The Cardone Zone

To be successful in, and at, life and create what will truly make you satisfied, you need to visualize it. Your life isn't your job, it's not your marriage, it's not your kids or the people in it. Don't limit yourself. Visualize and plan who you want to be, and how you want your life to be. 1. Prioritize the life you want. This is not putting your family first, your role as a husband or wife first, or even your role as a parent. It's putting yourself first and understanding what you need. By being whole, you'll enjoy others and situations as a compliment to your prioritized life, and not a "fix" to complete you. 2. Identify and avoid situations that aren't good, but occurring over and over. Stuck in traffic constantly and getting home angry and frustrated? Change it. Move closer to work. You can't be a good partner, parent or contributor if you are shut down, angry, and upset. Is your health upsetting you? Fix it, do what you need to do to feel better about yourself or take action to heal. These are not short-term fixes or goals. Create a life that no one can destroy. The potential is in all of us. Make a decision and commit. Pursue living a great

The vast majority of good real estate is bought by, and owned by, the super wealthy. Not wealthy individuals, but mega-wealthy companies like Blackstone, Allstate and Met Life. And, the reason they have preferred access to these deals is that Wall Street wants you to keep investing how you have been. Wall Street wants you to buy a house, a duplex, and invest in a 401K or a Keogh plan. They don't want you investing with someone like Grant Cardone or in real estate. In fact, they've stacked the deck against you. if you make less than $200,000 per year, you wouldn't qualify as an accredited investor to invest in these large real estate deals. This type of investor can invest in an accredited fund which costs very little to establish. Which, in turn, is very lucrative to those putting it together. Compare that to a non-accredited fund which can cost $500,000 to $1 million. There's no incentive to create that type of fund usually. The costs are too high. Grant is changing all of that. He's taking on Wall Street and is creating his first non-accredited fund right now. And, the investment will be an equity investment – meaning you have the benefits of owning. You'll receive depreciation, cash flow, and appreciation.

Cash is king. You've heard this expression, time and time again. But the truth is, cash is not king. Cash flow is king. Inflation makes your money worthless. It takes eight times the money to buy the same product or service today as it did in 1958. That means, what your $1,000 bought back then, it takes $8,269 to buy the same thing, today. You need to invest your money to have it be worth anything. Cash does no good in the bank. Here's what to do with your cash: 1. Invest in yourself to increase your income 2. Invest in your business to increase your income 3. Invest in real assets that produce cash flow Make sure to take your cash and buy things with it that will make you more cash!

$1 million is not a big enough goal because it doesn't give you enough money to live on if you live 20-25 years. If you just want to make $10k a month, you give the government $4k a month you spend $6k on house, car, insurance and you're out of money. Here is the plan we made for Jarrod that made him a millionaire: 1. The right target is $10 million: Don't be selfish and say you don't need a lot, you owe it to your children and your parents. 2. No consumption at this level: Don't buy stuff to show off, Jarrod buys suits for less than $500, he leases his car, he rents his home—he's not driving around in a Lambo. 3. Stay broke: Use the 40% rule, you need to make as much income as necessary to store 40% of it. 4. Invest: This is the only thing that multiplies your money 5. Repeat: Earning money and investing it isn't a one-time thing, it needs to be an on-going thing.

Listen to Grant and Elena Cardone take callers questions on love, relationships, business, and social media. Elena even make cold calls to sell 10X Boot Camp tickets! If want to get on the same page as your partner, you need to discuss what you want and need—and even write out those wants and needs to see if you are on the same page!

Stress test for buying real estate: 1. Does it provide cash flow with at least 4-8% a year (if it provides more than 8% you need to look with some magnifying glass cause there is probably something wrong!) 2. Time/money - is this going to be worth your time? 3. Do you love it? 4. Can you exit? Can sell the deal at any time? If a deal makes 28% but that's only $100 that's not a good deal. How many doors/units/tenants you have is the most important number in real estate. Classes of properties: A - (could be triple A) new or 1-3 years old B - 3-20 years old caters to mix of white and blue collar, overall nice mix of cashflow and appreciation, returns of 5-7% before appreciation C - 20 + years old D - Inner city, tough markets

Inflation is decreasing the value of your money. Know how to calculate the future value of your money, so you can make sure to invest in the right vehicles to always have cash flow.

