August 4, 2024 • 18 mins
Welcome to the RV Rental Secrets Podcast! Today, we’re diving into a crucial aspect of business and life: the power of community and mentorship.
In this episode, we discuss the vital role that mentorship and community play not only in business but in various aspects of life, including marriage, finances, physical fitness, and homeschooling. The conversation emphasizes the importance of learning from those ahead of us and mentoring those who are following in our footsteps. This reciprocal relationship enriches our experiences and keeps us passionate about our work.
We reflect on how engaging with new franchisees re-energizes our excitement for the industry, as well as the value of mastermind groups and communities in fostering accountability, celebrating wins, and driving continuous improvement. Sharing anecdotes from our own experiences, we illustrate how being part of a supportive network can provide comfort, foster creativity, and help navigate challenges.
Stacey and I also talk about personal stories of how community support has been a game-changer in our business decisions, from pricing adjustments to emergency solutions. We highlight the importance of having mentors and models to guide us through the business landscape.
Join us as we explore the transformative impact of community and mentorship, offering insights and strategies to help you build a thriving RV rental business. We invite you to join our FREE group for RV rental business owners to find your community!
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Welcome to the RV Rental Secrets Podcast.
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.999I'm your host, Stacey Maxson, and I'm thrilled to guide you through the journey of launching, growing, and managing a profitable RV rental business. 3 00:00:09,330.9977324263 --> 00:00:12,660.998732426 Welcome to RV rental secrets podcast. 4 00:00:13,330.998732426 --> 00:00:18,140.998732426 I am here with my business partner, my co host, my friend. 5 00:00:18,580.998732426 --> 00:00:21,840.998732426 I call her my work wife Stacy. 6 00:00:21,870.998732426 --> 00:00:26,440.998732426 And today we're here to talk about Community and mentorship. 7 00:00:27,90.998732426 --> 00:00:27,770.998732426 Good morning, Stacy. 8 00:00:27,770.998732426 --> 00:00:31,250.998732426 How you doing? How are you? I'm happy. 9 00:00:31,330.998732426 --> 00:00:31,740.998732426 I'm happy. 10 00:00:31,740.998732426 --> 00:00:32,810.998732426 I just had to close my door. 11 00:00:32,810.998732426 --> 00:00:36,80.998732426 My my boys were in the middle of a heated game of Monopoly. 12 00:00:36,710.998732426 --> 00:00:38,270.998232426 And so it was getting a little loud out there. 13 00:00:38,270.998232426 --> 00:00:40,30.998732426 I told them they got to take it down a notch. 14 00:00:40,100.998732426 --> 00:00:45,70.998732426 You know, when it gets towards the end of the game there and you got hotels and stuff like that, you know, it gets a little serious. 15 00:00:45,570.998732426 --> 00:00:46,180.998732426 Oh yeah. 16 00:00:46,220.998732426 --> 00:00:48,70.998732426 Real estate always is, right? It is. 17 00:00:48,70.998732426 --> 00:00:48,980.998732426 Yeah, it is. 18 00:00:49,250.998732426 --> 00:00:50,710.998732426 Well, let's talk some real estate. 19 00:00:50,750.998732426 --> 00:00:51,340.998732426 Let's talk. 20 00:00:51,370.998732426 --> 00:00:53,830.998732426 You know, honestly, it doesn't matter what business you're in. 21 00:00:54,140.998732426 --> 00:00:55,900.998732426 It doesn't even matter if you're in business. 22 00:00:56,650.998732426 --> 00:01:07,740.998732426 Mentorship and community can really be applied, you know, to all areas of life, marriage, finances, physical fitness, homeschooling, you name it. 23 00:01:07,780.998732426 --> 00:01:10,960.997732426 Mentorship and community, they're just, they're key to anything. 