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Kent Clothier Chooses to Follow the Road Less Traveled O ne conversation with Kent Clothier will open your eyes to a fatal flaw found in many real estate programs: Most of the gurus who pitch the products don’t actu- ally utilize them. Well, here is some inside scoop: Kent Clothier (and his entire fam- ily and team) actually use the systems Kent promotes. As owner of 1-800-SELLNow, the systems Find Cash Buyers Now and Find Private Lenders Now, and as co-own- wants to do, has been the key to Kent’s success. “If you’re willing to do what others are not, then you will find that success will usually follow,” said Kent. Kent believes that his suc- cess, and that of his family, the Clothiers, “...lies in the fact that we’re willing to do something that others aren’t. “If you’re willing to do what others are not, then you will find that success will usually follow...” er of MemphisInvest.com, Kent Clothier uses the same knowledge that he shares with his clients, many whom have already seen great success in their own right. “The industry is filled with people who want to tell you how to do it,” notes Kent, “but they’re not doing it themselves. There’s a lot of people who want you to buy this program, or buy that program, [but] the actuality is, very few of them are doing deals. Not only do we educate people, but we’re also buying and selling three to four hundred houses per year.” Kent got his start in real estate after a successful career in the wholesaling busi- ness with a multi-billion dollar company in the grocery industry. After leaving the gro- cery business, he was, like many individu- als, “sucked into” the real estate industry by those infamous late nite “infomercials”, however unlike so many who try their hand at real estate investing and fail, he put ev- erything into his businesses and has grown three successful ventures in addition to working with his family’s business, Mem- phisInvest, a truly wholesale investment company. A focus on creating a relationship with their clients and meeting their needs, as well as always doing what’s necessary, even the “dirty work” that nobody else Realty411Guide.com We are always willing to send someone down to the county clerk’s office to sift through property records to find cash buyers, people that are in our back yard, that we get to know, and by doing that we’ve built a very successful business, not a hobby.” When Kent and his family shared the methods they utilized in growing their business with others in the real estate in- vestment industry, they were surprised at the reactions they encountered. Individuals were amazed that the Clothier’s could find cash buyers, and build a brand for their in- vestment business. Kent’s businesses were “born out of our own investing interest,” said Kent. “We realized that what we were doing was so unique, that we needed to share it with other people.” Investors who purchase their systems are provided with access to a wealth of infor- mation on real estate investing, including webinars, access to online cash buyers, continuous customer support and access to private lenders; virtually everything a seri- ous individual needs to grow their invest- ment business. More than just great customer service and access to fantastic products, investors PAGE 19 • 2011 Kent Clothier learn how to “run their business like a busi- ness.” “In our real estate education classes, we only spend 20 percent of our time teaching people on real estate, and we spend prob- ably 80 percent of our time educating them on how to be an entrepreneur, or how to actually get in the game the right way,” said Kent. Rather than wait for the elusive (read “non existent”) “perfect” time to invest, Kent advises his clients to realize that “there will never be a better time, [your] inaction is costing [you] the opportunity of a lifetime!” “There’s never going to be another op- portunity like this,” said Kent, “and yes, it’s supposed to be scary, it’s supposed to be a little unnerving, but it’s also what makes it exhilarating, it also makes it very excit- ing, it also makes it so rewarding when you finally get there, when you finally achieve the level of success you desire. ” reWEALTHmag.com