Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa May/June 2015 | Page 64

INVESTOR INSIGHTS

Property Investing

Is A People

Business
Investing Brick By Brick
BY MEGAN DIENER

P

ip Stehlik is business owner specializing in
franchise businesses and lending. He now trains
and mentors new property investors at Tigrent
Learning in Canada.
In 2007, Pip became one of the top property trainers in
the United States and Canada. Over the past year, Pip
has been teaching internationally, helping hundreds of
people by educating them on how to achieve their goals
through property.
He grew up working at his family-owned grocery
store. His family was worried about the new Wal-Mart
coming to their community and harming the business
and was looking for a Plan B for ways to make more
money for ttheir store.
Working here taught Pip many skills sets that he still
uses today. He learned that patience is needed to work
not only in retail but also with his family. He realized
that you need determination to work hard during the
long hours. He also learnt how to work with people.
Property is a people business. Many people think it
is just bricks and mortar, but every deal involves people.
Behind every property deal are people who have a
problem and it is Pip’s job to help them find a solution.
After graduating with his MBA from the University
of Nebraska Pip realized that his traditional education
did not show him how to make money passively, he then
decided to take control of his financial future and learnt
how to invest in property.
Pip started his investing career in 2002 after doing
Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Education. Following his
Alliance Legacy mentor’s advice, he learned and earned
along the way. Pip successfully invested in 41 properties
within 16 months of doing his training.
He was in a hurry to get going and bought many
properties in his first few years. Sometimes, he did not
do as much due diligence as he should have, but even
though he had been through high and low markets his
investments were fine since he was investing for cash

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flow. If he had been investing for capital gains he will
have gotten hurt in the down market cycles.
He believes in having multiple streams of income.
Pip’s most rewarding experience is helping to facilitate
people to get into the property market. It is satisfying
when they use a lease option strategy that they could not
have done without his help and are so happy to become
new home owners.
Pip tells his students they must keep moving forward.
“Some will, some will not, so move on,” he says. Dwelling
on successes and failures gets them nowhere and it
prohibits them from finding the next great deal.

PIP’S 10 BASIC INVESTMENT TIPS:
1 Get educated. You are going to pay for it through mistakes or
having someone show you what mistakes to avoid.
2 Get a mentor. Learn from their mistakes and let them hold
your hand through the process. Pay them well, as you want
them to get rewarded for helping you.
3 Help people. Do not focus on the money. Focus on solving a
problem.
4 Listen twice as much as you talk.
5 Never stop learning.
6 Make offers. If you are not making offers you are not
making money.
7 Get out of your comfort zone. This is the only time you grow.
8 Do not invest for capital appreciation.
9 Always strive for greatness. If your goal is to be great do not
start settling for being good, as you will do that in all facets
of your life.
10 Have fun. If you are not having a good time, why wake up?

RESOURCES
Brick Buy Brick, Richer Life, Tigrent Learning Canada
www.reimag.co.za