.080 forth language got ugly and eventually I just agreed and I you know to get him 99 00:07:30.080 --> 00:07:35.800 out of my life this situation I said listen as as far as I'm concerned you do 100 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:41.520 have a right to ask for compensation for moving fees which I've already paid you 101 00:07:41.520 --> 00:07:44.160 if you're not paying attention you haven't been paying rent and since 102 00:07:44.160 --> 00:07:49.520 December and ever so I would say that I cover those moving fees in spades and I 103 00:07:49.520 --> 00:07:54.880 just kind of took it took a play out of Scott's book and I just said listen I'm 104 00:07:54.880 --> 00:07:59.280 out of town for the week and you know unfortunately I'm not gonna be able to 105 00:07:59.280 --> 00:08:03.520 be there for your move out inspection but if you're able to leave the property 106 00:08:03.520 --> 00:08:08.640 with no furniture left behind broom swept condition keys on the counter 107 00:08:08.640 --> 00:08:13.200 please leave the door unlocked that separates our unit you know our two 108 00:08:13.200 --> 00:08:17.400 units and I'll come down there and you know if if the place is in great 109 00:08:17.400 --> 00:08:21.080 condition I will send you a couple hundred bucks on Friday or on Saturday 110 00:08:21.080 --> 00:08:27.240 and we'll call it a day and so you know it took a lot inside me it's to tell him 111 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.840 that I would send that money because you know I feel rightfully so that he owes 112 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:35.679 me about 1,300 bucks I I believe you know after talking to Mitch one of our 113 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:39.320 coaches you know he kind of was able to set me straight and say you know what 114 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:42.960 John doesn't have any intentions of paying his rent and he's not gonna let 115 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:46.440 up until he gets something from you because he feels like he's being you 116 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:50.600 know treated unfairly and I took that I took that that advice to heart and I 117 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:55.520 just offered him 200 rather than 400 plus the kilometer fee and he accepted 118 00:08:55.520 --> 00:09:00.760 and sure enough on Monday night ladies and gentlemen John pulled a midnight 119 00:09:00.760 --> 00:09:05.040 move so he got the truck it showed up last Monday at 630 and he was packed up 120 00:09:05.040 --> 00:09:08.120 and gone by 630 in the morning in fact while I was getting up and getting ready 121 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:13.400 for work I saw the truck pull off and and the unit is empty which is fantastic 122 00:09:13.400 --> 00:09:16.400 because I haven't had a chance to get my contractor team in there to take a 123 00:09:16.400 --> 00:09:20.360 look at what's gonna need to be done to change the floor plan make this make 124 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:25.600 this unit more livable more appealing to renters and all that stuff and so yeah I 125 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:31.280 came back I was away for a few days this this past week Easter weekend and sure 126 00:09:31.280 --> 00:09:36.280 enough he was gone everything was gone room swept condition property looked 127 00:09:36.280 --> 00:09:40.600 great and yeah and I would say that that is the biggest win because I've been 128 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:44.520 actually you know keeping keeping myself up at night thinking about what 129 00:09:44.520 --> 00:09:48.160 am I gonna do and it's been an awkward situation with him living in base in the 130 00:09:48.160 --> 00:09:52.640 lower unit and so yeah he's finally gone and I would say that that's my biggest 131 00:09:52.640 --> 00:09:57.000 win for the for for the investment property itself I've been living in the 132 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:02.120 upstairs as my new primary residence and yeah I've been 133 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.000 waiting to start the renovations on the lower unit 134 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.240 so that I can complete the renovations on the upper unit. 135 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:07.840 And so that was the biggest win there. 136 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.680 The biggest win personally was yesterday was Easter 137 00:10:11.680 --> 00:10:15.440 and I had my kids, it was the first rotation of Easter 138 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:17.840 where we'll be switching back between mother and father. 139 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.720 And so dad got the kids for Easter Sunday after nine o'clock 140 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:24.080 so Easter Bunny showed up at their mom's house 141 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:25.820 and they had an amazing egg hunt. 142 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:29.800 And I thought, I hope that I can keep this energy up 143 00:10:30.620 --> 00:10:31.460 and I took them to the new place 144 00:10:31.460 --> 00:10:34.080 and I had an epic Easter egg hunt with them 145 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:34.920 and they loved it. 146 00:10:34.920 --> 00:10:36.320 You know, at the end of the day, 147 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.200 my daughter during Easter dinner, 148 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:40.360 which so I made dinner, which was also a big win. 149 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:43.080 I, you know, baked turkey or sorry, 150 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:44.880 baked chicken and vegetables. 151 00:10:44.880 --> 00:10:46.680 And it's a huge win for them to eat vegetables 152 00:10:46.680 --> 00:10:48.080 because I feel like all they ever eat 153 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.520 are chips and bubble gum and stuff like that. 154 00:10:50.520 --> 00:10:52.540 And so, you know, it was awesome. 155 00:10:52.540 --> 00:10:55.160 We had a really, really great Easter Sunday 156 00:10:55.160 --> 00:10:57.640 and they even got to see the unit for the first time. 157 00:10:57.640 --> 00:11:00.280 In fact, we both, the three of us walked in 158 00:11:00.280 --> 00:11:02.160 and we checked out the new unit together. 159 00:11:02.160 --> 00:11:04.080 They got a big kick out of the vault door. 160 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.220 So for those of you that don't know, 161 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:08.880 the property that I purchased used to be the bank, okay? 162 00:11:08.880 --> 00:11:11.680 In 1890 is when the property was built. 