823 Advizers
Anthony
CEO/Managing Broker
Buckingham Investments
University of Southern California
Loyola Marymount University - MBA
Q1Career path
Career Pivoting
Real Estate Investment
Entrepreneurship
3:15
"my kind of business thesis was that those two would make perfect complimentary businesses to each other."
Q2Main responsibilities
Real-World Examples
Executive/Leadership
Communication
2:22
"First and foremost, my main responsibility is to set the direction for the organization, strategy, leadership, vision, all that kind of stuff."
Q3Day in the life
Real Estate
Financial Analysis
Leadership
1:40
"I had to help navigate the company through that and how to respond to all these things in, in sort of our legal environment."
Q4Most important skills - role
Communication
Sales
Initiative
1:34
"I say intelligence because you have to be able to understand it well enough to explain it to people basically we teach."
Q5Favorite parts - role
Financial Independence
Investing
Leadership
0:43
"That feels really great to feel that excitement and that's really fun for me."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Executive/Leadership
Overcoming Challenges
Industry Realities
1:07
"Each sale probably has a lead time of a minimum of six months, maybe longer."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Financial Analysis
Investment Strategies
Real Estate
1:05
"The best thing about real estate is it can be whatever you make of it. It's such a huge field, full of opportunity"
Q8Who thrives in industry
Networking
Communication
Persistence
1:09
"The most successful agents are extremely persistent, well-spoken, gregarious, friendly people that will be the type to talk to everybody."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Relationship Building
Real Estate
Networking
1:31
"The people that I've seen that come in and try to do that never really work out. Whereas the people that come in and don't know a thing and they're just gonna go out and meet everybody they possibly can and bring 'em into the office, those people are the ones that end up being really, really successful."
Q10Entry-level positions
Junior Agent
Analyst Roles
Real Estate
1:29
"One would be as an analyst. A marketing coordinator would be another one. The most common way to get into the business is to start as a junior agent."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Industry Realities
Real-World Examples
Executive/Leadership
1:15
"Watch the debt, be careful of the debt."
Q12College ideas for success
Executive/Leadership
Career Exploration
Overcoming Challenges
2:00
"you're so young, you have time to figure it out"