February 20, 2025 • 45 mins
Welcome to the Do Epic Shit Podcast—where real talk meets real estate, business, and life. In this first episode, Colleen & Kim get raw and real about who they are, why they started this podcast, and what Doing Epic Shit truly means. From career-defining moments to hard-earned life lessons, we’re breaking down the mindset, the hustle, and the heart behind it all.
Picture this: transitioning from a stay-at-home mom to a powerhouse realtor, or bouncing back from a challenging divorce to become a thriving entrepreneur. That's the kind of transformative journey you'll hear about as Colleen Basinski and Kim Neill welcome you to the "Do Epic Shit" podcast. In this inaugural episode, we reveal the stories behind our successes and the hurdles we've faced in the real estate world, all while sharing a hearty dose of laughter and inspiration. Our discussion promises to offer invaluable insights for those daring to venture into real estate or entrepreneurship, helping to smooth out the inevitable bumps along the way.
Ever wondered what it takes to truly believe in yourself and take that leap of faith? We tackle these pivotal moments head-on, discussing the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people and learning from both the triumphs and setbacks life throws your way. Join us as we unpack the raw and real aspects of our journeys, emphasizing the strength found in persistence, self-belief, and a supportive community. Guest speakers will soon add their diverse perspectives to the mix, aiming to both entertain and enlighten you with their unique experiences.
Real estate is no cakewalk, and we’re here to set the record straight. From the misconception that it's not a 'real job' to the emotional highs and lows of entrepreneurship, we delve into it all. We’ll share our strategies for overcoming these challenges and highlight the empowering career path that real estate offers. Ready to embrace epic adventures in both business and life? Tune in each week as we guide you through the exciting rollercoaster of entrepreneurship, offering a wealth of lessons and a platform for a community eager to share and learn.
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Colleen Basinski (00:06):
van.
So welcome, right?
So here we are at our firstepisode ever.
I put my glasses on so I cansee.
Here we are for our Do EpicShit podcast.
Yes, so first I want to welcomeeverybody.
Thank you for tuning in.
We're so excited to have youhere.
We're super excited about this.
So my name is Colleen Baczynski.
Who am I?
(00:27):
I've been a realtor, businessowner, entrepreneur, mom and a
grandma.
I've been in real estate for 25years.
This is my 25th year.
This year we should do a partyfor that 25th year in real
estate.
I've owned brokerages.
I've sold as a solo agent, rana team and had other businesses
(00:48):
as well.
And Kim, go ahead and introduceyourself.
Kimberly Neill (00:51):
I'm Kim Neal.
I've been a realtor for 13years.
I'm a three, I don't know.
My resume isn't as extensive asyours is.
Colleen Basinski (01:00):
I would disagree with that.
You've been an investor.
Kimberly Neill (01:04):
I've done rentals, investors, flips.
That's kind of my thing.
Colleen Basinski (01:08):
You've had a team, you've been solo, you've
navigated ups and downs of allthe different things of being a
wife, a mom, a business owner arealtor that is true.
Multiple properties, investmentproperties, yep, yeah, yeah, I
guess so.
You should just bring me aroundwith you all the time, right.
Kimberly Neill (01:26):
Make me sound like a rock star.
Colleen Basinski (01:28):
So we're going to start by talking a little
bit about why we're doing this,like what epic shit means to us
and why we picked the name, andwe're just going to talk a
little bit about our backgroundand share some things with you
today.
We'll share some inspiration on.
You know why we decided to dothis podcast and what it means
to us and the meaning of epicshit.
(01:49):
You know how it came to be andwhat you can expect when you
tune in and listen forward, andwe'll close it out with what you
can expect on the next episode.
So, Kim, what's your story?
So your personal, professionalstory, like how'd you end up in
real estate?
Kimberly Neill (02:03):
So well, I've been married for 25 years,
married to a carpenter andactually the goal was it wasn't
even to sell residential realestate, it actually was to buy
and flip our own property.
So what we did is we did one ortwo in Indiana.
Then the kids I had small kidsat the time and then after that
(02:26):
I'm like you know, instead ofpaying a realtor I mean like
anybody else instead of paying arealtor, it was like, well, why
don't I just do that and do ourown stuff, which makes sense?
I think a lot of us have thatidea.
So that's exactly what I did.
My kids were small six, eightand I went to real estate school
.
Colleen Basinski (02:43):
And what about Donovan?
He was a little guy.
What was he?
Yeah, he was three, two, three.
Kimberly Neill (02:51):
So mom, wife, stay-at-home mom, and then
literally went to school, got mylicense and jumped right in and
I think the first year, and Ithink it's forever, I mean
everybody can you know attest tothis that your first year, like
, do I stay?
I think I did three deals.
Do I stay?
(03:11):
Oh my gosh, it's costing memoney.
And then I was at a brokeragefor a year and I think I did
$7,000, which literally Not evenbarely enough to cover your
dues and all your fees right.
Literally that's all it did.
And then somebody came to meand said you know, before you
(03:33):
leave out of the Because I was,I was leaving the business.
I'm like this is too expensive.
They bring me to anotherbrokerage, and I think that's
where I met you.
Colleen Basinski (03:41):
I think it was it was, and you were going to
join us, and then you didn't andyou joined another brokerage
for a week, I did.
Kimberly Neill (03:48):
And then you came over For one week and you
really, you know, I was thinkingabout this the other day you
know what really got me to comethere that I was like, oh, you
gave me a book, it was a book.
And I was like, oh, they gaveme a book, it was a book.
And I was like, oh, they gaveme a book and it can help me.
(04:09):
And all I have to do is readthis and do what it says and
literally, I think, probably nolie.
And this is no lie.
Eight weeks after I joined with, you started training and I had
six deals under contract withineight weeks.
Colleen Basinski (04:23):
Dang.
Kimberly Neill (04:24):
And I had three little kids at home.
Yeah, three little kids at home, six deals running.
I was driving a minivan, butyou know I'm pulling up to a
minivan.
Colleen Basinski (04:37):
I mean, hey, I got you beat, though when I
started I didn't have a car.
Well, I tell you, I came fromthe depths of nothingness, like
literally, I little kids hadjust gotten divorced.
I don't even know if I wasofficially finally divorced yet,
because my divorce to my, myfirst husband took probably like
two years, Like he just.
He thought, if he didn't showup to court that it would just
(04:59):
go away.
So it just kept getting extendedand extended.
So don't regret it, becauseobviously I have my kids and
they're awesome and wonderful.
But I actually got into realestate because I was at a bottom
place and I never finishedcollege.
I went to community college,got my associate's degree and
then just stopped from there.
(05:19):
And this is from the girl whowas like, oh, she's going to go
to college, she's in all honorsclasses, she's this, she's that
High on the ACTs and just madesome poor choices early on, like
we all do right, absolutely.
And then, when I was divorcingmy husband, I met my now
wonderful husband, currenthusband, and he actually babysat
(05:44):
my kids so that I could go toreal estate school.
Here he's like, dating this guy, she's got three kids right.
And I'm like, oh, by the way,I'd like to get my real estate
license.
I don't have a car or anyone towatch my kids.
Can you pick me up from thetrain station, from work?
What did he say?
He's a trooper, like he reallyis.
People are like, you know, ifthey know Bart now they're like,
(06:06):
oh yeah, he's got it made, butthey don't know the shit.
I put him through Holy cow,like it was crazy, crazy.
But literally I rememberwanting to do something with my
life that I could make adifference for my kids and, like
you know, I'm working two jobs,single mom, trying to figure
(06:28):
out.
I think it was like my youngestbirthday and he wanted a Lego
toy Like this.
Legos are expensive too.
Kimberly Neill (06:34):
Absolutely Remember those.
Colleen Basinski (06:35):
Lego kits.
They're even more expensive now.
But back then, like we didn'thave two nickels to scrape
together and PJ wanted something.
And I'm like, oh, I just got toget this for him.
And I remember thinking, like,going through my closet,
thinking like, do I havesomething with the tags on it?
That was a gift that I couldsell or give back or like
whatever, so that I could getenough money to buy this kid,
(06:56):
this birthday present.
And for me, that was the momentI decided like I want to control
my destiny.
It's not how much someone'sgoing to pay me, it's not how
much I'm going to do.
I want to be able to make surethat my kids always have what
they need and that they'realways taken care of.
And so that was the moment Idecided real estate why not?
I can do this fast, I can do itquick, I can get my license.
(07:19):
I'm good at taking tests.
The class was no problem.
But yeah, bart, he had to pickme up from the train station
because I took the train to work, because I was working downtown
at the time.
He would pick me up from thetrain station and then we'd get
the kids from.
I don't remember who wasbabysitting at the time while we
were both at work, and then hewould drop me off at real estate
school and then he would watchmy kids at night so that I could
(07:39):
go to real estate school.
Kimberly Neill (07:40):
He is a trooper.
Colleen Basinski (07:47):
Right, so you had a minivan.
Kimberly Neill (07:48):
I didn't even have a car.
I quickly got one after that,absolutely.
Colleen Basinski (07:49):
But I mean, it was rough, it was hard.
Kimberly Neill (07:51):
I always feel like, with real estate, we all
come from.
What can we do with our life?
How can we make it better?
How can we do better?
How can we provide better?
Colleen Basinski (08:03):
Well, I feel like whether it's real estate or
anything else like being yourown business person and being an
entrepreneur, and you know, yousee a lot of kids these days.
I say kids, but they're youngadults, right?
Because, like, the older I get,the more everyone looks like
kids to me that are all figuringout different ways to start
their own businesses, whetherit's like Etsy businesses or
Instagram or TikTok or any ofthese different things that
(08:26):
they're doing.
That's the way to really getthemselves further, and not that
there's anything wrong withcollege, don't get me wrong.
Like, some of my kids went tocollege and they have degrees
and they have great jobs or areon the pathway to great jobs.
I think each person has to findtheir own path, though.
Sure, so when you said it tookyou six months and you had
(08:46):
$7,000.
Yeah, so I had six months, had$0.
Yeah, $0 after six months.
So it was my first six monthsin the business, I had nothing.
And I remember another, likethere's certain moments in your
life that like they just standout and you're like, oh, yes,
(09:14):
and I remember that it wasMemorial Day weekend, because I
started um in January, so I gotmy license.
Like January 1st, I started umand I actually had a job when I
started and I I said this is toohard to do, both full time.
So I had three little kids athome and I had a job and I quit
my job three months ago.
I'm dating my now husband andhe's helping like, support me
and like doing this.
He goes you did what.
(09:35):
I'm, like, I want to do thisfull time.
I know I can do this.
Just trust me.
Just trust me.
And oh, those next three months, like if we were able to make
it through that and still getmarried, like we will be fine,
no matter what throughoutforever, right, so wait a minute
.
Kimberly Neill (09:51):
You just said I'm quitting, yeah.
Colleen Basinski (09:53):
I said I was making I don't know like
minuscule dollars.
