1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,160 So what is the story behind you? 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,320 Thank you for asking that. 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:12,320 There was a time when I first moved to the Dallas area where I started growing a CPA 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:20,040 firm and my wife was focused on growing a real estate business and we got into commercial 5 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,960 real estate, hotels and apartments. 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:32,080 And that kept growing and from an hourly perspective, we had all the signs of worldly wealth. 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:38,040 And in time, we could never get away from the business. 8 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,440 Whenever I felt like I had a client trying to close an eight or nine figure transaction, 9 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,500 I needed to be there a part of it. 10 00:00:44,500 --> 00:00:51,800 So in time, that led to some struggles in our marriage and divorce was considered. 11 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:57,080 And so I knew that I could continue on the path I was going and continue to grow more 12 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,820 material wealth or I can make a change. 13 00:00:59,820 --> 00:01:04,620 So 2016, I thought the real estate market was going to crash because you know, it only 14 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:06,280 goes in seven year cycles. 15 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,240 I was wrong. 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,280 I thought Hillary Clinton was going to get elected and I thought I was possibly going 17 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,160 to get a divorce. 18 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:18,480 And so we ended up shifting some priorities around. 19 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,420 I ended up selling the CPA firm. 20 00:01:20,420 --> 00:01:26,680 We exited out of a lot of our real estate and we ended up traveling for the next three 21 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:27,880 years around the world. 22 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,880 And there was a lot of healing. 23 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:36,720 Spent some time in church and really getting clear about what I would want to do. 24 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:41,960 And if I wanted to make as much money as possible, I go back to commercial real estate syndication. 25 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:47,480 For me, though, it has to be more than just about the wealth and the taxes. 26 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,160 And so one of the things in that trip that really changed things was we got the best 27 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,200 souvenir we could have ever gotten. 28 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,200 And that was our firstborn son. 29 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:04,120 I now have a five year old, two year old boys and they are our priority. 30 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:09,440 And circling back to business wise, I already mentioned if I want to make as much money 31 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,980 as possible, commercial real estate syndication is the way to go. 32 00:02:12,980 --> 00:02:17,360 But I really wanted to have an internal impact on the people I get to work with. 33 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:23,400 So people will come to me, we talk wealth, taxes, etc. and set them up financially. 34 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,440 That's pretty easy, especially if you're an entrepreneur, business owner, real estate 35 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,000 investor. 36 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:33,080 But my heart behind it is really what do you want to do with your life? 37 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:39,600 What do you if you've got a desired vision or impact, we can reverse engineer the wealth 38 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,460 needed to help get you that impact to help you get there. 39 00:02:43,460 --> 00:02:47,540 So if you're a business owner, do you want to sell and spend time with your family? 40 00:02:47,540 --> 00:02:53,280 Do you want to keep growing because you want to impact your employees or those around you? 41 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,440 Are you trying to give money away to a certain cause? 42 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:02,880 And it for me, my impact is I just love having those conversations, soul touching conversations 43 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:14,000 with something beyond myself.