163 00:11:11.680 --> 00:11:14.700 It used to be the bank of downtown Drumbo. 164 00:11:14.700 --> 00:11:16.440 And so the bank vault is still there 165 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:17.900 and the kids got a kick out of it. 166 00:11:17.900 --> 00:11:19.720 I was gonna do the Easter egg hunt, 167 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:21.280 lead down into the second unit 168 00:11:21.280 --> 00:11:24.120 and end off in the vault with a little basket of treats. 169 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:27.020 I decided to keep the Easter egg hunt to our unit 170 00:11:27.020 --> 00:11:28.620 and then take them through there at the end of it. 171 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:29.820 But they had a great time. 172 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:31.620 We took up the sidewalk chalk. 173 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:33.580 We totally marked our territory 174 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:38.580 and all the sidewalk blocks in front of our property. 175 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:40.700 We drew, we did hopscotch. 176 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:41.740 It was fantastic. 177 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:45.140 We took a huge walk around the neighborhood 178 00:11:45.140 --> 00:11:47.740 and we actually bumped into my mortgage broker 179 00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:49.820 and former Keyspire team members 180 00:11:49.820 --> 00:11:53.220 that were strategists with me years and years ago. 181 00:11:53.220 --> 00:11:55.020 Their son actually lives around the corner. 182 00:11:55.020 --> 00:11:57.940 And so it was really nice to see them on our walk. 183 00:11:57.940 --> 00:11:59.740 We met a lot of people through the community 184 00:11:59.740 --> 00:12:02.340 and it was just an amazing Easter Sunday. 185 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:06.060 And I'm just blessed to have this home. 186 00:12:06.060 --> 00:12:07.620 For those of you that don't know, 187 00:12:07.620 --> 00:12:10.380 I actually got help from a Keyspire investor 188 00:12:10.380 --> 00:12:13.740 to be able to acquire this property in very short timing. 189 00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:17.300 And so I left this weekend feeling super blessed 190 00:12:17.300 --> 00:12:19.860 and super grateful for everything that I've learned here 191 00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:21.620 at Keyspire, the connections that I've made 192 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:23.060 and the situation that I'm in now 193 00:12:23.060 --> 00:12:25.900 to be able to bounce back and seize my independence. 194 00:12:25.900 --> 00:12:28.500 It was a huge win personally and professionally, 195 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:31.100 all kind of wrapped up into the same situation. 196 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:33.820 And, you know, everything is looking up. 197 00:12:33.820 --> 00:12:37.180 And so this week, the biggest thing that I'm doing now 198 00:12:37.180 --> 00:12:38.820 is I'm slowly getting team members. 199 00:12:38.820 --> 00:12:39.980 So tonight I have an appointment 200 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:41.900 with another Keyspire member. 201 00:12:41.900 --> 00:12:43.500 His name is Tim Hurley. 202 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:47.340 He's one of my partners on the Sabrina Park Project. 203 00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:50.580 And he's also a amazing contractor. 204 00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:52.300 And so he, actually what he does 205 00:12:52.580 --> 00:12:54.460 is he takes apart nuclear power plants 206 00:12:54.460 --> 00:12:55.500 and puts them back together. 207 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:58.860 So taking this unit apart and putting it back together 208 00:12:58.860 --> 00:13:01.980 is gonna be a very easy job for him, hopefully. 209 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.620 And he's gonna come and see the unit tonight. 210 00:13:03.620 --> 00:13:05.020 He's gonna come and see the lower unit 211 00:13:05.020 --> 00:13:07.060 and we're gonna take a look, we're gonna take measurements 212 00:13:07.060 --> 00:13:08.820 and we're gonna see what can be done. 213 00:13:08.820 --> 00:13:11.580 We do have some walls that we're gonna have to take down 214 00:13:11.580 --> 00:13:14.020 and rejig. 215 00:13:14.020 --> 00:13:16.180 There's probably a kitchen remodel in the cards. 216 00:13:16.180 --> 00:13:17.580 And so he's gonna come and take a look. 217 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:19.220 And so that's what this week is all about. 218 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:21.940 Unfortunately, I can't get all the team members in 219 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:23.420 on the same day. 220 00:13:23.420 --> 00:13:25.860 So tonight is Monday and I'm gonna have Tim walk through. 221 00:13:25.860 --> 00:13:29.500 He and I are gonna be doing the majority of the renovations 222 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:32.260 and keep an eye out because I might post for a barn raise. 223 00:13:32.260 --> 00:13:35.020 So anybody that's wanting to learn new skills 224 00:13:35.020 --> 00:13:36.220 or just wanting to help out 225 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:37.580 and maybe just come out and network 226 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:39.300 and meet some other Keyspire members, 227 00:13:39.300 --> 00:13:41.260 I'm sure there'll be a handful of us, 228 00:13:41.260 --> 00:13:44.060 from demo to reconstruction and all that stuff. 229 00:13:44.060 --> 00:13:45.380 So if any of you are interested, 230 00:13:45.380 --> 00:13:47.980 just holler how to get ahold of me. 231 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:49.380 But that will be my biggest focus 232 00:13:49.380 --> 00:13:51.900 is getting Tim in tonight. 233 00:13:52.660 --> 00:13:54.140 I'm hoping for those of you that know Ron, 234 00:13:54.140 --> 00:13:56.780 Ron Otakoto, he's my designer 235 00:13:56.780 --> 00:13:58.500 and he's working with the city for me. 236 00:13:58.500 --> 00:14:00.780 And he will actually be taking a look at the unit 237 00:14:00.780 --> 00:14:02.580 when it becomes vacant as well. 238 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:06.100 And I have another team that are also Keyspire members, 239 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:08.460 Judith and William Wong, they're also contractors 240 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:09.660 and they're gonna be taking a look 241 00:14:09.660 --> 00:14:10.780 and they're gonna help me quote 242 00:14:10.780 --> 00:14:12.700 what's gonna need to be done. 243 00:14:12.700 --> 00:14:14.300 They do have minor structural things 244 00:14:14.300 --> 00:14:16.020 that I'm gonna have to fix. 245 00:14:16.020 --> 00:14:18.220 And so I need to get quotes on that. 246 00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:20.340 I do want to make it an open concept 247 00:14:20.380 --> 00:14:23.220 and for a building built in 1890, 248 00:14:23.220 --> 00:14:24.780 the floor plan isn't that great. 