I was an administration, so Iwas doing accounts, payable,
accounts, receivable work for aguy who was stealing from his
partners and I'm the one keepingthe books.
And I'm like I don't want anypart of this.
I didn't feel good about it.
He was in the middle of alawsuit with his partners and
(10:15):
I'm like this is not.
I don't want to be in thecircle of this.
So I'm like I'm out of here.
So, pj, at the time my youngest, who is on the autism spectrum,
got kicked out of two daycares.
Kimberly Neill (10:26):
They didn't know .
Colleen Basinski (10:27):
I mean he's 27 next month, so they didn't know
what autism was back then andhow it was.
And so they're just like he'sbad, he can't come here anymore.
And I'm like great, now who'sgoing to watch my kids?
How am I going to do this?
The guy I work for is acriminal Like this is enough,
enough's enough.
And so I just said I quit.
And Bart's like what?
(10:47):
And I'm like I quit, I'm goingto sell real estate full time.
So it took another three monthsbefore I had my first sale,
though, so three months afterthat.
But then the next three monthsI sold like just under $2
million in real estate, yeah,which nowadays doesn't seem like
that much, but then was I mean,we're talking 25?
Kimberly Neill (11:08):
years ago.
Yeah, so that was a lot a lot.
Colleen Basinski (11:09):
But I remember the first sale happened right
after memorial this, how I knowthe timeline, because it was
memorial day weekend andeverybody has barbecues,
memorial day weekend, right,it's like you want to go to the
barbecue and you want to likehang out with your family or
whatever, and bart's like, oh,we're gonna do this and we're
dating and he's helping with mykid, had been helping with my
kids and helping pay my billsand you know, like all this
stuff, he had his own house.
(11:29):
He was a single dad.
I have my own house, I'm asingle mom, like where he's
supporting two households,working three jobs.
He was in the union or like newin the union, had his own
business, a landscaping business, and then he, um, oh, he
bounced at the bars at night too.
So he would, he like literallywhere it slept like two hours a
week.
So it's no wonder that he wantsto sleep like 15 hours a day.
(11:50):
Now, let's make it up for theyears.
But I remember, um, it wasmemorial day weekend and he, um,
he's like, oh, let's gobarbecue.
I'm like I can't, I gotta doopen house and I have to show
property to this buyer that Igot on.
Remember floor calls.
I do so.
I got a floor call buyer wantedto go out.
That buyer never bought with me,by the way, I don't think.
I don't think they did, but, um, I'm like, I got to work all
(12:12):
weekend and, uh, I don't know,are we allowed to swear on this?
Yeah, so to to the exact quote.
He looked at me straight in theeyes and he goes when you going
to quit that stupid fuckingreal estate bullshit?
He's like this is enough.
I want to have a barbecue, wewant to have, and I'm like no.
So, like, I guess that's thefirst lesson that I learned is
(12:34):
like you have to stand up foryourself in this business and
you have to believe in yourself.
And I said, no, I'm going to dothis, I'm going to make it.
And like, literally, my firstclosing was 30 days after that
and then, like I said, $2million worth of real estate.
Kimberly Neill (12:47):
Which is a lot of money.
I mean I had a lot of backbills to pay.
Colleen Basinski (12:51):
I had a lot to make up for.
I owed him a lot of money.
I had my rent to pay, oh, and Iwas getting no child support
from my ex-husband either.
So, like it was, yeah, so thereyou go.
Kimberly Neill (13:03):
So that's my start.
Isn't that great?
Yeah, I don't even know.
I think when I started thatfirst year with seven and the
next was right under two orthree million somewhere around
there, and then well, I thinkthat throughout this um, this
journey of, of this podcast withthese folks, um, we're gonna
have some cool stories to share.
Colleen Basinski (13:21):
Like I mean, obviously I know some of your
stories and you know we spent alot of time laughing about it
and, uh, we're gonna have somecool stories to share.
Like, I mean, obviously I knowsome of your stories and you
know we spent a lot of timelaughing about it and, uh, we're
gonna have some cool stuff toshare with each other.
So oh, for sure so I hope yousubscribe and tune in, because
we definitely, uh, we'll havesome fun stuff to talk about.
So what's one of the lessonsyou learned the hard way early
(13:42):
on in business or life orwhatever?
Kimberly Neill (13:45):
Like I shared a that I look back now and that I
can you know that I've takenaway is that I really have
become a self-sufficient,stronger person.
Because of this, because ofthis career choice you know, I
(14:10):
was married or am married andwas a stay-at-home mom for 12
years.
It was always.
Can I spend $10 on this?
Can I spend $12?
I wouldn't go anywhere withouthim.
Colleen Basinski (14:23):
I mean, you know, as far as like you know
Well, I think you were alwaysstrong.
I think you just this allowedyou to show who you really are.
Kimberly Neill (14:32):
Absolutely Because who you are on the
inside doesn't change.
And that is true, but I think,for me anyways, this has allowed
me to grow, to you know, inways that I never thought that I
could.
Yeah, as far as like a personand a mom and a friend, and you
know I can give back and helppeople and do things, do things
(14:56):
for my children that I neverthought I could do, and have fun
along the way too.
Well, we have a lot of fun,that's for sure.
So, yeah, so for me, I reallyfeel like it allowed me to stand
on my own two feet, yeah, whereI never have to worry about you
know.
Colleen Basinski (15:16):
Well, and I can see that, like I think this
happens in a lot ofrelationships, wouldn't you
agree that sometimes one persontheir independence or their
personality or who they are getskind of blended in to just
being the wife and the mom andthey never get to express all
(15:38):
the great qualities they have?
Uh-huh, and I think this willallow you to do that.
Well, you said something justearlier.
Kimberly Neill (15:45):
I was like oh, you said like you know I didn't
want to be.
You know you were working adminand you didn't go to college.
You know, as, either did I andyou always kind of flounder what
am I going to do?
I really want to do something,but I have these kids and I
didn't go to school andeverybody else did, or what are
(16:06):
they doing?
And real estate really givesyou an opportunity to grow and
fit into something that suitsyou Well.
For me it did.
So.
When I went to school andstarted going about five years
in, I was like, oh, I'm good atthis, I can do this.
(16:31):
And again, the first coupleyears for me were rocky.
And you know I don't.
I mean, you were there andpeople were calling the office
on me.
You know she's doing this andthis and I'm like, oh my God,
you're not supposed to do that.
I didn't know.
You're just kind of A lot ofit's trial and error.
(16:52):
Moving and shaking A lot of it'strial and error, yeah yeah, and
Trial and error.
Colleen Basinski (16:54):
Moving and shaking A lot of trial and error
, yeah, yeah, and also, though,I hope that by us sharing this,
that the people out there thatare watching the listeners can
kind of shortcut some of themistakes that we've made,
instead of having all that trialand error for it to take Like.
Hopefully, this will fast tracksome people or encourage them
and keep them going.
Kimberly Neill (17:13):
I think that's what I hope to get out of it is
to encourage people to keepgoing and not give up, and
because if I mean you have towant it, I can't want it for
them, you can't want it for them.
But you know, in the beginningit's a little rough.
Colleen Basinski (17:30):
Yeah, why don't you quit?
Kimberly Neill (17:33):
I had it too.
Colleen Basinski (17:34):
Let's hear your story.
Kimberly Neill (17:36):
I had it too.
So, dave, this stands out to me.
So much, this one.
So you know, I'm doing floortime, I'm coming in, I'm going
to classes, I'm, you know, I'mon the phones, and you know, and
course, nothing happensovernight.
(17:59):
And I remember, going toremember MRED Palooza, oh yeah.
Colleen Basinski (18:06):
And I remember the MRED convention, or
whatever.
Kimberly Neill (18:10):
And I was like well, I want to go.
And everyone's like, no, Idon't want to go, I'm not going
up there.
It was at Rosemont Horizon orsomething.
And I'm like don't want to go,I'm not going up there.
It was at Rosemont Horizon orsomething.
And I'm like but I want to go.
And I remember walking around,walking around, and there was a
table there and they said if yousign up with us, we can promise
(18:30):
you such and such leads.
And I thought, oh my God, wewere on such a tight budget then
that I was like, what I can'tafford?
$80 a month.
It was 80.
I'll never forget it because Iliterally started sweating
bullets and I was like, and itwas a great sales pitch and I
(18:54):
was like, ok, but how long isthe contract?
What do you do?
And he was like six months.
I'm like eight times six is, ohmy God, that's, you know, $500.
Oh, and I'm like, well, youknow what, I'm just going to do
it If I fall, I fall.
And so I'm like okay, let mesign up.
(19:15):
And I think I got one or twoleads from them and that was it.
And I closed those leads and Ithought, oh, and I remember
getting the bill.
And Dave was like what are youspending $80 a month on?
What is this?
And I was like what are youtalking about?
I don't know what you'retalking about.
(19:36):
He was like you're spending $80a month for this.
I was like I don't know what itis.
He's like we better call thecredit card people.
I was like, okay, I'll call.
And I thought, out of allmonths, he gets the bill, what?
And it just went on from there.
It was just a combination ofyou know doing that, coming in
(19:58):
the office, following peoplearound, and I was just, you know
, I think gratitude and beinggrateful for people that you go
in and see every day.
I mean, you don't know it then,but looking back on it now, I'm
like well, that's why they sayhindsight's 20-20, right 20-20,
absolutely you look back andyou're like oh, I mean, I look
(20:22):
at things now and I hear peopletalk and I'm like what, what you
know?
Like I, literally, you know,stole from Peter to pay Paul.
Yeah, you know, and I just keptthinking you tell a story that
you told Bart.
I'm just going to do this.
(20:42):
I was one of those incognitospenders doers because I didn't
want anybody to look at me andsay, oh well, you did this and
now you failed.
So I was like incognito but, Iknew I was going to do it.
Colleen Basinski (21:00):
Yeah, I mean I wasn't married to him yet
either.
Kimberly Neill (21:02):
so I could tell him that it was different right
Once we were married it was alittle different.
Colleen Basinski (21:07):
No, not much, but you know right.
Kimberly Neill (21:09):
You can't buy diapers this month because I
spent $80.
Colleen Basinski (21:15):
Well, and I remember when you first joined I
, scraping by, I had to borrowthe money to pay my MLS.
It's like when you join theassociation there was those fees
and things like $1,000 formembership and initiation and
fast track and you know all thethings that you had.
Kimberly Neill (21:32):
Yeah, super keys or a central yeah, it all added
up.
Colleen Basinski (21:37):
What inspired you me us, to start Do Epic Shit
, and what do we hope that ourlisteners will take away from
this?
Kimberly Neill (21:46):
So you know really, when, when we talked
about this, I really wanted tobreed a honest conversation.
I wanted it to be honest.
I wanted it to be epic um,because you don't hear a lot of
honest, you know, think honeststories.
