1. Time Out With Alex and Aziz: Episode 01 Alex Escobar 25:44

Welcome back to Screw The Stock Market With Alex Escobar and Aziz Yousuf. In Today’s episode, we are going to do it differently,  we are going to do some synthesis, and a reflection on our lessons learned over the last few episodes, they also share their journey and how they transitioned from working 9 to 5 to where they positioned themselves now. This is Time Out Episode 1! Let’s hop in!

[00:19 – 07:23] Opening Segment

  • The stock market is scary and people are afraid to invest.
  • Lessons learned during the past episodes.
  • It’s important to get past the fear response and work from here instead of from our minds

 

[07:23 – 14:51] How to Quit Your Job and Succeed as an Entrepreneur

 

  • Alex talks about how he quit his job in January 
  • In 2020, Alex made more money from real estate sales than from his day job and this motivated him to leave his day job.
  • He talks about how something had to give and that was when he decided to leave his real estate job.
  • Aziz shares that he wanted not to worry about his family’s future and fortunately enough he is not in a position to experience stress from anything. 

 

[14:51 – 24:43] Closing Segment

 

  • Making strategic moves to build a cushion and transition into full-time investor mode
  • transitioning more into investor mode and is preparing to pull the trigger on deals soon
  • He’s a big believer in paying for knowledge and recommends doing so when possible to speed up learning
  • Aziz shares that one of the lessons he learned is figuring out how to automate.
  • Final words

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Tweetable Quotes:

 

“To look to other people, to associate with so that you can stay motivated and you can keep making small forward progress every day towards those goals.”

 

  • Alex Escobar

 

“You just need to be plugged in, ask questions, and don’t be afraid to like, approach people”

 

  • Aziz Yousuf 

 

 

Alex is a Realtor and an investor that buys income producing apartment buildings and offers the opportunity for others to partner with him, sometimes for less cash than it would take to buy a single family investment property.

In addition to co-hosting the Screw The Stockmarket podcast, Aziz is an avid investor and burgeoning entrepreneur, with a deep interest in long-term financial growth opportunities. He is also a trained legal professional, and an expert international development and business advisor.