249 00:14:24.780 --> 00:14:27.220 And I know that I'm gonna have to remove structural walls 250 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:29.060 and I'd like to replace them with a beam, 251 00:14:29.060 --> 00:14:29.900 stuff like that. 252 00:14:29.900 --> 00:14:31.260 So I'm getting the team in this week. 253 00:14:31.260 --> 00:14:32.660 That's gonna be the biggest thing 254 00:14:32.660 --> 00:14:34.760 that's gonna move this project forward. 255 00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:38.220 I have been promising that I'd be putting up pictures 256 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.060 of this property, 257 00:14:39.060 --> 00:14:41.660 because there's a lot of really classic, 258 00:14:41.660 --> 00:14:43.580 little things that are in the property 259 00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:45.900 that once I'm done with it, they're gonna be gone. 260 00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:47.220 But there's some places 261 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:49.060 where you could see original wallpaper. 262 00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:52.180 I've got original crystal doorknobs with key holes in them. 263 00:14:52.180 --> 00:14:54.060 And so I'll take a bunch of pictures tonight 264 00:14:54.060 --> 00:14:56.100 and I promise to post them tomorrow. 265 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:56.940 Keep an eye out. 266 00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:58.380 The bank vault will be in there. 267 00:14:58.380 --> 00:15:00.580 Maybe I'll put in some pictures of our site. 268 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.360 Walk chalk and stuff so that you guys can get put picture to what we're working on 269 00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:07.600 But that's the biggest thing, you know is really just focusing on getting this renovation 270 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:10.240 We're about two months behind two and a half months 271 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:15.600 I would say so we're really going to accelerate the timing of this renovation to make sure that the refinance comes in through 272 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.880 And uh and all that stuff so that I can get this property up and running pay my investors and all of that stuff 273 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.880 And so, you know, it's critical timing and that's uh what i'm going to be focusing on this week 274 00:15:24.880 --> 00:15:26.720 So keep an eye out for photos 275 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:31.680 Um, and yeah more to come on that project, but that that's the biggest stuff that for me on my end 276 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:37.120 Um, you know, I would call it a winning week overall and i'm looking forward to another week of wins 277 00:15:37.280 --> 00:15:42.320 You know non-stop and so other than that, thank you for listening to my 14-day radar 278 00:15:42.400 --> 00:15:45.680 I'm going to call in our guest now who's also probably got some interesting stories 279 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:47.520 Uh, she's no one 280 00:15:47.520 --> 00:15:50.400 None other than deanna boyden. Most of you must know her by now 281 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:54.640 I would hope and if not, I would definitely implore you to reach out and connect with her 282 00:15:54.880 --> 00:16:00.160 Because she definitely has is a wealth of knowledge and is very generous with her time when she can be dn. Are you there? 283 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:05.200 I am here jojo on the radio. So good to be back 284 00:16:05.760 --> 00:16:10.160 How's it going? It's good to have you back. So tell us what's going on in your world. How are you doing? 285 00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:12.320 I am doing well 286 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:15.280 Um, first of all, I just want to say, you know listening to you 287 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:17.920 I heard some things that I think are really important 288 00:16:17.920 --> 00:16:21.520 So for those with a pen and paper we need to write down sort of the words 289 00:16:22.160 --> 00:16:25.360 That that I see as joe's words of the week 290 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.840 flexibility 291 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:31.520 Um, you know you you went with that and i'm going to touch a little bit on that. Um, 292 00:16:32.640 --> 00:16:34.720 And gratitude. Oh my gosh 293 00:16:34.800 --> 00:16:39.520 We need to have so much gratitude and celebrate those little wins along the way because otherwise 294 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:42.880 How do you deal with a tenant asking you to step outside, right? 295 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.760 Um, so and i've been thankful for midnight moves as well. I I love that 296 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:49.680 Right. Yeah 297 00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:55.360 You know, I remember our first midnight move and we were as a family like high-fiving each other across the country 298 00:16:55.760 --> 00:17:01.440 Um, because our son was ready to go serve notice and and he was all excited and and the midnight moved on us 299 00:17:01.520 --> 00:17:03.520 And it was the best thing ever 300 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:09.520 And then it's funny when you're in the game long enough all of a sudden the midnight move is a blessing, right? 