July 17, 2025 • 19 mins
Andrew Gauthier shares his extraordinary journey from welding across Canada to recovering from a traumatic brain injury and building multi-million dollar real estate developments. His story demonstrates how resilience, determination, and surrounding yourself with the right people can transform tragedy into opportunity and redefine personal success.
• Bought first duplex at age 21 for $312,000, now worth nearly $1 million
• Met his mentor through his first real estate transaction
• Suffered traumatic brain injury after being struck by a 10,000-pound pipe
• Recovered from barely walking to completing a half marathon in nine months
• Used family, especially his niece and nephew, as motivation during recovery
• Changed perspective from "working for future happiness" to "enjoying the journey"
• Found new purpose and community through real estate networking
• Values business partners who share his vision but have complementary strengths
• Redefined success from purely financial to relationship-focused
Connect with Andrew on Instagram @GauthierInvestments to learn more about partnership opportunities.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You know, when the doctors told me, they said we
have no idea how recovery isgoing to go and it's going to be
very, very dependent on howhard you work.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Welcome to the 5 Questions Podcast, where we
unlock real estate and businessinsights, one question at a time
.
Welcome to the 5 QuestionsPodcast.
(00:33):
I am your host, mario Lamar,our guest on today's show.
His journey is one ofresilience, reinvention and real
estate.
From welding across Canada torecovering from a traumatic
brain injury and now buildingmulti-million dollar
developments, his story isnothing short from extraordinary
.
I'd like to welcome AndrewGauthier.
Andrew, welcome to the 5Questions Podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Hello.
Yeah, Thank you so much forhaving me.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I can't wait to have a discussion with you because
your story is truly amazing.
But the concept of the podcastis I ask five questions about
real estate or business and weget straight to the point.
You ready.
Sounds great, let's do it.
First question I have for youis you bought your first duplex
at the age of 21.
What gave you the confidence todive into real estate so young?
(01:23):
What gave you?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
the confidence to dive into real estate so young?
Oh yeah, no great question.
Yeah, when I was coming up inthe welding industry I had one
of our other employees workingwith us.
He was in his late 20s andstarted a pretty successful
business portfolio in realestate and from that point on I
kind of wanted to, yeah, imitatewhat he was doing and seen the
(01:46):
potential, seen seen Miltongrowing so rapidly and, yeah,
just seen high potential of youknow, making it somewhere.
So I was paying a good amountin rent at the time.
My brother was as well, so wediscussed a little bit of a deal
to get into the market together.
(02:08):
We bought the property for$312,000 when I was 21.
I still hold the property nowand it's worth almost a million
dollars.
So, yeah, it was not a bad dealat all.
It was a great start and fromthat deal I actually met my now
mentor.
He was our real estate agent atthe time.
(02:29):
He had rental properties andyeah started out my journey in
real estate.
So from that point on it kindof just, yeah, it impacted me
heavily and yeah started my myjourney as a real estate uh,
investor.
So, uh, yeah, that's uh, that'skind of how it went for me.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
There's uh, there's something to be said about you
know, surrounding yourself withpeople that either you look up
to or that you.
You kind of want the life thatthey're having, and you kind of
want the life that they'rehaving, and for you, at a young
age, you did just that, so a lotof people can take examples
(03:12):
from that, because if you wantto go somewhere else in your
life, or if you want to achievecertain things, you need to
surround yourself with peoplethat are already doing it.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yes, I think it's exactly that right.
We find the people that aredoing well and similar to things
, to what we're doing, and, youknow, the network we have and
the people we surround ourselveswith is a big reflection of who
we become.
So I think that was a greatstart for me and yeah, yeah, it
was great.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
And then you started young.
But that brings us to oursecond question.
Your life changed dramatically.
While welding, you were struckby a 10,000 pound pipe and your
life changed in an instant.
In an instant, you went frombarely being able to walk to
(04:10):
running half a marathon in justnine months later.
I need to ask you what wasdriving you to push past that
pain point Because this was abig accident and to running a
marathon nine months later?
