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Unknown

Being able to run your business now. One of the things I've always tried to geared towards is one day, whenever I am eligible to retire from the fire department. I'm only about two and a half years from being eligible to retire. Not saying that I will, but I have placed a big emphasis on what I'm building. I will have geographical freedom, and not just the time freedom, but I want to be able to run my business with my backpack and have my laptop and my phone so that if I want to be here, there, or everywhere.

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Unknown

Because with the line of work I'm in, I'm, I'm kind of limited geographically where I can be while I'm still employed. So, yeah, this is a way to do that. Having that weekly call, having that dashboard, having the different charts and tabs, I can do that from anywhere. Yeah. And, I really enjoy that. Welcome back.

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Unknown

The Profit First ROI podcast. Have special guest Mike Webb today. He is partners with Bill Kenny. And they do the storage. They when they do I honestly makes it more interesting. Just kidding bill, if you're listening to this I love you. But Mike's got a lot of stuff going on. He's got a first responder group of AI for financial freedom.

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Unknown

You're also a first responder as well, too. Correct, Mike. And you are. And that's what credit you're. And you just did you go back to that. We were just talking about that beforehand. But like tell me what's going on on that side of your life. Sure. Well, thanks for having me on. Yeah. As far as the first responder component of things, yes.

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Unknown

I've been, career firefighter in the DC Baltimore metro area for about 18 years, and I just, I was off work since February, and just this is being recorded, the last day of July. So I've been off work for about five and a half months, and I just, returned to full duty status after a brain injury.

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Unknown

So I was off work for quite some time. Okay. Do you want to talk about that? Like, how is it that being off work for that for that long and like, how is I don't know, there's so many questions we could go down, but first like, what was it, an injury at the first responder job that happened?

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Unknown

Yeah. So I suffered a brain bleed while I was at work. Oh, wow. I was, ended up being transported by ambulance and then flown to a specialty hospital in DC and spent time in the, neurological ICU and then discharged and all, just Charles and tribulations of that. All things considered, I'm very fortunate that I have no, or at least at this point in time, no known nor long term issues or deficits.

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Unknown

So that's, positive considering what could have happened. So being off work for that, that amount of time, I would say is just, it's it's forced me to just slow down, which is good. Yeah. I think probably for most of the folks listening to this type of podcast, you know, we're always, I think, burning it on both ends.

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Unknown

Yeah. And sometimes, you know, it's it's, God's wake up call to just say, hey, we need to pivot a little bit. So it was very good. My wife was the same. My family's been great. My parents and just all the folks that helped us through that time. But I would say my biggest takeaway from that is you just you slow down and you kind of reframe what's important.

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Unknown

Not that I think that previous to that, in my opinion, I was out of whack with those things. But it does make you slow down and say like, hey, 99% of this crap that I'm dealing with today is not going to matter. Yeah, come, come reckoning time. So, yeah, it's been a it's been a interesting road, challenging at times and enough medical procedures and appointments that, I'm fine with not doing that for a long, long time.

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Unknown

I joked with my wife that, you know, it's pretty bad you're getting old when, you know, you combine date nights, with doctor's appointments, or anything. It. Yeah. Yeah. So on the way below that, we'll stop at this place and. Yeah. Yeah. So, being a firefighter, obviously the job description is, pretty demanding. Yeah. On paper.

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Unknown

And it because of my injury, like, I had to go through a lot of different. I don't want to say whoops. But we'll call on precautions in order for me to return to full duty status. So that, in a nutshell, is what transpired. So let's talk about real estate during that time. Was that what help sustain you or like I, you know, or I don't know because you say you slowed down.

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Unknown

But I also know you work with Bill and it's like I'm sure there was demands on the, the lending or on the storage side. So like where you still doing some of that like from home or was that able to keep you busy, you know, like in those downtimes and like so not you're just not twiddling your thumbs or.

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Unknown

Yes. So the first, the first two months, I was, I was basically good for anywhere from ten minutes a day to a couple of hours a day, as in for the rest, because I was still in a lot of pain. Okay. But but when I say slow down, fortunately, like rewind 7 or 8 years, like when we built the business that we had together, like we were, I can't say intentional because that makes it sound like we were smart, knew what we were doing.