301 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:15.440 So, oh my goodness. Yes. So, uh flexibility gratitude and network 302 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:20.480 and my goodness if you can get pros like, you know, judith and william and and 303 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.359 Tim and and those people in there and then this idea of of the barn raises and you know 304 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:29.040 we have to thank our our beautiful natasha farrell for for uh, 305 00:17:29.280 --> 00:17:36.320 Sort of coming up with that concept of everybody's showing up and helping but learning and networking and spending time with each other 306 00:17:36.800 --> 00:17:38.800 um, I think that is our 307 00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:42.160 net worth obviously your network is your net worth but 308 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:48.720 Amazing stuff. So I just don't want to walk past those highlights and also the progress you've you've made on this 309 00:17:49.280 --> 00:17:54.480 Is incredible and now that you've got momentum, it's just continuing to go. So I love that 310 00:17:55.600 --> 00:18:01.200 love it and you and I were sort of living, uh parallel lives this week, weren't we because um, 311 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:08.640 My previous days. Oh my goodness. We finally closed on a couple of properties after numerous delays and um, 312 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:14.720 These two properties one was in probate court. The other was in divorce court, which was kind of a surprise 313 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:16.960 We didn't know about that 314 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:21.600 Uh, and we did a 24 hour walk through and uh, you know tenants were not moving 315 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:27.200 Uh, and so there was some of this, you know, yeah pay a little bit of money get them out 316 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:30.720 There's there's honestly there's going to be a saging in one of the units 317 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.140 Then another 318 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:39.420 Earthly tenant I I said to darcy the good news is i've I found a tenant already 319 00:18:39.660 --> 00:18:43.100 The bad news is they're a squatter and they're not paying but um 320 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:50.060 And it was a brand new trades person who found them. Um, but you know at the end of the day 321 00:18:50.780 --> 00:18:53.740 You know, we have to remember too that these are people's homes 322 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:58.540 Um, so on the tenant side when you have tenants moving out you can take that time 323 00:18:59.100 --> 00:19:02.780 um, really think about what they need like honestly and as you're saying the numbers like 324 00:19:03.260 --> 00:19:05.580 This guy needed 500 bucks 325 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:09.100 And that was all the difference in the world to him 326 00:19:09.580 --> 00:19:12.300 Yeah, and you know to mitch's point 327 00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:17.660 A little bit of an acknowledgement of what the guy was going through, right? 328 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:20.140 So he felt that he bought his pound of flesh 329 00:19:20.780 --> 00:19:24.780 And you know, you gave him a couple hundred bucks like so so think about that 330 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:27.740 Leave the emotions out of that 331 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:31.900 Yeah, and it's well under so he was like he was like, you know, I call that a huge win 332 00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:37.100 I updated him when I got him to agree and he said a couple hundred bucks. He's like you're laughing 333 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:41.820 He's like, you know, we teach people to be prepared to pay first and last month's rent plus moving fees 334 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:45.500 So he's like you just gave yourself a five thousand dollar discount and I was like, you know 335 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:47.500 What I never thought about it that way so 336 00:19:47.820 --> 00:19:54.940 yeah, and you know for us with the with the with the one lady, um, you know the probate like it was her mother's and 337 00:19:56.300 --> 00:19:59.900 You know in the end of the day like I just said hey if we need to delay this a couple of 338 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:02.640 weeks, help her find a new place to live. 339 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:05.800 You know, we're buying the thing to make money. 340 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:09.000 Yeah, she's got to have a home. 341 00:20:09.360 --> 00:20:11.960 And so, you know, we were able to sort of take that. 342 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.120 Don't let people walk all over you. 343 00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:19.440 And, you know, one learning I've had on this, always do a hold back. 344 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:23.600 You know, we went for that 24 hour walkthrough and there was, 345 00:20:24.000 --> 00:20:27.680 you know, there was some damage that we should have done a hold back for. 346 00:20:28.320 --> 00:20:32.040 And the goodwill of us, you know, saying, yes, they could delay 347 00:20:32.040 --> 00:20:34.400 and giving a bit of money for the move. 348 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.680 You know, that doesn't necessarily translate through courts 349 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:39.080 and things like that. Lawyers. 350 00:20:39.080 --> 00:20:42.920 So so so still maintain a business viewpoint on that. 351 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:48.000 So that was a that was a huge win for us to close on those two properties. 352 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:51.880 You know, we had a we also did a Q1 review. 353 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:54.440 So we got out of Q1. 354 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.240 Oh, my goodness. 355 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:56.760 You know, we had January fires. 356 00:20:56.760 --> 00:21:00.280 Our one son was evacuated and it was just kind of weird. 357 00:21:00.280 --> 00:21:05.120 And then February, our other son was in the hospital and and a couple of times. 358 00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:07.480 And there was some some pretty serious stuff. 359 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:10.760 And and then in March, we had these closings. 360 00:21:10.760 --> 00:21:14.480 And then, you know, things things are a little odd in the world. 361 00:21:14.760 --> 00:21:17.720 So we kind of just got to sit down again 362 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:20.840 once we're out of Q1, kind of do a few. 363 00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:23.320 We made it. What went well? 364 00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:26.200 What's coming up in Q2 and the rest of the year? 365 00:21:26.520 --> 00:21:27.720 Do we need to pivot? 