STRATEGY
COMMUNITY
HowTragedy Turned a Real Estate Meetup into Family
IT’S SMART TO INVEST IN PROPERTY, ESSENTIAL TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY
by Ellis Hammond
ntil the pandemic hit, I had been hosting a bi-monthly
aware of how our community was taking an interest in the livelihood and welfare of others, until disaster struck. One of our active members had a horrific life-threatening event occur to his son (he is well on the road of recovery now.) The event reiterat - ed for me that we not only SHOULD look out for the welfare of those we interact with in our investing journey, but we MUST, and we will
inherently do better for putting the human aspect at the forefront of our goals. When this event took place, the response from our REI communi - ty was fantastic. People not only wanted to support our member and support his family, but they were willing to actively engage in his life to ensure that it maintained as much stability as possible and received assistance as need be. Our
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breakfast in San Diego for a group of dedicated investors that were interested and active in commercial real estate. Fantastic connections were created at these meetups, and a handful of deals and activi - ties took place in our first year of hosting events. I knew that making connections for myself and others would pay dividends, I just wasn’t
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