The Power Of Mentors (Even Those Not From The Real Estate Sector In The US). It’s Not A Lot Of Money, But Every Dollar Came Back To Me Twice As Much

Who here believes in mentors? Raise your hand 🙋‍♀️
Not many, huh? Yeah — I used to be exactly like that too.

I honestly don’t know what got into me back then,
or how I even ended up with my first mentor
(and why he was British?!),
but somehow I agreed to pay a significant amount of money
for one hour a week
where I was asked a lot of questions
I really didn’t want to face.

During my work with him, I completely changed my direction.
That shift was a direct result of a mindset change.

The result:
I moved into a real estate niche that fit my personality much better —
something I genuinely enjoy
and that also generates more income than before
(MTR by the room).

That mentor became a springboard to the next stage of my relationship with mentors.

The next step was joining a year-long group with a sort-of business mentor
(based in the U.S.), completely unrelated to real estate.

It was pretty spiritual — and honestly, a bit crazy.
But I took away insights that completely changed how I look at life.

Out of everything I learned there (and it was a lot),
I’ll share just one thing.

A sentence that kept coming up again and again:

“Look for the blessing in disguise.”

Meaning:
Something undesirable just happened.
Could it actually be a blessing —
a better path opening up,
even if I can’t see it yet?

In most cases, I later discovered that it truly was.

After finishing that year with the group —
and with a lot of faith —
I jumped straight into the next mentor.

This time, an American real estate investor
with a very strong belief in multifamily.

I wasn’t looking for multifamily at all —
that just happened to be his world.

For every excuse I gave him —
“I can’t because…”
“I’m not sure because…”
“I don’t want to because…”

He forced me to ask myself:
Where are these excuses really coming from?!

I worked with him for six months, and the result was this:

I took a long, hard look at my portfolio
and realized I had to make a change.

• Property #1 — sold
• Property #2 — refinanced
• Property #3 — renovated and converted to MTR
• Plus three new properties purchased in 2025

This man kicked me out of my comfort zone
and forced me to stretch the capital I had
into more properties
and significantly higher income.

“When the student is ready, the teacher appears” —
and all those clichés 🙂.

To sum it up:
Hiring a mentor isn’t cheap.
But every single one of them created a meaningful shift
in how I think —
and that was worth many times more than what I paid.

Adios amigos! 🌴

Tomorrow — the final post:
So what exactly is Mid-Term by the Room?!
All the details.