366 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:31.680 And one of the things that that we realized is that 367 00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:35.400 twenty twenty five could go a lot like you wanted. 368 00:21:35.760 --> 00:21:39.320 And so maybe keeping things a little tighter, 369 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:42.160 keeping, you know, being a little more flexible. 370 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:44.560 I think that's why that resonated with me this morning. 371 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:49.720 So so keeping an eye on, you know, the grand plan for the year. 372 00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:51.760 Do you have to change? 373 00:21:51.760 --> 00:21:53.920 You know, did you enjoy your Q1? 374 00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:56.440 You love what you're doing. 375 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:01.920 Are you on the right path now is a great time to sort of change 376 00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:06.880 where, you know, take a look at what you want to change for Q2 and the year ahead. 377 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:12.400 So looking ahead for me and Joe, you can appreciate this. 378 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:14.880 We have set up a fantastic team. 379 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:18.480 Yeah, I have faith in them. 380 00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:21.400 We we set up two color palettes 381 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:25.320 and and two levels of finishes for units. 382 00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.960 That's all set to go. 383 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:32.120 So it can just be you know, we just tell the project manager it's an A or it's a B. 384 00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:35.760 All the trades are lined up now. 385 00:22:35.760 --> 00:22:38.600 I just got to stay out of their way. Yeah. 386 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:42.600 That's a huge that's got to be a huge change. 387 00:22:42.600 --> 00:22:46.080 Well, I mean, I know that you're you have no shortage of being able to manage teams. 388 00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:48.880 But I mean, in the real estate world, I got to say, when you know how to do 389 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:52.080 quite a bit of things and you've been hands on, it's got to be like 390 00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:54.680 it can't be easy to just let go, you know, and step back. 391 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:58.320 Yeah, we spent the weekend, you know, changing out 392 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:02.960 outlets and light switch covers and door handles. 393 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:05.880 And yeah, you know, but but and I want to I want to, you know, 394 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:10.560 shout out to Jim and Stacey Lawrence, California members who I think 395 00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:14.600 inspired us all with their you know, they're doing big, beautiful flips 396 00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:16.840 as well as small little flips in Alabama. 397 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:21.000 And, you know, they're they're still hands on as well. 398 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:25.720 I mean, I think it's I don't think you should or could ever be completely hands off. 399 00:23:25.760 --> 00:23:28.080 You know, I know. No, not in active real estate. 400 00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:29.920 And definitely not for flips. Right. 401 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:34.720 So yeah. Yeah. So but yeah, I'm I recognize that I'm learning. 402 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:38.600 And I had a great conversation with both our contractor and our project manager. 403 00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:42.760 And, you know, because we're going to be doing some some big scale stuff with them. 404 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:46.840 And I said, you guys let me know as we, you know, we'll figure this out. 405 00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:47.720 Just like business. 406 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:50.680 Like you said, I'm used to managing teams in the business world. 407 00:23:51.040 --> 00:23:55.640 And so communication is really important, whether that's with investors 408 00:23:55.640 --> 00:24:00.120 or partners or or your your life partner. Right. 409 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:05.120 I think that's that's really important just to keep that communication open. 410 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:08.800 Check in with the people around you. Right. 411 00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:10.920 We have an investor on the one project 412 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:13.400 who really doesn't want to hear much from us. 413 00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:16.160 Gotcha. And that's awesome. 414 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:19.880 It is. But I do also need to test that a little bit, you know, to make. 415 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:22.880 Absolutely. You know, does she really mean that? 416 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.240 So I'm still providing her with some information. 417 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:28.840 And, you know, I'm putting it in a in a shared directory. 418 00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:30.720 It's a little bit of work for me. 419 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:32.560 It's not so much work for her. 420 00:24:32.560 --> 00:24:33.760 It'll work really well. 421 00:24:33.760 --> 00:24:38.000 She you know, she travels and and is on the road a lot for work 422 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:40.640 so she can look at it whenever. 423 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:42.720 And then, you know, there will be some pictures 424 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:44.600 and things in there as we get going. 425 00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.960 And that's really. 426 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.840 Yeah, that will really become important in building that trust. 427 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:53.840 But then as we move into, you know, we've got our eyes on sort of a 428 00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:59.880 commercial property for for her business and some other. 