Our wonderful guest today on “The Secrets to Real Estate Investing” with Hard Hat Holly, is the highly ambitious and inspiring, young Joe Demaras. Joe is a relatively new investor in the Birmingham, Alabama market. Joe admits that he didn’t have the best start to his investing journey, as he was taken advantage of by contractors among other things. His first deal was a live in flip, which he worked on himself while waiting tables as well. Listen today as Joe very candidly explains why this was the worst six months of his life. With an immense amount of tenacity and grit, Joe kept pushing through and shares with our audience how he got a taste of what financial freedom could be. Along his journey, Joe has learned many things, one of the most important being the benefits of having a mentor. Join us for this exciting episode to discover how this hustler is smashing it in this highly competitive world of real estate investing.   In this episode, you’ll learn about… Why having a great mentor is crucial, shaving years of the learning curve How to take massive action and how to learn from your mistakes fast- in fact, failure is to be expected! Why one should remember that “sometimes you learn more than you earn” The importance being warm, charismatic, and getting people to like you - after all, this is a people business! How to lay down expectations early for those that you will be working with for the best communication possible Why you should be patient with people, but at the same time hold them accountable How to contact Joe Demaras   Email: jdhomes27@gmail.com Phone number: (978) 846-4660  Listen to the podcast here at … www.hardhatholly.com/92 As always, text “hardhat” to 38470 to receive this free download as well as past downloads and to get weekly notifications of upcoming podcasts.