Chris Prefontaine is the best-selling author of 2017’s Real Estate On Your Terms and this year’s The New Rules of Real Estate Investing. A real estate investor with over 27 years of experience in the field, Chris is the founder of Smart Real Estate Coach and host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island with his wife, Kim, and their family. Chris operates the family business with his son, Nick, his daughter, Kayla, his son-in-law, Zach, and an amazing team.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Ebeat Entrepreneur
When business started difficulties overcame:
“uncertainties: there was some cool things about being young and having blinders on and not being a pessimist and second-guessing yourself but at the same time there is some danger to that. So I didn’t know enough to really have a set mentor or a set program. Because success leaves clues right so I wish I kind of understood that better when I was younger and I could have run with those clues and run with the right mentors ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- McDonalds: Behind The Arches Book by John F. Love
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE Book by Phil Knight
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers Book by Ben Horowitz
Also mentioned:
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Book by Angela Duckworth
Favourite Quote:
“massive success is the best revenge”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Asana – Easily organize and plan workflows, projects, and more, so you can keep your team s work on schedule
- Slack is where work flows. It’s where the people you need, the information you share, and the tools you use come together to get things done
- Leverage – help small business owners and entrepreneurs scale their business
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“find that person in your niche or your industry, put the blinders on for 36 months because it works in any business”…[Listen for More]
More About Chris Prefontaine:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.” William Durant, co-founder, General Motors
Other Quotes From the Chat with Chris Prefontaine:
- “success leaves clues”
- “I don’t care what business you are in, find a person in your business or the business that you want to go to and make sure that that person or group is a) doing what you want to do (so you have got a good role model) because you and I just said success leaves clues. And b) make sure that they are still current… And then do what I said earlier, commit to 36 months with absolute blinders on. And it’s easier said than done. You get 36 months and it’s a blank or it can be a long time if you fight it. When you come out of the end of that in 36 months if you followed someone there is no possible way you cannot have a great experience”
- “if I am waking up at night or waking up in the morning or going to bed at night in the wrong energy in the wrong gut feelings hit me it’s getting taken care of tomorrow… I go big on gut feeling”
- “anything you can think of. If you want to open a hotdog stand tomorrow somebody did it real well, go and find them. That’s the key”
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