TEAM ELEVATE RETREAT 2024

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Reflecting on our unforgettable trip at Lake Arrowhead, CA.. 🏔️

Our annual retreat was a blend of relaxation, deep connections, and strategic planning as we gear up for the summer season in Orange County real estate.. 😎

From meaningful conversations, to indulging in the healing mountain air and stuffing our bellies from sun up to sundown, every moment was a reminder of gratitude and rejuvenation. 🍃

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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

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ELEVATE YOUR FUTURE WITH A STRATEGIC MOVE IN REAL ESTATE.. 🤑

Contrary to what most (uninformed) people are saying, there is an undeniable opportunity in the market right now and you need to know about it. 💯

Questions? 🤔 I have answers. 🤓↙️
Elevate Estates, Inc.
📲 (562) 505-2311
📧 info@elevateestates.co
🌐 www.elevateestates.co

#yourAgent4life #yourknowledgebroker #ElevateEstates #realestate #homebuyer #homeseller #sellersmarket #inventorycrisis #marketconditions #marketupdate #marketshift #getready #dontwait #yousnoozeyoulose #whoyouworkwithmatters #choosewisely

TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY

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UNDER 📑 CONTRACT | #PROJECTWARDLOW
🏡 Long Beach, CA 🏝️

From acquisition, to rehab, to list, and in escrow within three and a half months.. LFG‼️ 🚀🚀🚀

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COVID IS BACK.. (kind of)

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The Covid housing craze is back.. 🏘️🚶🏻‍♂️🚶🏻🚶🏻‍♀️

With the record-low inventory showing no signs of improvement, home values in LA & OC counties are back on the rise. 📈

Questions? 🤔 I have answers. 🤓↙️

Elevate Estates, Inc.
📲 (562) 505-2311
📧 info@elevateestates.co
🌐 www.elevateestates.co

#yourAgent4life #yourknowledgebroker #ElevateEstates #realestate #homebuyer #homeseller #sellersmarket #inventorycrisis #marketconditions #marketupdate #whoyouworkwithmatters #choosewisely

WHY WAITING COULD COST YOU

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While it might be tempting to hold off on buying a property until a better deal arrives, there's no guarantee that mortgage rates will drop or that homes will become more affordable in 2024. My guess is that they won’t.

Mortgage rates are higher, but keep in mind that what goes up is going to come down — except the value of your property. It might correct itself a little bit, but in the long run, it’s going to continue to rise.

If you buy now, you can start building equity immediately. That’s true no matter which way the real estate market is leaning. A key point for today’s market, though, is that buying now means avoiding the potential for additional mortgage-rate increases and home value appreciation.

The potential benefits of purchasing a home now are lower home prices, more time to purchase, less chance of a bidding war, and you’re more likely to get seller concessions that we can use to reduce your interest rate and/or closing costs.

#yourAgent4life #yourknowledgebroker #ElevateEstates #realestate #homebuyer #homeseller #marketconditions

HOW ARE YOUR DAUGHTERS DOING?

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 19)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

“How are your daughters doing?” 👨‍👧‍👧

Being a girl dad is about working to make the world better for your girls. A girl dad plays princesses, does hair, and gives manicures, but he also teaches his daughters how to fix things and play sports. There’s a lot our daughters can teach us. We recognize the importance of raising strong, independent women. We also recognize there are stigmas, stereotypes, and inequalities that exist and stand in the way of our daughters being whoever they want to be and it’s our job to help knock those down. 💯

Daughters can turn even the toughest dads into complete softies. I love seeing some of my Marine buddies giving their daughters manicures, or YouTubing how to do a French braid, or playing dress-up. Girl dads know you’ll do whatever you have to do to put a smile on their faces and there’s nothing I love seeing more than a dad making a total fool of himself. Respect. ✊🏼

I wish every man could have a daughter. I know what it means to me and how much it has changed me for the better. When you see your daughters looking at you like their hero, you can’t help but examine all of your actions and decisions differently and ask, “Does this make them proud?” We don’t want to let our little girls down and we don’t want the world to let them down either. 💕

#yourAgent4life #girldad #kayliegrace #ellagrace #mybigwhy #beyondblessed

WHAT’S UP WITH THE REAL ESTATE MARKET?

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 18)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

“What’s going on with the real estate market right now?”

🏡 The housing market has suffered from dwindling demand as the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes drive up mortgage rates and the cost of homebuying. 😒

According to the National Association of Realtors, existing-home sales in October fell for the ninth consecutive month to an annual rate of 4.4 million. Ushering in the declines, the average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage has more than doubled over the past year to 6.49%, according to Freddie Mac. The Fed slowing down their rate hikes will send a signal that we are close to the bottom and most analysts expect that to happen in 2023.. 📉

#yourRealtor4life #ElevateEstates #elevatedbites #theelevatedlife #inspire #uplift #newseries #realestate #marketupdate #marketshift #buyersmarket #sellersmarket #plutocapitalinvestments #podcast

HOW HAS BEING A PARENT HELPED YOU IN BUSINESS?

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 17)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

“How has being a parent helped you in business?” 👨‍👧‍👧

Parenting is ultimately about putting someone else before yourself. The greatest lesson that I’ve learned is to really understand what it means to be a servant-leader.

With two young girls, all my time spent with them is 100% giving and being there in whatever way they need me. It is very much selfless and in some ways, an exercise in subordinating your ego. You have no choice but to become more patient, more generous, more understanding, and more willing to take things at whatever pace the world gives them to you..