You needed a force behind you.
What was that?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Yeah, yeah, no, it was a very, very difficult time
for me and you know, when thedoctors told me, they said we
have no idea how recovery isgoing to go and it's going to be
very, very dependent on howhard you work, how much you put
in a lot of your things aboutyou that made you yourself.
(04:53):
You feel like there's a darkcloud over you and you feel like
life could be over.
So driving me forward was myniece and my nephew.
I had bought a house right nextdoor to them to be closer to
family.
I seen them all the time andyou know seeing their little
faces smile and motivate me tokeep pushing.
So I knew I had to take it inmy hands.
(05:15):
You know there's lots of peoplewith brain injuries.
If you don't put in the work,there's a chance for the rest of
your life.
You're going to, you knowyou're going to have it affect
you.
So I used my family, my familyand my passion for know, wanting
, wanting more in my life tohelp me push forward.
(05:35):
So every little task I wasgiven I I pushed through the
horrible amount of pain to, youknow, give it everything I could
to try to get to that level,get to that level and when I got
to the point of being able torun that half marathon, it was
(05:57):
the most unreal experience of mylife.
Every day, every day, pushingtowards that goal, it was the
most memorable experience of mylife, crossing that finish line
and and and it was just, yeah,it was unreal and it was the
start of my new life, seeingmyself be able to accomplish
(06:19):
something like that when monthsbefore, I was unable to do
almost anything.
So it was.
It transformed me intosomething new.
The strength I've gained, theresilience and the new
perspective on life from theaccident just truly changed my
life and every moment movingforward, I'm just, I'm that much
(06:41):
more grateful to be alive andto be able to have what I have.
And you know you go throughdifferent waves of feeling
cursed and feeling blessed forthis happening to me, but I
couldn't change anything foranything.
(07:02):
So it's yeah, I'm definitelyblessed and it was a very
difficult experience, but youknow, I made it out the other
side and I feel so happy to behere and, you know, being able
to share my, my journey to getto this point with with
everybody.
So, yeah, that.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It definitely says something like we don't wish
this, these kinds of situations,on nobody.
But sometimes either it's aninjury or something that happens
in in someone's life that thatchanges their life completely
and puts you against a wallwhere you have no choice, that
(07:42):
if you want to move forward, yougot to push through.
Nobody else is going to do itfor you, yeah, and you need
something.
In your case it was your family.
You need something to anchor onand to motivate you, and you're
a great example of somebodythat wants it can accomplish
(08:04):
with the proper drive.
It brings us to our thirdquestion, a little bit in the
same train of thought Sure, whatwas it for you?
Yeah, yeah.
So through my journey, like Isaid, I traveled all around.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Canada.
I did welding in mostly marineapplications, working 60 to 80
hour weeks, always on the road,living in cottages and hotels.
I'm never really having a lotof successful relationships and
memories to be made during thosetimes.
And you know, I kept tellingmyself you know, I'm going to be
(08:54):
happy one day, I'm making a lotof money, I'm doing really well
, I'm growing my business, I'mdoing these things and after the
accident, you realize, liketomorrow's not guaranteed.
So it really opened my eyes towhat's important, to to family,
to creating a family of my own,and to having these memories and
experiences.
(09:14):
So at that point, yeah, justchanging my perspective, to
working my whole life, to havesomething in the future, to
enjoying the journey Everymoment.
Now I'm, I'm, I'm reflecting onand and putting the effort to
make the people in my liferealize how important they are
(09:37):
and, uh, enjoying the journeyalong the way.
So, um, yeah, it's changeddrastically.
Like everything is, uh,everything is more important to
me now.
So, um, you know, uh, with my,with my current girlfriend.
Now you know, we're building afamily together, um, with with
my family, we're, we're, we'regoing on trips, um, and enjoying
(09:59):
life to the fullest.
So, um, real estate has helpedopen this, this door to me as
well, where I could, uh, youknow I could, I, I can make the
money I need to to enjoy thetime I have.