(22:08):
When I walked into a crackhead,when I walked into a naked guy,
like you don't hear, I neverheard that it was, I think
people are posturing a lot too.
Colleen Basinski (22:17):
They make it sound like it's so glamorous,
like I always hear this thing,and I was talking to my son the
other day too, and he was likeyou know, I see all these people
and they feel like they seemlike they have it all together
and I'm like no, and I've heardthis saying a bunch of times,
it's don't compare your life tosomeone else's highlight reel.
And so I think we wanted to pulllike the shades or the filter
(22:40):
filter I guess is a better wordthe filter off the highlight
reel so that we could show likereally share.
I mean, we have a lot ofstories, we have a lot of good
experiences, some good, some notso good some funny, some scary
I mean yeah, I had a guy pull agun on me.
I mean there, yeah, I mean a guyum, sick his pitbulls on me at
(23:02):
the front door.
I also swore in front of alittle kid once because there
was a loose pitbull and I lovepitbulls, I have a pitbull.
Right, I've had pitbulls, butlike when it's a strange dog and
it's coming at you in a vacanthouse, that's scary, yeah, yeah,
I dropped an f-bomb in front ofa little six-year-old just
saying, yeah, you know,sometimes it just comes out.
(23:23):
But I think, hearing thosestories, I think you're right,
like being honest and justtaking the filter off and
sharing, like bearing it all theshit, right that happens, that
happens, yeah, absolutely.
And what about Epic?
What about what makes it Epic?
Kimberly Neill (23:39):
We do.
Colleen Basinski (23:41):
Well, I mean, we've had to.
We've gotten to do some prettycool stuff though, haven't we?
We?
Kimberly Neill (23:45):
we have Things I would have never done before.
I mean, it really has opened upa lot of opportunities and a
lot of doors for us.
Colleen Basinski (23:55):
I would say for sure I've got to go places I
would have never been before.
Travel Like, I think,especially being Midwesterners.
Right, I think you know peoplein other parts of the country,
maybe don't, and maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm just assuming and
judging or whatever, but I feellike Midwesterners sometimes we
just we stay in our own littlebubble, we're in our box and you
, you don't travel and you don'tsee the world and you, just you
(24:18):
grow up in a blue collar, youknow middle to low income, low
to middle income family, and youjust go and you do and you go
to work and you just work hardand then that's it, and you
don't see the world and youdon't do different things and
you don't.
And I think real estate has,for me at least anyway, opened
my eyes and my opportunities tosee some epic things.
(24:40):
We're going to do some epicthings together this summer.
So we'll probably maybe we'll goon the road a little bit and
share some on the road podcastwith you.
Oh my gosh, I'm laughing rightnow.
Yeah, we have some already, andthen we're going to have to
bring like a camera crew with usFor sure, for sure, for sure.
Oh my gosh.
Kimberly Neill (25:00):
I'm excited.
Colleen Basinski (25:01):
Yeah, yeah.
Kimberly Neill (25:02):
I think it'll be .
It'll be a good year this year.
Colleen Basinski (25:06):
And how about guest speakers?
We're going to bring some guestspeakers on.
Kimberly Neill (25:08):
Absolutely.
I got some good ones in mind.
Colleen Basinski (25:11):
Oh, perfect, perfect, Perfect.
So what do we hope ourlisteners take away from this?
Kimberly Neill (25:17):
I hope they come along for the ride for just an
open, honest, fun, informativehour.
Yeah.
Colleen Basinski (25:27):
I would agree.
I want them to be entertained.
Kimberly Neill (25:31):
Absolutely.
Colleen Basinski (25:34):
But also I hope that we can inspire and
motivate some people.
Like you know, I've seen thebottom of the barrel a couple of
times in my life and clawed myway back up, and if one or two
of those little stories that Ishare of what happened and how
that happened and who the peoplearound me were, that helped me
claw my way back up, if we caninspire someone else to do the
(25:55):
same, either for themselves orfor someone else to give someone
else a hand up.
I would say that's it.
Who or what has been yourbiggest influence or motivation
along the way?
Business, you think?
Kimberly Neill (26:07):
Or what do you Doesn't matter.
So business-wise, I reallybelieve, for me it's who you
surround yourself with, and Godknows I've been here, there,
everywhere.
Colleen Basinski (26:18):
You've had a couple, two, three, four
brokerages.
Yep, yep.
Kimberly Neill (26:21):
Me too, especially lately.
Colleen Basinski (26:24):
But I think that's a lesson and we'll
probably do a whole episode onthat On not settling and not
staying put just because you'rethere, like figure out, like who
your tribe is and who you'resupposed to be around.
And you know we'll do a wholeepisode on that, I think,
because I want to hear like allthe ups and downs and what went
in to make your decision processand the people that you
listened to that maybe youshouldn't have and the ones that
you did that you should, andkind of like how to learn from
(26:47):
those right, there's lots ofthem, yeah.
Kimberly Neill (26:50):
So I think inspirational.
I mean you for sure would beone of them, for sure.
Thanks, I mean you for surewould be one of them, for sure.
Who else do we have around, youknow?
Colleen Basinski (26:59):
there, I mean there's a few and I think at
each point in your journeythere's different people that
come into your life and it's fora season.
They're there for a season orthey're there for a reason and
it just kind of they come and goand you know I know we got
(27:20):
Kristen over there in thecommanding, our controls for us
and you know she's coming in andout of both of our lives.
Absolutely Over and over againand I feel like the circle is
strong now, like we're in theright people in the right place
at the right time.
Kimberly Neill (27:35):
That is the key.
It's like a goose bump.
Yeah, it's at the right time.
What did you just say the otherday, or even was it today?
When the student is there, theteacher will show up.
Colleen Basinski (27:47):
When the student is ready, the teacher
appears.
Kimberly Neill (27:49):
Yeah, and I feel like that's how it's been
lately.
Yeah, I mean really, and Ithink you know we go through
trials and tribulations throughour career and life in general,
and I think this was nodifferent.
But I think that this yearwe're going to come back bigger
(28:10):
and stronger.
Oh, I agree, I agree, I thinkwith the crowd or with the
people we have around us thisyear, and all we can do is just
add to it to make it better.
You know, we have that corecircle and then we just add more
people and I'm really excitedto see what we have.
Colleen Basinski (28:30):
Yeah, I feel like we're getting like.
It's like getting the band backtogether.
Kimberly Neill (28:33):
It is, it really is, and it's the band that we
choose.
Yeah, and not just.
Colleen Basinski (28:42):
Yeah, we don't like that drummer.
He doesn't have to come back,Absolutely he doesn't.
You know when?
Kimberly Neill (28:47):
he tries out, he don't make the cut.
Yep, and that's the.
I think that's the beauty aboutwhat we have right now.
You know, we can, you know,choose who comes in and who
doesn't.
Colleen Basinski (28:59):
If you could give your younger self one piece
of advice, what would it be?
Kimberly Neill (29:05):
You know, if it wasn't for the things that I
went through, you know, or youknow, I feel like everything
when you're young kind of leadsyou to where you are now.
So for me I wouldn't changeanything that I did or who you
know was in my life.
Colleen Basinski (29:22):
Well, maybe, but Well, but not to interrupt
you or anything.
But I also think that it'sthose things that make you who
you are today.
Kimberly Neill (29:29):
Absolutely.
I think I would have jumped insooner, I think I would have
went full in sooner, like startsooner, really, because I feel,
like anything else, I liked myjourney, not that it was always
pleasant but, like you said, itmade me who I am today and I
(29:50):
kind of like who I am today.
Colleen Basinski (29:53):
I like who you are today too.
Thanks, yeah.
Kimberly Neill (29:55):
Appreciate that.
Colleen Basinski (29:56):
That's why I like hanging out with you.
For me, I would say believe inyourself more like stand up for
yourself, believe in yourself,have the courage, have the
confidence, because a lot oftimes, you know, I have a
tendency to be a little bit of aperfectionist.
Have you noticed?
Kimberly Neill (30:15):
that.
No, I don't do well, but Ithink sometimes perfectionism
have you noticed that?
Colleen Basinski (30:18):
No, well, but I think sometimes perfectionism
will paralyze you, that youdon't act as quickly on an
opportunity or you don't goforward on something or you're
trying to, you know, fix it anddo it and get it ready, getting
ready to get ready all the time.
And I think there's anopportunity there.
So I would definitely.
The advice I would give myyounger self is that you can do
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this, you're going to be okay,because hard work has never been
.
You know, I will.
I'll, I'll outwork anyoneanytime if I have to.
Don't get me wrong, I like mytime off and I like to have fun
too.
But when it comes down to it,if I got to work 14, 16, 18
hours, I don't care, I'll do it.
So it's just, you'll get there.
(31:00):
Just believe in yourself andalso, don't worry about what
people say so much.
Kimberly Neill (31:06):
That's a good.
That's actually.
That's spot on.
Really Don't worry whateverybody else says.
Colleen Basinski (31:13):
Usually and I think I heard Alex Hermosi say
this the other day so you know,I watch all of his stuff and
listen to some of his podcastsand some of his social media
stuff and he said the people,the haters, that are talking
shit about you usually are notthe ones that are doing more
than you are or doing somethingthat you aspire to be.
(31:34):
They're doing less than you ornot someone who you aspire to be
, so don't worry about it.
Right?
You're thinking of specificpeople, aren't you?
I am, I know, you are, I know.
Kimberly Neill (31:48):
And that's why I'm laughing, because, yeah, I
sure am.
We're not going to call anynames out right now, but I can
think of a few, me too.
Colleen Basinski (31:56):
Me too, like, you may have more, that person
may have more money, but theirlife is miserable, or that
person may be whatever, but thenyou know they're trying to
scrape by to get whatever theywant.
But you know, All right.
So the meaning I think wetalked about this a little bit
the meaning of doing epic shitLike, what does do epic shit
(32:18):
really mean to us?
Like in terms of mindset,action, impact.
Kimberly Neill (32:21):
When I think epic shit, I think large, like
larger than life, like let's doepic shit.
And actually just while we'retalking which could mean
anything that we're doing now,building what we're building now
I mean Christ almighty, who thehell drives to Florida, runs an
(32:45):
RV and goes and sits in a horsefarm?
That's some epic shit, I meanwho does that?
Colleen Basinski (32:53):
It was a 10-day vacation, wasn't it?
Kimberly Neill (32:55):
It was, it was, yeah, it was.
I mean, there's just a lot ofthings.
I mean look what we just did.
Colleen Basinski (33:02):
You hopped on a ferry and came over from
across the Gulf of America.
Kimberly Neill (33:08):
If anybody could find it.
Colleen Basinski (33:09):
Because it wasn't the Gulf of America, then
it was the Gulf of Mexico atthe time, it was the Gulf, it
was Took a ferry to come hangout with us and was nauseated.
Kimberly Neill (33:21):
Wasn't the tide like over the side of the-, over
the side like the Titanic wascoming?
