Hello, and welcome to another episode of Passive Real Estate Investing. I'm your host, Marco Santarelli. You know, you don't have to be educated or very well connected to be wealthy. So how do wealthy people do it? Are they geniuses? Are they just lucky? Is it something in between? You know, we tend to think that something important or really special must be going on because sometimes it looks like magic, but nothing can be further from the truth. Wealthy people have simply adopted important yet ordinary habits, and they do them very, very well. They have consistency and they know what to do, and they just do it on a repetitive basis. And they achieve success sometimes slowly at the beginning, and then it rapidly increases. But they've learned the habits and the principles and skills to earn money, save that money, invest that money, which allows them to grow that money and then protect that money.

And all that comes down to creating wealth. I mean, that's what they're doing. The whole thing about Think and Grow Rich, you know, it's a great book, but to think and grow rich and believe that is all that you need, it works. It only gets you so far. You know, you, you do need a certain mindset, and we've talked about that on the show many times and I've even interviewed multiple people that talk about mindset and habits and whatnot. And that's all important. But it's time that you actually do the things that need to be done, create those habits and that will allow you to become wealthy. And then you can set aside for yourself, you know, a lifetime of true financial freedom. So my guest today is an expert because she's been doing this since she was very, very young. She has written a book called Wealth Habits.

It's a great book. And I wanted to bring her on the show to talk about wealth habits. And in her book she talks about six ordinary steps to achieve extraordinary financial freedom. So, I mean, we could have talked for hours, but I took an hour of her time and she was very grateful and gracious about it. And that is what we're gonna talk about today. So without any further ado, let us go straight to that interview. Well, I have a very special guest today. I was looking forward to this interview because Candy Valentino, who released a book back in November just a couple months ago, put out a really good book. And it's something that resonated with me cuz I always liked the topic of wealth. So Candy is the guest today. And let me tell you a little bit about her.

Candy Valentino built a business, her business was built before she could even order a drink legally. So at 19 years old with no degree, no corporate background and no money, she founded her first business and went on to scale and exit several businesses in addition to creating a vast real estate portfolio as an investor, which I admire because I had an early start myself, . So I applaud her for all of that. But through her success and at the age of 26, Candy founded a nonprofit charity and has been actively involved for over 15 years, personally raising millions of dollars with her 25 years as an entrepreneur. She has been named Top 50 Women in Business and top 10 business consultants by Yahoo Finance and was the youngest female to receive the Governor's award in entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania. And then Success Magazine named her part of Women of Influence as well as leaders who get results with names like Tony Robbins. So she's got a great bio.

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Candy, welcome to the show.

Marco, thank you so much for having me.

It's an honor to have you on. I'm looking forward to our conversation today. I know we chatted a little bit before we started recording here today, but I hope I covered most of you know, your background, which is very impressive.