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To pursue the fastest way to real estate wealth, we must kill the greedy person on the inside and focus on creating greater value for our partners, our families, and ourselves.

Why We Need Entrepreneurs More

than Ever Before

We are facing a crisis in the US today, and although I am a born Canadian and explicitly not an American, I am concerned for America. America was once the greatest country in the world, an industrial juggernaut and the envy of other nations. America had the best of everything—the best jobs, the best houses, the best companies—and the American dream was desired all over the globe. Immigrants from around the world would risk their lives and the lives of their families to move to America and chase the dream of “making it” in the best country in the world. Today, families who move from Mexico to pursue the American dream are moving back to Mexico because America’s dream is over.

The world faces a huge problem while we watch America fall apart. America is supposed to be the poster child of capitalism, a supporter of small and large business, and a place where anyone can make the dream happen. Unfortunately, America is sick because it has more problems than it has entrepreneurs to solve them. Today high schools and universities are churning out record numbers of robotic young people who are programmed to be employees. The sad thing is that these young people have nowhere to go after they step off the conveyor belt of the education system. America does not have enough jobs for these young people, and the trend is becoming global. In China, young men are finishing university decorated with bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees with nowhere to go. These people, both American and Chinese, are educated, conditioned, and programmed to look for jobs—not create jobs.

Times Are Changing

Current thought leaders would argue that we are entering a new age. Some say the Information Age is over and we are entering the Conceptual