CHALLENGE #3 I DIDN’T BUILD A TEAM SOONER

How did it work? Did I do it all by myself?

We've tried to do it by ourselves initially. However, I never got into the

mindset of doing the work and actually being the one that's doing the labor

with the renovations.. I have a day job so I couldn't do any of that. I had to start

with systems in place. But even with having contractors in place, it’s still a lot.

Especially after we started doing more than one deal at a time.

“IT’S NOT WHAT WE DO ONCE IN A WHILE THAT SHAPES OUR LIVES.

IT’S WHAT WE DO CONSISTENTLY.”

- TONY ROBBINS

The administrative tasks, the marketing, the finding the next deal, the email

correspondence - a lot of those are tedious tasks that have to happen during

the day. I was just juggling all those balls myself. I didn't really think about

maybe I can hire someone to help me out. Perhaps, to bring on an employee.

My wife helped in certain areas. But I think the perfectionist in me wanted to

keep my hands under control over everything. So I did it all myself to make

sure that it all got done. This went on from 2015 until 2018. It literally became

the situation of me being deployed and trying to personally cold call people at

night. While I was deployed in the Middle East, I would call back to the United

States, and cold call probate leads. I was like, there's got to be a better way.

Then I ran across a YouTube video with a guy talking about virtual assistants.

So I went on Onlinejobs.ph, put a job ad out there, and interviewed a couple of

candidates. It took me a while before I hired my first VA in 2018. However, that

was one of the best decisions that I ever made. Because while I was still

working during the daytime, my teammate was able to do a lot of other tasks

that I would have to do at the end of the day. I no longer would have to try to

go out on my lunch break and take care of things. It really worked out well. I

wish I had made that decision a whole lot sooner.

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