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Shawn Meaike

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623 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

He's like, we're just going to push back on them. And I'm like, dude, how much do they want? He's like 50 grand. I'm like, just pay it. Just pay it. Like, what are we doing here? And I'm like, but you realize how people, they want to die on the wrong hill all the time. And I sold those properties. When I tell you that COVID, I first heard about COVID because of how long it took me.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

He's like, we're just going to push back on them. And I'm like, dude, how much do they want? He's like 50 grand. I'm like, just pay it. Just pay it. Like, what are we doing here? And I'm like, but you realize how people, they want to die on the wrong hill all the time. And I sold those properties. When I tell you that COVID, I first heard about COVID because of how long it took me.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

He's like, we're just going to push back on them. And I'm like, dude, how much do they want? He's like 50 grand. I'm like, just pay it. Just pay it. Like, what are we doing here? And I'm like, but you realize how people, they want to die on the wrong hill all the time. And I sold those properties. When I tell you that COVID, I first heard about COVID because of how long it took me.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I held onto it for quite some time. I sold those and 14 days later,

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I held onto it for quite some time. I sold those and 14 days later,

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I held onto it for quite some time. I sold those and 14 days later,

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

covid and then two months later in connecticut moratorium don't pay your rent i had tenants that didn't know that i sold them yeah that would call my guy and be like hey like all excited like we're not gonna pay rent dude i could have bought my problem for 30 cents in the dollar and i didn't i was like you know what dude um once that happened with the government it freaked me out i was like dude they can do some stupid shit don't ever underestimate how dumb the government can be oh yeah you know i mean the u.s government's won two world wars and prince's own money but they can do some stupid shit

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

covid and then two months later in connecticut moratorium don't pay your rent i had tenants that didn't know that i sold them yeah that would call my guy and be like hey like all excited like we're not gonna pay rent dude i could have bought my problem for 30 cents in the dollar and i didn't i was like you know what dude um once that happened with the government it freaked me out i was like dude they can do some stupid shit don't ever underestimate how dumb the government can be oh yeah you know i mean the u.s government's won two world wars and prince's own money but they can do some stupid shit

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

covid and then two months later in connecticut moratorium don't pay your rent i had tenants that didn't know that i sold them yeah that would call my guy and be like hey like all excited like we're not gonna pay rent dude i could have bought my problem for 30 cents in the dollar and i didn't i was like you know what dude um once that happened with the government it freaked me out i was like dude they can do some stupid shit don't ever underestimate how dumb the government can be oh yeah you know i mean the u.s government's won two world wars and prince's own money but they can do some stupid shit

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I was like, all right, you know what? But that was my run in real estate.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I was like, all right, you know what? But that was my run in real estate.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So I was like, all right, you know what? But that was my run in real estate.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

We, right before my deal was closing- They disputed. They said they did not believe my rent rolls were accurate. They said there's just no way because I had a very low vacancy rate. I did not have delinquent tenants. I had thousands of them. And I said, why don't you just ask me how I do it? I'll tell you all. And they're like, well, the guy's like my brother. Well, they don't really.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

We, right before my deal was closing- They disputed. They said they did not believe my rent rolls were accurate. They said there's just no way because I had a very low vacancy rate. I did not have delinquent tenants. I had thousands of them. And I said, why don't you just ask me how I do it? I'll tell you all. And they're like, well, the guy's like my brother. Well, they don't really.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

We, right before my deal was closing- They disputed. They said they did not believe my rent rolls were accurate. They said there's just no way because I had a very low vacancy rate. I did not have delinquent tenants. I had thousands of them. And I said, why don't you just ask me how I do it? I'll tell you all. And they're like, well, the guy's like my brother. Well, they don't really.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I said, dude, do me a favor. I said, pick 15 units, any 15 you want. 15, give them 24 hour notice. I'll meet the guy myself. I will drive him. You guys pick the 15. We'll go to the places, verify somebody lives there. If they're home, we'll talk to him. Like, let's just do that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I said, dude, do me a favor. I said, pick 15 units, any 15 you want. 15, give them 24 hour notice. I'll meet the guy myself. I will drive him. You guys pick the 15. We'll go to the places, verify somebody lives there. If they're home, we'll talk to him. Like, let's just do that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

I said, dude, do me a favor. I said, pick 15 units, any 15 you want. 15, give them 24 hour notice. I'll meet the guy myself. I will drive him. You guys pick the 15. We'll go to the places, verify somebody lives there. If they're home, we'll talk to him. Like, let's just do that.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So we did it. They agreed to do it. Not everybody's home, but after about six hours, he's like, okay, what do you do? And I said, well, it's easy. All there's 50 guys like me around here. I'm one of the biggest, but there's 50 of us. There's a few individual people that have a property owner. 85 to 90% of the home, the landlords, the property owners don't even live in Connecticut.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
From Adversity to Triumph: Shawn Meaike’s Journey to Building a Billion-Dollar Insurance Empire

So we did it. They agreed to do it. Not everybody's home, but after about six hours, he's like, okay, what do you do? And I said, well, it's easy. All there's 50 guys like me around here. I'm one of the biggest, but there's 50 of us. There's a few individual people that have a property owner. 85 to 90% of the home, the landlords, the property owners don't even live in Connecticut.