You're at 1 of 3 points in your life right now: #1 Basic Needs #2 Reinvesting #3 Multiplying When you're at basic needs, you're only getting enough to survive, you're never improving your life. When you finally start to reinvest in you, you begin to grow. Investment leads you to be able to multiply what you have. Tie your sales to finances and you'll make more money, be more motivated, and be able to help other people

For the first time ever, Grant interviews Elena for the show. He doesn't shy away from even the difficult questions, like "How long will you wait to start dating after I die?" If you want to know more about Elena, watch this revealing interview that will also give you great parenting and relationship tips!

REAL ESTATE needs to have 4 things: cash flow, scale, time, and the right location. Nail those 4 things and you'll be doing better than 99% of all real estate investors out there. The USA is the only place where you have the deals available that I am talking about. You can't find these properties with a lot of units available anywhere else, so the USA gives you SCALE, and right now the USA is on SALE! People inside the market always misevaluate the market—brokers are lying to you half of the time because they can't see the future. At Cardone Capital, we look at the future because we are looking at 2028, 2030 and beyond!

1. Ask for referrals - it's easier to get referrals than to find a new customer. Don't ask "do you know anyone you can refer to me?" Instead be more specific "When you see what I did for you, who are the first 2 people you think of that need the same help?" Want a deal today? Write down 3 happy customers and call them now and ask for two names from each of them. 2. Upsell an existing customer or extend their current contract. 3. Call every customer you pitched in last 12 months who said no - chances are they still didn't make a decision on any products yet.

On this edition of Power Players Grant Cardone interviews The Hip Hop Preacher—Eric Thomas. He had a difficult childhood and eventually ended up homeless eating out of trash can. He had a victim mentality that so many struggle with in poverty and in fatherless homes. Now Eric produces massive success for himself and others speaking at churches, schools, and wherever else there is life—he goes to motivate and inspire. American success is real but you have to go out and get it. Eric Thomas grinds to the grind. He says you must have Intrinsic motivation. Don't grind for the wrong reason. Don't make excuses. Outwork and out hustle people. Excuse are everywhere and people complain about not having enough support. Most people want the reward, but not grind. They want the lottery. Shoot for the Nobel Prize. It is about changing people's lives. Eric says the problem with education is that for many students there is no clear purpose, you go to school because you have to. Eric had to be rich because he decided he couldn't be stuck at a job—he wants to own his time. It's not just about having a nice house and nice cars, being rich allows Eric be able to buy his wife the expensive medication she needs. TGIM is better than TGIF—keep grinding!

1. You're not buying: If you don't buy, it's because you don't know what you're doing 2. Buying too small: This happens when you become scared thinking that big deals are riskier. This is false, small deals are riskier. 3. Buying on a Budget: don't be confined to what you can "afford". Don't have a budget when you buy, have a budget when you own. 4. Believing the Pro Forma: don't put significance on a fairy tale. 5. Underestimate expenses: taxes and insurance aren't fully understood. 6. Not funding Capital costs—roofs, carpets, etc. need to be funded, so set some aside for when you will need it. 7. Over leveraging—borrowing too much money. 8. Under leveraging—not borrowing money. 9. Buying on CAP rates: If you're only looking at 8 caps, you'll miss out on good deals that don't fit your criteria. 10. Not knowing: ignorance is not bliss.

You've got a lot going on. You run a business. Marriage. Your kids. The ability to change is vital to your success. You can wish or meditate but, in order to change, you have to make or become different. When I was 25, a mentor told me something that I'll never forget: "To change, you've got to change." How do you change? Do you make gradual moves or do you wait for the grizzly bear to come rip you apart? You don't like to travel. Travel more. You hate flying. Go on more flights. You don't like sleeping outdoors. Maybe you need to take a camping trip. Remove your rigid thinking. All Change Starts With You!

