Dealmakers Quote of the Week – Mike Lima

I was thinking today of a great person I could quote this week that would give folks an idea of how a successful real estate investor thinks.  I thought of Sam Zell, Stephen Ross, and Trump.  But the problem is, I really don’t know these individuals that well to give a prospective on how they act in a pressure situation or conduct their day to day lives.  Then I thought of the perfect person, Mike Lima.

Mike is my business partner and the other, most important half of Fortress Investments, LLC. Mike is the real deal, and has an innate ability to view a situation from a different altitude.  He is by far one of the hardest workers I know and always sees the good in people.

It’s not easy being a full time real estate investor especially in these turbulent financial times, but the highlight about Mike is he ALWAYS keeps a positive outlook on tough situations and portrays a subtle confidence that everything will work out just fine.

This is a choice he makes, he could easily focus on the negative doom and gloom but he knows that won’t get us to where we need to be.

Here are three successful attributes I’ve learned from working with Mike Lima

1. Put yourself in other people’s shoes, and try to view the situation from their prospective.  This is very hard for me to do, whenever I’m about to go ape $#@% on someone, he swiftly shows me an alternative prospective that puts a whole different light on the situation.

2. Choose to focus on the positive. This is a true choice we can make. Try for a week to only choose a positive viewpoints instead of negative.  The result will be amazing.

3. Shatter barriers by blowing through them with no mercy.  Mike love extreme physical sports.  I remember when I first met Mike; we had a meeting at a house we were dealing with on Halloween day.  He woke up that morning at 3am and drove to the Grand Canyon.  He ran to the bottom, ran back up in record time then proceeded to drive home and make it in time to attend our meeting.  THAT IS CRAZY… I would have been dead…for sure.  I could share countless stories that would blow your mind, but the point is this.  If you think you can or if you think you can’t…..Your right.  You pick!!

Mike is the glue that keeps our company moving forward and I really appreciate the hard work an effort he devotes.  We both have a blast doing what we do.  I can say it’s a ton of work but it’s sooooooo worth it!!!

Happy Investing!!

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