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Unknown

We we were relatively intentional about building a business and not, building another job, which, meaning neither one of us are out there swinging the hammers or doing a lot of the hands on work that needs to happen. What? The different business parts of the business. Yeah. With that being said, there's times with a small business you have to hop in and do those things right.

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Unknown

What it looked like for me and slowing down as I had to be a little more, intentional with my time and energy that I did have. And I wasn't working in the firehouse and running a real estate business at the same time. I was, I was off work. I was on no duty status. I wasn't even allowed to be in the firehouse doing anything.

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Unknown

So it allowed me an opportunity to kind of, like, look up and out a little bit, kind of get my head out of the weeds and, kind of just recalibrate on what that North Star looked like for the business as a whole. And basically it just allowed us to kind of start working on more strategic items that always get pushed to the back burner as a business owner and operator.

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Unknown

Because you're just always dealing with the tactical day to day, right? Stuff. And I wish I could say that it was like all perfect and rainbows, but it's not. But it allowed me some time to, like, really sit down and think about what do I want this to look like? So, yes, it slowed down in one capacity, but I guess kind of picked up in a different.

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Unknown

Right? Yeah. And picked up, like you said, in a more intentional way. It sounds like being able to to get your head out of the, the sand and kind of say, okay, what's really and taking stock, which I'm sure you would have rather to be in a different manner or a different course than like having to go through that.

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Unknown

But it sounds like you're you've also got that anywhere. The good entrepreneurs, they take those challenges and opportunities to be like, okay, I can't work, I can't do this. And like, what can I do, you know, in order to make things better. And it sounds like you took advantage of that, which is great. Sounds like you also had a good support system at home with your, you know, as your spouse, as your family, which is another huge thing.

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Unknown

So you surround yourself with good people at home too. Then you've got, you know, your business partner Bill, you know, and being able to have someone there that you can rely on. If something like this happens as well, which how long have you two work together now? How many years? Often on or I say off and on.

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Unknown

So we broke up, but like formerly we've had our own company together, I think, going on eight years, but I actually have the check from our first wholesale. Him and I did our first wholesale July 2nd of 2014 together. Nice. I have, I have it on my bulletin board, but yeah, that and in between then, like we were passing each other deals, helping each other out.

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Unknown

Yeah, but like, we started our own business, jump capital or, you know, jump in the dark about a year ago. I think that's something that most people that are on the fence of, like, they never want a business partner. They never want to work with someone like at the in that at that level more. They just want people that work, you know, for them or whatnot.

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Unknown

I think this is one thing that they don't think about is what if something happens like, and, you know, I'm I going to rely on the whole business in the system and like, have you built the system yet or you know, and that's a business partner. If you have someone you trust and that you really have worked with for a long time, you know, that person being able to step up to bat, but then they know that you've got your back to, you know, that you've got their back as well.

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Unknown

So I'm sure there was some level there of like, thank God I've got Bill, you know, to be able to at least run these ideas, pass or take the ball while I can't do anything. Did you feel some of that during this time and that and the business side? Well, you know, as luck would have it, so with our one storage location, we have three separate facilities.

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Unknown

And at the one location that's closest to us, we had been preparing for an expansion. And as a part of section 179, we ordered these units. They're called box wall units. They're, you know, basically sea containers, slang term. Yes, within the industry. But like the portable storage units. Right. So we had prepped this area. And just for some context, I typically handle most of the storage side of the business.

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Unknown

Bill handles a lot of the lending side of the business, but we kind of both share workloads behind the scenes. So I say that because the day, after this all happened with my being flown to DC and in the hospital, I'm in the nick. You and we're supposed to take delivery of these portable storage units. So, wild card.

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Unknown

So Gil then gets thrust into this role. Fortunately, a guy that had done a lot of the prep work for us, he knows personally. So I was like, hey, call Sean, do that, you know, and, on the storage, at the storage facility, I could see on the cameras him there and then taking delivery of them. So, that's just a small example, but, huge item.

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Unknown

Had I been laid up in the hospital like I was, and, that happened. I don't even really know how we would have dealt with that. I'm sure at some point I would have figured it out. But at that point, it was nice to know that that was just being taken care of, because at that point, like, I still was, you know, in a world of hurt and like, yeah, I barely talk, let alone communicate and deal with stuff like that.