I was like taxi.
I was scared.
I was like, oh, I'm like bye,let me know when you get there,
call us when you get home.
I was like shh it was like whodoes that?
Colleen Basinski (33:40):
No, but that's the kind of like you only live
once.
Like I know they say oh, yolo,but like you really YOLO.
Like do the stuff you can.
And that's what it means to me,I think Right.
Like, not only like physicallydoing, but like thinking in
terms of your mindset, likebelieve in yourself that
anything is possible.
Like go out and do the thing,do the thing right, have the
(34:02):
time, explore the opportunityand, just you know, take the
action.
And I would also say I want toadd one other thing to that.
I said impact, impact.
I want to impact other peopleon an epic level, like because
we could just have our fun anddo this, but like putting this
out there to the world, I think,to impact other people.
(34:27):
I know what it's like to be asingle mom.
I know what it's like to be inan abusive relationship.
I know what it's like to lose achild.
Like I know what it's like tolose a child.
Like I know what it's like tonot know where your groceries
are going to come from from oneweek to the next.
Like I know what it's like.
You know, believe it or not, Ihad a conversation with my dad.
I know what it's like to behomeless, like I wasn't living
(34:49):
in a cardboard box.
But, like you know, homelesscomes in different ways.
So, like all of those things,if I can share those and make a
difference to someone who's inthat position, that to me is an
epic impact Me too.
Kimberly Neill (35:02):
I agree with you there.
I really want people to knowthat they can do it with a
little bit of hard work anddetermination.
Determination, I say it whenwe're all together, like if you
want it, it's there, Like Iwould love to see people take
(35:27):
advantage of that and do epicshit Really.
Colleen Basinski (35:31):
So let's share the stories, let's share the
experiences, let's give peoplesomething to be motivated about.
At the end of the day, they'regoing to have to take it and do
with it what they want.
But I will say, like going backto the beginning, one of the
ways that I learned a lot of thethings I learned is I was like
I was determined I was going toread.
I'm a computer nerd.
You'll learn from me Like I wasone of those kids that had I
mean they were hand-me-downcomputers, because I did not
(35:51):
have my parents, did not have alot of money, but my cousins
would like hand me down theirlike leftover computers and I
would like I'm an internetjunkie, like I'm on the internet
looking for stuff.
So, literally, when I got intoreal estate, I was like I got to
look up how to do this, look upthis, and everybody was an
expert, but everybody wasn'treally an expert.
And so you learn from trial anderror by trying all these things
(36:11):
that the experts told you to do.
So I would say, how do wepersonally live out this idea of
do epic shit daily in our lives, like what are we doing on the
day?
I think you talked about that,like the adventures were going
on and the conversations we'rehaving and people were helping.
Kimberly Neill (36:28):
And I just want to add to that kind of, I feel
like Like work hard, play hard,Mm-hmm, you know.
Colleen Basinski (36:37):
I love that one Work hard, play harder.
Kimberly Neill (36:39):
Yeah, like I feel like if we work hard, it
allows us to do epic shit, itallows us to live a bigger life,
it allows us to help morepeople.
Colleen Basinski (36:52):
I'm excited about our vacation this summer.
Kimberly Neill (36:53):
I'm so excited you have no fucking idea I kind
of do my boyfriend's going to bethere.
I'm just excited about ourvacation this summer.
Colleen Basinski (36:56):
I'm so excited .
You have no idea.
I kind of do my boyfriend'sgoing to be there.
Kimberly Neill (36:59):
I'm just excited about that.
I'm just happy.
Colleen Basinski (37:01):
Do you want to share with our audience who
your boyfriend is, or not yet?
Kimberly Neill (37:06):
Kid Rock and if you're listening, call me.
Colleen Basinski (37:13):
Yes, we know.
Kimberly Neill (37:13):
I'm waiting.
Colleen Basinski (37:16):
Almost killed you last year at his concert.
We'll talk about that later.
Oh, you want to share it now?
Kimberly Neill (37:23):
Well, I'll share one part.
Colleen was like oh my God,there's Kid Rock for you, Kim,
as we're buffaloing our waythrough the crowd up front.
Colleen Basinski (37:35):
It was, yeah, it was like 103 in the middle of
a horse farm In Florida in.
Kimberly Neill (37:46):
June, june, a hundred and three.
Well, we knew, every day it was107.
It was 108 one day because wehad Tom Skilling, the weatherman
, with us.
Colleen Basinski (38:02):
You know it's 108 out here.
Kimberly Neill (38:06):
How would I know we were half schnockered every
day?
So that's, true so, um, yeah,um, hopefully we won't die this
year so what can our listenersplease tune in, subscribe, um,
expect moving forward?
Colleen Basinski (38:22):
what kind of things are we going to talk
about in terms of the vibe?
What's the format going to beof future episodes?
I mean, it's going to be real.
It's going to be real.
It's going to be raw, like.
I mean you've heard us a littlebit like I'm.
I'm the kind of person that themore I talk and the more
comfortable I get with you themore you hear and the more you
learn and the more that it allcomes off so you're going to see
(38:43):
us get more and more open andmore real and more raw.
So it it's going to be real talk, no fluff and actionable
insights.
I would say.
Kimberly Neill (38:53):
For sure, for sure, you know how do you do
this.
What I'm trying, what I wouldlike people to take away, is you
know you can.
You can have a successfulcareer and have a successful
business and play too.
And how do you combine themboth to make it work?
(39:13):
And, I think, being real andraw and ups and downs, and how
do you learn?
Colleen Basinski (39:21):
Well, topics we're going to talk about are
going to be business.
I've had businesses that havebeen wildly successful and I've
had businesses that have beenwildly successful and I've had
businesses that have beenmassive failures Some my fault,
some not my fault.
You know who you get intobusiness with matters, who you
trust, who you bring in yourcircle.
What's the circle look like?
Kimberly Neill (39:39):
I got a lot to say about that.
Colleen Basinski (39:41):
What was that?
I can't hear you.
You got a lot to say about that.
I do have a lot to say aboutthat.
I will say business Leadership.
Leadership is a big topic.
There's a shortage ofleadership in the world and how
you show up as a leader, thelessons that we've learned in
leadership, how we can influenceand impact others.
(40:01):
So we're going to talk aboutleadership Real estate, of
course.
Kimberly Neill (40:05):
Absolutely my favorite.
Colleen Basinski (40:10):
So I think, from the real estate perspective
, we'll talk about how to builda real estate business.
We'll talk about what clientscan use to be more successful in
buying or selling.
So, it won't be just for otherreal estate people, but it'll be
.
You know, any consumer, I think, can take tidbits and pointers
out of what we've learned.
There'll be some scary storiesin there too, because we all
have the naked guy story.
Kimberly Neill (40:30):
I'm sure, but also investing.
Colleen Basinski (40:32):
So you know, investing in real estate,
flipping, holding Airbnb, shortterm, I was going to say, yeah,
airbnb, we work with a lot ofinvestors.
We have cash offer investors,we have hold investors, we have
flip investors.
We have hold investors, we haveflip investors.
We have that experience.
Both of our husbands have beenin the trades and construction,
(40:53):
so there's that whole aspect,and now your boys are in it too,
in a different leg of it.
Kristen can attest to that aswell.
So I think real estate,probably from every different
angle I don't think there's one.
I mean, we've had titlebusiness.
We've done I personally haven'tdone mortgages, but we're going
(41:14):
to bring some special guests onto talk about the finance side
of things, mortgage, end ofthings, investing.
Maybe I can get my son to comeon.
I don't know, we'll see.
He's just graduated or about tograduate with a tax law
specialization.
Kimberly Neill (41:25):
Oh, for sure he can give us some tax pointers?
Colleen Basinski (41:28):
I don't know if he'll tell us how to avoid
paying taxes, but maybe Spent awhole year just studying tax law
Bad idea.
But everything real estaterelated, whether it's how to pay
less in taxes to invest.
I've had the pleasure oflearning from Tom Wheelwright on
a couple of occasions actuallya couple of occasions actually
(41:52):
who is a you know great, greatmind when it comes to tax and
real estate and how to useinvestments to lower your tax
bracket and taxable income, etc.
So I'll share what I learned.
I mean, I'm not the expert, butat least I can share what I've
done how to get yourself out oftrouble.
When you've got into troublewith the IRS a few times, I will
say that I've had that happentoo.
Kimberly Neill (42:11):
Yeah.
Colleen Basinski (42:12):
You know, you'd think I was 100 years old
with all the shit.
Kimberly Neill (42:15):
I've been through.
When you say something, it goesright to my eye and I think, oh
, oh, oh.
Colleen Basinski (42:22):
I mean, there's a lot.
No matter where you are in yourlife, we probably have an
experience, either personally orindirectly, that we can relate
to and talk about.
So also you know, email us,follow us online, send us your
questions, your topics.
We're happy to talk about thoseas well.
After real estate, obviously,life lessons.
(42:44):
We've got a lot of life lessons.
Kimberly Neill (42:46):
Yeah, that's for sure.
Colleen Basinski (42:47):
We got over 100 years between the two of us.
I won't say who's got more.
Kimberly Neill (42:54):
Or somebody would have showed me a few, yeah
right.
Colleen Basinski (42:57):
And then, of course, it goes without saying,
epic stories, right.
Kimberly Neill (43:00):
For sure, I don't want to share them all
today.
Colleen Basinski (43:03):
No, I'm laughing because they're all
running through my mind Likethere's some good ones, Some
really good ones.
Kimberly Neill (43:08):
There are some really good ones.
Colleen Basinski (43:10):
So I would just encourage everyone to
subscribe, share and join theconversation we're excited to
take you on this journey, doingsome epic shit with us.
Any final words of motivationthat you have for our listeners?
Kimberly Neill (43:26):
I would like to tell if anybody has.
If you're listening and anybodyhas any topics or questions
that they want to, you know,give us or I'm.
I'm all ears for sure.
Yeah, yeah, I'd like, I'd loveto hear from people.
Colleen Basinski (43:44):
Yeah, I think so too.
I think the more that we canhear from our audience and from
all of you out there, the betterthis is going to be, because we
want it to be real, we want itto be raw, we want it to be epic
, and the way that that's goingto happen is by you getting into
the conversation with us.
So I'm excited about openingthat up to everybody.
(44:04):
So we've got some incredibleepisodes coming up that we know
will resonate with many of you.
Next week we're diving into howto start a business while
raising kids, sharing realstories, lessons learned.
Kimberly Neill (44:16):
Kristen, this will be good for you too.
Colleen Basinski (44:19):
Tips for juggling entrepreneurship with
motherhood without losing yoursanity.
Kimberly Neill (44:26):
Oh, I don't know .
Colleen Basinski (44:28):
I'm still trying to find my there's a few
songs I can think of.
That kind of portray my life inthat regard pretty easily.
