Why I Don't Mentor Real Estate Investors, And What I Do Instead

People ask me to mentor them regularly. The answer is always no.

Not because I don't want to help people. Because mentoring in the way most people mean it, splitting deals, holding hands through every decision, teaching someone to do exactly what I do while I do it alongside them, that's not a trade that makes sense for either of us. My time is the most valuable thing I have. Giving it away for half a deal isn't mentoring. It's a bad partnership with extra steps.

Here's what I actually offer instead.

If you have money but no time, I'll put the deals together, verify the numbers, negotiate the contract, and supervise the execution. You bring the capital. I bring everything else.

If you have time but no money, I'll give you a list of exactly what I need and if you bring it to me I'll pay you for it. No experience required. Just hustle and follow through.

That's not mentoring. That's business. And it's a better deal for everyone.

What I don't have patience for is excuses. "I can't" isn't something I put up with, in myself or in the people I work with. There are always obstacles. The rule I've lived by is simple: if I can do it so can you. I'm not smarter than anyone else. I just don't quit as fast.

I have helped people along the way, but not for a cut of their deal. Because I saw them working. Really working. Not talking about working, not planning to work, not waiting for the right moment to work. Actually putting in the time and making things happen. Those are the people I want around me. Not because I want credit for their success but because I know those types remember who helped them when it mattered, and they come back.

One thing nobody talks about enough in this business is vetting the people in your deals as carefully as you vet the deals themselves. I've met plenty of so-called experts who've never successfully closed a single transaction. Knowing what to avoid is important. But developing the ability to quickly evaluate both the deal and the people behind it, that's the skill that separates the ones who last from the ones who don't.

I don't mentor. I help people who help themselves. And a lot of times those people come back and we work together down the road. The communication is already established. The relationship is already real. Working a deal together at that point feels less like business and more like running drills with an old teammate.

That's the kind of work I actually enjoy.

If that sounds like the kind of relationship you want to build: let's start the conversation.

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