And, yeah, I think that's beenthe biggest part just changing
that way of thinking, becausewe're so busy in our day to day,
(10:22):
we forget to truly enjoy it andappreciate that every day is a
blessing.
So, um, yeah, it's changed mefor the better, I think.
And, uh, being able to havethat um perspective on life now
is, is, is unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
So, um, yeah, it's been, it's been pretty great
it's and and you know thequestion definition of success.
Uh, a lot of time, when youhave an experience, like you did
, that changes.
You think your success maybefor some people is building a
successful business, making alot of money, but then when you
(11:04):
can't do that, you can't evenmove anymore.
Then what's your success?
Now it becomes just life initself.
Like you said, take the time toenjoy family time.
Take the time to give.
Give some people don't havefamily.
Make a new family for yourself.
Surround yourself with friends,go out the community.
(11:25):
You know there's so muchpurpose we we can have being
surrounded with others.
And that's the definition ofsuccess, in my opinion, is you
can make it whatever you want,and you know you just got to
work your way to what yoursuccess is.
(11:46):
So, having said that, now youare over the hurdle.
All that you injured out asreal estate became or become
more than just a business foryou.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Yeah.
So after the accident, I'mtrying to figure out where my
life's going to be.
I still have some psychologicaltraumas, I still have some PTSD
, some things that arerestricting me from possibly
going back to what I was doingin my in my life before and it
was all I knew it was.
It was my identity.
So, getting more involved inthe real estate community, I
(12:26):
joined a couple of groups.
I I surrounded myself withpeople that I find are my people
.
These are people that think thesame, dream big and and truly,
you know, work hard to to, youknow, build success.
And through these networks ofpeople it's grown to a point
where, you know, I'm associatingwith people all over North
(12:50):
America every single day, justtalking real estate and future
plans and family and fun, andall this stuff opened my eyes to
a group of people I've neverthought existed.
So real estate has become mypassion and a big, big part of
my life.
So, yeah, just being able to bea part of these communities and
(13:12):
see people's journeys at alldifferent levels really shown me
that anything's possible,anybody can get there, anybody
can do it.
You surround yourself with theright network of people and you
work hard and you learn as muchas you can, and financial
freedom is is yours to unlock.
So it's it's been an incrediblejourney Just just seeing so
(13:34):
many different great people besuccessful in their journeys and
hear their stories as well.
And, yeah, anything is possibleand and real estate, to me, is,
is the answer, and it's it'sbeen an incredible journey.
It's been, yeah, it's been verygreat.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I love the fact that you you say you know,
surrounding yourself withcommunities, like-minded
individuals.
That becomes like your family,because it is true, especially
in real estate, you surroundyourself with people that think
like you.
That becomes your daily routine, your daily habits.
(14:14):
You think a certain way, yousee things a different way.
Sometimes your own family, yourreal, physical family, don't
understand real estate and maybethey'll try to, through their
love, try to counsel you to takedecisions, but it might not be
the best decisions for you.
(14:35):
But if you surround yourselfwith people that think like you,
people that have done it longerthan you in those communities,
for example, that's where youget pushed further and you
advance, either as a group orwith other individuals, as a
group or with other individuals,and that's where the magic
(14:57):
happens.
So I agree a hundred percentwith you networking, and not
just networking, building theserelationships.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yes, yes, yeah.
Everything seems very difficultand sometimes impossible until
you surround yourself with theright people and then the things
you had, the dreams you had,you can surpass them beyond any
measure.
So it's yeah, it's an amazingthing.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Andrew, we're at the last and fifth question for
today already, but you've builtstrong partnerships now since
your recovery.
What do you now look in for?
A great business partner?
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Yeah, yeah, along the way, meet lots and lots of
people, and I guess you'relooking for, for me personally,
is just somebody that has thesame vision, somebody that has
the same goals, somebody that'slooking for the same things.
Um, you know you, you can tellvery quickly on on on what
(16:02):
somebody is willing to give tothe business or or to their life
to get to a different level.
