Episode 45: Canadian Rockstar or Real Estate Career?

Stefan Aarnio is an award winning real estate investor, award winning serial entrepreneur, author of multiple books, and educator. Having built his fortune through purchasing real estate at 40-60 cents on the dollar, Stefan became an avid student of negotiation at a young age testing and learning the principles in this book first hand in the real world.

On a day-to-day basis, Stefan is the CEO of two multi million dollar companies and travels the world educating business people and entrepreneurs to bring forward the next generation of success.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• How a company changes once it hits 1 million in revenue
• Stefan’s background and how he became CEO of 2 multi-million dollar companies
• How Stefan become a self made millionaire through real estate
• The key to getting to the multi-million dollar level
• What “blue chip homes” are and why Stefan focuses on them
• The aspect of real estate Stefan says many investors are missing
• The role of leverage in real estate
• How to ensure your business still runs when the people in your business fail
• Essential tools and trainings necessary to build an effective team
• Fear and pride, and how they stand as obstacles to people starting out in the business
• The tool that can help people get over their own psychological problems
• Problems: why you shouldn’t ignore them and how to deal with them
• Why real estate is “Get rich permanent” not “get rich quick”
• The importance of recognizing a plateau and how to make sure you are always growing
• Why you should have a mentor to help you through bottlenecks
• Two ways to look at failure and which one is more beneficial
• The process Stefan is developing to avoid bad deals
• Benefits to using systems
• What the 10x rule is and how it can help you achieve your goals
• Why you should be reading a least a book per month
• How to get to the top of your industry in 5 years
• Learning how to replicate your success
• Three habits Stefan does every day to be successful
• The importance of tracking your numbers
• Why Stefan would go back in time and dropout of school if he could
• The biggest skill of all that will always allow you to thrive
• Respecting the process, respecting the grind, and learning to keep going

Resources:

• SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/Aarnio
• SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/AarnioBook
• SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar
• SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook
• SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook
• SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS