Real Estate Minute: The Mentor Who Changed Everything

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Real Estate Minute: The Mentor Who Changed Everything
I interviewed Todd Nepola — a real estate investor with $1B+ in assets under management — on my podcast, and he told me how he met his first mentor.

Years ago, he went to a real estate conference looking for someone to learn from.

After a panel, the speaker — a successful investor — dropped his business cards in all four corners of the room and said:

“By the end of this talk, every card will be gone.

But none of you will call me.”

Todd didn’t take a card.

He followed the man back to his booth, waited for a pause, and respectfully introduced himself.

He said, “I do what you do — just on a smaller scale. If I fly to D.C. to shadow you for a day, would you show me how you do it?”

The guy said yes.

Todd bought the ticket, showed up, and realized something powerful:

his mentor wasn’t doing anything mystical — he was just doing the same thing, at scale.

That day changed everything.

Because it’s never about who you know online.

It’s about who you meet in person.

As promised, value in under a minute.

Want to meet the people who could change your business — the way Todd met his first mentor?

Then you need to be in Miami this November for The Real Deal Miami Forum — Nov 5–6 at Mana Wynwood.

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You’ll get access to both stages and the Expo Hall — the heartbeat of networking and deal flow.

P.S. I’ll be there in Miami filming, connecting, and meeting other investors — reply “Miami” if you’ll be there too so we can link up in person.