This is Movers and Shakers, where we interview the upcoming generation of Make It Happen

Multifamily Investors to share their story.

Welcome to the Movers and Shakers podcast.

My name is Gino Barbaro, co-founder of Jake and Gino, multifamily investor, educator, father,

mentor, and I'm joined by my co-host Joshua Ryan Ruzin, the community

director of Jake and Gino. Josh, how are you doing today, bro?

Gino, still riding on a high from a bi-right boot camp last weekend, man. It is so incredibly

horrible, getting like-minded people together, learning from the same system, and tools,

you know, some epic masterminding,

learning and really relationship building. So I'm still riding that wave. How about yourself,

my friend? I'm doing good. I didn't want to open up by sharing a little story, but I just have to

because it's just really important because I think the guest that's on has been part of Jake and

Gino for a while. And it took him a little while to get a deal. And I think one of the reasons why he got the deal was that accountability piece.

So I have a relative, Josh, and he's starting a new venture, and he's going out, and he's selling

real estate. And he gets a lead, and he says to himself, I really don't want to go.

I don't want to go to this lead. But the person who sent me the lead, I really value and treasure

him. So I'll go take that lead because I don't want to disappoint him. And it just struck me,

once again, that we're more willing to do things for other people than we are for ourselves.

I just sat there. I said, wow, that accountability is just amazing. Sometimes when you don't want

to call that broker, sometimes you don't want to underwrite that deal, sometimes you don't want

to do the property tour, sometimes when you just don't want to do that extra effort, but you have

somebody looking over your shoulder and saying, you know what, I'm here. And you'll do it for that person. It just moved me. And I said to myself,

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