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Unknown

So, yeah, I, I've obviously I've heard the argument and I can agree and disagree with some of the pros and cons of a business partner versus not having a business partner. But I can tell you, even, like, I don't know, from my perspective, I would not be doing as much of what we are doing if it was just me.

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Unknown

Yeah, I can guarantee that. Yeah. And the those secondary benefits that you never hope you have to lean on. But when they do happen, those wild, like you said, the wild cards that are out there, this is one of those ones where it's nice to have that and not even nice. It's it's like it helped to keep it running and, you know, operational and functional, which is really great to.

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Unknown

So okay, well now I love that. And being able to rely on each other. Okay. Well then let's go down that road a little bit, the storage and the lending, and you're being more strategic. Now, obviously if we you talked to Bill a few weeks ago. So people know that Bill's, clients or you're a client of simple CFO.

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Unknown

So do you want to talk about the strategic direction you've gone from a financial perspective of like, okay, what it looked like before and now what you're working on. Yeah. So again, just for a little more context, we were when we started our business, we were primarily geared on wholesaling and buying rental properties. And then we transitioned into flipping.

00;12;10;09 - 00;12;32;24

Unknown

And then of course, you know, we had to dip our toe in Airbnb because that was a wave we rode for a while. So we had all these plates in the air, and anybody that's flipped houses or wholesaling knows that one month you can feel like the the Prince of Dubai with income, and then the next month, man, you're you're begging for dollars, right?

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Unknown

So you know, just a it's a cash flow roller coaster to some extent when you're in those businesses. And we eventually were just kind of looking around like, hey, we're not sure we want to keep doing this. There's there's obviously good earning potential in these, but it's a lot of work. Yeah. So we have been running our own meetup locally, which actually you were speaker for for a couple of years ago.

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Unknown

And we still run it to this day also. And it's one of those things where it's like we had started that with no intention of really what we were going to do with it. So we were like, you know what? We really want to just kind of switch to become the bank eventually. So what does that look like one day?

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Unknown

And, one of our friends had gotten into storage, and I remember him basically being at this mastermind we were at, and he was, hey, I'm paraphrasing, but basically he was bored. It was so systematic. He was like, what should I do next? Because I'm just bored. I'm like, man, I really want to get to that point because at the time, you know, I have like 8 or 10 flips going and stuff's going crazy and so we sat down and we're like, all right, what if we just started?

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Unknown

Instead of wholesaling and flipping, our transactional income started to be geared more along the lines of lending. And what did that look like? Because we had built this network, we had built all these private lenders because we're flipping like they're going to want a place to put their money. So we started to figure out what that looked like using our own funds.

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Unknown

Plus arbitrage ING investor capital and lending it out, frankly, using a lot of folks that we met through the meetup that we had started. But it's one of those like, we was the, dig the well before you're thirsty. Right? Like we never started it with that intention, man. It was just like one of those, things that like, hey, we saw this opportunity.

00;14;28;03 - 00;14;51;16

Unknown

We kind of were ready for a change of pace. It worked out. And then. So we started to shift instead of just buying regular one and two unit rentals. Wait. 1031, a couple bought a storage facility and started to run that like a real estate asset, but also a business. And, have just been focusing on lending as our transactional income and parking.

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Unknown

A lot of, proceeds in bigger commercial assets are, you know, medium sized commercial assets and kind of being more intentional that way versus buying the one and to single families here and there, which, just to be clear, like I think is still a great strategy if that's your cup of tea, like there, there is a million ways to make a million bucks in real estate.

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Unknown

And that's what's cool. We just decided that where we were at in our journey, wife, kids, etc. like we were ready to kind of do those two items. Cool. So then talk about on the financial side, like, did that help it? Like being more strategic? And why would you even hire a CFO? Like why would you go down there?

00;15;30;16 - 00;15;55;18

Unknown

Sorry, sorry, I was trying to have context and totally forgot the question. No, it's totally fine. I'll just circling it back around. Yeah. No, no, that this is perfect. Great. Glad you're here. No, it's one of those things, like, back to the cash flow. The in and out, like. Yeah, we always kind of had a pulse on what's going on because you're the one in the trenches each day, so you're kind of just managing by like you know what's going out, you know what's coming in.

