Business, Mindset, Probate Property

How I Turned One Deal Into 25

One of the best ways that I’ve been able to dominate my real estate business without having to chase and beg for business is by cloning my best sellers. Let’s take Jerry for example. I’ve had 25 transactions that I can trace back to this single individual. Jerry was an individual who I helped through

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Business, Marketing

Automating Probate With Chat GPT

Ok, I feel a little guilty about that headline. Can you automate probate real estate with a bunch of fancy software and AI? Sure you can. But it’s most likely not going to get you the results you hoped for. Now don’t get me wrong – there’s a place for automation and AI. You should

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Business, Coaching, Goal Setting, Mindset

How Did He Know?

This past Saturday, My son, Ernie, and I went to a friend’s house to watch the big Davis vs. Garcia fight. I do like combat sports. I love watching Ernie during his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitions, but boxing will always have a special place in my heart. Although Garcia came out strong in the first

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Business, Mindset, Personal Story

Steve’s Gonna Make Me A Fortune

A lot of people try to complicate real estate. There are all kinds of tactics and strategies gurus are trying to sell to the masses. But at its core, it’s really all about relationships. Whether you are prospecting leads, looking for capital, working with contractors, or listing houses, being excellent at talking with others will

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Business

Cheers From London!

I don’t remember if I told you this, but I had to go to London for one of my masterminds and I decided to bring the whole Vargas clan with me. Along with having an incredible two days with my mastermind, I’ve also had a lot of fun with my family over here. In fact,

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Business

Fred Is Dead.

I’ll be honest, I almost forgot yesterday was Groundhog Day. Waiting in anticipation to find out what a groundhog has to say about how much more winter we’re gonna get isn’t a top priority. And to be honest, winter isn’t too bad here in southern California. But when I saw a headline about what happened

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Business

Skynet Needs To Be Destroyed

Remember the Terminator movie series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger? The storyline centered around a small group of renegade humans trying to stop machines from taking over the world. And it all started with an artificial intelligence computer program called Skynet. It makes for good sci-fi, but that could never happen in real life, right? Well, it’s

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Business, Marketing, Probate Business

Automating Yourself Out of Business

The 21st century has seen a lot of amazing developments. It’s crazy when you compare how things were years ago compared to now. When I was growing up, my friends and I used to trade cassette tapes and CDs to share music. Now you can just text a link to a friend or share it

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Business, Marketing, Probate Niche

Gum and Roses

I love Christmas for all kinds of reasons. The most important of which is the birth of the Christ child. But there are other things I love about the Christmas season too. Take the Rose Bowl parade for instance. Living in Pasadena gives me a front-row seat to a real sensational event. One of the

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Business, Coaching, Marketing, Mindset, Negotiations

Prohibition at the World Cup

The world’s biggest sports tournament started yesterday. If you’re not a soccer fan, the World Cup tournament happens once every 4 years. The last tournament took place in Russia in 2018. This year’s tournament is taking place in the middle eastern country of Qatar. The biggest news to come out of the tournament’s start yesterday

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Business, Mindset, Personal Story

My Buddie’s 7 Figure Mistake

I have a friend who is a really brilliant and successful businessman. Over the years he has diversified himself into various businesses. He’s also an inventor and has patents which earn him regular sizable royalty checks. But success is the result of choices and every now and again his Midas Touch turns sour. Back about

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Business, Mindset

10 Million Barrels of Oil

Gas prices are going up again. It kinda sucks to have to pay so much to fill up my Escalade, but I feel really bad for the average Joe whose discretionary income is already getting gobbled up by inflation. Why is it going up? OPEC decided to cut production. And on top of that, our

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