How To Profit In Real Estate Business Ownership

I’ll discuss the things you’ll need to do to set up a successful business later in the book, but now I want to share my story with you. I worked for a boss for 13 years before I started my first business and have since run five businesses, and the experience I gained can potentially save you from making costly mistakes.

My first job was in property management in 1972, building and growing a rent roll for my boss. After five years,

Many people go into business ownership withenterprising ideas and big dreams, but the ruth is that owning a business really can’t be for everyone. On the plus side, you won’t have an employer telling you what to do; but you’ll trade that for juggling many balls and wearing a lot of different hats.

To own a successful business is to grow as a human – you will expand your thinking and become a more capable and resourceful person. You may not be aware yet

Your belief in yourself is the single biggest factor in determining your business ownership future.

Business ownership is not for everyone and that’s a fact – it can’t be. In my own experience I never really dreamed I would own a business, and when the thoughts started, I certainly had a lot of serious doubts as to whether I could operate my own enterprise. Of course it’s much easier not to do something, avoid the torment in your mind and the real possibility of failure!

It’s 1985 and I’m sitting at my desk at Lidan Realty in Neutral Bay, Sydney. I’ve worked there for 13 years and, looking through the window onto Military Road, I see a familiar figure walk towards an unfamiliar car, open its driver’s door, get in and drive off. The picture just doesn’t compute.

I first met Paul around 2012, when he came to my office at News Corp to introduce me to One Agency. He struck me as someone who was extremely passionate about real estate, what he was building

Acknowledgements

This book would not have been written without the help of the following people; firstly my wife Annie, who inspired me to start One Agency. She has set me in the right direction on so many occasions, is a wonderful mother to our son Beau, and is the

Also my father Bill, who taught me so much, and who would be so proud today.

Finally, I must also thank all those revolutionary agents who have joined us at One Agency and who share in my vision.