Welcome to the Mike Litten Experience Podcast.

Mike has over 31 years experience in real estate, finance, and investing.

He's passionate about being a father, a teacher, a realtor, an investor, and a leader.

Everyone has a story and our passion is to help them tell it. And now introducing the host of the Mike Litten experience, Mike Litten.

So what can you expect from the Mike Linton experience? You can expect stories that will inspire,

motivate, advice that will sharpen your focus, and expert information on real estate, finance, and market conditions.

Catherine Giovanni, thank you so much for being our guest on the Mike Linton experience.

Like we talked about before we hit record,

everybody has a story and our passion is to help them tell it.

So with your permission, we're going to start

with where you were born and go all the way up to today.

And then we want to talk about your new book that just came out on December 15th, okay?

That's fine. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. I'm looking forward to our time together. So where were you born? New York City.

Okay. Is that one?

1961. That's as close as I could get you. There you go.

Dinosaurs were roaming the city streets. as close as I could get you. There you go.

Dinosaurs were roaming the city streets at the time.

Yeah, they were.

Yeah, they were, both had pencils, right?

That's right.

So did you grow up in New York? I grew up in New York City.

I went to school in midtown Manhattan,

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