Hello, right. It's Jake Sendsany. I host, Jake and Gino podcast here with my co-hosts, a multifamily mentor, the coach, Chef, the father, six, the best-selling author, The G-Dady.

Gino Barber, Gene, how's it going?

Jake, I'm doing good, brother. How you doing? You got things working, huh?

Got things working. Always making it happen, big man.

Today's guest has been in real estate since 2010. He has mastered the art of scaling both businesses and influence, investing over 100 million, excuse me, investing in over 100 million worth of properties and has over

two million followers on social media. Today, he continues to share his story, inspire others,

and teach people how to live the wealthy way. So without further ado, Ryan Paneda, welcome

the show. Hey, happy to be here. Thanks for having me again, guys. Hey, our pleasure. So we had you on a few years ago.

I remember the baseball and you got into like flipping furniture and all this stuff.

For the folks that maybe didn't hear that, maybe it was quick recap on that and, you know, what you're doing these days.

Yeah. Like you said, I got in real estate in 2010.

Also that year I got drafted by the Oakland A's.

So I was a minor league baseball player slash realtor. And the reason I was a realtor was because, you know, in the minor leagues, you don't make any money. I was literally making about $6,000, $7,000 a year playing minor league baseball. And so, you know, I'm gone six months out of the year. I'm training

in the off season, you know, doing all the stuff. And so I needed to make money on the side.

And so got my real estate license because my mom was a realtor. And I was like, well, you know,

it sounds good. I can just do it whenever I want, you know, have to work a nine to five. I can train. I can

leave. You know, so it sounded great. Until it wasn't, you know, like it sucks being a realtor.

Also in 2010, it sucked because that was literally the worst time to be a realtor. Great time to be

an investor. Terrible time for commissions when prices were at, you know, kind of all-time lows for the

past 25 years. And, you know, I ended up quitting being a realtor after a couple of years because

it just wasn't for me. That then led to other side hustles that, you know, I did to make money,

one of which the most successful at that time

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