Gino Barbaro's Successful Shift from Chef and Restaurateur to Real Estate Investor
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This episode is brought to you by FultonFishMarket.Com, the most trusted name in seafood.  Visit the official website, www.fultonfishmarket.com and explore their incredible selection of seafood and let your clients experience quality that has captivated palates for generations. Use code PRIVATECHEF at checkout to get 15% off your first order. In this podcast episode, I engage in a conversation with Gino Barbaro, renowned as "the pizza guy".  Gino recounts his path from managing a thriving Italian restaurant to recognizing his desire for enhanced financial stability and freedom. After experiencing the struggles of the restaurant industry during the Great Recession, Gino teamed up with Jake to start investing in multifamily real estate. They now own over 2,000 apartment units and $250,000,000 in assets under management. Gino also teach others how to acquire real estate. Gino's motivation for the transition came from wanting a better future for himself and his family, as well as seeing the benefits of owning rental properties. Tune in to hear Gino's insights on the mental shift required to move from the kitchen to the world of investing. Listen to this brand new episode of The Private Chef Podcast on: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gino-barbaros-successful-shift-from-restaurateur-to/id1648363134?i=1000639051898 Spotify -  https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GBkoPmy7HTSvqAz8G2xp9 Youtube -  https://youtu.be/aYqmFkII-PA Connect with Gino Barbaro   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gino-barbaro-03973b4b/ Website - https://jakeandgino.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jakeandgino/ Time Stamps [00:01:06] Shift from chef to investor [00:01:25] Living the restaurant dream [00:05:15] Autonomy and financial freedom [00:09:08] The power of compounding [00:09:45] Persistence and Success [00:13:40] Chefs as entrepreneurs [00:15:13] Building a personal brand [00:20:03] Baby money soldiers [00:24:26] Delayed gratification and personal discipline [00:27:57] Money mindset and financial freedom [00:37:12] Impacting the world through service Quotes "To me, it seems as if people who are chefs or anything, they're integrators. They are visionaries, but they're integrators because they need to get the job done." "Most people that I know are doing this because they wanna create impact and they wanna help other people. It's really success over significance." "I like to be able to feed people. I like to be creative. I like food. We were just in Italy last month. Just being around the dinner table with the family is something special and unique. And I want other families to experience it." "What started as a hobby and a journal for himself is now serving his lifestyle." "When I notice that I can share something that I learned, something that genuinely helped me change my life circumstances, and I take that lesson and I know that I can communicate this to someone who gives me an open ear and there's a willingness to listen. And I can touch them, help them, teach them something that will in turn change their life." "If you only impact one person, you're still impacting
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