429 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:04.720 days, as well as multifamily. And then, you know, she's going to have a level of comfort 430 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:11.120 and trust with what we're doing. And we sleep better than right. Absolutely. There's nothing, 431 00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:15.280 there's nothing like unspoken expectations to show up towards the end of the deal and be like, 432 00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:21.120 well, wait a second. I don't know if we, you know, so having your, having, having that, 433 00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:25.920 having that, uh, you know, shared, shared directory or shared, you know, portal or of 434 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:30.160 some sort of, you know, having something to update along the way. Uh, and then obviously 435 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:36.080 being on your toes to be able to update her when you need to is huge. Right. So, yes, yes. And, 436 00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:42.720 you know, we've been in a few projects like one, um, this was Ray Vaza years ago. He set up a 437 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:48.880 little Facebook group and he would just go live in there. He would show pictures. It was a fantastic 438 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:55.680 way for him to keep his investors updated and people could decide how much or how little they 439 00:25:55.680 --> 00:26:01.600 wanted to digest, but communication is really key. And especially as you're, as you're trying 440 00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:08.160 to develop trust in a good working relationship with people. So, so, um, yeah, so that's where, 441 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:13.200 where I'm at for the week ahead. And I'm, I'm really excited for Q2. Like I say, I think, 442 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:18.560 you know, at one point I'm just really glad to be out of Q1. That was unexpected that it was 443 00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:24.560 going to be so rough. Um, but we're grateful for it. Right. We, we got through it all that, you 444 00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:30.720 know, our, our, you know, nothing burned down. Our son got out of the hospital and he's recovering. 445 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:36.880 You know, Darcy and I are able to, to, you know, come together pretty well in those, 446 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:41.760 those times and, and things are now moving ahead and we feel like the wheels are moving forward. 447 00:26:41.760 --> 00:26:47.840 So it was time for a celebration, uh, which was really great. So we did that. I love that you 448 00:26:47.840 --> 00:26:53.920 talked about that. And, and so I, you know, I think I want to just ask everybody if you haven't 449 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:59.520 already, like go into Keyspire Inner Circle and, and post, you know, your last seven weeks, 450 00:26:59.520 --> 00:27:06.160 your forward seven or seven days, sorry. Um, but also, you know, and many of you know this about me 451 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:11.920 8 PM reminder in your phone, list your three accomplishments for the day. 452 00:27:13.760 --> 00:27:21.920 Set that reminder in your phone. And there are days where it is like, got that, you know, 453 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:30.480 that spreadsheet done. I hung a light fixture and I've found a new investor. They don't have 454 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:36.640 to be life changing things. And in fact, um, you know, we're a good friend, Wendy Russell and Mike 455 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:41.280 Moroz do this. And Wendy really struggled at the beginning because she felt like she had to change 456 00:27:41.280 --> 00:27:48.880 the world with every one of these. And she has shared with me. Yes. And she's shared with me now 457 00:27:49.520 --> 00:27:55.120 that, you know, after doing this, she's actually able to better celebrate the smaller wins. 458 00:27:55.760 --> 00:28:01.440 And I think that's really important for us all. And just to do that daily. And it literally takes, 459 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:06.560 you know, two seconds. And if you're with somebody, I have been at dinner parties, 460 00:28:06.560 --> 00:28:11.520 at church functions, at all sorts of stuff. When I make everybody go around the table 461 00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:16.800 and say their three accomplishments, and it's really a lot of fun. And then I tell them all 462 00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:22.720 to put that in their phone. So, um, I I'd love for everybody to do that. And I'm actually now 463 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:29.760 going to call that one of my accomplishments today. Um, yeah. So, so we've got that. And then 464 00:28:29.760 --> 00:28:36.240 one thing I just want to say tonight, Sherry Coles is doing a session on reading blueprints 465 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:43.520 and mastering blueprints. Oh, cool. So if anybody's interested in that, um, there's a zoom session, 466 00:28:43.520 --> 00:28:47.440 I think we'll probably just go live on my Facebook page. I can't, we can't go live into 467 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:52.080 groups anymore. I don't know how to do that. Facebook change. Yeah. We're having a hard time 468 00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:57.440 figuring it out for our members as well. So, yeah. Yeah. So if anybody wants that, um, 469 00:28:58.320 --> 00:29:03.200 just reach out to me and I'm happy to invite anybody to that. Um, I don't know if we'll go 470 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:08.640 live with it, but, um, you know, just everybody, it'll just give you a little bit more confidence, 471 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:12.720 even, you know, like you see the guy walking onto site with the blueprints and you kind of look the 472 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:19.120 other way, but Sherry has an incredible way of sort of helping you understand. And, and she 473 00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:26.480 actually has led us through a, uh, a series of, you know, costing out from the blueprints and just, 474 00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:29.920 you know, having a little bit of confidence around those, I think is really important. 