Ezra Firestone came to my studios for an exclusive interview on how to run a multi-million dollar e-commerce business. If you're interested in selling things online, don't miss this!

You shouldn't invest in real estate if you don't know the market. You have to know about the location and what kind of residents are in the area. When you know what you're doing, you'll make money. If you're not making money, then you don't know something. The real estate is a game about KNOW. The 4 Quadrants of Real Estate are: ● Price ● Down Payment ● Debt and ● Cash-on-cash

$5,000 is NOT much money. Money goes where money knows, and people who hate money never have money. Broke people don't have a target big enough, because to them 5K is a big amount...but the question is, how do you turn 5k into a million? If you had 5k and add $5,000 every year and earn 20% on it, you'll have $1,125,000 dollars in 20 years. So how to get to 20% returns? If you earn only 10% a year, you'll have just 320k. If my real estate isn't making 20% a year I make it when I sell the property. My deals make 20-30% and my bad deals make 15% when I sell them. You need to know the FUTURE value of money. Listen in for more on the Cardone Zone!

Negotiating is a game, and you need to have your game ready before the game. You need a mentor for this or you will take your whole life to learn it. The game is important because you have to have fun getting the money or you will go play a game elsewhere and go spend the money. I attach money to the game. I won't play a game without the money. I am the perfect combination of a gamer and a money man. The fact is if you're not money motivated you're going to lose the majority of deals. Remember this, when your ego is bigger than your bank account, you're going to lose! Become a better negotiator and you will WIN in life. Listen in for more on The Cardone Zone!

In today's episode of the Cardone Zone Elena and I talk about the need to always look to add value to your relationships. How do you add value to your relationships? One decision at a time. You can add value to your marriage not only by doing certain things but by NOT doing things as well: getting drunk, spending money, getting into accidents. The more value you add to your relationship, the better your relationship will be and the more value you will receive. Remember this, give, give, give, and the world will open up all it's treasures to you. The same principle holds true in your relationship—give, give, give and you will begin to get back!

Gerard Adams, co-founder of Elite Daily and Ceo of Fownders, comes down to sunny Miami Beach, FL to visit Grant Cardone and take a tour of his offices. Elite Daily and Ceo of Fownders, comes down to sunny Miami Beach, FL to visit Grant Cardone and take a tour of his offices. Elite Daily was recently sold for $50 Million, but that is not the end of the road for Gerard, simply a stepping stone for what is to come. Grant and Gerard are Obsessed. Obsessed with helping their family, employees, and their community. Are you Obsessed?

I'm against doing small deals because I think you need bigger deals. Big, monster deals are less risky and more profitable. But some of you want smaller deals so today I take all your questions on SMALL deals. Listen in as I take callers and go over different deals that are more affordable to the average investor. This is small-deal day on the Cardone Zone!

Here are some highlights from this episode: 1. The middle class is a myth. You can't live off of 59K a year! 2. House - this money is dead money. 3. Save money-you're taught this but how much can you really save? 4. College— This is for people who want to delay the real world and be in a worse position financially at 22 than at 18 5. Wall Street—Give your money to people you don't know because you don't want to be responsible for it! 6. Own a car—ridiculous Listen, money is only good If you use it. Learn to multiply, not add, because basic math won't EVER make you rich. If you're not making enough money, you need to know that cash flow is the holy grail of finance. Listen for much more!

You need a job that lets you earn commission, something that pays you for production. If you're in a salary job, find something symbiotic so you're making money in your side venture when not at work. You have to sit down and write out where you spend money every month and figure out your bills. If you won't even commit to writing this down you won't get to $100k, because you're not taking even one easy step towards being rich. Remember, the actions you take deliver the results you will get. If you don't have a plan you'll end up chasing trends and lose money. Until you have 100k in a bank stay broke and only spend money on bare necessities so you can focus on developing skills to make you more money. Listen in for much more!