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Unknown

You're taking a look at the cash in the accounts. But, once we realized we were going to kind of pivot, we knew, we needed some assistance and we had tried a bunch of different things. Like, QuickBooks is not my love language. And I just had as much as I tried. I just knew this was not going to be my thing.

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Unknown

Yeah. So I took a couple online courses, a bunch of scolding for my CPA, you know, just all that kind of stuff. And eventually we were at this mastermind in, we were in Charleston, South Carolina, and whenever we were standing in front of, like, these 15 guys and we're just kind of explaining where we're at and where we're at with the business.

00;16;39;16 - 00;17;00;16

Unknown

Everybody's like, you need a CFO, you need a CFO. And I'm like, all right, so we heard this from like 3 or 4 guys from the outside looking in there like, this is what you need. And so all right, well, let's let's take a look. And then I sat down like CFO. Hey, David Richter, I know he he's doing that simple CFO.

00;17;00;16 - 00;17;21;29

Unknown

And then, like, there was a couple others, and I think we reached out to you, and. Yeah, I remember being like, well, can we interview the clients or the the CFO? And you're like, well, we could, but we recommended we basically we place them based on the interview we have with you type thing. And I was like, man, I really want to pick it, you know?

00;17;21;29 - 00;17;36;06

Unknown

But I'm like, all right, well, I'm going to trust the process. And you prepared us up with Tony and it's been remarkable and just show you how naive or dense or whatever you want to call it. I am or was. I was like, we're going to use this for like three months. We're going to get this ironed out.

00;17;36;09 - 00;18;02;17

Unknown

Good to go every other week, by the way. We meet with them weekly. Now we're going on a year. And, frankly, I think it's the smartest money I've spent in a long time. Just we're not where I want to be yet. But with that being said, the clarity that we have just picked up, the other thing that's been cool is, like, Bill and I are getting paid now versus just randomly getting hired.

00;18;02;20 - 00;18;23;08

Unknown

Yeah. We're getting a monthly, pay, so that's definitely cool. Definitely embodying that profit first. Concept versus just a name. Like we're actually doing it because because, you know, how many times have, I'll admit, you know, you read profit first. You're like, well, I'm going to only do this part of it, right? As part of it, you know, like, why would I do the whole thing, you know?

00;18;23;11 - 00;18;46;13

Unknown

So anyways, it's been very good and it's been eye opening. It's provided us a lot of clarity. And again, we're not out of the mess yet. And if you want to call it that, but it's I always joke like sometimes the calls are painful, but on the other hand like just the growth, you know, I think back to where we were when we started versus right now it's like night and day.

00;18;46;13 - 00;19;09;14

Unknown

Yeah. But and as our business continues to grow and evolve, it's going to start to allow us to make a lot more educated decisions based on tax implications and, you know, just a lot of different stuff that now we actually have that information based instead of just going based on what's in our heads. Yeah. Or what's in the bank account.

00;19;09;16 - 00;19;25;16

Unknown

So yeah. It's it's been awesome. And I just think it's funny every time I think, like, I thought I was going to use this for like 3 or 4 months, and we were only going to meet every other week, and now we meet every week. And, I don't know if it's been a year, but it's got to be getting close.

00;19;25;16 - 00;19;52;20

Unknown

Like, yeah. So it's one of those like, I view the where we're at with our business going to that next level. Like we can't afford to not have that, component to the business. Yeah, I appreciate that. But I appreciate how you guys have linked into it too, because, you know, it's like it also depends on how much you're willing to grow as a business owner because like before flying by the seat of your pants and just always answering the urgent doesn't get you to where you really want to.

00;19;52;20 - 00;20;13;29

Unknown

And now it's like you're being intentional, you know, on the money side, not just the whole business structure, but like the making sure every dollar and then you're actually getting paid to. Yeah, that's a that's a great bonus. But it's one of those things like it's that's how I think a lot of entrepreneurs or real estate investors operate and are self included.

00;20;13;29 - 00;20;30;27

Unknown

And yeah, I'm not saying that word perfect by any means, and we're not where we want to be yet, but I can tell you, like, it's a lot more reassuring to know, like, hey, this money's allocated for this. This money's allocated for that versus just tying up bandwidth in your brain for oh is that handled? Is this taken care of.