And I find, with with people inthe community, it's uh, um, you
know, it's yeah, it's, it'simportant to, yeah, just find
somebody that's similar in yourgoals and in your vision.
(16:24):
So, finding people that haveexpertise and knowledge in some
places where you might lack, andand be able to learn from each
other, being able to growtogether to get to your end goal
, is very important.
So it's uh, uh, yeah, it's,it's, it's yeah, finding those
people that want to grow withyou and and help build you up.
(16:46):
So, um, in this community, it's, it's, it's very, uh, very
empowering.
There's people that that trulygive you, give you hope and give
you understanding on what'spossible.
So, yeah, finding somebody thatcan help help get you to the
(17:08):
place you want to be and you forthem as well.
So, working together on thosedreams and goals is yeah, it's
very important.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
So I like the fact that you you said two things.
First of all, surround yourselfor partner with people with the
same vision.
But you see, a lot of mentorssay something else too is
partner with people that havedifferent strengths than you.
Yes, why would you want topartner with people that have
(17:37):
the same strengths as you?
You guys are going to startarguing or wanting to take the
same lead in the same areas, butif you partner with people that
are stronger in other aspectsof the business than you, oh man
, it's like a locomotive that asecond engine starts.
Now it goes faster and faster,and that's the power of growing
(18:00):
in real estate is surround andpartner with people that have
different strengths so you canmove faster as a group.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Yes, no exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Andrew, it was a pleasure talking with you today.
You're truly inspirational.
It was a pleasure talking withyou today.
You're truly inspirational.
You know, going from a bigaccident like this, first of all
starting young with a visionand then going through a big
traumatic accident, and thencoming back and continuing your
dream that you had, is not givento a lot of people, and so
(18:34):
thank you for sharing your storywith us today.
If people want to reach out toyou, what is the best way to
let's say they want to partnerwith you?
What's the best way they canreach you at?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Yeah, thank you so much for having me, mario.
And yeah, I guess the best waywould be on Instagram.
My handle is GoatierInvestments.
It's G-A-U-T-H-I-E-RInvestments and yeah, I'm
networking and talking to newpeople every day and I look
forward to hearing fromeverybody.
(19:07):
I appreciate the time you'vehad me on, Mario, and yeah, look
forward to chatting again soon.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Well, again, Andrew, it was a pleasure to talk with
you today and I'm sure we'lltalk again very shortly.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
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You know, when the doctors told me, they said we
have no idea how recovery isgoing to go and it's going to be
very, very dependent on howhard you work.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Welcome to the 5 Questions Podcast, where we
unlock real estate and businessinsights, one question at a time
.
Welcome to the 5 QuestionsPodcast.
(00:33):
I am your host, mario Lamar,our guest on today's show.
His journey is one ofresilience, reinvention and real
estate.
From welding across Canada torecovering from a traumatic
brain injury and now buildingmulti-million dollar
developments, his story isnothing short from extraordinary
.
I'd like to welcome AndrewGauthier.
Andrew, welcome to the 5Questions Podcast.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Hello.
Yeah, Thank you so much forhaving me.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I can't wait to have a discussion with you because
your story is truly amazing.
But the concept of the podcastis I ask five questions about
real estate or business and weget straight to the point.
You ready.
Sounds great, let's do it.
First question I have for youis you bought your first duplex
at the age of 21.
What gave you the confidence todive into real estate so young?
(01:23):
What gave you?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
the confidence to dive into real estate so young?
Oh yeah, no great question.
Yeah, when I was coming up inthe welding industry I had one
of our other employees workingwith us.
He was in his late 20s andstarted a pretty successful
business portfolio in realestate and from that point on I
kind of wanted to, yeah, imitatewhat he was doing and seen the
(01:46):
potential, seen seen Miltongrowing so rapidly and, yeah,
just seen high potential of youknow, making it somewhere.
So I was paying a good amountin rent at the time.
My brother was as well, so wediscussed a little bit of a deal
to get into the market together.
