Many people believe that achieving your goals is the epitome of success. However, what makes it more worthwhile is gaining personal growth along the way. Multifamily master https://rodkhleif.com/ (Rod Khleif) joins Keith Baker to tell his inspiring story of finding success and failure in real estate, teaching him to live larger than life and become strong whatever happens. He shares how writing down your specific goals helps a lot in gearing up for the challenges of life and how the feeling of gratitude allows you to manifest every goal you may have. Above all, Rod talks about finding a high level of self-fulfillment in giving back to society, sharing how he found a deeper purpose in feeding families every time the holiday season comes.
Rod Khleif: Why Achieving Personal Growth Is More Important Than Goal-SettingI Finally Got To Interview Rod Khleif!I’m pumped up for this interview with https://rodkhleif.com/ (Rod Khleif). He is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about real estate, business and giving back. As one of the country’s top business, real estate and peak performance luminaries, Rod has owned over 2,000 homes and apartment buildings and has built over 24 businesses in his 40-year business career, several of which have been worth tens of millions of dollars. That’s just a few of the reasons I sought out Rod to be on the show. As you read on, you’ll understand why. Out of 120-plus episodes, this is the episode in which I say the least. Rod is captivating and inspirational, at least for me. I sat back and started taking notes because I forgot that I was conducting an interview. Rod’s podcast, https://rodkhleif.com/Lifetime-Cashflow-Podcast/ (The Lifetime CashFlow Through Real Estate) is one of the first shows I listened to way back years ago. It inspired me to do my own. His show inspired me to also begin seeking knowledge and to understand multifamily investing, which is Rod’s specialty. Let’s go ahead and get down to the brass text of this show and to the interview with Rod Khleif.
It’s my distinct honor to welcome https://rodkhleif.com/ (Mr. Rod Khleif) to the show. Rod, welcome. Thanks. Let’s have some fun, Keith. I know full well who you are. I want my audience to know who you are. I listened to Rod’s podcast years ago as I’m coming up in my morning commute and it inspired me to do my show. Rod’s podcast is https://rodkhleif.com/Lifetime-Cashflow-Podcast/ (The Lifetime CashFlow Through Real Estate). There’s a lot of great information there. I’m excited and nervous. Rod, thank you so much. You honor me by coming on here. Thank you for your kind words. That means a lot to me. For those of you that don’t know who I am, let me give you a little background on me and a story because it might help and inspire you. I immigrated to this country when I was six years old. I was born in the Netherlands, in Holland, wooden shoes and windmills. We ended up in Denver, Colorado. We didn’t have much. I worked close in the Goodwill and the Salvation Army all the way through junior high school until I lied about my age to work at Burger King when I was fourteen, so I could buy my clothes. I remember growing up, we ate expired food and drank powdered milk because that’s all we could afford. Luckily, my mom had an incredible work ethic. She babysat kids so we’d have enough money to eat and have a decent life. She was a bit of an entrepreneur as well. She invested in the stock market with her babysitting money. She also bought the house across the street from us when I was about fourteen. When I was seventeen, three years later, she told me she’d made $20,000 in her sleep. I’m like, “You made $20,000, it went up in value and you didn’t do anything? Forget college. I’m getting into real estate.” I became a real estate broker when I turned eighteen. I’m an agent. I was a broker, which you could do back then with education. Now they got smart and you...