Chapter 1: What inspired Crystal and Dedrick Polite to pursue financial freedom?
From flipping houses to flipping the script on generational wealth, this dynamic duo turned a first date credit check into a multi-million dollar real estate empire. Stars of A&E's 50-50 Flip and founders of Be Polite Property, they blend faith, family, and financial freedom into a blueprint of success.
Please join me in welcoming the visionary, the resilient, the trailblazing Crystal and Dedrick Polite.
How are you both doing today? Mick, we are doing awesome, man. Appreciate you having us.
I am the honored one. You know, we were talking offline about all the cool things that we have in common. But what I wanted to tell you both and I wanted to look you both in the eye and tell you this is that I'm just so freaking proud of both of you and not just the work that you do. And we'll get into that. But more importantly, the human beings that you are.
You know, I'm a man of faith and I believe that good is rewarded in good. And I just wanted you both to know just how freaking proud I am of the human beings that you are.
Thank you so much. We really appreciate that.
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Chapter 2: How did intentionality shape the Polites' journey in real estate?
Yeah, I definitely appreciate that. I mean, I know that's from the heart, so we appreciate that.
Absolutely. It's the Carolina way, right? Absolutely. I usually start the episode by asking my guests, like, what's your because? That thing that's deeper than your why. You know, Simon Sinek wrote a book called Start With Why. And while I believe that's really important, I also believe we have a deeper mission and I call it your because, right?
Like if I were to say, you know, Crystal, Dedrick, what's your why? You're probably going to tell me your kids, your family, your community. But when I say why are they your why? That response is what I call your because. So if I were to ask both of you individually, like what's your because today? What's that deeper purpose and mission that you have?
Chapter 3: Why is mentorship crucial for success according to the Polites?
Wow, that's a great question. And the first time we've ever been asked that.
So because. My because.
And it's easy, but now I'm trying to figure out how to frame it around my why. How do they correlate with each other? So I would say my because is because. I came from generational poverty because we both came from generational poverty. We understand what it was like. So we do what we do now to help someone else try to change the trajectory of their family tree.
even if it's giving them a nice place to stay, even if it's a rental, even if it's providing affordable housing to a single mother or a single father. Everything we do is really centered around because it's something that we experience directly in our lifetime that we're trying to literally make it a little better for that next generation.
And my mother always told me every generation should go one step further at least than the previous. So for her, it was like, my kids can just go one step further than I did.
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Chapter 4: What does building a legacy mean to the Polites?
She would have done her job. So for us, that's what I always keep in mind. If I can go one step further and lead my children to do the same. So I think that would be my because.
I think you've gone a few more than one step further than your mom. But, you know, we stand on the shoulders of giants, you know, like the previous generation. Mick, what I would say is my because is similar to Crystal. It's because we've been the underdogs, right? Because...
We came from living on Section 8 housing, right, because I used to have food stamps as a kid and go to the grocery store because we've been evicted. So we've been on the bottom and people see us now like, oh, you guys must always had it going on. No, we started from the bottom.
And because we started from the bottom, we want to serve as an example to others who are starting from zero or less than zero of what's possible.
I love that. I love that.
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Chapter 5: How did a first date turn into a business meeting for the Polites?
And I want to hit on something that you said, talking about standing on the shoulders of giants. And this is a part of what I feel like I need to tell you both too. You now are those shoulders that people are standing on. Right. And I want you to always know that and remember that. And again, as part of the reason I'm proud of you, because I have family members that look up to both of you.
I have friends that are diehard followers of all the things that you do and you now are those shoulders. So, again, kudos to you both for all the things that you do. And I love your because. Thank you. I appreciate that.
And sometimes I'm just amazed, like you're standing on the shoulders of giants, just living in North Carolina, living in South Carolina. Look how far we've come in 50 years, 100 years, where our parents and our grandparents weren't allowed to even buy properties in certain neighborhoods back in the 1950s, 1960s and before. And before now, we're buying properties on TV. Right.
Chapter 6: What challenges did the Polites face when starting their business?
So it's just amazing. Again, I appreciate the sacrifices of the previous generations to allow us to do what we're doing and be an example.
Absolutely. Absolutely. All right. So we're going to go to where this started with you both. We're going to talk about that first date, but maybe we call it the first business meeting. Right. So I'm going to let you tell the story, but I'm going to frame it up a little bit for the viewers and listeners. So first date, you know, everybody's going in casual.
We're at a dinner getting to know each other. And Crystal's like, what's your credit score? What's your business plan? What you're trying to be when you grow up?
She put me on the hot seat, man.
Chapter 7: How has the Polites' TV show impacted their business and community?
You got to flip it a little bit. So we're going to talk about that. So I don't know who wants to start first. Probably Crystal. Let's talk through what this first date was. Like, let's set that stage.
Well, it definitely was intentional. Right. And I always tell people intentionality can take you a lot of far ways. Right. When knowing and going into it with a purpose, a reason. So for me, at that point in time in my life, I wasn't dating just to date, right? And I've done that, been there. At this point, I was looking to build and I had already started in that trajectory.
Chapter 8: What lessons did the Polites learn from their first season of the show?
So when I met Dedrick at a gas station,
In Boston.
In Boston. And he asked me out for lunch. I said, OK, not a problem. We exchanged business cards and we met at Joe's Grill. Joe's Grill in Dedham.
At Off Rule One.
And when we sat down, I know he thought, you know, oh, she cute. About to have a real look, you know.
I thought it was just going to be a little bubble gum conversation, you know, first date.
No, he thought he was going to get this slide in some lines and be real smooth with it. Right. And tell me about all on surface level that what he was doing. But, you know, I went to a really nice university and I got a really nice job. I got a nice, I got the company car. I know he's going to slide all that little stuff in there. And I said, you ain't about to waste my time.
So.
As soon as we sat down and started talking, he just told me where he's from and stuff like that. I said, oh, okay. And then I said, he asked me, same little surface. Oh, where are you originally from? And I said, oh, North Carolina, stuff like that. And I said, oh, okay. So what do you do for work? He said, you know, told me what he does for work.
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