And then we're also going totackle some of the things over
the first couple weeks isprotecting your time and saying
no, how to set boundaries,prioritizing what truly matters
and deal with family and outsideinfluences.
That don't always get it.
(44:49):
Why don't you get a real job.
Or how about when they call youall day long, every day, can you
go run and do this, and can yourun and do that?
Because you're just in realestate, you don't actually have
to work.
So we'll talk about that.
We're going to get into that abit.
Of course, we're going to getreal about managing the highs
(45:11):
and lows of entrepreneurship,because, let's be honest, this
journey is a roller coaster.
Kimberly Neill (45:18):
Oh yeah, but it's worth it.
Colleen Basinski (45:23):
Yeah, and we're going to help you navigate
the ups and downs withconfidence, absolutely.
I think confidence is going tobe a key part of that.
So we're excited.
Make sure you're subscribed,share this with someone who
needs to hear it and get readyto do epic shit with us every
week.
Peace out.
van.
So welcome, right?
So here we are at our firstepisode ever.
I put my glasses on so I cansee.
Here we are for our Do EpicShit podcast.
Yes, so first I want to welcomeeverybody.
Thank you for tuning in.
We're so excited to have youhere.
We're super excited about this.
So my name is Colleen Baczynski.
Who am I?
(00:27):
I've been a realtor, businessowner, entrepreneur, mom and a
grandma.
I've been in real estate for 25years.
This is my 25th year.
This year we should do a partyfor that 25th year in real
estate.
I've owned brokerages.
I've sold as a solo agent, rana team and had other businesses
(00:48):
as well.
And Kim, go ahead and introduceyourself.
Kimberly Neill (00:51):
I'm Kim Neal.
I've been a realtor for 13years.
I'm a three, I don't know.
My resume isn't as extensive asyours is.
Colleen Basinski (01:00):
I would disagree with that.
You've been an investor.
Kimberly Neill (01:04):
I've done rentals, investors, flips.
That's kind of my thing.
Colleen Basinski (01:08):
You've had a team, you've been solo, you've
navigated ups and downs of allthe different things of being a
wife, a mom, a business owner arealtor that is true.
Multiple properties, investmentproperties, yep, yeah, yeah, I
guess so.
You should just bring me aroundwith you all the time, right.
Kimberly Neill (01:26):
Make me sound like a rock star.
Colleen Basinski (01:28):
So we're going to start by talking a little
bit about why we're doing this,like what epic shit means to us
and why we picked the name, andwe're just going to talk a
little bit about our backgroundand share some things with you
today.
We'll share some inspiration on.
You know why we decided to dothis podcast and what it means
to us and the meaning of epicshit.
(01:49):
You know how it came to be andwhat you can expect when you
tune in and listen forward, andwe'll close it out with what you
can expect on the next episode.
So, Kim, what's your story?
So your personal, professionalstory, like how'd you end up in
real estate?
Kimberly Neill (02:03):
So well, I've been married for 25 years,
married to a carpenter andactually the goal was it wasn't
even to sell residential realestate, it actually was to buy
and flip our own property.
So what we did is we did one ortwo in Indiana.
Then the kids I had small kidsat the time and then after that
(02:26):
I'm like you know, instead ofpaying a realtor I mean like
anybody else instead of paying arealtor, it was like, well, why
don't I just do that and do ourown stuff, which makes sense?
I think a lot of us have thatidea.
So that's exactly what I did.
My kids were small six, eightand I went to real estate school
.
Colleen Basinski (02:43):
And what about Donovan?
He was a little guy.
What was he?
Yeah, he was three, two, three.
Kimberly Neill (02:51):
So mom, wife, stay-at-home mom, and then
literally went to school, got mylicense and jumped right in and
I think the first year, and Ithink it's forever, I mean
everybody can you know attest tothis that your first year, like
, do I stay?
I think I did three deals.
Do I stay?
(03:11):
Oh my gosh, it's costing memoney.
And then I was at a brokeragefor a year and I think I did
$7,000, which literally Not evenbarely enough to cover your
dues and all your fees right.
Literally that's all it did.
And then somebody came to meand said you know, before you
(03:33):
leave out of the Because I was,I was leaving the business.
I'm like this is too expensive.
They bring me to anotherbrokerage, and I think that's
where I met you.
Colleen Basinski (03:41):
I think it was it was, and you were going to
join us, and then you didn't andyou joined another brokerage
for a week, I did.
Kimberly Neill (03:48):
And then you came over For one week and you
really, you know, I was thinkingabout this the other day you
know what really got me to comethere that I was like, oh, you
gave me a book, it was a book.
And I was like, oh, they gaveme a book, it was a book.
And I was like, oh, they gaveme a book and it can help me.
(04:09):
And all I have to do is readthis and do what it says and
literally, I think, probably nolie.
And this is no lie.
Eight weeks after I joined with, you started training and I had
six deals under contract withineight weeks.
Colleen Basinski (04:23):
Dang.
Kimberly Neill (04:24):
And I had three little kids at home.
Yeah, three little kids at home, six deals running.
I was driving a minivan, butyou know I'm pulling up to a
minivan.
Colleen Basinski (04:37):
I mean, hey, I got you beat, though when I
started I didn't have a car.
Well, I tell you, I came fromthe depths of nothingness, like
literally, I little kids hadjust gotten divorced.
I don't even know if I wasofficially finally divorced yet,
because my divorce to my, myfirst husband took probably like
two years, Like he just.
He thought, if he didn't showup to court that it would just
(04:59):
go away.
So it just kept getting extendedand extended.
So don't regret it, becauseobviously I have my kids and
they're awesome and wonderful.
But I actually got into realestate because I was at a bottom
place and I never finishedcollege.
I went to community college,got my associate's degree and
then just stopped from there.
(05:19):
And this is from the girl whowas like, oh, she's going to go
to college, she's in all honorsclasses, she's this, she's that
High on the ACTs and just madesome poor choices early on, like
we all do right, absolutely.
And then, when I was divorcingmy husband, I met my now
wonderful husband, currenthusband, and he actually babysat
(05:44):
my kids so that I could go toreal estate school.
Here he's like, dating this guy, she's got three kids right.
And I'm like, oh, by the way,I'd like to get my real estate
license.
I don't have a car or anyone towatch my kids.
Can you pick me up from thetrain station, from work?
What did he say?
He's a trooper, like he reallyis.
People are like, you know, ifthey know Bart now they're like,
(06:06):
oh yeah, he's got it made, butthey don't know the shit.
I put him through Holy cow,like it was crazy, crazy.
But literally I rememberwanting to do something with my
life that I could make adifference for my kids and, like
you know, I'm working two jobs,single mom, trying to figure
(06:28):
out.
I think it was like my youngestbirthday and he wanted a Lego
toy Like this.
Legos are expensive too.
Kimberly Neill (06:34):
Absolutely Remember those.
Colleen Basinski (06:35):
Lego kits.
They're even more expensive now.
But back then, like we didn'thave two nickels to scrape
together and PJ wanted something.
And I'm like, oh, I just got toget this for him.
And I remember thinking, like,going through my closet,
thinking like, do I havesomething with the tags on it?
That was a gift that I couldsell or give back or like
whatever, so that I could getenough money to buy this kid,
(06:56):
this birthday present.
And for me, that was the momentI decided like I want to control
my destiny.
It's not how much someone'sgoing to pay me, it's not how
much I'm going to do.
I want to be able to make surethat my kids always have what
they need and that they'realways taken care of.
And so that was the moment Idecided real estate why not?
I can do this fast, I can do itquick, I can get my license.
(07:19):
I'm good at taking tests.
The class was no problem.
But yeah, bart, he had to pickme up from the train station
because I took the train to work, because I was working downtown
at the time.
He would pick me up from thetrain station and then we'd get
the kids from.
I don't remember who wasbabysitting at the time while we
were both at work, and then hewould drop me off at real estate
school and then he would watchmy kids at night so that I could
(07:39):
go to real estate school.
Kimberly Neill (07:40):
He is a trooper.
Colleen Basinski (07:47):
Right, so you had a minivan.
Kimberly Neill (07:48):
I didn't even have a car.
I quickly got one after that,absolutely.
Colleen Basinski (07:49):
But I mean, it was rough, it was hard.
Kimberly Neill (07:51):
I always feel like, with real estate, we all
come from.
What can we do with our life?
How can we make it better?
How can we do better?
How can we provide better?
Colleen Basinski (08:03):
Well, I feel like whether it's real estate or
anything else like being yourown business person and being an
entrepreneur, and you know, yousee a lot of kids these days.
I say kids, but they're youngadults, right?
Because, like, the older I get,the more everyone looks like
kids to me that are all figuringout different ways to start
their own businesses, whetherit's like Etsy businesses or
Instagram or TikTok or any ofthese different things that
(08:26):
they're doing.
That's the way to really getthemselves further, and not that
there's anything wrong withcollege, don't get me wrong.
Like, some of my kids went tocollege and they have degrees
and they have great jobs or areon the pathway to great jobs.
I think each person has to findtheir own path, though.
Sure, so when you said it tookyou six months and you had
(08:46):
$7,000.
Yeah, so I had six months, had$0.
Yeah, $0 after six months.
So it was my first six monthsin the business, I had nothing.
And I remember another, likethere's certain moments in your
life that like they just standout and you're like, oh, yes,
(09:14):
and I remember that it wasMemorial Day weekend, because I
started um in January, so I gotmy license.
Like January 1st, I started umand I actually had a job when I
started and I I said this is toohard to do, both full time.
So I had three little kids athome and I had a job and I quit
my job three months ago.
I'm dating my now husband andhe's helping like, support me
and like doing this.
He goes you did what.
(09:35):
I'm, like, I want to do thisfull time.
I know I can do this.
Just trust me.
Just trust me.
And oh, those next three months, like if we were able to make
it through that and still getmarried, like we will be fine,
no matter what throughoutforever, right, so wait a minute
.
Kimberly Neill (09:51):
You just said I'm quitting, yeah.
Colleen Basinski (09:53):
I said I was making I don't know like
minuscule dollars.
I was an administration, so Iwas doing accounts, payable,
accounts, receivable work for aguy who was stealing from his
partners and I'm the one keepingthe books.
And I'm like I don't want anypart of this.
I didn't feel good about it.
He was in the middle of alawsuit with his partners and
(10:15):
I'm like this is not.
I don't want to be in thecircle of this.
So I'm like I'm out of here.
So, pj, at the time my youngest, who is on the autism spectrum,
got kicked out of two daycares.
Kimberly Neill (10:26):
They didn't know .
Colleen Basinski (10:27):
I mean he's 27 next month, so they didn't know
what autism was back then andhow it was.
And so they're just like he'sbad, he can't come here anymore.
And I'm like great, now who'sgoing to watch my kids?
How am I going to do this?
The guy I work for is acriminal Like this is enough,
enough's enough.
And so I just said I quit.
And Bart's like what?