24 00:01:10,960.997732426 --> 00:01:12,190.997732426 Yeah, that's so true. 25 00:01:12,230.997732426 --> 00:01:20,840.997732426 Like I know I've heard the phrase before, like finding someone that's just a couple years ahead of you and to learn from them. 26 00:01:20,950.997732426 --> 00:01:24,110.998232426 And I feel like that's important, like you said, in all areas of life. 27 00:01:24,110.998232426 --> 00:01:26,770.998232426 Yeah, find someone that's several years ahead of you. 28 00:01:27,230.998232426 --> 00:01:30,900.998232426 And then two, the other thing is find someone that's several years behind you. 29 00:01:31,430.998232426 --> 00:01:37,960.997232426 You know, there is so much information and revelation and stuff that you have to impart into others. 30 00:01:38,470.998232426 --> 00:01:40,730.99823243 And a lot of times we just kind of sell ourselves short. 31 00:01:40,750.99823243 --> 00:01:41,800.99823243 We don't realize that. 32 00:01:42,225.99823243 --> 00:01:50,105.99823243 There is somebody that's where I was one, five, 10 years ago, that would love the bit of information that I could provide them. 33 00:01:50,105.99823243 --> 00:01:55,385.99723243 And sometimes we just don't think that we have a bunch of value to bring to the table, but that's just not true. 34 00:01:56,50.99823243 --> 00:02:14,260.99823243 Yeah, and even so like finding someone that's behind you with talking with some of our new franchise signups recently, like just the excitement and the passion that they have, I find that kind of reignites my passion and excitement for the industry and for the business. 35 00:02:14,630.99823243 --> 00:02:15,870.99823243 You know, that's kind of. 36 00:02:16,310.99823243 --> 00:02:19,910.99823243 burned out along the way because we've been through so much. 37 00:02:19,940.99823243 --> 00:02:25,440.99823243 So I think finding someone that's just getting started can help you along as well. 38 00:02:25,440.99823243 --> 00:02:26,940.99873243 Yeah, that is so true. 39 00:02:26,940.99873243 --> 00:02:32,940.99923243 I was just texting with Brent that just signed up with us in Claremont, Florida, and he was just cracking me up. 40 00:02:32,941.00123243 --> 00:02:38,756.00023243 He's texting me late into the night and he's like, Yeah, I'm sitting here planning this domination for Florida. 41 00:02:38,756.00023243 --> 00:02:41,816.00023243 I'm twisting my mustache and having this laugh. 42 00:02:41,826.00023243 --> 00:02:51,245.99823243 Are you just saying all these funny things? And it's just, yeah, it's like a brand new, right? Kind of like when you first start dating or just, you know, new venture stuff like that, it's like just the excitement and the energy. 43 00:02:51,245.99823243 --> 00:02:53,755.99823243 And and it helps you too, to like, really. 44 00:02:54,85.99823243 --> 00:02:54,355.99823243 Yeah. 45 00:02:54,355.99823243 --> 00:03:03,605.99823243 Remember your journey and how far you've come, you know, Stacy, you and I talk about that, like, man, we got to slow down sometimes celebrate our wins. 46 00:03:04,25.99823243 --> 00:03:06,585.99823243 But you and I are always just grinding and focusing. 47 00:03:06,585.99823243 --> 00:03:12,975.89823243 Okay, what's next? What's next? How do we improve this? How do we improve that? And sometimes just simply sitting down thinking about it. 48 00:03:13,415.99823243 --> 00:03:20,885.99823243 Looking back 612 months that gives you the energy and excitement and anticipation of what's to come to just, you know, refuel you. 49 00:03:21,365.99823243 --> 00:03:21,695.99823243 Yeah. 50 00:03:21,695.99823243 --> 00:03:29,485.99673243 And I think, you know, being part of a community or having, a mastermind that you're a part of things like that. 51 00:03:29,955.99673243 --> 00:03:31,645.99773243 It kind of helps you. 52 00:03:31,645.99773243 --> 00:03:36,95.99773243 take accountability and to see, like you mentioned, how far you've come. 53 00:03:36,405.99773243 --> 00:03:46,335.99773243 If you don't have someone, reminding you of that, it's really easy to just kind of keep going and not look at your accomplishments. 