Jens Nielsen was a database administrator for 20 years before becoming a general partner on roughly 750 units. On this episode, host Abel Pacheco and Jens talk about turning fear into competence through education.
In this episode:
- His method: "the way to overcome those limiting beliefs is through education. Once you have some competence, you start developing the confidence to go out there and do stuff."
- Abel lived the same ladder: "I love the education, competence, confidence. I preach it all the time, because I lived it."
- The one underwriting question: "Can we survive 70% occupancy and still pay our debt? That's what's gonna make or break a deal."
- Why fear is an information deficit, not a character flaw.
- Why the operator who understands the numbers keeps more of them.
Abel Pacheco is a San Antonio real estate operator who went from 8 single family houses to a share of roughly 1,500 apartment doors, and now works as a fractional Chief AI Officer helping small and mid sized businesses put the back office on autopilot.
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