Supporting your man is not just about taking care of the kids, it's about supporting him in everything he's doing. Elena looks to push Grant in order to make him better. Any positive relationship should make both the husband and the wife BETTER. Look to build an empire together—because you're a team. If you're not going to be a team, then why be married? Look to support each other! Look at the big picture and step outside of yourself. Powerful women flow power to their man.

Power Players with Donovin Darius and Grant Cardone: Economically, Donovin Darius started at the bottom. Your ability to earn is based on 3 things: the need for what you do, your ability to do it, and how difficult it is to replace you. Sports helped change Donovin's life economically as he was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars and had a successful career playing in the NFL. He made sure to play at a level that he was difficult to replace. He now runs a foundation that runs football camps to help kids on leadership and life skills. He teaches to redefine yourself, get occupied, and get noticed. Although a person may have pure intentions, they lack the required mindset and action steps to capitalize upon their great potential. You must have the right mindset necessary for success and to dominate—in the NFL or in business. In life, you win and you learn—you only lose when you don't learn a lesson or you give up.

The number one mistake for millennials is NOT buying a home???? Wrong. You don't need a home, you need cash flow. Never ever buy a house. It's not a dream, it's a death trap. It doesn't multiply your money! Listen to the full show to get ALL the reasons why a home is not a good deal.

Chairman of WFG, Ed Mylett has built a fortune by being a closer. While his initial dream didn't work out with playing baseball, he immediately opened his eyes to see the next opportunity. It's not whether you get up, it's how fast you get up. He's now a peak performance coach and is highly interested in reaching his full potential. What's the highest version of you? Don't measure yourself against others! Grant and Ed discuss the idea of when's enough, enough? How do you find massive success? Ed says there are two motivators after significance and wealth: growth and contribution. His 3 tips for reaching your potential include: 1. Monster Hunger. 2. Crazy Work Ethic. 3. Ability to Focus and Remove Distractions.

We all have made money mistakes—but the problem is for many, they keep making the same mistakes over and over and over again. You must learn from these common mistakes if you're ever going to create big wealth in your life. Here are some top money mistakes: #1 Being Short-Sighted #2 Not Developing Any Skill Set #3 Making Zero Investments to Learn More About Money #4 Living Above Your Means #5 Not making investments in time and money to get better

This is an unpopular viewpoint but it's true: You're NOT just supposed to love your partner the way they are. Really?! It's true. Why are you suppose to love them as they are? With all their flaws? What if they're lazy? What if they're broke and have a gambling addiction? Accept them as they are? You don't have to love someone as they are. Your marriage won't last if you both don't change. Be the best you can for you and you'll be the best for someone else. Here are two rules to remember: 1. Don't accept people just the way they are. Push them to the top. 2. When you take care of yourself it's a gift for your partner.

Today on Power Players Grant Cardone interviews Tim Storey, an inspirational author, speaker, and life coach who works with celebrities from Oprah to Charlie Sheen. Tim says that sometimes you are just one conversation from the break you're looking for. Power Players is about people who have achieved power, and Tim now travels the world speaking to crowds from Singapore to Nigeria. Everyone is battling something, and in different areas of life—financial, familial, health, etc.—you are in recovery zone or discovery zone. In a marathon, everyone starts running at the beginning, but when you get to mile 15 it's just the Kenyans out front. It's because they've battled and gone through some hard training. Coming from Compton, Tim knows small beginnings but working through struggle defines him. At the age of 8 he went to Disney Land and became exposed to a new world—new possibilities. There are two ways we grow: education and exposure. By choosing to think big and positive even in small places, he is who is today. Shift your satellite dish to what's possible. Be a happy dishwasher and the real you will make a demand on the person that you'll become.

