ADPI_253: The Parallels of E-Commerce and Real Estate with Dustin Baldwin

In this week’s episode, Kevin chats with Dustin Baldwin, a Real Estate Investor, Build to Rent Developer of STRs, Serial Entrepreneur, and GySgt in the Marine Reserves. Dustin talks about the parallels between e-commerce and real estate, how he got into e-commerce, International Real Estate Investing, and more!

"Whatever you chose to do, don't forget to enjoy the journey because if you're taking the right actions it is inevitable. You will succeed and you will do well. But if you do it all and you forget to enjoy yourself, it was all for nothing because money is not gonna buy you happiness and you can be at the top of the mountain by yourself and you're going to be a very lonely person."

-Dustin Baldwin

Here are 5 Key Takeaways from this episode:

• How Dustin got into E-Commerce
• Keep the overhead low
• What is Dropshipping?
• International Real Estate Investing - What the deal is, how they found it, and what is the game plan
• Dustin’s decision to join a mastermind and what has it done for him on the personal and business side 

Honorable Mentions & Useful Links

• The Gap and the Gain: The High Achievers' Guide to Happiness, Confidence, and Success
• Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork
• The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

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