Real Estate is NOT a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme, It's a Long Game.
Release Date: 07/02/2025
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๐ฏ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐: ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐? ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ!
โฑ๏ธ Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Managing Expectations Before Entering Real Estate
00:00:54 - The Long Game: Why Real Estate Isnโt a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
00:01:21 - Real Estate is People Business: Serving Others First
00:01:50 - Lessons Learned: Risk, Calculations & Persistence
00:03:18 - Who is Richard? Community-Driven Real Estate Leadership
00:04:48 - Richardโs Career Journey: From Banking to Real Estate
00:07:43 - Immigrant Journey: Challenges & Opportunities in Canada
00:14:24 - Starting Small: The Power of Rental Listings
00:18:11 - The Impact of Mentorship on Business Growth
00:25:06 - Building RORE Group: A Team Focused on Client Success
00:31:21 - Navigating Todayโs Real Estate Market Uncertainty
00:35:13 - How to Be a Smart Buyer: Numbers Over Emotions
00:37:56 - Debunking Negative Myths About Canadian Real Estate
00:41:58 - Real Estate vs. Business Ownership: Pros & Cons
00:47:10 - Affordable Housing & Governmentโs Role in Canada
00:49:27 - Immigration & Infrastructure: What Canada Needs Now
00:52:31 - Advice for New Agents: Manage Expectations & Build Trust
00:54:32 - Keys to Success: Fast, Efficient, Trustworthy Service
00:55:43 - Final Thoughts: Giving Value & Building Legacy
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