Robert Eisenstadt
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And I tell everybody, I'm like, dude, whatever you start doing, it's probably not going to be what you end up doing. You just got to start learning some lessons and you'll, you know, you'll adapt and transition. Yeah. And so I called him back up. I said, hey, give me your boss's phone number. Got a hold of him. Went and bought like a whole truck and truck mount, box truck, no air conditioning.
And I tell everybody, I'm like, dude, whatever you start doing, it's probably not going to be what you end up doing. You just got to start learning some lessons and you'll, you know, you'll adapt and transition. Yeah. And so I called him back up. I said, hey, give me your boss's phone number. Got a hold of him. Went and bought like a whole truck and truck mount, box truck, no air conditioning.
And I tell everybody, I'm like, dude, whatever you start doing, it's probably not going to be what you end up doing. You just got to start learning some lessons and you'll, you know, you'll adapt and transition. Yeah. And so I called him back up. I said, hey, give me your boss's phone number. Got a hold of him. Went and bought like a whole truck and truck mount, box truck, no air conditioning.
And I told my buddy, I said, hey, quit your job. Come teach me how to clean carpet. I'll guarantee you a paycheck of 800 bucks a week. And we'll try and figure this out. That lasted, I don't know, maybe like seven or eight months until I went broke. Cause I had no, I had no money coming in. I didn't know how to run a business. I had no idea what I was doing.
And I told my buddy, I said, hey, quit your job. Come teach me how to clean carpet. I'll guarantee you a paycheck of 800 bucks a week. And we'll try and figure this out. That lasted, I don't know, maybe like seven or eight months until I went broke. Cause I had no, I had no money coming in. I didn't know how to run a business. I had no idea what I was doing.
And I told my buddy, I said, hey, quit your job. Come teach me how to clean carpet. I'll guarantee you a paycheck of 800 bucks a week. And we'll try and figure this out. That lasted, I don't know, maybe like seven or eight months until I went broke. Cause I had no, I had no money coming in. I didn't know how to run a business. I had no idea what I was doing.
So I had, you know, my friends or whatever would pay us to do their house, you know, just to kind of help us out or whatever. But I mean, I'm knocking doors left and right. Nobody's doing anything. You know, I'm trying to get into apartments, all this stuff. And so it got to a point where it was like, I either need to shut down my business and go get a job.
So I had, you know, my friends or whatever would pay us to do their house, you know, just to kind of help us out or whatever. But I mean, I'm knocking doors left and right. Nobody's doing anything. You know, I'm trying to get into apartments, all this stuff. And so it got to a point where it was like, I either need to shut down my business and go get a job.
So I had, you know, my friends or whatever would pay us to do their house, you know, just to kind of help us out or whatever. But I mean, I'm knocking doors left and right. Nobody's doing anything. You know, I'm trying to get into apartments, all this stuff. And so it got to a point where it was like, I either need to shut down my business and go get a job.
Yeah. But again, you know, young, dumb, naive.
Yeah. But again, you know, young, dumb, naive.
Yeah. But again, you know, young, dumb, naive.
It took me a long time to learn that. Thankfully I did, you know, by hiring coaches and mentors and all that stuff. Um, but yeah, so I went broke paying him and it was basically either shut down my business and go get a job or I have to let him go either way. He was good. He was losing his job. Thankfully he was super cool with it. We're still friends.
It took me a long time to learn that. Thankfully I did, you know, by hiring coaches and mentors and all that stuff. Um, but yeah, so I went broke paying him and it was basically either shut down my business and go get a job or I have to let him go either way. He was good. He was losing his job. Thankfully he was super cool with it. We're still friends.
It took me a long time to learn that. Thankfully I did, you know, by hiring coaches and mentors and all that stuff. Um, but yeah, so I went broke paying him and it was basically either shut down my business and go get a job or I have to let him go either way. He was good. He was losing his job. Thankfully he was super cool with it. We're still friends.
He just went back to his job that he had previously. And I just started knocking doors as hard as I could.
He just went back to his job that he had previously. And I just started knocking doors as hard as I could.
He just went back to his job that he had previously. And I just started knocking doors as hard as I could.
I probably knocked the door here at some point because I was going to real estate and property management companies. My thought process was how can I get the most amount of work with the least amount of visits as possible? Sure. Right. So property management companies, apartment complexes, those kind of things.
I probably knocked the door here at some point because I was going to real estate and property management companies. My thought process was how can I get the most amount of work with the least amount of visits as possible? Sure. Right. So property management companies, apartment complexes, those kind of things.