(10:47):
And I'm like I quit, I'm goingto sell real estate full time.
So it took another three monthsbefore I had my first sale,
though, so three months afterthat.
But then the next three monthsI sold like just under $2
million in real estate, yeah,which nowadays doesn't seem like
that much, but then was I mean,we're talking 25?
Kimberly Neill (11:08):
years ago.
Yeah, so that was a lot a lot.
Colleen Basinski (11:09):
But I remember the first sale happened right
after memorial this, how I knowthe timeline, because it was
memorial day weekend andeverybody has barbecues,
memorial day weekend, right,it's like you want to go to the
barbecue and you want to likehang out with your family or
whatever, and bart's like, oh,we're gonna do this and we're
dating and he's helping with mykid, had been helping with my
kids and helping pay my billsand you know, like all this
stuff, he had his own house.
(11:29):
He was a single dad.
I have my own house, I'm asingle mom, like where he's
supporting two households,working three jobs.
He was in the union or like newin the union, had his own
business, a landscaping business, and then he, um, oh, he
bounced at the bars at night too.
So he would, he like literallywhere it slept like two hours a
week.
So it's no wonder that he wantsto sleep like 15 hours a day.
(11:50):
Now, let's make it up for theyears.
But I remember, um, it wasmemorial day weekend and he, um,
he's like, oh, let's gobarbecue.
I'm like I can't, I gotta doopen house and I have to show
property to this buyer that Igot on.
Remember floor calls.
I do so.
I got a floor call buyer wantedto go out.
That buyer never bought with me,by the way, I don't think.
I don't think they did, but, um, I'm like, I got to work all
(12:12):
weekend and, uh, I don't know,are we allowed to swear on this?
Yeah, so to to the exact quote.
He looked at me straight in theeyes and he goes when you going
to quit that stupid fuckingreal estate bullshit?
He's like this is enough.
I want to have a barbecue, wewant to have, and I'm like no.
So, like, I guess that's thefirst lesson that I learned is
(12:34):
like you have to stand up foryourself in this business and
you have to believe in yourself.
And I said, no, I'm going to dothis, I'm going to make it.
And like, literally, my firstclosing was 30 days after that
and then, like I said, $2million worth of real estate.
Kimberly Neill (12:47):
Which is a lot of money.
I mean I had a lot of backbills to pay.
Colleen Basinski (12:51):
I had a lot to make up for.
I owed him a lot of money.
I had my rent to pay, oh, and Iwas getting no child support
from my ex-husband either.
So, like it was, yeah, so thereyou go.
Kimberly Neill (13:03):
So that's my start.
Isn't that great?
Yeah, I don't even know.
I think when I started thatfirst year with seven and the
next was right under two orthree million somewhere around
there, and then well, I thinkthat throughout this um, this
journey of, of this podcast withthese folks, um, we're gonna
have some cool stories to share.
Colleen Basinski (13:21):
Like I mean, obviously I know some of your
stories and you know we spent alot of time laughing about it
and, uh, we're gonna have somecool stories to share.
Like, I mean, obviously I knowsome of your stories and you
know we spent a lot of timelaughing about it and, uh, we're
gonna have some cool stuff toshare with each other.
So oh, for sure so I hope yousubscribe and tune in, because
we definitely, uh, we'll havesome fun stuff to talk about.
So what's one of the lessonsyou learned the hard way early
(13:42):
on in business or life orwhatever?
Kimberly Neill (13:45):
Like I shared a that I look back now and that I
can you know that I've takenaway is that I really have
become a self-sufficient,stronger person.
Because of this, because ofthis career choice you know, I
(14:10):
was married or am married andwas a stay-at-home mom for 12
years.
It was always.
Can I spend $10 on this?
Can I spend $12?
I wouldn't go anywhere withouthim.
Colleen Basinski (14:23):
I mean, you know, as far as like you know
Well, I think you were alwaysstrong.
I think you just this allowedyou to show who you really are.
Kimberly Neill (14:32):
Absolutely Because who you are on the
inside doesn't change.
And that is true, but I think,for me anyways, this has allowed
me to grow, to you know, inways that I never thought that I
could.
Yeah, as far as like a personand a mom and a friend, and you
know I can give back and helppeople and do things, do things
(14:56):
for my children that I neverthought I could do, and have fun
along the way too.
Well, we have a lot of fun,that's for sure.
So, yeah, so for me, I reallyfeel like it allowed me to stand
on my own two feet, yeah, whereI never have to worry about you
know.
Colleen Basinski (15:16):
Well, and I can see that, like I think this
happens in a lot ofrelationships, wouldn't you
agree that sometimes one persontheir independence or their
personality or who they are getskind of blended in to just
being the wife and the mom andthey never get to express all
(15:38):
the great qualities they have?
Uh-huh, and I think this willallow you to do that.
Well, you said something justearlier.
Kimberly Neill (15:45):
I was like oh, you said like you know I didn't
want to be.
You know you were working adminand you didn't go to college.
You know, as, either did I andyou always kind of flounder what
am I going to do?
I really want to do something,but I have these kids and I
didn't go to school andeverybody else did, or what are
(16:06):
they doing?
And real estate really givesyou an opportunity to grow and
fit into something that suitsyou Well.
For me it did.
So.
When I went to school andstarted going about five years
in, I was like, oh, I'm good atthis, I can do this.
(16:31):
And again, the first coupleyears for me were rocky.
And you know I don't.
I mean, you were there andpeople were calling the office
on me.
You know she's doing this andthis and I'm like, oh my God,
you're not supposed to do that.
I didn't know.
You're just kind of A lot ofit's trial and error.
(16:52):
Moving and shaking A lot of it'strial and error, yeah yeah, and
Trial and error.
Colleen Basinski (16:54):
Moving and shaking A lot of trial and error
, yeah, yeah, and also, though,I hope that by us sharing this,
that the people out there thatare watching the listeners can
kind of shortcut some of themistakes that we've made,
instead of having all that trialand error for it to take Like.
Hopefully, this will fast tracksome people or encourage them
and keep them going.
Kimberly Neill (17:13):
I think that's what I hope to get out of it is
to encourage people to keepgoing and not give up, and
because if I mean you have towant it, I can't want it for
them, you can't want it for them.
But you know, in the beginningit's a little rough.
Colleen Basinski (17:30):
Yeah, why don't you quit?
Kimberly Neill (17:33):
I had it too.
Colleen Basinski (17:34):
Let's hear your story.
Kimberly Neill (17:36):
I had it too.
So, dave, this stands out to me.
So much, this one.
So you know, I'm doing floortime, I'm coming in, I'm going
to classes, I'm, you know, I'mon the phones, and you know, and
course, nothing happensovernight.
(17:59):
And I remember, going toremember MRED Palooza, oh yeah.
Colleen Basinski (18:06):
And I remember the MRED convention, or
whatever.
Kimberly Neill (18:10):
And I was like well, I want to go.
And everyone's like, no, Idon't want to go, I'm not going
up there.
It was at Rosemont Horizon orsomething.
And I'm like don't want to go,I'm not going up there.
It was at Rosemont Horizon orsomething.
And I'm like but I want to go.
And I remember walking around,walking around, and there was a
table there and they said if yousign up with us, we can promise
(18:30):
you such and such leads.
And I thought, oh my God, wewere on such a tight budget then
that I was like, what I can'tafford?
$80 a month.
It was 80.
I'll never forget it because Iliterally started sweating
bullets and I was like, and itwas a great sales pitch and I
(18:54):
was like, ok, but how long isthe contract?
What do you do?
And he was like six months.
I'm like eight times six is, ohmy God, that's, you know, $500.
Oh, and I'm like, well, youknow what, I'm just going to do
it If I fall, I fall.
And so I'm like okay, let mesign up.
(19:15):
And I think I got one or twoleads from them and that was it.
And I closed those leads and Ithought, oh, and I remember
getting the bill.
And Dave was like what are youspending $80 a month on?
What is this?
And I was like what are youtalking about?
I don't know what you'retalking about.
(19:36):
He was like you're spending $80a month for this.
I was like I don't know what itis.
He's like we better call thecredit card people.
I was like, okay, I'll call.
And I thought, out of allmonths, he gets the bill, what?
And it just went on from there.
It was just a combination ofyou know doing that, coming in
(19:58):
the office, following peoplearound, and I was just, you know
, I think gratitude and beinggrateful for people that you go
in and see every day.
I mean, you don't know it then,but looking back on it now, I'm
like well, that's why they sayhindsight's 20-20, right 20-20,
absolutely you look back andyou're like oh, I mean, I look
(20:22):
at things now and I hear peopletalk and I'm like what, what you
know?
Like I, literally, you know,stole from Peter to pay Paul.
Yeah, you know, and I just keptthinking you tell a story that
you told Bart.
I'm just going to do this.
(20:42):
I was one of those incognitospenders doers because I didn't
want anybody to look at me andsay, oh well, you did this and
now you failed.
So I was like incognito but, Iknew I was going to do it.
Colleen Basinski (21:00):
Yeah, I mean I wasn't married to him yet
either.
Kimberly Neill (21:02):
so I could tell him that it was different right
Once we were married it was alittle different.
Colleen Basinski (21:07):
No, not much, but you know right.
Kimberly Neill (21:09):
You can't buy diapers this month because I
spent $80.
Colleen Basinski (21:15):
Well, and I remember when you first joined I
, scraping by, I had to borrowthe money to pay my MLS.
It's like when you join theassociation there was those fees
and things like $1,000 formembership and initiation and
fast track and you know all thethings that you had.
Kimberly Neill (21:32):
Yeah, super keys or a central yeah, it all added
up.
Colleen Basinski (21:37):
What inspired you me us, to start Do Epic Shit
, and what do we hope that ourlisteners will take away from
this?
Kimberly Neill (21:46):
So you know really, when, when we talked
about this, I really wanted tobreed a honest conversation.
I wanted it to be honest.
I wanted it to be epic um,because you don't hear a lot of
honest, you know, think honeststories.
(22:08):
When I walked into a crackhead,when I walked into a naked guy,
like you don't hear, I neverheard that it was, I think
people are posturing a lot too.
Colleen Basinski (22:17):
They make it sound like it's so glamorous,
like I always hear this thing,and I was talking to my son the
other day too, and he was likeyou know, I see all these people
and they feel like they seemlike they have it all together
and I'm like no, and I've heardthis saying a bunch of times,
it's don't compare your life tosomeone else's highlight reel.
And so I think we wanted to pulllike the shades or the filter
(22:40):
filter I guess is a better wordthe filter off the highlight
reel so that we could show likereally share.
I mean, we have a lot ofstories, we have a lot of good
experiences, some good, some notso good some funny, some scary
I mean yeah, I had a guy pull agun on me.
I mean there, yeah, I mean a guyum, sick his pitbulls on me at
(23:02):
the front door.
I also swore in front of alittle kid once because there
was a loose pitbull and I lovepitbulls, I have a pitbull.
