Today’s guest is an amazing American success story. In just six years J. Massey went from the struggle of his wife’s medical difficulties and not enough money to match the month, to amassing an impressive portfolio of real estate that includes over 300 units of residential and commercial properties, as well as private notes and mortgages. J. learned quickly that he had to change his mindset if he wanted to survive and thrive. He immediately took action, immersing himself into intensive real estate investor training. He hasn’t looked back and has built a booming investing business, using very little of his own cash or credit. In this conversation you’re going to hear J.’s story, the dramatic turnaround that has happened in his life, and how he advises those in hard times to move ahead in spite of their difficulties.

What’s possible in your life? Even if you’re in a very dark place?

You may look at the cloud you’re under and think that there’s no way out. But J. Massey would tell you that the future is bright, if you will determine that it’s going to be. He discovered that if things in his dark place were going to change, he had to become the person who could make it happen. Since that time he’s done amazing things. He’s an active Real Estate Investor, Author, speaker, community leader, devoted father and husband, and a mentor to many real estate investors at all levels. Don’t listen to those negative voices that tell you that you’ll never get out of your dark time. J.’s story tells you something different.

One of your biggest enemies is comfort.

In this conversation David asks J. Massey how he got past the negative voices in his own head that told him that he couldn’t get out of the terrible situation he was in. J. says that he was given the gift of not being able to stay like he was. He had to eat. His family had to have a place to live. He was forced into listening more to the needs his family had than the personal insecurities that were cropping up inside. In his view, the discomfort is what drove him. If you’re in a place in your life where everything is comfortable, that could be the main thing that is keeping you from launching into new realms of possibility. Listen to this episode to hear J.’s advice on how you can move into uncomfortable places and receive HUGE benefits as a result.

The basics of any business are not that difficult.

The simple formula for business success is to take something, clean it up, and offer it to more people in better ways. If the people on the buying end see what you’ve done as being a value to them, they’ll pay you for it. It’s really no more complicated than that. J. Massey has done that very thing in his real estate investing career, starting off by becoming the middle man on wholesale deals. He found properties that were for sale, cleaned them up a bit, presented them to people who were interested in buying investment properties, and making money as the one who found the property. Now he’s applying that to other businesses and finding new ways to expand his real estate portfolio. Hear J.’s entire story on this episode of Crank It Up.

Building a legacy through teaching what he learned the hard way.

As a part of the legacy J. Massey wants to leave his children, he created a training series that is now available to others so they can learn to do what he continues to do as an investor. This ultimately lead to a book project, Cash Flow Diary: 10 Steps to CREATING WEALTH in Any Economy! and a growing number of educational opportunities for those interested in all areas of real estate investing across demographics. If you’d like to get a free copy of that book, J. generously offered one on this episode of the podcast, so make sure you listen to get all the details on how you can grab your copy.

Outline of this great episode

[1:40] David’s introduction of Jay and how Jay tells the story of where he came from.