
At one of my live events. Husband and father first.
■ Why I do this
I watched a skilled man get stuck. So I made a vow.
2005
Out of Iraq
My family fled religious persecution and came to the U.S. for a safe, better life. I was a teenager and knew very little English.
The vow
My father had the skill. It was not enough.
He went to trade school for AC here and graduated first in his class. He still could not turn that skill into a business, and we came close to losing the house we had scraped together to buy.
"I studied how this country runs, but I cannot apply it."
I decided then that my family would be taken care of, no matter what.
The first jobs
Laundromat, AC work, fences
I took early-morning classes so I could leave school early for a laundromat shift. I helped an AC technician. I knocked on doors along golf courses and painted fences for $200 a job: $100 up front for materials, $100 when it was done.
Service
Training with the U.S. military
For about three years I worked as a civilian contractor helping train U.S. soldiers before deployment, following my father, who worked with the U.S. military in Iraq.
2013
Car dealerships with my family
My brother, my father and I opened a dealership, then a second one. It taught me that a family business needs more structure, not less.
2014
Real estate with Carlos
With my partner and friend Carlos Reyes I flipped hundreds of homes, built a multi-million-dollar investment company, and started teaching what we learned.
2018
The vow, kept
I paid off my parents' mortgage.
Today
Five companies, one system
All In Nation, ProspectX, CallGeeks, Proferty and Medical Surplus run on an operating system I built. Two days a week I mentor other owners.
My father did not need more skill. He needed someone to show him how to apply it. That is the job I do now.
