How My 21 Year Old Student Has Already Surpassed Me | Donovan Camarotti
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Wealthy Way, I’m sitting down with Donovan Camarotti, a real estate powerhouse who, at just 24 years old, has already built a 7-figure investing business in Florida. Donovan’s journey is nothing short of inspiring. From his early days of flipping couches in college to now running a thriving real estate empire, he’s the perfect example of what can happen when you take calculated risks and invest in yourself.
We dive deep into his story, uncovering how Donovan scaled his business so quickly and the key strategies that got him there. He shares his hiring secrets, why understanding market conditions is crucial, and how he evaluates the performance of his business to stay ahead of the game. If you’re wondering how to balance flipping vs wholesaling or when it’s the right time to start buying luxury items, Donovan breaks it all down.
We also tackle the challenges that come with running a real estate business in a state like Florida—think hurricanes and unpredictable market shifts. Donovan gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how he manages his crews during tough times and how he’s thinking about his next big moves. His approach to innovation and the importance of constantly evolving your business is a blueprint for success.
One of the most valuable parts of this episode is Donovan’s perspective on learning from losses. He’s not afraid to share his biggest mistakes and how they’ve shaped his approach to business today. We talk about the importance of building the right team and how he managed to do that at just 18 years old! Plus, we touch on how sports influenced his personal development and his decision to take on entrepreneurship instead of going the traditional college route.
This episode is a must-watch if you want to learn how to grow a successful business while still prioritizing family, faith, and a balanced life. Donovan’s mindset and experience offer a fresh perspective that’ll get you thinking differently about your own journey.
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About Ryan Pineda:
Ryan Pineda has been in the real estate industry since 2010 and has invested in over $100,000,000 of real estate. He has completed over 700 flips and wholesales, and he owns over 650 rental units. As an entrepreneur, he has founded seven different businesses that have generated 7-8 figures of revenue.
Ryan has amassed over 2 million followers on social media and has generated over 1 billion views online. Starting as a minor league baseball player making less than $2,000 a month, Ryan is now worth over $100 million. He shares his experiences in building wealth and believes that anyone can change their life with real estate investing.
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| 0:00.0 | You joined a year and a half ago, and at that point, you had done like nine deals, and now you've |
| 0:04.7 | done over 100. What did you learn that made you accelerate so fast? You stopped doing everything |
| 0:08.7 | yourself, right? That's like the biggest one. You know, the first educated was like $25,000. |
| 0:12.7 | I was like, oh, my gosh, that's so much money. And now I'm like, oh, yeah, like, you know, |
| 0:17.1 | that was great. That was like some of the best money ever spent. So I actually... |
| 0:28.1 | What's up, well, builders? Today, I've got a 21-year-old wonder kid. This dude has done over a hundred real estate flips and wholesales in just a very short period of time. I've gotten to watch him |
| 0:33.1 | grow over the last couple of years at a tremendous rate. And I want to know exactly how he's doing it. |
| 0:38.3 | I got Donovan Camerati. What's up? What's up, man? Thanks for having me. Yeah, dude. So, I mean, |
| 0:43.3 | I'll let you kind of tell your story. I mean, you're young, but you've already had so much success. |
| 0:47.6 | Like, tell people where you're at right now. Yeah. So, I mean, right now, like you said i'm 21 i started um like flipping when i was 18 um basically right out of high |
| 0:55.9 | school um right now i got a you know great team um 10 people including myself so like nine others um and |
| 1:02.8 | we're flipping about 80 90 houses a year that's about what we're on track for um you know like my first |
| 1:07.8 | year flipped like nine second year did like 22 and then, you know, |
| 1:11.5 | third year this year, um, just really scaled it out. So I started like October of 2021. Now we're |
| 1:16.3 | October 24. So at 18 years old, you knew you wanted to flip house. Like what made you want to do |
| 1:20.6 | that? So I actually, I didn't know I wanted to flip houses. I knew I liked real estate. I really thought like the concept of real estate was really cool. So I was like looking into it and like my senior year high school was just like, you know, |
| 1:33.0 | watching YouTube, watching, you know, anything I could about real estate. And then everyone said, |
| 1:39.1 | you know, buy rentals, cash flow, passive income. So I bought a condo. And, you know, I was going to make a few hundred |
| 1:46.5 | bucks a month. And then I realized, well, that was pretty dumb. Now I don't have any more money. |
| 1:50.0 | You heard me hating. Yeah. Yeah. Now, like, okay, cool. Oh, now I'm out of money. So I decided to just |
| 1:56.7 | flip it, right? You know, made like 27 grand on the first flip, which is fine. And then I used |
| 2:02.3 | that money to buy another flip a week later. And then two weeks after that, bought another one. |
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