Justin B. McClelland

This week I did something that I really felt needed to be done. I went against the grain (as I often do) and went with my gut. Literally, as I pulled into the parking lot at work this past Monday, I decided that that day I was going to give my notice of resignation. During a normal bi-weekly meeting with my boss, I told her that I was giving 4 weeks notice of my resignation.

This is going against the grain because I don’t have much money saved-up and I don’t have much of a safety net at all. But, more importantly, I felt like this was the right decision because I feel like my job has been holding me back as much as it has supported me. In the REI world, I believe he/she that hustle’s most wins. So, I have been hustling for months and months, but I just haven’t been able to come up with anything. For instance, just when I’m getting somewhere and making progress at 3am, I would have to get some sleep because I would have to make work the next day. Or just when I may have a lead to check out, I would have to usually defer my meetings to weekends because of work. I still plan on reaching a 7-figure net-worth before the age of 30. And I know that I can’t do it while sacrificing 45 hours of my life every week to “the man”.

I should also mention, that the stress of that place is just unhealthy. I don’t have any kind of power/authority complex, so I have no problems taking orders. But it’s extremely hard to do, when the orders just make absolutely no sense at all. Stuff like, “Justin, I need for you to tell our customers that 1+1 = 11″. When your job depends on it, you just have to go with it. And when customer’s try and reason with you that the correct answer is “2″, you deep-down want to agree, but you can’t. But anyway, enough of that mess. Knowing that I won’t be employed there after March, feels like I’m getting a tumor removed or something (I hope to never experience what that feels like, by the way. I mean if I develop one, I do hope it is found, well…you know what I’m saying).

So, I’m going all-out. I’m ready for the adventure and the beginning of this new chapter of life. I’m about to hustle like you wouldn’t believe. I mean, if you thought I was a hustler before…you ain’t seen nothing yet. Steph Davis gave me the name “Mr. Hustle”, I like that. And I’m going to more than live-up to it.  Since I’ll have more time I’m going to give you more of the ups and the downs, it’s either sink or swim at this point.  So, just stay tuned and enjoy the ride.

P.S.
I’ve had a few people now ask me, “Do you make your videos primarily for theatrics?”

Seriously….seriously?  “Funny?” Am I here to amuse you?  Am I here to make you laugh?  HUH!!? Funny…funny how?  What do you mean I’m FUNNY?!?! What the %&@# is so FUNNY about me! (bonus points to who knows the movie reference).

Truth is.  I just do all of this stuff because I like to act.  I play the role of a struggling real estate investor on-screen…it really allows me to show my range.  I was all-in after I read the script in one-sitting. Here’s a clip of my latest work….pretty “theatric” stuff.

Random, Real Estate Hustling, Steph Davis

I’ve been slipping up on my blogging lately.  A once a week frequency, isn’t really blogging.  But I’m still out here in these streets making things happen.  I’ve got two closings that are of utmost priority at this point.  I’ll have tons of stuff to write about once those happen.  I mean I have some things to write about that you could learn from…even from a rookie like me.  So with that said, doing all of this blogging with no deals to talk about is getting old.  I know this is supposed to document my journey and all, but it feels like I’ve been writing for the last year about a cake that hasn’t finished baking.  I mean…I already told you the recipe I used, I don’t know what else to tell you besides it’s still in the oven.

Accountability Week:
I didn’t accomplish any of my weekly advertising tasks.  I have put a lower priority on those for now.  Priority #1, get to closing.  However, I did organize my home office last weekend.  That may not sound like alot, but trust me…it was.  I had receipts all over my desk, contracts all over the floor, envelopes, etc.  One thing about me though is that I’m very organized, even when I have an “organized mess”.  I just enjoy the organization without the mess much better.  Now I have my papers filed in the correct folders, my receipts in the correct boxes, I even performed a backup of my laptop to my external hard-drive (much overdue and takes forever).  By the way, I need to get with the program and start backing-up online.  What services do you guys use out there?  I just realized that if something happened to my laptop ‘and’ my external hard-drive….I’d be S-O-L.

I haven’t hit yall with a video update in a minute.  I take my flip camera almost everywhere I go and have beaucoup footage.  I’m usually just too lazy to go through the motions with Windows Movie Maker and YouTube.  But, I was feeling extra today.  So here’s a lil snippet of what I’ve been up to.

Marketing, Wholesale Accountability, courthouse, Hard disk drive, Windows Movie Maker, YouTube