00;20;30;27 - 00;20;46;25

Unknown

You know and we're not to the point where I don't think about any of it yet. But it's gotten a lot better to where it's like, you know what? I know we've allocated for that. I know we have that. And we're kind of at the point now where we're adjusting the taps and the caps because of the projections when we first started.

00;20;46;25 - 00;21;06;23

Unknown

But, yeah, I can't recommend it enough. And, I'm anxious to see what this looks like a year from now. Yeah. So that's really exciting for me. Yeah. Which I'm excited for you because you've leaned into it and you're actually implementing, and then you guys are going out there and you still are growing and you're still going and, you know, doing the things.

00;21;06;23 - 00;21;25;17

Unknown

And now you're, you know, if you're you with the wild card, it's like now coming back into you're coming back, it sounds like you're going to get back into your routine, like you're going back to work. You're doing the things. Yeah, you've got it. Yeah. You know, I've been back to work for two weeks and I like I said early on, I was not doing much real estate.

00;21;25;17 - 00;21;47;08

Unknown

Yeah, I was doing some stuff, but like very minimal. And from my couch with a cell phone, that was it. Yeah. And, you know, being able to run your business now, one of the things I've always tried to gear towards is one day, whenever I am eligible to retire from the fire department, I'm only about two and a half years from being eligible to retire.

00;21;47;24 - 00;22;11;21

Unknown

Not saying that I will, but I have placed a big emphasis on what I'm building. I will have geographical freedom, and not just the time freedom, but I want to be able to run my business with my backpack and have my laptop and my phone so that if I want to be here, there, or everywhere, because with the line of work I'm in, I'm, I'm kind of limited to geographically where I can be.

00;22;11;21 - 00;22;32;09

Unknown

Right. Well, I'm still employed, so. Yeah, this is a way to do that. Having that weekly call, having that dashboard, having the different charts and tabs, I can do that from anywhere. Yeah. And, I really enjoy that. Yeah. Which it sounds like you're transitioning into more of that CEO role of like, I just, I need to run the business by the dashboard and the numbers.

00;22;32;16 - 00;22;49;09

Unknown

And it's like as you grow the you're just putting more pieces in place like that across the, you know, across the business. So now it just seems like you're seeing the tangible benefit of, okay, yeah, now I can see the numbers. Now I can have the clarity, and now I can make the decisions, you know, versus just so this sounds good, let's do it.

00;22;49;15 - 00;23;11;06

Unknown

Like, you know, where a lot of us fall into. It's one of those things. And anyway, it's like on the cusp of whether they should do it. I would strongly encourage you to take the leap because I thought, naively enough, that I didn't need it. And I joke that, like, we were so busy trying to bring business in the door, we weren't worried about the mess we were creating on the back end.

00;23;11;08 - 00;23;27;27

Unknown

And I think there's always a little bit of that, give and take. Oh, yeah. Right. And like, I'm sure even within starting simple CFO, like, you're out there drumming up business and on the back end sometimes, like there's not enough business coming in, but the back end is really nice, right? Then, you know, teeter totter and vice versa.

00;23;27;27 - 00;23;46;26

Unknown

Too much business comes in and the back ends are trainwreck. You know, like you're always trying to balance that. Yeah, I think we really needed this service about three years before we did it. Yeah, I guess we when we first met and like, hey Robert, that's fair. I think that's probably when I should have started. But I was like, man, I'm good.

00;23;46;26 - 00;24;04;08

Unknown

Yeah, yeah. It's not, it's, it's why I'm. Things like whenever you're ready, it's you think you're ready or you're probably actually behind the eight ball. Yeah. Which that's a good way of putting it. I, I actually hear that a lot. It's like, dang it, I wish I would have started this several years ago because it's like now the clarity.

00;24;04;08 - 00;24;24;10

Unknown

I would have had a long journey. But at least you started it. And now you've planted the seed for a year and it's like now the tree is going to grow and now you're growing, you know, and you're growing as a business owner. And that's really what I like to see is because what I'm really hearing behind the scenes is like, you feel more like a business owner, like you have the dashboard and the numbers and you've got everything in front of you.

00;24;24;10 - 00;24;44;15

Unknown

So yeah, it's it's the same, you know, clarity that like, oh, I wish I would have bought that piece of property times and years. It's the same. I wish I would have done that and years ago or. But I have that prior. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. So it's that it's the same concept. Yeah. But yeah, yeah it's I can't, I can't thank, thank you enough for it.

