My Life & 1,000 Houses: Failing Forward to Financial Freedom - Paperback

by Mitch Stephen (Author)

This autobiographical tale is perfect for entrepreneurs and a must-read for anyone aspiring to be a real estate investor. Beginning with a handful of credit cards, he mastered the art of the purchase and sale of single and multi-family residences, small commercial properties, manufactured homes, raw land and lots, and eventually was honored by the San Antonio Real Estate Investors Association. Combining commonsense, experience and technology, he merges real estate and Internet marketing. With fifty one informative chapters, including an eye-opening introduction to "Adversity University," and powerful food for thought in "Escaping the Debt Trap" and "The Moat Theory: Keep Something Sacred," this book provides insight far beyond deal making. In the second half of the book, he delivers eighteen anecdotes such as "So What Can a Dollar Buy?" and "The Art of War," stories about real life in the real estate trenches. You simply can't make this stuff up. While everyone's struggles are different, you are sure to connect with the author's tumultuous and rewarding journey. You don't need a college class ring to be a success but a successful person's education never ends. Continue your education on a deeper level and read the book My Life and 1,000 Houses.

Author Biography

A self-taught real estate entrepreneur, Mitch Stephen has purchased over a thousand properties over the past decade. He was proclaimed the founder of the San Antonio Real Estate Investors Association whose more than eight hundred members dedicated their headquarters in his name. The founder of www.Homes2Go.com, a powerful Internet tool for real estate investors, he preaches the virtues of the worldwide web and the absolute necessity of a global presence. In addition, he has lectured on a wide variety of topics, ranging from owner financing mobile homes to purchasing commercial buildings. Truly a renaissance man, in March of 2005, he won the Tejano Music Award's "Crossover Song of the Year" for "Who's that Gringo," co-written by Billy O'Rourke and performed by the multiple Grammy Award-winning group, David Lee Garza y Los Musicales. Mitch Stephen lives and works with his wife and daughter in San Antonio, Texas. This is his first book.