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Zia Khan

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Start By Doing It Badly – Be A Fool – THE Mastermind Special

Being a fool is the best place to be when you are starting something new. It is the first step to mastery. Personally, I was a a horrific public speaker and writer when I graduated from undergrad. Graduate school and a mentor that I worked for beat me, lovingly, to become a better writer and …

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Biles v Strug – The Lesson – Most Missed

Oh yes I am wading right into this controversy. If you missed it Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all time, withdrew from the team and individual women’s gymnastic finals for mental health reasons. Some folks are all up in arms because she’s not “really” injured and she let the country down; others believe …

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The Most Important Step, Builder Crash & Evictions

In the last 24 hours two stories hit the news wire that are noteworthy. New Home Sales Crash In June To Lowest Since April 2020 https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/new-home-sales-crash-june-lowest-april-2020 “Even more amazing is the fact that new home sales are down almost 20% YoY – the worst since 2011.” Supply is finally picking back up. But what has caused …

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Faith & Change

This past weekend we hosted our Mastermind Weekend. Once a quarter we all get together and share notes – case studies, best practices challenges, and – oh – we bought some properties. We hosted the meeting at the Texas Real Estate Investment Center and we had a little more than a third of our group …

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Relentless Optimism

This morning I was back in the gym lifting. Post-COVID workouts are no fun. While I was in the squat rack Bill Ackman was on CNBC discussing his predictions for the economy over the next year. He believes the US is about to experience a huge economic boom. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/19/bill-ackman-still-sees-a-massive-economic-boom-despite-the-delta-variant-says-rates-to-rebound.html?__source=twitter|now To a certain extent – I …

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Mastermind Week – Action Changes Mindset – Always – COVID Update

Well I survived COVID. I am officially, as of last week, COVID free. It was absolutely the most sick I have ever been in my life. I still have some residual fatigue and a lingering cough, but both are improving daily. A big thank you to all of you that emailed your home remedies, well …

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Burdened With Glorious Purpose – Real Estate

The first real estate investment club I attended was an interesting experience. The event the club was hosting was a case study night – typically members of the club share a few successful deals they recently closed and discuss their returns and lessons learned. At the end of the meeting I struck a conversation with …

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A Dark Future On The Horizon – My Spidey Sense – Mid Year Market Update

So it is time for a little truth. When Rob and I started hosting daily market updates at the onset of the COVID-19 shutdowns in March 2020 I started seeing some really weird, let’s call them outliers, in financial data. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. It was just something odd, however, the …

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