54 00:03:46,345.99673243 --> 00:03:52,215.89773243 So I think that's really a good way that masterminds or can help. 55 00:03:53,275.99773243 --> 00:03:54,445.99773243 Yeah, for sure. 56 00:03:55,275.99773243 --> 00:04:03,885.99673243 You know, they say at the end of the day, we, our minds naturally go towards what we didn't accomplish instead of the things that we did accomplish. 57 00:04:04,385.99773243 --> 00:04:06,815.99673243 And so I've got that on my calendar every night. 58 00:04:07,235.99773243 --> 00:04:12,875.99773243 And it's a reminder to sit down and just think of one or two things, one or two wins for the day. 59 00:04:13,575.99773243 --> 00:04:18,5.99673243 one goal for tomorrow, and then a question to sleep on. 60 00:04:18,455.99673243 --> 00:04:25,835.99773243 And literally, that says that practice, our subconscious mind will start working on that goal or that question for the next day. 61 00:04:25,835.99773243 --> 00:04:31,385.99773243 And you literally wake up feeling like you've almost already accomplished it and you've got some good ideas towards it. 62 00:04:31,385.99773243 --> 00:04:32,775.99773243 I like that. 63 00:04:33,395.99773243 --> 00:04:47,585.99773243 Now, who are some of your mentors or what groups are you a part of that you feel are helping you in business and in life? So yeah, I'm always doing some sort of course or program or this or that next month. 64 00:04:47,615.99773243 --> 00:04:51,225.99673243 My wife and I are going to a couple day event. 65 00:04:51,365.99773243 --> 00:04:57,115.99773243 I actually just this morning messaged his name is Joe Gigliotti. 66 00:04:57,115.99773243 --> 00:05:02,775.99773243 And he is he wrote the million dollar speaker book and he has different mastermind groups. 67 00:05:02,775.99773243 --> 00:05:16,365.99873243 I just messaged him this morning to see what his current offers are for groups because one of the things that I really want to sharpen my skills and continuously is Being a communicator, being a speaker, being able to present ideas and move an audience. 68 00:05:16,365.99873243 --> 00:05:20,65.99873243 And, and so that's something that he's a professional at. 69 00:05:20,75.99873243 --> 00:05:24,535.99873243 And that's something that I'm looking into as far as joining a mastermind. 70 00:05:25,340.99873243 --> 00:05:35,920.99873243 Because currently I'm not in one, you know, outside of we have our fireside franchise family, obviously, and we meet up every Thursday night and we, share, then we talk about different things and go over questions and strategies. 71 00:05:36,520.99873243 --> 00:05:40,950.99873243 But outside of that, I've been listening to a lot of Jim Rohn lately. 72 00:05:41,670.99873243 --> 00:05:43,900.99873243 You're familiar with Jim Rohn, probably, are you? Yes. 73 00:05:43,900.99873243 --> 00:05:44,290.99873243 Okay. 74 00:05:44,500.99873243 --> 00:05:44,790.99873243 Yeah. 75 00:05:44,790.99873243 --> 00:05:47,300.99873243 So I'm always like going to the source of this. 76 00:05:47,700.99873243 --> 00:05:48,910.99873243 So I'll find somebody. 77 00:05:48,910.99873243 --> 00:05:56,180.99873243 I'm like, okay, who did they learn this from? You know, so I listened to a lot of Tony Robbins and I realized Tony Robbins learned a lot of what he learned from Jim Rohn. 78 00:05:56,200.99773243 --> 00:06:03,490.99873243 So now I'm listening to a lot of Jim Rohn and Andrew Womack is somebody I follow largely as a spiritual mentor. 79 00:06:03,840.99873243 --> 00:06:05,890.99873243 Myron Golden is the man. 80 00:06:06,240.99773243 --> 00:06:07,520.99773243 Man, I love Myron Golden. 81 00:06:07,520.99873243 --> 00:06:10,380.99873243 I listen to him probably, if not every day, every other day. 82 00:06:10,960.99873243 --> 00:06:14,120.99873243 How about you? Yeah, I love his information. 