Real estate is like a girl you like, you don't find a girl you like and lowball her. When you have a big deal don't worry about where you're gonna get the downpayment from, you gotta worry first where you're gonna get the loan from. Here's how to get the bank to lend you the money - show them you're gonna get higher NOI by making improvements on the property! I increase NOI and refinance a deal twice and end up walking away with 2 million plus while making over $400k a year. You can make money in small towns but you have to look at where the money is moving to. Your small town can end up being a big town or a ghost town soon. Listen in every Monday for real estate talk on the Cardone Zone!

The Cardone Zone is for everything Grant Cardone! Today I'm telling you about the 3 mistakes I don't want you to make when it comes to money: Saving to save Putting money in a 401K Buying a House This is a place where you can ask me anything money! Love me or hate me, at least you know me!

Professional Follow-Up has 2 categories of failure: 1)You don't follow up/ i.e., you quit. 2)You follow-up in the wrong way The professional will always remain professional. The customer should always feel good at the end of your call. Here are 5 rules to remember: Always be Professional Always Make Them Feel Good Always Agree Always Offer Another Service Always Use a Tag

In this episode I tell guys if you won't or can't take a shot in the face you can't take care of your woman. If you're young, I would not worry about girls now, worry about the money. Women will come, they all come, they leave the wimps for the guys with money. So I challenge the men on planet Earth to man up! Get your bank account right, learn to sell, and you can have anything you want in life. Male or female, you won't have the right relationship until you have your money right—otherwise you'll always be fighting and stressing about money!

On this episode of the Cardone Zone I talk about finding off-market deals: 1. Know your market 2. Know your rents 3. Know where your debt or money is going to come from The debt is where everyone gets stuck. When you get to bigger deals, how do you get the money? You have to be qualified to be able to support those balance sheets. Listen in to Real Estate talk every Monday only on the Cardone Zone!

The marketplace has changed and marketing plays a big part in it. The old adage was to buy space in a newspaper or a billboard but in todays marketplace, you can reach millions of people around the world as opposed to just a little part of your town or local market.

Casey Adams came on the Cardone Zone today to interview me with his own podcast, The Rise of the Young. We covered social media marketing, branding, real estate, crypto currency, scaling a company, and my thoughts on college education. Casey is just 17 and far ahead of where I was at that age!

Erna Basson came in to my studio in Miami, Fl all the way from New Zealand to do an exclusive interview about women entrepreneurs today for the Cardone Zone. How can women and men operate in the marketplace today and how can women leverage some simple methods to get the upper-hand in any deal?

Why you're missing deals: #1 lack of time is why you're missing deals. You may be getting to your customers at the wrong time. Find out what you can do to preempt these things early in the process. #2 Personal issue may be the reason you are missing deals. #3 Unspoken concerns about costs could be a big reason why you could be missing deals. #4 Change of guard, new owner or decision maker comes into the deal when you reach the end of sales cycle. #5 Customers are on the wrong product, you need to provide options to people. For more on sales, listen every Thursday to the Cardone Zone!

Today in the Cardone Zone, Elena and I talked about what to do when you no longer "feel" love. Do you quit or push on? The reason you fall out of love is because your spouse's purpose no longer align with your purpose. To get back in love you need a shared purpose!

Edwin Arroyave is the CEO of Skyline Security which has made the Inc 5000 list for fastest growing companies for 3 years in a row. Skyline's company mission is to ensure sure that with their aggressive push for quantity, they still provide the highest quality of service. Watch Grant and Edwin talk about expansion, recruitment and sales in this exclusive power player interview.

What are the 5 most important questions to ask when investing in real estate> In this real estate episode of the Cardone Zone, I answer the 5 big questions you must ask. Home ownership is going down while renting is going up over the last 30 years. Car ownership went down while leases are going up. That's because people don't want to own stuff anymore, they want to use stuff! Listen in every Monday to the Cardone Zone for Real Estate Topics that matter.

