Albert Preciado
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So if you can learn one skill, like just one skill, the first skill you wanna learn is how to sell. Just to give you an example, for $80,000 we spend on ad spend, we make a million. Yeah. And we have 40 salespeople in our office, each dials 100 times, so it's 4,000 dials a day. And right now we're averaging 50,000 plus a day.
So if you can learn one skill, like just one skill, the first skill you wanna learn is how to sell. Just to give you an example, for $80,000 we spend on ad spend, we make a million. Yeah. And we have 40 salespeople in our office, each dials 100 times, so it's 4,000 dials a day. And right now we're averaging 50,000 plus a day.
I wanna get to a billion dollar valuation.
I wanna get to a billion dollar valuation.
Yeah. So, you know, I just I want to say first, thank you for having me here. And then you've been around since my beginnings. And what I want to say is like I started from zero. So anybody can create something. And it's just been really, really hard.
Yeah. So, you know, I just I want to say first, thank you for having me here. And then you've been around since my beginnings. And what I want to say is like I started from zero. So anybody can create something. And it's just been really, really hard.
it's really really hard i make it look easy but but and i say life is easy but i say it because i'm trying to convince myself that it's easy because it's super hard i see you working really hard but i i dropped out of college i got into real estate and i started selling so if you can learn one skill like just one skill the first skill you want to learn is how to sell if you know how to sell
it's really really hard i make it look easy but but and i say life is easy but i say it because i'm trying to convince myself that it's easy because it's super hard i see you working really hard but i i dropped out of college i got into real estate and i started selling so if you can learn one skill like just one skill the first skill you want to learn is how to sell if you know how to sell
You'll sell yourself like I've sold myself. I've sold the IRS. I've sold the Department of Real Estate. I've sold my wife. I've sold my kids and I've sold my employees and my salespeople from whether it's leaving me, quitting anything. And so if you learn how to sell and you have the the courage to take risks, and then that also never ever quit, then you can make it far in life.
You'll sell yourself like I've sold myself. I've sold the IRS. I've sold the Department of Real Estate. I've sold my wife. I've sold my kids and I've sold my employees and my salespeople from whether it's leaving me, quitting anything. And so if you learn how to sell and you have the the courage to take risks, and then that also never ever quit, then you can make it far in life.
And it's just been a whole I mean, people don't realize that I'm 41. So I've been doing this since I was like 1920 years old. It's when I started working self employed, dropped out, I like quit my job as a teacher assistant, because I was making nine bucks an hour. And so I started in mortgage real estate. And then that's how I made my first million in 2016.
And it's just been a whole I mean, people don't realize that I'm 41. So I've been doing this since I was like 1920 years old. It's when I started working self employed, dropped out, I like quit my job as a teacher assistant, because I was making nine bucks an hour. And so I started in mortgage real estate. And then that's how I made my first million in 2016.
Because if you're not growing, you're dying. And Ty had half of my office. I have the whole floor. So I have the whole floor. And what I did is when I got that office three years ago, three and a half years ago, we gutted it out. So we spent about a million and a half just remodeling the whole floor. So we put a gym, a bar. You've seen it. Locker room, showers. We have our studio.
Because if you're not growing, you're dying. And Ty had half of my office. I have the whole floor. So I have the whole floor. And what I did is when I got that office three years ago, three and a half years ago, we gutted it out. So we spent about a million and a half just remodeling the whole floor. So we put a gym, a bar. You've seen it. Locker room, showers. We have our studio.
And it's like a cool, fun place. But I got it before we needed it. So like the mistake I made is I got it just when COVID happened. So I get this whole office and they're like, hey, you can't work from the office. And it's like nearly 20,000 square feet, the whole floor.
And it's like a cool, fun place. But I got it before we needed it. So like the mistake I made is I got it just when COVID happened. So I get this whole office and they're like, hey, you can't work from the office. And it's like nearly 20,000 square feet, the whole floor.
100,000 a month. And so like it's COVID time. So I'm like, shit, what am I going to do? And so... She's getting stressed out, so is my wife. So what I've learned through all my experience is that I always put ourselves in something that I take a big risk that has a big payout if I win. But if I fail, I'm going to go out of business. So every year, I kind of put us out of business.
100,000 a month. And so like it's COVID time. So I'm like, shit, what am I going to do? And so... She's getting stressed out, so is my wife. So what I've learned through all my experience is that I always put ourselves in something that I take a big risk that has a big payout if I win. But if I fail, I'm going to go out of business. So every year, I kind of put us out of business.
And then it just forces me to not sleep, figure it out. find other resources. You talked about Neil Patel. He's like my best friend. Like you ask him who's his best friend, he'll tell you it's Albert.
And then it just forces me to not sleep, figure it out. find other resources. You talked about Neil Patel. He's like my best friend. Like you ask him who's his best friend, he'll tell you it's Albert.