Right, I've had pitbulls, butlike when it's a strange dog and
it's coming at you in a vacanthouse, that's scary, yeah, yeah,
I dropped an f-bomb in front ofa little six-year-old just
saying, yeah, you know,sometimes it just comes out.
(23:23):
But I think, hearing thosestories, I think you're right,
like being honest and justtaking the filter off and
sharing, like bearing it all theshit, right that happens, that
happens, yeah, absolutely.
And what about Epic?
What about what makes it Epic?
Kimberly Neill (23:39):
We do.
Colleen Basinski (23:41):
Well, I mean, we've had to.
We've gotten to do some prettycool stuff though, haven't we?
We?
Kimberly Neill (23:45):
we have Things I would have never done before.
I mean, it really has opened upa lot of opportunities and a
lot of doors for us.
Colleen Basinski (23:55):
I would say for sure I've got to go places I
would have never been before.
Travel Like, I think,especially being Midwesterners.
Right, I think you know peoplein other parts of the country,
maybe don't, and maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm just assuming and
judging or whatever, but I feellike Midwesterners sometimes we
just we stay in our own littlebubble, we're in our box and you
, you don't travel and you don'tsee the world and you, just you
(24:18):
grow up in a blue collar, youknow middle to low income, low
to middle income family, and youjust go and you do and you go
to work and you just work hardand then that's it, and you
don't see the world and youdon't do different things and
you don't.
And I think real estate has,for me at least anyway, opened
my eyes and my opportunities tosee some epic things.
(24:40):
We're going to do some epicthings together this summer.
So we'll probably maybe we'll goon the road a little bit and
share some on the road podcastwith you.
Oh my gosh, I'm laughing rightnow.
Yeah, we have some already, andthen we're going to have to
bring like a camera crew with usFor sure, for sure, for sure.
Oh my gosh.
Kimberly Neill (25:00):
I'm excited.
Colleen Basinski (25:01):
Yeah, yeah.
Kimberly Neill (25:02):
I think it'll be .
It'll be a good year this year.
Colleen Basinski (25:06):
And how about guest speakers?
We're going to bring some guestspeakers on.
Kimberly Neill (25:08):
Absolutely.
I got some good ones in mind.
Colleen Basinski (25:11):
Oh, perfect, perfect, Perfect.
So what do we hope ourlisteners take away from this?
Kimberly Neill (25:17):
I hope they come along for the ride for just an
open, honest, fun, informativehour.
Yeah.
Colleen Basinski (25:27):
I would agree.
I want them to be entertained.
Kimberly Neill (25:31):
Absolutely.
Colleen Basinski (25:34):
But also I hope that we can inspire and
motivate some people.
Like you know, I've seen thebottom of the barrel a couple of
times in my life and clawed myway back up, and if one or two
of those little stories that Ishare of what happened and how
that happened and who the peoplearound me were, that helped me
claw my way back up, if we caninspire someone else to do the
(25:55):
same, either for themselves orfor someone else to give someone
else a hand up.
I would say that's it.
Who or what has been yourbiggest influence or motivation
along the way?
Business, you think?
Kimberly Neill (26:07):
Or what do you Doesn't matter.
So business-wise, I reallybelieve, for me it's who you
surround yourself with, and Godknows I've been here, there,
everywhere.
Colleen Basinski (26:18):
You've had a couple, two, three, four
brokerages.
Yep, yep.
Kimberly Neill (26:21):
Me too, especially lately.
Colleen Basinski (26:24):
But I think that's a lesson and we'll
probably do a whole episode onthat On not settling and not
staying put just because you'rethere, like figure out, like who
your tribe is and who you'resupposed to be around.
And you know we'll do a wholeepisode on that, I think,
because I want to hear like allthe ups and downs and what went
in to make your decision processand the people that you
listened to that maybe youshouldn't have and the ones that
you did that you should, andkind of like how to learn from
(26:47):
those right, there's lots ofthem, yeah.
Kimberly Neill (26:50):
So I think inspirational.
I mean you for sure would beone of them, for sure.
Thanks, I mean you for surewould be one of them, for sure.
Who else do we have around, youknow?
Colleen Basinski (26:59):
there, I mean there's a few and I think at
each point in your journeythere's different people that
come into your life and it's fora season.
They're there for a season orthey're there for a reason and
it just kind of they come and goand you know I know we got
(27:20):
Kristen over there in thecommanding, our controls for us
and you know she's coming in andout of both of our lives.
Absolutely Over and over againand I feel like the circle is
strong now, like we're in theright people in the right place
at the right time.
Kimberly Neill (27:35):
That is the key.
It's like a goose bump.
Yeah, it's at the right time.
What did you just say the otherday, or even was it today?
When the student is there, theteacher will show up.
Colleen Basinski (27:47):
When the student is ready, the teacher
appears.
Kimberly Neill (27:49):
Yeah, and I feel like that's how it's been
lately.
Yeah, I mean really, and Ithink you know we go through
trials and tribulations throughour career and life in general,
and I think this was nodifferent.
But I think that this yearwe're going to come back bigger
(28:10):
and stronger.
Oh, I agree, I agree, I thinkwith the crowd or with the
people we have around us thisyear, and all we can do is just
add to it to make it better.
You know, we have that corecircle and then we just add more
people and I'm really excitedto see what we have.
Colleen Basinski (28:30):
Yeah, I feel like we're getting like.
It's like getting the band backtogether.
Kimberly Neill (28:33):
It is, it really is, and it's the band that we
choose.
Yeah, and not just.
Colleen Basinski (28:42):
Yeah, we don't like that drummer.
He doesn't have to come back,Absolutely he doesn't.
You know when?
Kimberly Neill (28:47):
he tries out, he don't make the cut.
Yep, and that's the.
I think that's the beauty aboutwhat we have right now.
You know, we can, you know,choose who comes in and who
doesn't.
Colleen Basinski (28:59):
If you could give your younger self one piece
of advice, what would it be?
Kimberly Neill (29:05):
You know, if it wasn't for the things that I
went through, you know, or youknow, I feel like everything
when you're young kind of leadsyou to where you are now.
So for me I wouldn't changeanything that I did or who you
know was in my life.
Colleen Basinski (29:22):
Well, maybe, but Well, but not to interrupt
you or anything.
But I also think that it'sthose things that make you who
you are today.
Kimberly Neill (29:29):
Absolutely.
I think I would have jumped insooner, I think I would have
went full in sooner, like startsooner, really, because I feel,
like anything else, I liked myjourney, not that it was always
pleasant but, like you said, itmade me who I am today and I
(29:50):
kind of like who I am today.
Colleen Basinski (29:53):
I like who you are today too.
Thanks, yeah.
Kimberly Neill (29:55):
Appreciate that.
Colleen Basinski (29:56):
That's why I like hanging out with you.
For me, I would say believe inyourself more like stand up for
yourself, believe in yourself,have the courage, have the
confidence, because a lot oftimes, you know, I have a
tendency to be a little bit of aperfectionist.
Have you noticed?
Kimberly Neill (30:15):
that.
No, I don't do well, but Ithink sometimes perfectionism
have you noticed that?
Colleen Basinski (30:18):
No, well, but I think sometimes perfectionism
will paralyze you, that youdon't act as quickly on an
opportunity or you don't goforward on something or you're
trying to, you know, fix it anddo it and get it ready, getting
ready to get ready all the time.
And I think there's anopportunity there.
So I would definitely.
The advice I would give myyounger self is that you can do
(30:38):
this, you're going to be okay,because hard work has never been
.
You know, I will.
I'll, I'll outwork anyoneanytime if I have to.
Don't get me wrong, I like mytime off and I like to have fun
too.
But when it comes down to it,if I got to work 14, 16, 18
hours, I don't care, I'll do it.
So it's just, you'll get there.
(31:00):
Just believe in yourself andalso, don't worry about what
people say so much.
Kimberly Neill (31:06):
That's a good.
That's actually.
That's spot on.
Really Don't worry whateverybody else says.
Colleen Basinski (31:13):
Usually and I think I heard Alex Hermosi say
this the other day so you know,I watch all of his stuff and
listen to some of his podcastsand some of his social media
stuff and he said the people,the haters, that are talking
shit about you usually are notthe ones that are doing more
than you are or doing somethingthat you aspire to be.
(31:34):
They're doing less than you ornot someone who you aspire to be
, so don't worry about it.
Right?
You're thinking of specificpeople, aren't you?
I am, I know, you are, I know.
Kimberly Neill (31:48):
And that's why I'm laughing, because, yeah, I
sure am.
We're not going to call anynames out right now, but I can
think of a few, me too.
Colleen Basinski (31:56):
Me too, like, you may have more, that person
may have more money, but theirlife is miserable, or that
person may be whatever, but thenyou know they're trying to
scrape by to get whatever theywant.
But you know, All right.
So the meaning I think wetalked about this a little bit
the meaning of doing epic shitLike, what does do epic shit
(32:18):
really mean to us?
Like in terms of mindset,action, impact.
Kimberly Neill (32:21):
When I think epic shit, I think large, like
larger than life, like let's doepic shit.
And actually just while we'retalking which could mean
anything that we're doing now,building what we're building now
I mean Christ almighty, who thehell drives to Florida, runs an
(32:45):
RV and goes and sits in a horsefarm?
That's some epic shit, I meanwho does that?
Colleen Basinski (32:53):
It was a 10-day vacation, wasn't it?
Kimberly Neill (32:55):
It was, it was, yeah, it was.
I mean, there's just a lot ofthings.
I mean look what we just did.
Colleen Basinski (33:02):
You hopped on a ferry and came over from
across the Gulf of America.
Kimberly Neill (33:08):
If anybody could find it.
Colleen Basinski (33:09):
Because it wasn't the Gulf of America, then
it was the Gulf of Mexico atthe time, it was the Gulf, it
was Took a ferry to come hangout with us and was nauseated.
Kimberly Neill (33:21):
Wasn't the tide like over the side of the-, over
the side like the Titanic wascoming?
I was like taxi.
I was scared.
I was like, oh, I'm like bye,let me know when you get there,
call us when you get home.
I was like shh it was like whodoes that?
Colleen Basinski (33:40):
No, but that's the kind of like you only live
once.
Like I know they say oh, yolo,but like you really YOLO.
Like do the stuff you can.
And that's what it means to me,I think Right.
Like, not only like physicallydoing, but like thinking in
terms of your mindset, likebelieve in yourself that
anything is possible.
Like go out and do the thing,do the thing right, have the
(34:02):
time, explore the opportunityand, just you know, take the
action.
And I would also say I want toadd one other thing to that.
I said impact, impact.
I want to impact other peopleon an epic level, like because
we could just have our fun anddo this, but like putting this
out there to the world, I think,to impact other people.
(34:27):
I know what it's like to be asingle mom.
I know what it's like to be inan abusive relationship.