Other professional podcasters like Lewis Howes, Andy Frisella, Gary Vee, and John Lee Dumas all told me, focus on one show. But I didn't because I thought I knew better. Instead of 10Xing one show, I tried to 10X the number of shows I was producing. Imagine doing a different show EVERY DAY and then figure out how to promote each one. I juggle a speaking career, five companies, and two kids. I simply wasn't able to tell my audience where to go to listen to the podcasts because there are so many the message gets diluted. So here it is……one place for everything.

Have as much money as possible coming in from passive income. I want a check every month, how about you? I want the company to pay me and I want the real estate to pay me even if I didn't 't work today. There are not a lot of options for passive income out there. You make 50k you pay 15k in taxes, you need to figure out how to get this 3k a month you're left with into passive income. When you buy stock you don't need to worry about the loss it had over time because you really already lost the money when you bought the stock. You gave money for a piece of paper. Stop buying things that go up and down, you need something stable that pays dividends over time. If you make 100k a year your goal should be another 100k matched in passive income. Ultimately you want more passive than active income. Invest in things that stay stable. You don't want a piece of paper you want a piece of asset. Only invest in companies that can't be disrupted. AT&T went down because its in telecom and it got disrupted, Facebook will be disrupted, Apple will be disrupted. Just look at all things from 30 years ago that don't exist anymore, like your mom's old phone. This is model you want to follow: work your ass off, save your money, when there is a good asset - buy it. You guys spend money on junk, I spend money on things that go up in value over time and give me passive income. Get on the smart side of investing!

The rich guys do not pay the IRS. It's not that they don't pay, they defer. You need to change your mind about paying the IRS. Pay more... 1. You want to pay more taxes. If you pay more you make more money. 2. Reduce the bill 3. Defer the bill What if I told you that you can buy a swimming pool or hot tub and deduct it? What if you could join the country club and write it off?

I don't do get rich quick, I do get rich for sure. Here are 3 rules for you to take away today for future investments: #1 Don't lose money #2 Don't lose money #3 Get rich for sure Title of episode: Crypto is Down, Here's How to Invest

Do you have a Millionaire mindset? The middle class is getting hammered. If you want to be in the top 1% you're going to have to first change your mind, Your goal should not be $70,000 a year, it should be $70,000 a month!

You're told to save money. Why? You don't make enough money to begin with! The majority of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. The unemployment rate is at 4% but people are still broke. There are no shortages of money on this planet so why is this happening to the majority of people? Don't worry about what happened last year. This is your year to turn it around and get your money right! We are in a new economy. Debt should not be your priority right now. You need to get close to people who have money. I talked about this in the "Millionaire Booklet." You have to close the distance between you and money. That means getting around people that have your money. If you're a waitress, don't hang in the kitchen with the cooks. Stay at the table with the money!

If you only have 40k, you have no business investing. You need to make real money and put it away. Wall Street wants you to get rid of it. $100,000 is the investment number you need to be thinking about. When you lose money, you lose confidence. Prove to yourself that you can make money and keep it. Here's How to Invest: 1.Don't lose $ 2.Don't forget Rule #1 3.Don't start too early 4.Don't invest too little/small amounts 5.Know what you're investing in The Order to Invest : 1.Invest in yourself - this is not betting. You can't lose when you invest in yourself 2.Increase Flows - branding, getting known, put into your business. How to Invest Like a Billionaire: 1. Long-term 2. Big Bet 3. Control 4. Domination

Do You Have a Crypto Coach? If you want to invest in crypto, the first thing you need is cash. Nobody sells their Bitcoin for nothing—they need cash. Think about it, the only way to get into the Bitcoin game is cash. You can't invest until you learn how to MAKE money. There are 3 steps here: Make it Keep it Multiply it In order to multiply anything, whether it be crypto, stocks, or real estate, you first need to have it. Too many people are looking to get rich when they have nothing to even invest. What you need is a financial coach to help get you in a place where you start making more money. You need revenue! No cash, no Bitcoin, no Ethereum, and no Dash. You need CASH!