An Interview With Jason Hartman — Treat everyone like family. Lean into the family business and make sure everyone feels like family. Every Christmas, we invite all our staff members to the house for dinner and a gift exchange. We make sure everyone feels like family. As part of our series about 5 Things You Need…

An Interview With Jason Hartman — Being receptive to feedback and adapting the approach with that in mind is valuable. I had a specific plan when I first launched my startup, but I quickly realized I needed to be flexible and pivot if something wasn’t working. As part of our series called “5 Things I Need…

An Interview With Jason Hartman — Embrace the Slow Season: In real estate, the market’s ebb and flow can be drastic. Newcomers often panic during slow periods, but these times are golden opportunities for planning and strategizing. Once, during a particularly slow winter, instead of despairing, we used the time to analyze our portfolio and refine…

An Interview With Jason Hartman — You have to treat your business like a business. So often I see agents who treat their real estate business like a hobby vs a true business. When an agent treats their business like a hobby each sale is just an individual transaction, not a flowing, growing and evolving piece…

An Interview With Jason Hartman — Finally, make sure the advisor has a long-term plan for you. What happens if they leave the firm or lose passion for financial planning? Or if they retire? Will you still be taken care of financially by the team? Understanding a succession plan is essential. As part of our series…

An Interview With Jason Hartman — Last but not least, always keep an eye on the data around your product. We all understand the importance of data when making investment decisions. This applies to the fintech world as well, and is especially important for startup teams. We’re in a data-driven era, so let’s make data-based decisions…

An Interview With Jason Hartman — Community-first. A family business typically starts out in a local community, with this in mind we typically take care of those who take care of us (personal and business). As a part of our series about 5 Things You Need To Run A Highly Successful Family Business, I had the…

An Interview With Jason Hartman — Hard Work Counts: Architecture can be demanding, and there are moments of downtime. The key is to find something valuable in each day, even during the lulls. Hard work is a consistent factor in success. …

An Interview With Jason Hartman — Everyone Will Misevaluate Deals You’ll come across some deals every so often that are amazing deals, like home run deals that are easy to evaluate ahead of time. But only some sales will fall into that sort of fantastic home run, grand slam-type bucket because it’s so competitive. You’ll invariably…