(02:08):
We bought the property for$312,000 when I was 21.
I still hold the property nowand it's worth almost a million
dollars.
So, yeah, it was not a bad dealat all.
It was a great start and fromthat deal I actually met my now
mentor.
He was our real estate agent atthe time.
(02:29):
He had rental properties andyeah started out my journey in
real estate.
So from that point on it kindof just, yeah, it impacted me
heavily and yeah started my myjourney as a real estate uh,
investor.
So, uh, yeah, that's uh, that'skind of how it went for me.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
There's uh, there's something to be said about you
know, surrounding yourself withpeople that either you look up
to or that you.
You kind of want the life thatthey're having, and you kind of
want the life that they'rehaving, and for you, at a young
age, you did just that, so a lotof people can take examples
(03:12):
from that, because if you wantto go somewhere else in your
life, or if you want to achievecertain things, you need to
surround yourself with peoplethat are already doing it.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yes, I think it's exactly that right.
We find the people that aredoing well and similar to things
, to what we're doing, and, youknow, the network we have and
the people we surround ourselveswith is a big reflection of who
we become.
So I think that was a greatstart for me and yeah, yeah, it
was great.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
And then you started young.
But that brings us to oursecond question.
Your life changed dramatically.
While welding, you were struckby a 10,000 pound pipe and your
life changed in an instant.
In an instant, you went frombarely being able to walk to
(04:10):
running half a marathon in justnine months later.
I need to ask you what wasdriving you to push past that
pain point Because this was abig accident and to running a
marathon nine months later?
You needed a force behind you.
What was that?
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Yeah, yeah, no, it was a very, very difficult time
for me and you know, when thedoctors told me, they said we
have no idea how recovery isgoing to go and it's going to be
very, very dependent on howhard you work, how much you put
in a lot of your things aboutyou that made you yourself.
(04:53):
You feel like there's a darkcloud over you and you feel like
life could be over.
So driving me forward was myniece and my nephew.
I had bought a house right nextdoor to them to be closer to
family.
I seen them all the time andyou know seeing their little
faces smile and motivate me tokeep pushing.
So I knew I had to take it inmy hands.
(05:15):
You know there's lots of peoplewith brain injuries.
If you don't put in the work,there's a chance for the rest of
your life.
You're going to, you knowyou're going to have it affect
you.
So I used my family, my familyand my passion for know, wanting
, wanting more in my life tohelp me push forward.
(05:35):
So every little task I wasgiven I I pushed through the
horrible amount of pain to, youknow, give it everything I could
to try to get to that level,get to that level and when I got
to the point of being able torun that half marathon, it was
(05:57):
the most unreal experience of mylife.
Every day, every day, pushingtowards that goal, it was the
most memorable experience of mylife, crossing that finish line
and and and it was just, yeah,it was unreal and it was the
start of my new life, seeingmyself be able to accomplish
(06:19):
something like that when monthsbefore, I was unable to do
almost anything.
So it was.
It transformed me intosomething new.
The strength I've gained, theresilience and the new
perspective on life from theaccident just truly changed my
life and every moment movingforward, I'm just, I'm that much
(06:41):
more grateful to be alive andto be able to have what I have.
And you know you go throughdifferent waves of feeling
cursed and feeling blessed forthis happening to me, but I
couldn't change anything foranything.
(07:02):
So it's yeah, I'm definitelyblessed and it was a very
difficult experience, but youknow, I made it out the other
side and I feel so happy to behere and, you know, being able
to share my, my journey to getto this point with with
everybody.
So, yeah, that.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
It definitely says something like we don't wish
this, these kinds of situations,on nobody.
But sometimes either it's aninjury or something that happens
in in someone's life that thatchanges their life completely
and puts you against a wallwhere you have no choice, that
(07:42):
if you want to move forward, yougot to push through.
Nobody else is going to do itfor you, yeah, and you need
something.
In your case it was your family.
You need something to anchor onand to motivate you, and you're
a great example of somebodythat wants it can accomplish
(08:04):
with the proper drive.