83 00:06:14,130.99773243 --> 00:06:16,690.99873243 And Ben Hardy is another one. 84 00:06:17,190.99873243 --> 00:06:20,40.99873243 He talks a lot about, like, mindset. 85 00:06:20,485.99873243 --> 00:06:21,635.99873243 And, growth. 86 00:06:21,915.99873243 --> 00:06:23,655.99873243 So that's a big one for me. 87 00:06:23,965.99873243 --> 00:06:29,85.99873243 And then I'm part of the Society of Entrepreneurial Women. 88 00:06:29,335.99873243 --> 00:06:31,285.99873243 That's a mastermind I'm in right now. 89 00:06:31,555.99873243 --> 00:06:33,405.99873243 It focuses a lot on real estate. 90 00:06:33,445.99773243 --> 00:06:36,525.99673243 One of my main goals build or buy our campgrounds. 91 00:06:36,885.99773243 --> 00:06:41,25.99773243 So I'm learning from all these women that have already done that. 92 00:06:41,75.99773243 --> 00:06:57,395.99673243 And so, starting to build those relationships and network that's another huge part of, being part of a mastermind or a community is, getting that kind of Rolodex of people that you can ask questions and learn from them. 93 00:06:58,45.99673243 --> 00:06:58,405.99673243 Yeah. 94 00:06:58,405.99673243 --> 00:06:58,955.99673243 It's so fun. 95 00:06:59,405.99673243 --> 00:07:01,865.99673243 And I forget what the term is. 96 00:07:01,865.99673243 --> 00:07:03,595.99673243 Napoleon Hill calls it. 97 00:07:04,145.99673243 --> 00:07:05,905.99623243 He calls it like a third mind. 98 00:07:05,905.99623243 --> 00:07:06,25.99573243 Yeah. 99 00:07:06,560.99673243 --> 00:07:17,970.99673243 Like when, when we come together and we mastermind and we just talk about ideas and just creativity sparks do you know the term I'm thinking of Stacey? Yeah, I do remember hearing it. 100 00:07:17,970.99673243 --> 00:07:20,830.99673243 Yeah, it's, it's something like a third mind. 101 00:07:21,450.99673243 --> 00:07:25,10.99573243 Yeah, it's, I can't think of the name of it, but yeah, literally like. 102 00:07:25,450.99573243 --> 00:07:29,40.99573243 It's literally like our, our minds, our energy, our spirits connect. 103 00:07:29,40.99573243 --> 00:07:32,830.99573243 And we just create this environment that just fosters creativity. 104 00:07:32,840.99573243 --> 00:07:33,640.99473243 It's just so cool. 105 00:07:34,250.99473243 --> 00:07:36,180.99473243 And you know, we say, see, I'm always multitasking. 106 00:07:36,180.99573243 --> 00:07:40,530.99573243 So I'm literally scrolling Facebook here as we're recording our podcasts. 107 00:07:40,660.99473243 --> 00:07:45,150.99573243 And I see Ronnie Miller, our new franchisee that's signing up there in Tennessee. 108 00:07:45,550.99573243 --> 00:07:47,790.99573243 He just posted an hour ago. 109 00:07:48,360.99573243 --> 00:07:53,150.99573243 We don't have to make all the mistakes ourselves, we can learn from the mistakes of others. 110 00:07:53,590.99573243 --> 00:07:55,730.99573243 And that was a quote by Truett Cathy. 111 00:07:55,730.99573243 --> 00:07:58,150.99573243 I'm not sure who Truett Cathy is, but that's just so cool. 112 00:07:58,150.99573243 --> 00:08:05,130.99523243 I love how I just saw that quote and he's thinking like that, right? That was, that's one of the beauty of doing business together. 113 00:08:05,130.99523243 --> 00:08:22,85.89473243 You know, that's, that's one of the things that God has really shown me with Fireside is, You know, a lot of people that especially that are existing RV rental companies and then they come into our environment somehow and they're like, well, why would I partner with Fireside? And I tell them the main reason why you would is community. 114 00:08:22,715.89573243 --> 00:08:33,605.89573243 It's so you're doing life with other people and obviously there's other benefits, right? When you have a large group of people doing the same thing together, you know, we have a special agreement with RV Share, different things like that. 115 00:08:33,985.89573243 --> 00:08:38,635.89573243 We have dealership accounts for parts and in our masterminds, like we're meeting up. 116 00:08:39,205.89573243 --> 00:08:42,415.89573243 We're going to be at the Hershey Pennsylvania RV show in September. 