From Soccer Dreams to Real Estate Empire: Dirk Vanderbilt's Story : Ep #2

From Soccer Dreams to Real Estate Empire: Dirk Vanderbilt's Story

In this podcast episode, host JP interviews entrepreneur and real estate developer Dirk Vanderbilt. Dirk shares his journey in real estate, including how he learned from his family's experiences and built his own success in ground-up construction.

He also discusses his first deal, the importance of questioning limiting beliefs, building relationships with real estate agents, and reinvesting earnings into new deals.

Dirk emphasizes the need for hard work, perseverance, and self-belief in achieving success, while also prioritizing quality time with loved ones.

He shares his future goals of expanding his real estate portfolio and building a personal brand to share his knowledge with others.


The Juicy Parts (Notable Time Stamp's)

• Real estate (00:00:31)
• Ground up construction (00:01:50)
• 112 units under construction (00:01:50)
• 10 lot subdivision (00:02:07)
• Real estate and development world (00:03:01)
• For Sale By Owner - 00:34:22
• Importance of real estate brokers - 00:34:22
• Building in buyer's commission when selling a property - 00:35:28
• Paying for relationships and networks when hiring a real estate agent - 00:36:28
• For sale by owners (00:36:55)
• Real estate agents (00:36:55)
• Three lots (00:43:29)
• Partnering (00:43:47)
• European tour player (00:03:56)
• Tether resort (00:04:39)
• Bankruptcy (00:04:39)
• Multimillionaire (00:06:53)
• L.I.E.S. (Limited Ideas Entertained) - 00:30:20
• Questioning limiting beliefs - 00:31:14
• Good partner for entrepreneurship - 00:32:35
• Business plan (00:40:45)
• Communication skills (00:42:31)
• The Alchemist book (01:18:00)

Social media and online events:

• Instagram (00:00:29)
• Dirk Vanderbilt's social media accounts (01:19:26): Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook (all under the handle ddirkvanderbilt)
• Ground Up Games virtual meetup (01:19:26): DM Dirk Vanderbilt with the word "ground up" to be added to the list and receive the link to the free virtual meetup every Friday.

Books Mentioned:
1. The Alchemist


Keywords:
real estate, entrepreneur, ground-up construction, family background, mentorship, networking, investment, passion, first deal, project management, development, partnership, hard money lender, time management, self-belief, perseverance, personal brand, virtual meetup.

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