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The Titanium Vault hosted by RJ Bates III
RJ Bates III, affectionately referred to as the Viking Wizard by his students, started his real estate investing career in 2014 after attending a real estate education program that put him $65,000 in debt. RJ contracted his first deal he found on the MLS and wholesaled it for a $7,500 assignment fee. That was the end of his former life and the beginning of his venture into becoming a real estate investor. Since that moment, RJ has become an influential figurehead in the real estate investing industry. He has successfully purchased and sold over 2,000 properties all across the USA including wholesale deals, rehabs, rentals, owner finances and short term rentals. One of his passions is being the host of The Titanium Vault Podcast where he interviews the top real estate investors. He has won back to back Closers Olympics earning him the reputation as the King Closer! Finally, RJ and Cassi DeHaas, his partner, have started their education platform called Titanium University.
The Titanium Vault hosted by RJ Bates III
A Super Bowl Story That Has Nothing To Do With Football
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If you’re new to my channel my name is RJ Bates III. Myself and my partner Cassi DeHaas are the founders of Titanium Investments.
We are nationwide virtual wholesalers and on this channel we share EVERYTHING that we do inside our business. So if you’re looking to close more deals - at higher assignments - anywhere in the country… You’re in the right place.
Who is Titanium Investments and What Have We Accomplished?
Over 10 years in the real estate investing business
Closed deals in all 50 states
Owned rentals in 12 states
Flipped houses in 11 states
Closed on over 2,000 properties
125 contracts in 50 days (all live on YouTube)
Back to back Closers Olympics Champion
Trained thousands of wholesalers to close more deals
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A Childhood Spark
SPEAKER_00Our lives are crafted through moments. Today I want to share a moment that helped shape my thought process. It is a lesson my dad taught me without ever realizing how big it would become. In 1990, I was five years old. I opened a pack of football trading cards, and inside that pack was a New England Patriots card. Old school Pat the Patriot, red jerseys, the classic logo, and something about it just hit me. I instantly fell in love. But there was a little bit of a problem. I lived in Dallas Fort Worth, and that meant one thing. You're in a Dallas Cowboys fan. End of discussion. So I asked my dad a simple question. Why are we Cowboys fans? And he said something I'll never forget. He said, We're Cowboys fans because we live here. We pull for the hometown team. But you can be a fan of whoever you want. And just like that, no pressure, no judgment, no correction, just permission. And what hits me now is that my dad had no idea what he was doing in that moment. He wasn't trying to teach me mindset. He wasn't trying to raise an entrepreneur. He was just answering his kid honestly. And that's the crazy part. The most important lessons in our lives usually aren't delivered in speeches, they're delivered in passing. So at five years old, I chose the New England Patriots. I didn't know it then, but this wasn't a football decision. It was my first independent thought. And from that moment on, I was all in. From Drew Bledsoe being drafted to losing the Super Bowl to the Green Bay Packers, from Tom Brady stepping in to beating the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl 36, from going undefeated in 2007 to then losing to the mouth breather Eli Manning in that Super Bowl, to the greatest comeback of all time against the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51. To now, today, watching Drake May and Mike Vrab unexpectedly bring us all the way back to the Super Bowl. And through all of it, I've been the New England Patriots number one fan. But this story isn't about football. It's about what my dad actually gave me that day. He gave me the ability to choose. He showed me at five years old that I didn't have to blindly follow expectations. I didn't have to stay inside the lane that I was born into. I could look at life and say, this is what's expected of me, but what do I choose? And once that door opened, it never closed. That mindset followed me everywhere. I didn't realize it at five years old, but something dangerous happened that day. I learned that identity wasn't a sign, it was chosen. And once you learn that, you can never unlearn it. Here's what nobody tells you about choice. Not choosing is still a choice. When you don't decide for yourself, you inherit someone else's expectations, someone else's timeline, someone else's definition of success. And most people don't realize this until they're 50, waking up in a life they never consciously picked. So as I got older and started making decisions and choices for myself, I learned that the captain of the football team can also be student body president and be a nerd who loves comic books. Everyone around me loved country music. But I loved heavy metal. Everyone said, go to college, get a degree. I chose a different path. I became a manager at Pizza Hut because I wanted to learn how to run a business. That one moment with my dad taught me that life isn't about choosing one box. It's about choosing your path. And that mindset is what led me to entrepreneurship. And today, as an entrepreneur, I choose differently, on purpose. I choose the path that fits my personality, the path I can love, and the path that I believe in. The path I choose because entrepreneurship isn't really about business, it's about choice. Choosing uncertainty over comfort. Choosing ownership over approval. Choosing a path that fits you even when it doesn't make sense to anyone else. That didn't start when I started a business. My dad did a lot for me growing up. But this small moment, this simple confirmation that I could be me and choose what I'm wanting, well, it changed everything. I think about that moment now, not just as a son, but as a dad. What they call me, data. Realizing how powerful it is to simply let your child choose. So on this Super Bowl Sunday, enjoy the game tonight and celebrate that New England Patriots victory, but think about choice. Because the most important thing I ever picked wasn't a football team, it was the belief that my life was mine to choose. So today, on Super Bowl Sunday, I want you to ask yourself something uncomfortable. If you stripped away location, expectations, and what people think you should be doing, what would you choose if you were finally honest with yourself? Because the moment you realize you can choose, everything changes.