“Servant-leadership is all about making the goals clear and then rolling your sleeves up and doing whatever it takes to help people win.” 💯 – Ken Blanchard

#yourRealtor4life #ElevateEstates #lifehacks #businesshacks #elevatedbites #theelevatedlife #inspire #uplift #newseries #mystory #girldad #fatherhood #parentinglessons #patience #compassion #understanding #entrepreneur #alifebydesign #separationseason #thepowerofchoice #plutocapitalinvestments #podcast

MY VERY FIRST JOB

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 16)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

“What was your first job growing up..?” 😅🐟

By the time I finished high school, I worked four different jobs and three of them at the same time. I remember making the decision at a young(er) age to do the kinds of things a lot of my friends weren’t willing to do at the time. Like WORK. I don’t know how or why I made that decision when none of my friends did. I just know I wanted to be different. 💯

Little did I know, this would provide me an awesome opportunity to serve my boys and ironically, that’s how I discovered my heart for elevating an experience in any situation.. Like showing up to the boys at 10PM on a Friday night with a huge batch of freshly-fried fish and hush puppies..

#latenightmunchies 😋 #yourRealtor4life #ElevateEstates #lifehacks #businesshacks #elevatedbites #theelevatedlife #inspire #uplift #newseries #mystory #firstjob #hustlemindset #entrepreneur #heartofservice #serve #alifebydesign #separationseason #thepowerofchoice #plutocapitalinvestments #podcast

MY THREE TRUTHS

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 15)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

I truly enjoyed my time yesterday as a returning guest on a podcast. We dove a bit deeper into my story and some of the very exciting things we are currently working on. Towards the end of our conversation I was asked, “If you were to leave behind three pieces of advice for the world, what would they be?” 🤔

I hope you’ll take a brief moment to hear my response and be encouraged today. 💙 Feel free to reach out with any questions. 📲

#yourRealtor4life #ElevateEstates #lifehacks #businesshacks #elevatedbites #theelevatedlife #inspire #uplift #newseries #mystory #resilience #seekdiscomfort #breakthrough #createchange #alwaysgrowing #alifebydesign #separationseason #thepowerofchoice #thrivedontsurvive #plutocapitalinvestments #podcast

MENTAL STRENGTH IS EVERYTHING

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 14)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

“Mental strength is EVERYTHING..” 🤔

Here are the three biggest benefits you'll experience when you build mental strength:

1. ELEVATED LIFE SATISFACTION. Building mental strength will help you gain self-acceptance while still striving for self-improvement. You'll be able to enjoy life to its fullest when you're able to turn challenges into opportunities for growth. As your mental strength increases, you'll feel more confident in the decisions you make. You'll gain clarity over your values, and you'll ensure that your priorities are in line with your beliefs.

2. ELEVATED PERFORMANCE. Increased mental strength is the key to performing at your peak. Whether you're an athlete or an entrepreneur, building mental strength will help you reach your greatest potential. Mental strength helps you manage your thoughts, regulate your emotions, and behave productively. That means you'll be able to focus your effort and energy on the things that matter most.

3. ELEVATED RESILIENCE. You can't control a lot of things that happen to you in life. But, you can control how you respond to hardship. When you feel mentally strong you'll be able to rise to whatever challenge you face. Mental strength isn't just for hard times, however. It's also critical to managing stress in everyday life. As your mental strength increases, you'll gain confidence in your ability to deal with whatever problems you face.

Now go get strong and STAY STRONG. 💪🏼

Feel free to reach out with any questions. 📲

INTEREST VS. COMMITMENT

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 13)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

“Interest vs. Commitment”

🤔 Interest is reactive. Commitment is proactive. When you’re interested in something, you might play around with it, dabble, get a feel for it, and see how it responds. You may even compile and recompile, uninstall, reinstall, tweak, and spend copious amounts of time debating its good and bad points on internet discussion forums. As a result, you can feel “committed” but the commitment is partial at best and almost always short-lived.

Commitment is the realm of the doer. It implies making a decision, setting your sights on your destination, and stepping on the gas. When you’re committed to producing a certain result, you begin at the end and reverse engineer a solution that will achieve the desired outcome. You eliminate from your mind any possibility of not getting what you want. Instead of asking, “Is this possible?” you ask, “What must I do to make this happen?” You’re much better off committing yourself to something 100% and figuring out after two weeks that you don’t really like it rather than being 20% “interested” in it for a few months, and never sinking your teeth in deeply enough to reach a firm conclusion.

So, what are you on the fence about? Starting a small business? Sell your home or wait? Buy a home or wait? iPhone or Android? PC or Mac? Red pill or blue pill? Whatever it is, it all comes down to realizing that the answer is subjective and the only way you’ll ever know is by trying it out yourself instead of relying on borrowed wisdom. And if things don’t work out for whatever reason, you can always change your mind.

Feel free to reach out with any questions. 📲

GET BETTER OR GO BROKE

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🎙T H E E L E V A T E D L I F E (Ep. 12)

“Uplifting bites of inspiration to elevate your business and your life.”

“Get better or go broke..” 💯

When it comes to achieving great success in life, there is no way you can do it without education. While it is true that knowledge is just a form of potential power until it’s actually used, it doesn’t mean you should ignore knowledge or stop educating yourself. 🤓

Take it from Zig Ziglar who once said, “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” You just need an insatiable desire for growth and spirit to strive for success—that being the core foundation of self-education. 🙇🏻‍♂️

Feel free to reach out with any questions. 📲