117 00:08:42,425.89573243 --> 00:08:45,645.89573243 And we did that, that full race car sponsorship at Talladega. 118 00:08:45,645.89573243 --> 00:08:50,435.89573243 And we're all meeting up in Tampa in January to hang out and just mastermind and stuff. 119 00:08:50,435.89573243 --> 00:08:55,405.89473243 But, but community really is the, is the main draw I say. 120 00:08:55,595.89573243 --> 00:08:59,245.89573243 And when you're all, you know, partnered together like that, it's just such a powerful thing. 121 00:08:59,255.89573243 --> 00:09:00,745.89573243 Doing business alone is just. 122 00:09:01,510.89573243 --> 00:09:02,240.89573243 It's lonely. 123 00:09:02,430.89573243 --> 00:09:03,180.89573243 It's boring. 124 00:09:03,500.89573243 --> 00:09:04,20.89573243 Yeah. 125 00:09:04,80.89573243 --> 00:09:13,90.89473243 And there's so many things that happen where, they're just like a question you want to gain from others experiences. 126 00:09:13,90.89573243 --> 00:09:33,940.89673243 And we have that so much like in our Facebook group or our Q and A sessions where people are just like, okay, like how do fifth wheels do in your area? Or this broke, how do I fix it? You know, so many questions that because there's that community, they can get answers quickly from other people instead of figuring out how to do it themselves. 127 00:09:34,820.89573243 --> 00:09:36,590.89673243 Yeah, that's true. 128 00:09:36,640.89673243 --> 00:09:42,0.89773243 There's just, it brings so much comfort and takes out a lot of the mystery. 129 00:09:42,280.89573243 --> 00:09:44,620.89673243 And now Stacey, I am on a website right now. 130 00:09:44,620.89673243 --> 00:09:46,100.89673243 I'm looking for a massage chair. 131 00:09:46,110.89673243 --> 00:09:48,140.89673243 And so that made me think of the word comfort. 132 00:09:49,150.89673243 --> 00:09:50,830.89673243 It just brings comfort knowing that. 133 00:09:51,450.89673243 --> 00:10:06,990.89573243 You don't have to make a decision and then find out 30, 60, 90 days down the road if it's the right decision or not, because you can ask others who have already gone down that road and I do love that about our our Facebook group as well that we have the RV rental owners group. 134 00:10:06,990.89573243 --> 00:10:16,380.89673243 Let me see what that so if you go to Facebook groups and you type in RV rental owners if you search that that's going to pull up our RV rental owners group We've got almost 5000 members in there. 135 00:10:16,770.89673243 --> 00:10:21,820.89573243 And right it's community it's that's literally how I started promoting fireside. 136 00:10:22,200.89573243 --> 00:10:46,655.89573243 Before, as far as looking for partners was I was in the different Facebook groups and finding community there, but then you find, you know, as you're kind of niching down on, okay, what kind kind of community do you want to be part of? You know, like this group that we have here with 5, 000 members, you can post a question in here and get many different answers from many different people with many different worldviews and, you know, many different ways of looking at things. 137 00:10:47,255.89473243 --> 00:10:52,805.89673243 Where in the Fireside family, it's a little more niche y, right? We're, we're faith filled entrepreneurs. 138 00:10:53,245.89573243 --> 00:10:57,595.89573243 We're, we're all about purpose and generational wealth. 139 00:10:57,595.89573243 --> 00:11:00,395.89573243 And like Stacy said, she wants to own a campground someday. 140 00:11:00,670.89573243 --> 00:11:16,110.89573243 That's one of the things we're doing at Fireside is we're looking at purchasing storage facilities and campgrounds and, you know, so adding actual real estate to what we're doing because, you know, as we all know, RVs depreciate, real estate appreciates. 