Today's To The Moon episode is extra special because our guest, Raqi Zidane, an Iraqi war survivor who makes a fortune in real estate. Raqi holds an extra special place in my heart and in my life. Not only is he an Astro student but he has also become a personal friend. I admire him for how he is as a family man, teaching his children about real estate at their young age, and how he is as a student, always sharing to other people his time and his knowledge, always genuinely willing to help brand new students, making sure that they don't feel alone and that they know they are part of the Astro community. This real estate rockstar shares how he first started. He recalls how his dream began 2003, when the US troops rescued his family from the war zones in Iraq and Bagdad. He had started working in barber shops when he was 18 and even though he was always been laughed at by his classmates at school for not being able to speak in English, he didn't let that affect him. He knew his strength was connecting with people since he had started working at a young age and he was determined to overcome that language barrier and go to college. He made it to college however because of an accident, he had to stop for a season and he switched to aviation where he became a mechanic. Life was going smooth and steady until Covid hits and the company he was working for had to shut down. That time that he felt worried about his family's future was when Raqi found real estate. He first discovered Jerry Norton's YouTube channel and learned as much as he can on his own. It was only in 2021 that he had met me during a meet-up Pace and I had in Atlanta, and after a 2-minute conversation, he joined the Astroflipping community. He jumped into my mentorship headfirst, very much determined to succeed in his real estate investing journey, and he did succeed. And that was because of his go-giver mentality, and all the work, the time, the effort, the sweat and the blood that he had put in. It was impossible for Raqi not to succeed. He makes $70,000 in a month which is so much more than he ever makes in a year with his job as an aviation mechanic. Raqi now not only has a company doing wholesale deals but he's also into buy and hold and acquiring properties that cash flow. Raqi's life is more than an inspiration. He is a living proof that in life you always have a choice. Raqi could have chosen to live in self pity and with a victim's mindset with all the depressing events that he and his family went through in Iraq but he chose not to. Raqi chose to be an overcomer, a go-giver, a person who's determined to continue growing and becoming better every single day. 

Raqi's market is Atlanta GA. Go and connect with Raqi!

Ph#: (404) 988-4115

IG: Raqi_Zidane

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