It brings us to our thirdquestion, a little bit in the
same train of thought Sure, whatwas it for you?
Yeah, yeah.
So through my journey, like Isaid, I traveled all around.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Canada.
I did welding in mostly marineapplications, working 60 to 80
hour weeks, always on the road,living in cottages and hotels.
I'm never really having a lotof successful relationships and
memories to be made during thosetimes.
And you know, I kept tellingmyself you know, I'm going to be
(08:54):
happy one day, I'm making a lotof money, I'm doing really well
, I'm growing my business, I'mdoing these things and after the
accident, you realize, liketomorrow's not guaranteed.
So it really opened my eyes towhat's important, to to family,
to creating a family of my own,and to having these memories and
experiences.
(09:14):
So at that point, yeah, justchanging my perspective, to
working my whole life, to havesomething in the future, to
enjoying the journey Everymoment.
Now I'm, I'm, I'm reflecting onand and putting the effort to
make the people in my liferealize how important they are
(09:37):
and, uh, enjoying the journeyalong the way.
So, um, yeah, it's changeddrastically.
Like everything is, uh,everything is more important to
me now.
So, um, you know, uh, with my,with my current girlfriend.
Now you know, we're building afamily together, um, with with
my family, we're, we're, we'regoing on trips, um, and enjoying
(09:59):
life to the fullest.
So, um, real estate has helpedopen this, this door to me as
well, where I could, uh, youknow I could, I, I can make the
money I need to to enjoy thetime I have.
And, yeah, I think that's beenthe biggest part just changing
that way of thinking, becausewe're so busy in our day to day,
(10:22):
we forget to truly enjoy it andappreciate that every day is a
blessing.
So, um, yeah, it's changed mefor the better, I think.
And, uh, being able to havethat um perspective on life now
is, is, is unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
So, um, yeah, it's been, it's been pretty great
it's and and you know thequestion definition of success.
Uh, a lot of time, when youhave an experience, like you did
, that changes.
You think your success maybefor some people is building a
successful business, making alot of money, but then when you
(11:04):
can't do that, you can't evenmove anymore.
Then what's your success?
Now it becomes just life initself.
Like you said, take the time toenjoy family time.
Take the time to give.
Give some people don't havefamily.
Make a new family for yourself.
Surround yourself with friends,go out the community.
(11:25):
You know there's so muchpurpose we we can have being
surrounded with others.
And that's the definition ofsuccess, in my opinion, is you
can make it whatever you want,and you know you just got to
work your way to what yoursuccess is.
(11:46):
So, having said that, now youare over the hurdle.
All that you injured out asreal estate became or become
more than just a business foryou.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Yeah.
So after the accident, I'mtrying to figure out where my
life's going to be.
I still have some psychologicaltraumas, I still have some PTSD
, some things that arerestricting me from possibly
going back to what I was doingin my in my life before and it
was all I knew it was.
It was my identity.
So, getting more involved inthe real estate community, I
(12:26):
joined a couple of groups.
I I surrounded myself withpeople that I find are my people
.
These are people that think thesame, dream big and and truly,
you know, work hard to to, youknow, build success.
And through these networks ofpeople it's grown to a point
where, you know, I'm associatingwith people all over North
(12:50):
America every single day, justtalking real estate and future
plans and family and fun, andall this stuff opened my eyes to
a group of people I've neverthought existed.
So real estate has become mypassion and a big, big part of
my life.
So, yeah, just being able to bea part of these communities and
(13:12):
see people's journeys at alldifferent levels really shown me
that anything's possible,anybody can get there, anybody
can do it.
You surround yourself with theright network of people and you
work hard and you learn as muchas you can, and financial
freedom is is yours to unlock.
So it's it's been an incrediblejourney Just just seeing so
(13:34):
many different great people besuccessful in their journeys and
hear their stories as well.
And, yeah, anything is possibleand and real estate, to me, is,
is the answer, and it's it'sbeen an incredible journey.
