IS TOM BRADY READY TO (LITERALLY) CALL THE SHOTS? The GOAT Makes His FOX Debut!
Nearly two years after signing a 10-year deal with Fox Sports, Tom Brady’s debut as an on-air announcer is officially in the books. The seven- time Super Bowl champion was on the broadcast desk for the Week 1 match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns on Sept. 8. After a college career with the University of Michigan Wolverines, Brady was a sixth-round pick, the 199th player chosen, in the 2000 NFL Draft. Talent evaluators found him unimpressive, and many sports analysts were uncertain about his future in the league — plus the Patriots already had two other quarterbacks. In the decades since, many have called this decision a stroke of luck that changed the course of professional football history, but others attribute it to the foresight and strategic planning skills of the team’s leadership. Coach Bill Belichick
saw what others didn’t during that fateful draft — Brady’s potential. This decision proved to be a pivotal moment for both the team and the player.
17 NFL records, including nearly every major record for quarterbacks, Brady is currently an all-time leader in multiple areas, including passing yards, attempts, and touchdown passes. He led the Patriots to six Super Bowl wins in 20 seasons before transferring to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for three more years and another championship ring. Brady’s transition from the gridiron to the broadcast booth marks a significant milestone for his career. His Fox contract pays out $375 million over a decade. By contrast, his 23-year tenure with the NFL netted him around $333 million. This industry-leading deal at nearly $38 million per year earns Brady the title of the highest-paid sports broadcaster ever — just a bit more than sports commentator Jim Rome’s $30 million per year at CBS. Tune in to NFL games all season long to see how the GOAT does behind the mic!
Whatever the case, Brady has earned his spot in the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. Holding
HOW OFTEN DO GREAT PROPERTIES REALLY COME UP FOR SALE?
I just got done with a phone conference call with my private partners, and a question came up that was a really good one: “How often can I expect good projects we can invest in to become available?” And this is a great question. How often DO good properties come up for sale or can be purchased? Is there a number you can put on this per week or per month? First, let me tell you that, like anything else, everyone would be doing it if it was that easy. In other words, one of the big reasons why people get frustrated and quit on their investment property goals is because there are not enough good projects coming up often enough. In other words:
done and properties purchased. There is a lot more strategy that goes on other than, “How much property can we buy this quarter or this year?” That reminds me: A big red flag is someone who continues to sell you property after property every month or even more often. Great deals just do not exist every three weeks. That does not happen. So, once the dust settles, you are basically left with an average of one or two deals per quarter that you might be able to invest in and profit from. I know that I could go three months and not have a single property cross my desk that will work. Then, in three weeks, I will have three or four all at once. That is just the way it goes. What happens most of the time is that I will be working on a property that looks like it is going to work and spending all sorts of time and energy on it, and then out of left field, one will come up that is even better. This happens a lot, too, but again, it does not happen often.
But let’s come full circle here. How often can you expect “good enough” properties to come up? I’d be very happy if we had one per quarter on average. This is pretty good. Even though this is not as large of a number as one would expect, always remember: It just takes one good one!
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97% of the properties I look at will NOT work Out of the 3% that do … I find 50% of those will not work out either.
I spend a lot of time looking at properties that, at the end of the day, will not work. I am not in the business of buying just for the sake of getting deals
–Darin
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