475 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:34.240 So if anybody wants to join that, let me know. Otherwise that's it. That's my next seven days. 476 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:41.920 I'm staying out of people's ways, looking at blueprints and, um, you know, just being grateful, 477 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:46.800 um, you know, celebrating all of those great F words in our, in our lives, family, friends, 478 00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:51.520 faith, fitness, finances, fun for others, finding and learning all of the great things. So 479 00:29:52.560 --> 00:29:58.000 F words for me, but those are good ones too. So I'm just kidding. This is a family. 480 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.840 This is a family podcast. We are. 481 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.560 You know, I'm trying to keep it family friendly, I'm just teasing. 482 00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:07.120 And the efforts, you know, I always have to give credit to Ravtour for those because he 483 00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:11.920 had the first five and they've been around in the Keyspire world since the beginning. 484 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:19.280 And I think, you know, it's really important that you just really consider your entire life 485 00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:24.480 and what's going on around your life and where you're at the last seven days 486 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:28.400 and the next seven days for all of those things, not just real estate. 487 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:35.680 Yeah, you know, Deanna, I just wanted to send a heartfelt thank you again for constantly adding 488 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:40.960 value and reminding us. I hope that everybody caught this. You know, we got a little bit 489 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:46.080 technical there and obviously, you know, we're consumers and we love to consume content and 490 00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:51.840 value and stuff like that. But, you know, with what I shared and your ability to read between 491 00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:56.480 the lines, I definitely want to reiterate now it's not going to be the meatiest piece of content, 492 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:59.280 but I do want to remind everybody, to all the listeners out there, 493 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:05.520 Nikita did something so important and it was that the little things are the big things, right? 494 00:31:05.520 --> 00:31:12.880 And so sometimes when we get wrapped up into this business, you know, we're so metric driven, 495 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:18.720 goal achieving driven that sometimes we forget that it's been a long time since it was a goal 496 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:23.520 to sit down at family dinner, right? And sometimes we overlook those things. And so, you know, 497 00:31:23.520 --> 00:31:28.160 when you say things like, are you enjoying this? Are you passionate about this? When you look back 498 00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:34.080 at the first quarter, the first quarter comes with big emotions, right? Because you have lofty goals. 499 00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:38.320 There are a ton of things that you want to see from that quarter. And the first quarter sets 500 00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:43.840 the trajectory for quarter two, three, and four. And sometimes you forget that your ability to be 501 00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:48.400 flexible and your ability to pivot is what actually keeps the year intact. And then at 502 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:53.920 the end of the year, you look back and you say, we did it. You know, we did it. And I know, you 503 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:58.320 know, Deanna, for as long as I've known her, she likes to complete her goals at the six month mark 504 00:31:58.320 --> 00:32:04.640 and then just chill for the next six months. And, you know, it's, it's just such a huge thing for 505 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:10.080 those of you that are newbies out there, or if you're experienced, please just remember the little 506 00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:15.200 things are actually the big things. And if you look at my post from last week, in the 14 day 507 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:19.280 radar Kelly's post, I shared that one of the biggest wins was my daughter's when we were at 508 00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:25.760 the new place. They asked me, can we just go watch the sunset? And how do you say no to that to a 509 00:32:25.760 --> 00:32:29.840 seven year old and a four year old that that's what they want. That's how they want to end their 510 00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:35.360 day is just go and see a country sunset now that we live in this small town. And it just reminded 511 00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:39.600 me that if I'm consumed with my full time job, and then consumed with my investing business, 512 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:46.080 we're not really leaving space for these things that sometimes when we're living in a fast paced 513 00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:50.240 environment, we forget that the little things are the big things like watching sunsets and 514 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:56.720 spending time with family because, you know, time is guaranteed to no one to bring it to that place. 515 00:32:56.720 --> 00:33:01.440 But it's so true. And you know, Deanna, you totally reminded me and I hope all of us that 516 00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:04.080 these little things are the big things. So thank you again for sharing. 