Jason Pero was born and raised in Erie, PA. After college Jason began a career in medical sales and started investing in real estate in 2001 when he and his wife purchased their first duplex. He was able to leave his day job in 2012 and now owns a portfolio of 900 multifamily apartments.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“the biggest thing at the time was my age. So I was 24 years old when we bought our first rental property… One of the biggest challenges that people face early on is that, whether you are looking for partners or you are looking to get started in the business, that lack of knowledge, maybe that lack of contacts and knowing where to start. So I think that was probably one of the biggest hurdles early on”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success Book by Darren Hardy
Also mentioned
- The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich Book by Timothy Ferriss
Favourite Quote:
” You must take personal responsibility. … You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can … That is something you have charge of.” Jim Rohn
Recommended Online Resources:
- Facebook Groups – A Facebook Group is a place for group communication and for people to share their common interests and express their opinion.
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“find mentors. Be a mentor and find a mentor… You have one hand to have someone pulling you up, someone who can pull you up and they are mentoring you and helping you along on your entrepreneurial journey. But mentor others, bring others up and be a coach, a friend and a mentor to them… The sooner you surround yourself with mentors and you become a mentor your business will accelerate faster than you could have ever dreams”…[Listen for More]
More About Jason Pero:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” Sam Levenson
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jason Pero:
- “I wish that early on I would of realised the importance of mentors and personal development”
- “had I taken that to heart and really taken ownership of trying to improve myself and go down this path of continual learning I think that would have shortcut the learning curve by a decade”
- “continual action, without action you might stumble into some success but long-term sustained success is action”
- “no matter what industry you are in there is always going to be change, there is always going to be somebody coming to your spot. And that’s okay you can design a business that may be you don’t to grow it beyond a certain point but you need to continue to learn to adapt to changes in business”
- “be in a peer group, be it someone you look up to, but people you can bounce ideas off and share ideas with”
- “small incremental change over a long-term set you up for great success”
- “when I took ownership of my life and my business everything changed. That was the only thing I could change was myself”
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