It's been, yeah, it's been verygreat.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I love the fact that you you say you know,
surrounding yourself withcommunities, like-minded
individuals.
That becomes like your family,because it is true, especially
in real estate, you surroundyourself with people that think
like you.
That becomes your daily routine, your daily habits.
(14:14):
You think a certain way, yousee things a different way.
Sometimes your own family, yourreal, physical family, don't
understand real estate and maybethey'll try to, through their
love, try to counsel you to takedecisions, but it might not be
the best decisions for you.
(14:35):
But if you surround yourselfwith people that think like you,
people that have done it longerthan you in those communities,
for example, that's where youget pushed further and you
advance, either as a group orwith other individuals, as a
group or with other individuals,and that's where the magic
(14:57):
happens.
So I agree a hundred percentwith you networking, and not
just networking, building theserelationships.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Yes, yes, yeah.
Everything seems very difficultand sometimes impossible until
you surround yourself with theright people and then the things
you had, the dreams you had,you can surpass them beyond any
measure.
So it's yeah, it's an amazingthing.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Andrew, we're at the last and fifth question for
today already, but you've builtstrong partnerships now since
your recovery.
What do you now look in for?
A great business partner?
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Yeah, yeah, along the way, meet lots and lots of
people, and I guess you'relooking for, for me personally,
is just somebody that has thesame vision, somebody that has
the same goals, somebody that'slooking for the same things.
Um, you know you, you can tellvery quickly on on on what
(16:02):
somebody is willing to give tothe business or or to their life
to get to a different level.
And I find, with with people inthe community, it's uh, um, you
know, it's yeah, it's, it'simportant to, yeah, just find
somebody that's similar in yourgoals and in your vision.
(16:24):
So, finding people that haveexpertise and knowledge in some
places where you might lack, andand be able to learn from each
other, being able to growtogether to get to your end goal
, is very important.
So it's uh, uh, yeah, it's,it's, it's yeah, finding those
people that want to grow withyou and and help build you up.
(16:46):
So, um, in this community, it's, it's, it's very, uh, very
empowering.
There's people that that trulygive you, give you hope and give
you understanding on what'spossible.
So, yeah, finding somebody thatcan help help get you to the
(17:08):
place you want to be and you forthem as well.
So, working together on thosedreams and goals is yeah, it's
very important.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
So I like the fact that you you said two things.
First of all, surround yourselfor partner with people with the
same vision.
But you see, a lot of mentorssay something else too is
partner with people that havedifferent strengths than you.
Yes, why would you want topartner with people that have
(17:37):
the same strengths as you?
You guys are going to startarguing or wanting to take the
same lead in the same areas, butif you partner with people that
are stronger in other aspectsof the business than you, oh man
, it's like a locomotive that asecond engine starts.
Now it goes faster and faster,and that's the power of growing
(18:00):
in real estate is surround andpartner with people that have
different strengths so you canmove faster as a group.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Yes, no exactly.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Andrew, it was a pleasure talking with you today.
You're truly inspirational.
It was a pleasure talking withyou today.
You're truly inspirational.
You know, going from a bigaccident like this, first of all
starting young with a visionand then going through a big
traumatic accident, and thencoming back and continuing your
dream that you had, is not givento a lot of people, and so
(18:34):
thank you for sharing your storywith us today.
If people want to reach out toyou, what is the best way to
let's say they want to partnerwith you?
What's the best way they canreach you at?
Speaker 1 (18:47):
Yeah, thank you so much for having me, mario.
And yeah, I guess the best waywould be on Instagram.
My handle is GoatierInvestments.
It's G-A-U-T-H-I-E-RInvestments and yeah, I'm
networking and talking to newpeople every day and I look
forward to hearing fromeverybody.
(19:07):
I appreciate the time you'vehad me on, Mario, and yeah, look
forward to chatting again soon.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Well, again, Andrew, it was a pleasure to talk with
you today and I'm sure we'lltalk again very shortly.
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Okay, thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
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