00;24;44;15 - 00;25;06;08

Unknown

But it's one of those like I'm glad that I had the, the Mike Markowitz book. Yeah. And your book. And just because when, you know, like when you, read the right book at the right time, you're like, oh, my gosh, that is I, that's me right there, you know? So, that that was kind of that was like, all right, I need to take a deeper dive here.

00;25;06;08 - 00;25;23;07

Unknown

Yeah. And I totally get that because it's like you read books across your life and they make sense to you at different points in your life, too. So now I'm glad that's out there. Glad we can. Now we're helping you, but that you're also leaning forward as well too. But it sounds like that's been a theme for you just this year as well.

00;25;23;07 - 00;25;41;04

Unknown

It's just really been intentional and more strategic and taking the step out of the actual, you know, the the trees and looking at the forest overall and like, okay, how is this going? And I know some of it was unintentional and the wild card that came into play, a lot of it, a lot of it was on it, a lot of it was unintentional.

00;25;41;04 - 00;26;01;07

Unknown

But you turned it intentional, which is. Yeah, which is definitely, a great thing. And it sounds like you've still got your meet up. You've still got, you know, the storage, you still got the lending, you've still got, you know, the you're going back, you've. Yeah. Firefighting. So out of everything that you do, I'm just very curious. Do you love firefighting the most.

00;26;01;07 - 00;26;24;02

Unknown

And that's like your passion or like, do you love real estate or is it like with the real estate freedom, like you were talking about the ability that I'm not tied geographically, like, I don't know, like, what is the thing that makes you tick specifically? Mike? That's, that's a tough question, but I would say I mean, the thing that I probably, without a doubt enjoy the most is just being a dad.

00;26;24;07 - 00;26;46;14

Unknown

Right. Okay. There anybody that's been, That was a test. You passed a just gift. I mean, but it it's it's true, you know, like, it's one of those things, like, whenever I first started. Yeah, my, you know, I did everything. Fire department like it was eat, sleep and breathe. And, you know, just first off, that job is, more than just a job.

00;26;46;14 - 00;27;10;16

Unknown

I think, like, it's been a career. It's been a calling, if you will. Yeah, it's allowed me to, serve a portion of my, personality that is not quench a bull by building a business or profit or whatever that looks like. You know, to be able to do that line of work and the implications it's had for folks that I'll never know their names.

00;27;10;16 - 00;27;36;00

Unknown

You know, that's been a great part. Yeah. And it's going to be I used to describe it as the book, and now I know it's going to be a chapter within the book. And, so I don't want to make it sound like it's not important to me because that's not the case. But, all of those things I think have made me realize that being a, like a present father being, you know, present husband, like, those are, like, what I really love.

00;27;36;00 - 00;27;54;15

Unknown

And, all of those different things have helped me kind of become that, not on purpose, you know, it's one of those things like, when I got hired as a firefighter, I thought I was just going to do that job for 40 years. And now that I'm in my 40s, I realize my body is not going to play that game for 40 years.

00;27;55;06 - 00;28;17;02

Unknown

And frankly, when you have a significant health event like I did, you know, the doctor, I one of the first things I remember is them saying like, hey, you're lucky one and three people don't ever make it out of this and train like, I was like, oh, wow. You know, that's like big percentage, you know, I was in an ICU with 14 people, and I was the only patient that could walk and talk.

00;28;17;12 - 00;28;36;25

Unknown

They either couldn't walk or they couldn't talk. And, so, like when you have something like that happen, especially unintentionally, and you're, relatively healthy, 40 some year old I am who is actually working out, like, and next thing you know, like you're in an ICU. It's one of those things that makes you say, like, this job is great.

00;28;36;25 - 00;29;09;24

Unknown

I love it, but, you know, tomorrow's not a guarantee. And. Right, that makes you recalibrate and rethink strategically what what is important. So I love the freedom that real estate has given me. I love the financial, ability. It's given me. I love the just all the things about it that everybody loves about real estate. But yeah, if I had to pick man, that's that's the one thing like, is, I just it's made me kind of like, re-emphasize the importance of just being a, you know, the present father.

