In today's episode, Jayson is joined by Mikey Taylor. Mikey Taylor is a former professional skateboarder who now spends his time investing in real estate across the United States at Commune Capital. He is also now the city council member of Thousand Oaks in California. His path into real estate started in the skate parks. When he was 16, his parents told him to get a job. He learned how to get sponsors to pay for his travel to skate competitions around the world and he was starting to earn an income. His mother introduced him to someone to help him build a financial plan. After his skating career was coming to a close, he and some friends constructed a successful craft brewery, Saint Archer, which they sold to MillerCoors in 2015. He then invested in some storage units and multifamily properties in what became Commune Capital. His success is built on his skills of courage, resilience, engagement, the ability to spot talent, and the magic of following up. --- HIGHLIGHTS: Going from skateboarding to owning a brewery with friends to real estate investing, to now being a city council member How he used skateboarding as leverage for all his businesses Dealing with different scales of haters Investing in Real Estate --- Mikey Taylors' Social Media Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeytaylor/ Commune Capital: https://communecapital.com/invest/ --- OWN YOUR POWER HARD-COPY AND SOFT-COPY IS OUT NOW! Immerse yourself with 8 fundamental life-changing principles, worksheets to create your own map, and how to reach another level of your game! It’s all Real Life Stories! It’s You vs You! “It’s a reflection of everything I’ve been through to give guidance and key steps to people in order to live a life with zero excuses” Warning: This Book is unsuitable for pessimists, excuse-makers, and haters! --- SOCIAL MEDIA: Check out Jayson’s website: https://www.jaysonwaller.com/ ‌ Check out the Podcast website: https://letstalkbam.com Follow Business and Money Podcast, Formerly True Underdog; and Jayson Waller on your favorite social media channels and digital podcast platforms: https://linktr.ee/businessandmoneypodcast Business and Money, formerly True Underdog is a Top 3 Entrepreneurship podcast on Apple hosted by Jayson Waller, Former CEO of POWERHOME Solar, one of the fastest-growing private companies in the USA, and his high-profile guests share motivational tips, inspiring stories, and business-building lessons to help each listener grow in their entrepreneurial journey. Reach‌ ‌out‌ ‌to‌ ‌Jayson‌ ‌directly‌ ‌at:‌ ‌ [email protected] --- TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - PRELUDE 00:40 - INTRODUCTION 01:15 - Introducing Mikey Taylor 02:30 - How Mikey Tylor got started in real estate investing plus how the end of skateboarding forced Mikey Taylor to find out what was next for his career 04:00 - The fear that drives you to a better path 07:00 - Diversifying his investments to make more in the long term 09:00 - Started his first business in 2011 10:15 - Be the example of “if I can do it, then anybody can” 12:15 - How does Mikey Taylor go about dealing with Haters? 16:45 - Everyone has the opportunity to be successful 22:30 - Communicating with the kids about their drive and how that relates to a business 24:30 - You evolve as a person 25:30 - Does it become easier throughout the years in business by not sweating the small problems? 28:00 - How does anyone get started investing in commercial real estate? Plus the difference between a passive investor and an active investor. 32:30 - A message from Mikey Taylor 35:08- END --- Don’t forget to subscribe to the BUSINESS AND MONEY, FORMERLY TRUE UNDERDOG PODCAST with over 2 million downloads!! LOVE YOUR HATERS! BAM! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices