Episode 235

In this episode I sit down with Albert Preciado, a seasoned founder and operator to trace the experiences that shaped their career and extract practical playbooks for high-performance decision‑making. Topics include reaching peak mental state for sustained focus and resilience; the rationale behind “don’t get married until you buy a house” framed as financial and life‑planning advice; how to cast a compelling vision and rally teams around it; credit‑card strategies and money‑management hacks; a candid account of a pivotal failure and the lessons it taught about execution and grit; a decision‑framework for choosing opportunities (filters, risk vs. upside, optionality); balancing intuition with data, illustrated by a real example; tradeoffs between quick money and long‑term investments; hiring principles and the character/skill mix they prioritize when building teams; and future trends likely to reshape the field over the next 5–10 years. Final segment delivers practical, actionable advice for aspiring founders and professionals looking to follow a similar path. Key takeaways: prioritize mental fitness, build optionality, make data‑informed bets, hire for humility + rigor, and plan financially while keeping a long‑term vision.

Guest

Albert Preciado https://www.instagram.com/thealbertpreciado is the Founder and CEO of The Mortgage Guys, Ambiance Realty and Driven Enterprises. Albert is also a Real Estate Investor. In 2013 Albert bought a 3 unit property and like everything else Albert does he went all in and acquired as many multi-units as possible. This would end up being a Life Changer. Albert’s original company was The Mortgage Guy and after mentorship sessions the company’s name changed to The Mortgage Guys. This was another Life Changer. Albert has been in the mortgage industry since 2005, he is a licensed Broker and Mortgage Originator. Albert went through the toughest times of his life in 2008 when we had a market recession and Mortgage Meltdown but decided to weather the storm and not quit the industry he believed in. The reason why Albert started a mortgage company was because of the pain endured by his parents and himself when they got turned down for a mortgage time after time in the early 90s. Albert always had a dream; to have a house with a big yard and a dog since he was a kid, and it never happened because of unprofessional Real Estate and Mortgage Agents. Looking back, Albert realized how his parents did qualify for a home loan but due to the incompetence of the Real Estate and Mortgage Agents helping at the time, nothing ever happened. Albert committed to start a Mortgage Company from scratch and create a company that will help humble families make their American Dream a reality. Albert’s life wasn’t always perfect and his mid 20s were full of costly mistakes that could have costed him his life.

After many mistakes that led to DUI’s, almost death situations and losing everything in the 2008 Mortgage Meltdown and becoming homeless, Albert turned his life around in 2013 when he committed to self improvement and cutting the bullshit from his life one at a time. Today Albert lives his Dream Life with his wife Silvia, his daughter Italia and soon to be born Berlin in the city of Beverly Hills.

Host

Olyasha Novozhylova @notbasicblonde_

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