I could be 80 years old one day, laying in my bed, staring at the ceiling, kicking myself,

because I never fucking tried anything in life. How about that risk? We took the revenue from 180 to 600. We bought it from 1.5,000 change. August of 22, and August of 23 a year later, we refied the property to praise that 4.5 in some change. We three X the value. value. If you guys are not using AI right now, it's going to be very, very hard to compete with those of us that are. The hotel guests have no idea that it's AI. What you guys see today, I never had any of this. This is all brand new to me, the lifestyle, the real estate, the hotels. It was just six years ago that I was working full time as an air traffic controller talking to pilots. I was living paycheck to paycheck.

How are you guys all doing today?

Man, I am so excited. Actually, I haven't spoke all year. It was the first time I spoke all year. I told my team at the beginning of the year, I'm like, hey, I don't want to do any live events speaking and stuff. But when Brian asked me, I was like, dude, I'll be there. And I'm excited because, especially because what you guys see today, what you guys see today, I never had any of this.

This is all brand new to me, the lifestyle, the real estate, the hotels, the lifestyle.

I never had any of this stuff.

And so I'm very grateful because it was just six years ago that I was working full-time as an air traffic controller, 11-year air traffic controller for the FAA.

I was controlling airplanes in the sky, talking to pilots.

I was living paycheck to paycheck.

And the only thing I had in my name was a 401K.

And I'm curious, show hands. How many of you guys and gals in this room right now show

hands are working a full-time career right now? Okay. So majority of you guys. And let me see

a show hands. How many of you guys have a goal to exit that full-time career and be a full-time

entrepreneur,

real estate investor in the next two years. Okay, almost all of you. I love it. I love it.

So I always say, and I noticed when I came in this room, just the energy, you guys are all

in the right room. I always say, get in rooms where your dreams are other's realities. It's the quickest way to improve your life. And I also say, stop listening to the people closest to you. And often those are your friends, family members, colleagues, and start listening to people closest to your dreams. Because often it's the people, friends, parents, parents family members i had the same thing when

i was first getting in the game everyone told me it's too risky to go invest in real estate everyone

told me it's too risky to go start a business everyone told me it's too risky to go partner when i

started raising capital today i have a real estate fund um and big shout out to Katie and Allie back here. There are new

investors in our real estate fund with Summers Capital. But when I was getting into all those

things, partnerships, raising capital, buying real estate, cashing out the 401K, everyone told me it was too

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