517 00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:10.400 Yeah, the little things are the big rocks, right? Anyone who's seen Michael with the rocks on stage, 518 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:14.960 the little things are those big rocks. So make sure that you're taking care of the big rocks, 519 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:20.560 getting them in the jar first, because the, the, you know, the tenants are the sand that will 520 00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:25.280 always fill your jar with all the little things and all the pebbles in the sand, you're not going 521 00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:31.440 to have room for the big rocks in the end. So that's right. Yeah, that's lovely, Joe. That's 522 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:37.040 such a great reminder to us all, I think, you know, so, so remember why you're doing this, 523 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:43.760 check in on that, write it down and check in on it and check in with the people around you. And, 524 00:33:43.760 --> 00:33:49.920 you know, thank you to Joe, I shared with Joe this week, I, you know, he shared a Facebook Live 525 00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:56.160 about a year ago, his daughter Naomi walking up a hill, and it got steep. And that little girl, 526 00:33:56.160 --> 00:34:03.600 it was just her against that mountain. And she was one step at a time. She didn't look to the 527 00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:08.159 top of the mountain. She just looked to the next step. And he caught it on video, this 528 00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:17.120 little angel saying, you got it, Naomi, you can do this. And I shared with Joe this week, 529 00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:22.159 Darcy was sitting there, putting something together. And we were overusing this. And he 530 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:28.480 literally said to himself, you got it, Naomi. It is those little things that are the big rocks 531 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:33.679 in life. So thank you. It's funny how the innocence of children can sometimes put us back 532 00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:38.400 into this frame of mind. Right. And so I remember getting that message this week and smiling. 533 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:44.480 And just one step. Oh, so happy. You know, generationally, if we can inspire, then that's 534 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:50.800 fantastic. And it's in the blood. So one step at a time, you you got it, Naomi, you 535 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:55.199 you got it, Naomi. It's so funny. And the older one was looking at her like, what are you doing? 536 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:59.760 And she's like, this is how I talk to myself. And I was like, oh, my gosh, my heart. So, you know. 537 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:03.560 I think that video is ready for, is overdue for another post. 538 00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:05.280 So thanks for reminding me about that again. 539 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.100 And beautiful palette, by the way. 540 00:35:07.120 --> 00:35:11.460 So because we're on, we're verbal, can't actually see the color palettes. 541 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:15.340 Maybe, uh, Deanna will get a chance to share that another day, but it's exactly 542 00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:18.440 what was really heartwarming was that's the color palette that I'm, that I'm 543 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:21.920 looking for decorating my unit that I'm dwelling in and I was like, okay, I'm 544 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:25.200 on the right path, those are the colors that I chose to still got it. 545 00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.660 Yeah. 546 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.500 Yeah. 547 00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:29.940 Yeah. 548 00:35:30.240 --> 00:35:31.760 Great to reconnect the end of this week. 549 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:35.520 And I, uh, you know, looking forward to, you know, maybe visiting you on 550 00:35:35.520 --> 00:35:39.360 site at some point and seeing the progress and having you back on again to 551 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:41.320 keep us updated as to how things are going. 552 00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:44.840 Cause it seems like, like you said, we've been in tandem in this parallel 553 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:48.440 track of, uh, you know, interesting things in the investing world. 554 00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:52.400 And so looking forward to reconnecting, having you back on the show, uh, to 555 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:55.520 share your progress and I hope everybody, each and every one of you that are out 556 00:35:55.520 --> 00:35:57.800 there, got a ton of value on this call. 557 00:35:58.080 --> 00:35:59.720 We are about six minutes over. 558 00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:02.920 Uh, but you know, Deanna and I, we just, we could do this all day. 559 00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:05.080 And so we have a lot of fun doing it. 560 00:36:05.080 --> 00:36:07.920 We hope that, you know, you're getting a lot of value and a ton 561 00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:10.000 of, uh, you know, takeaways and tidbits. 562 00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:12.920 Um, ladies and gentlemen, I am going to call it here. 563 00:36:13.040 --> 00:36:16.720 Deanna, thank you again very much for joining us, ladies and gentlemen, 564 00:36:16.720 --> 00:36:21.320 congratulations for yet again, joining in and hopping in on a Monday call and 565 00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:24.920 putting your business, giving it the time that it deserves, whether you're at work, 566 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:28.840 whether you're at home, uh, whether it's eight o'clock, 11 o'clock, we just 567 00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:32.680 wanted to say, thank you so much and much congrats, uh, to giving, giving 568 00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:34.440 yourself the time that it deserves. 569 00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:37.240 Uh, ladies and gentlemen, it's April 21st. 570 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:39.080 This was your weekly focusing call. 571 00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:40.480 The week has started. 572 00:36:40.520 --> 00:36:41.640 Go out there and crush it. 573 00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.520 Like it owes you money. 574 00:36:42.680 --> 00:36:46.160 Have a great, happy Monday, everybody, and reach out for anything and 575 00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:50.000 everything often, and always looking forward to hearing from each and 576 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.360 every one of you and reconnecting. 577 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.760 This is Joe Correa signing off for Keyspire. 578 00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.640 Have a wonderful week.