I know what it's like to lose achild.
Like I know what it's like tolose a child.
Like I know what it's like tonot know where your groceries
are going to come from from oneweek to the next.
Like I know what it's like.
You know, believe it or not, Ihad a conversation with my dad.
I know what it's like to behomeless, like I wasn't living
(34:49):
in a cardboard box.
But, like you know, homelesscomes in different ways.
So, like all of those things,if I can share those and make a
difference to someone who's inthat position, that to me is an
epic impact Me too.
Kimberly Neill (35:02):
I agree with you there.
I really want people to knowthat they can do it with a
little bit of hard work anddetermination.
Determination, I say it whenwe're all together, like if you
want it, it's there, Like Iwould love to see people take
(35:27):
advantage of that and do epicshit Really.
Colleen Basinski (35:31):
So let's share the stories, let's share the
experiences, let's give peoplesomething to be motivated about.
At the end of the day, they'regoing to have to take it and do
with it what they want.
But I will say, like going backto the beginning, one of the
ways that I learned a lot of thethings I learned is I was like
I was determined I was going toread.
I'm a computer nerd.
You'll learn from me Like I wasone of those kids that had I
mean they were hand-me-downcomputers, because I did not
(35:51):
have my parents, did not have alot of money, but my cousins
would like hand me down theirlike leftover computers and I
would like I'm an internetjunkie, like I'm on the internet
looking for stuff.
So, literally, when I got intoreal estate, I was like I got to
look up how to do this, look upthis, and everybody was an
expert, but everybody wasn'treally an expert.
And so you learn from trial anderror by trying all these things
(36:11):
that the experts told you to do.
So I would say, how do wepersonally live out this idea of
do epic shit daily in our lives, like what are we doing on the
day?
I think you talked about that,like the adventures were going
on and the conversations we'rehaving and people were helping.
Kimberly Neill (36:28):
And I just want to add to that kind of, I feel
like Like work hard, play hard,Mm-hmm, you know.
Colleen Basinski (36:37):
I love that one Work hard, play harder.
Kimberly Neill (36:39):
Yeah, like I feel like if we work hard, it
allows us to do epic shit, itallows us to live a bigger life,
it allows us to help morepeople.
Colleen Basinski (36:52):
I'm excited about our vacation this summer.
Kimberly Neill (36:53):
I'm so excited you have no fucking idea I kind
of do my boyfriend's going to bethere.
I'm just excited about ourvacation this summer.
Colleen Basinski (36:56):
I'm so excited .
You have no idea.
I kind of do my boyfriend'sgoing to be there.
Kimberly Neill (36:59):
I'm just excited about that.
I'm just happy.
Colleen Basinski (37:01):
Do you want to share with our audience who
your boyfriend is, or not yet?
Kimberly Neill (37:06):
Kid Rock and if you're listening, call me.
Colleen Basinski (37:13):
Yes, we know.
Kimberly Neill (37:13):
I'm waiting.
Colleen Basinski (37:16):
Almost killed you last year at his concert.
We'll talk about that later.
Oh, you want to share it now?
Kimberly Neill (37:23):
Well, I'll share one part.
Colleen was like oh my God,there's Kid Rock for you, Kim,
as we're buffaloing our waythrough the crowd up front.
Colleen Basinski (37:35):
It was, yeah, it was like 103 in the middle of
a horse farm In Florida in.
Kimberly Neill (37:46):
June, june, a hundred and three.
Well, we knew, every day it was107.
It was 108 one day because wehad Tom Skilling, the weatherman
, with us.
Colleen Basinski (38:02):
You know it's 108 out here.
Kimberly Neill (38:06):
How would I know we were half schnockered every
day?
So that's, true so, um, yeah,um, hopefully we won't die this
year so what can our listenersplease tune in, subscribe, um,
expect moving forward?
Colleen Basinski (38:22):
what kind of things are we going to talk
about in terms of the vibe?
What's the format going to beof future episodes?
I mean, it's going to be real.
It's going to be real.
It's going to be raw, like.
I mean you've heard us a littlebit like I'm.
I'm the kind of person that themore I talk and the more
comfortable I get with you themore you hear and the more you
learn and the more that it allcomes off so you're going to see
(38:43):
us get more and more open andmore real and more raw.
So it it's going to be real talk, no fluff and actionable
insights.
I would say.
Kimberly Neill (38:53):
For sure, for sure, you know how do you do
this.
What I'm trying, what I wouldlike people to take away, is you
know you can.
You can have a successfulcareer and have a successful
business and play too.
And how do you combine themboth to make it work?
(39:13):
And, I think, being real andraw and ups and downs, and how
do you learn?
Colleen Basinski (39:21):
Well, topics we're going to talk about are
going to be business.
I've had businesses that havebeen wildly successful and I've
had businesses that have beenwildly successful and I've had
businesses that have beenmassive failures Some my fault,
some not my fault.
You know who you get intobusiness with matters, who you
trust, who you bring in yourcircle.
What's the circle look like?
Kimberly Neill (39:39):
I got a lot to say about that.
Colleen Basinski (39:41):
What was that?
I can't hear you.
You got a lot to say about that.
I do have a lot to say aboutthat.
I will say business Leadership.
Leadership is a big topic.
There's a shortage ofleadership in the world and how
you show up as a leader, thelessons that we've learned in
leadership, how we can influenceand impact others.
(40:01):
So we're going to talk aboutleadership Real estate, of
course.
Kimberly Neill (40:05):
Absolutely my favorite.
Colleen Basinski (40:10):
So I think, from the real estate perspective
, we'll talk about how to builda real estate business.
We'll talk about what clientscan use to be more successful in
buying or selling.
So, it won't be just for otherreal estate people, but it'll be
.
You know, any consumer, I think, can take tidbits and pointers
out of what we've learned.
There'll be some scary storiesin there too, because we all
have the naked guy story.
Kimberly Neill (40:30):
I'm sure, but also investing.
Colleen Basinski (40:32):
So you know, investing in real estate,
flipping, holding Airbnb, shortterm, I was going to say, yeah,
airbnb, we work with a lot ofinvestors.
We have cash offer investors,we have hold investors, we have
flip investors.
We have hold investors, we haveflip investors.
We have that experience.
Both of our husbands have beenin the trades and construction,
(40:53):
so there's that whole aspect,and now your boys are in it too,
in a different leg of it.
Kristen can attest to that aswell.
So I think real estate,probably from every different
angle I don't think there's one.
I mean, we've had titlebusiness.
We've done I personally haven'tdone mortgages, but we're going
(41:14):
to bring some special guests onto talk about the finance side
of things, mortgage, end ofthings, investing.
Maybe I can get my son to comeon.
I don't know, we'll see.
He's just graduated or about tograduate with a tax law
specialization.
Kimberly Neill (41:25):
Oh, for sure he can give us some tax pointers?
Colleen Basinski (41:28):
I don't know if he'll tell us how to avoid
paying taxes, but maybe Spent awhole year just studying tax law
Bad idea.
But everything real estaterelated, whether it's how to pay
less in taxes to invest.
I've had the pleasure oflearning from Tom Wheelwright on
a couple of occasions actuallya couple of occasions actually
(41:52):
who is a you know great, greatmind when it comes to tax and
real estate and how to useinvestments to lower your tax
bracket and taxable income, etc.
So I'll share what I learned.
I mean, I'm not the expert, butat least I can share what I've
done how to get yourself out oftrouble.
When you've got into troublewith the IRS a few times, I will
say that I've had that happentoo.
Kimberly Neill (42:11):
Yeah.
Colleen Basinski (42:12):
You know, you'd think I was 100 years old
with all the shit.
Kimberly Neill (42:15):
I've been through.
When you say something, it goesright to my eye and I think, oh
, oh, oh.
Colleen Basinski (42:22):
I mean, there's a lot.
No matter where you are in yourlife, we probably have an
experience, either personally orindirectly, that we can relate
to and talk about.
So also you know, email us,follow us online, send us your
questions, your topics.
We're happy to talk about thoseas well.
After real estate, obviously,life lessons.
(42:44):
We've got a lot of life lessons.
Kimberly Neill (42:46):
Yeah, that's for sure.
Colleen Basinski (42:47):
We got over 100 years between the two of us.
I won't say who's got more.
Kimberly Neill (42:54):
Or somebody would have showed me a few, yeah
right.
Colleen Basinski (42:57):
And then, of course, it goes without saying,
epic stories, right.
Kimberly Neill (43:00):
For sure, I don't want to share them all
today.
Colleen Basinski (43:03):
No, I'm laughing because they're all
running through my mind Likethere's some good ones, Some
really good ones.
Kimberly Neill (43:08):
There are some really good ones.
Colleen Basinski (43:10):
So I would just encourage everyone to
subscribe, share and join theconversation we're excited to
take you on this journey, doingsome epic shit with us.
Any final words of motivationthat you have for our listeners?
Kimberly Neill (43:26):
I would like to tell if anybody has.
If you're listening and anybodyhas any topics or questions
that they want to, you know,give us or I'm.
I'm all ears for sure.
Yeah, yeah, I'd like, I'd loveto hear from people.
Colleen Basinski (43:44):
Yeah, I think so too.
I think the more that we canhear from our audience and from
all of you out there, the betterthis is going to be, because we
want it to be real, we want itto be raw, we want it to be epic
, and the way that that's goingto happen is by you getting into
the conversation with us.
So I'm excited about openingthat up to everybody.
(44:04):
So we've got some incredibleepisodes coming up that we know
will resonate with many of you.
Next week we're diving into howto start a business while
raising kids, sharing realstories, lessons learned.
Kimberly Neill (44:16):
Kristen, this will be good for you too.
Colleen Basinski (44:19):
Tips for juggling entrepreneurship with
motherhood without losing yoursanity.
Kimberly Neill (44:26):
Oh, I don't know .
Colleen Basinski (44:28):
I'm still trying to find my there's a few
songs I can think of.
That kind of portray my life inthat regard pretty easily.
And then we're also going totackle some of the things over
the first couple weeks isprotecting your time and saying
no, how to set boundaries,prioritizing what truly matters
and deal with family and outsideinfluences.
That don't always get it.
(44:49):
Why don't you get a real job.
Or how about when they call youall day long, every day, can you
go run and do this, and can yourun and do that?
Because you're just in realestate, you don't actually have
to work.
So we'll talk about that.
We're going to get into that abit.
Of course, we're going to getreal about managing the highs
(45:11):
and lows of entrepreneurship,because, let's be honest, this
journey is a roller coaster.
Kimberly Neill (45:18):
Oh yeah, but it's worth it.
Colleen Basinski (45:23):
Yeah, and we're going to help you navigate
the ups and downs withconfidence, absolutely.
I think confidence is going tobe a key part of that.
So we're excited.
Make sure you're subscribed,share this with someone who
needs to hear it and get readyto do epic shit with us every
week.
Peace out.
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