Cory Nemoto is the co-owner & founder of KÉCŌ CAPITAL. He began his real estate investing career in 2011 in Southern California in the Riverside County market while finishing up his bachelor’s degree at California Baptist University. After graduating, Cory moved back home to Hawaii and became involved in real estate investing on the island of O’ahu. Cory has been involved in multiple investment deals ranging from relocation, renovation, and new home development projects. He has been featured on multiple nationally renowned real estate investing podcasts as well as an influential guest speaker at local real estate meetings. On a daily basis Cory helps run the day-to-day operations of KÉCŌ CAPITAL. He specializes in deal sourcing & valuations, acquisitions, financing, investor relations, and project management.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“The most difficult one for me is I am an extreme introvert so I had problems early on with speaking in front of people and communicating my thoughts. I was always the guy in the back of the room closest to the exit and not really wanting to talk to people, not because I am antisocial it’s just I wasn’t confident in myself. And I think business and entrepreneurship and mentors along the way that I’ve had even to this day have helped me come out of my shell. And it wasn’t easy, to be honest it was very uncomfortable my first few years but fortunately I had people around me that pushed me because I think they saw something in me that I didn’t see in myself at the time”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Book By Robert T. Kiyosaki
- The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea Book by Bob Burg and John David Mann
- Click the following link to listen to the Bob Burg Podcast episode on The Entrepreneur Way
- Click the following link to listen to the John David Mann Podcast episode on The Entrepreneur Way
Favourite Quote:
“Be Phenomenal or Be Forgotten” Dr. Eric Thomas
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“make sure that the venture that you are going into is something that you are passionate about, something you believe in because if you are not passionate about it and you are just doing it for the dollars or the potential quick cash you are not playing the long game I feel because you will never last. In any business that you going to you need the stamina and in order to have the stamina you need to have something driving you behind you that is more important than money, the cars, the travelling. So I feel you have to be passionate about it and if you are then I feel that entrepreneurs who chase their passion they are the most dangerous, nothing will stop them”…[Listen for More]
More About Cory Nemoto:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” Morihei Ueshiba
Other Quotes From the Chat with Cory Nemoto:
- “what I’m going to teach you, I am going to help cut through the fat and just get straight to what you need to do… Cut through the fat and just get straight to the meat”
- “having a mentor or somebody like that has definitely helped me cut the corners and get there faster”
- “for an entrepreneur the number one thing I think is just having the stamina and the gumption to push through any walls that are placed in front of you. Because on your journey through entrepreneurship there are many walls. For me starting out it was personal, it was internal. And once I conquered that and blast through that paper wall then it was onto the next one”
- “I always did business as a go giver I just didn’t know I was”
- “you can do great business and serve people and be generous, be the nice guy and really come from the heart in serving others and helping them along their journey and be just as successful”
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