00;29;09;24 - 00;29;31;06

Unknown

And I'm not perfect, and I've certainly come short of that on a routine basis. But, you know, maybe instead of being on vacation on your phone so much like, put that down. Yeah. And like, you know, it's like, again, is that going to matter in a year? I'm not saying that you don't have to handle things, but take an hour, go do your things and then, you know, take a break and be out there and be present.

00;29;31;13 - 00;29;49;03

Unknown

Yeah, that's real good. And again, I don't want to make it sound like un perfect. And I've changed this and, you know, some divine spirit like I fail all the time and, but it's made me at least think about that stuff. Oh, Mike, you're, you're an era humble guy. I think some of that is also the work you put into it as well, too.

00;29;49;03 - 00;30;14;17

Unknown

And like being intentional with stuff that comes up and like taking advantage of that. So I think you've you've molded that yourself into that over the years as well, which I want, I want to if you're not going to give yourself a pat on the back, I'm going to give you a hair on the back because it's like you're taking that and taking the best measures from it, which honestly, that's the best answer I think anyone can give on this podcast is you're really doing all the business stuff, so that way you can focus on what's important.

00;30;14;22 - 00;30;29;06

Unknown

You know, it's like that stuff is there and that stuff can drive you and it can be passion. But like if you've chosen to have a family or you've chosen different things like that or support a cause or something, it's like, that's why you're doing the other thing. And and sometimes we forget that. It's like what you said.

00;30;29;12 - 00;30;48;00

Unknown

It's like sometimes you're in the weeds and then it's not just the weeds of the business, and I'm not looking at the business or I'm forgetting the life overall as well. It's like sometimes you just need a good reminder, like, why am I doing well? Yes. Yeah. You know, because someday, one day isn't necessarily guaranteed, right? Yeah. This is this has been awesome.

00;30;48;00 - 00;31;12;26

Unknown

I appreciate it. All right. Yeah. Just say a quick tour of stuff. Do it. Yeah. Do it. Pull the trigger. Click. Yeah. Click the link. Buy the thing. Just go ahead. So you heard it here on the Profit First podcast. Like, let's see how would people either reach out to you or like, do you want to send to the lending site like you've got you've given a ton of great value here, but how do people connect with you or where do you want to send them?

00;31;12;28 - 00;31;40;28

Unknown

Yeah. So, I didn't even dive into it. I have a Facebook group and a podcast first responder, Financial Freedom. You can find me on Facebook if you're interested. And you're from that world. If not, I'm on Facebook. I'm on Instagram. Mike Weber I you can go to our lending page, Jump capital Dot Loans hub, one of those places you can find me give the Facebook page name again if they were going to search it up.

00;31;41;01 - 00;32;05;17

Unknown

Sure. Jump capital Dot loans. Nope. Sorry. That was the website I was talking about. The first responder. Oh, yeah. If you just search on Facebook or online, it's first responder, financial freedom, first responder, financial freedom, and then of the jump capital is jump capital Dot loans correct. They want to go there and look at that. Obviously we had Bill talk for a long time about that.

00;32;05;17 - 00;32;27;14

Unknown

And just the trust and the personal touch that he has in that business and that you guys have with that. So go there if you want to learn more about that, go back to Bill Kenny's episode. He we dive into that pretty deep. But for this one, this was a good one of really the theme was resetting like resetting, refocusing on what matters and really getting to what you want to be and where you want to be.

00;32;27;20 - 00;32;43;02

Unknown

Follow Mike. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook. Go there. If you're also listening to Mike and you're like, oh my gosh, yes, he's describing me, I, I thought I needed this or I think I need this now, and I think I'm behind the eight ball and you need help on the financial side and getting clarity and where you're going.

00;32;43;03 - 00;33;05;10

Unknown

Reach out to us at simple cfo.com, so we can match you with one of our CFOs and get you high level financial help and giving you giving you what you really need to feel like a business owner. So if you need that, that simple cfo.com Mike thanks again for being on the podcast and honestly for bringing for bringing a touch of the real world here of being like, okay, what really matters and what we can focus on.

00;33;05;10 - 00;33;40;12

Unknown

So appreciate that. And for being a great guest. This episode of the Profit First for RBI podcast is over, but there are plenty more where that came from. Are you ready to learn how David and his team can help implement the Prophet First system in your business? Schedule a discovery call at simple cfo.com right now. We'll see you next time on the Profit First for RBI podcast with David Richter.