141 00:11:16,690.89573243 --> 00:11:28,330.89573243 So if you can have a piece of us appreciating property where you can be charging the storage fees and collecting those and different things like that, you know, it's just, you've added multiple spokes to your business model. 142 00:11:29,80.89573243 --> 00:11:37,300.89473243 And those kind of things are figured out inside of community right as we mastermind and talk about those things and look at the industry together as a whole and talk about the future. 143 00:11:37,805.89573243 --> 00:11:38,725.89573243 Yeah, exactly. 144 00:11:38,745.89573243 --> 00:11:45,795.89573243 And like you had mentioned comfort, and I think just having that community where you can be like, Oh, I'm really slow right now. 145 00:11:45,805.89573243 --> 00:11:54,965.89473243 How about you? And just knowing, if they're going through the same things that you're going through, it brings that comfort of knowing that, Oh, okay. 146 00:11:55,335.89373243 --> 00:11:57,65.89473243 You know, they're doing it too. 147 00:11:57,85.89473243 --> 00:11:58,935.89473243 So I know I'm doing okay. 148 00:11:59,275.89473243 --> 00:12:00,905.89473243 Or, you know, you might find out. 149 00:12:01,375.89473243 --> 00:12:05,155.89473243 Something different where, oh, everyone else is doing really well and I'm not. 150 00:12:05,155.89473243 --> 00:12:15,365.89573243 So how can I figure out what they're doing to help myself grow? You know, and getting those ideas to further you along in your business. 151 00:12:16,355.89573243 --> 00:12:17,385.89473243 Yeah, that's really good. 152 00:12:17,385.89473243 --> 00:12:21,115.89473243 We just had that with a franchise of ours in Orlando. 153 00:12:21,660.89573243 --> 00:12:23,850.89573243 I was approached by another company. 154 00:12:23,850.89573243 --> 00:12:25,440.89573243 That's about 30 minutes from them. 155 00:12:25,440.89573243 --> 00:12:41,780.89573243 They're looking to sell their company and we were just conversing back and forth and we noticed, man, they have quite a bit more bookings than our Orlando branch, Orlando branch has been around since like 18 and this company just started in 20, so it kind of gave us a fresh perspective. 156 00:12:41,780.89573243 --> 00:12:45,960.89573243 Of things and we realized, oh, we actually hadn't adjust our prices for a little bit. 157 00:12:46,310.89573243 --> 00:12:47,890.89573243 We were a little high on our pricing. 158 00:12:47,890.89573243 --> 00:12:51,410.89673243 So again, just having that conversation and stuff like that. 159 00:12:51,800.89673243 --> 00:12:56,430.89673243 It makes me think too of Sam in Las Vegas, our Fireside RV in Las Vegas. 160 00:12:56,440.89573243 --> 00:13:01,200.89673243 He is part of a Las Vegas RV rental owners. 161 00:13:02,15.89673243 --> 00:13:02,615.89673243 Let me see. 162 00:13:02,645.89673243 --> 00:13:05,395.89673243 I forget her name, but I want to give her a shout out because she's a rock star. 163 00:13:05,395.89673243 --> 00:13:06,625.89673243 Katie Reeder is her name. 164 00:13:07,125.89673243 --> 00:13:08,405.89673243 Katie Reeder has this group. 165 00:13:08,405.89673243 --> 00:13:10,195.89573243 It's only, it's got 81 members in it. 166 00:13:10,205.89673243 --> 00:13:12,895.89673243 It's Las Vegas rental owners only. 167 00:13:13,615.89673243 --> 00:13:16,605.89673243 And literally just the other day they had an emergency. 168 00:13:17,310.89673243 --> 00:13:18,550.89673243 booking was cancelled. 169 00:13:18,560.89673243 --> 00:13:20,670.89673243 This family was literally about to show up. 170 00:13:20,670.89673243 --> 00:13:23,210.89673243 She put a post in here inside her community. 171 00:13:23,780.89673243 --> 00:13:33,60.89573243 I taped Sam in Las Vegas, RV share got involved and they literally all came together and like within two hours, they were able to save this family's vacation. 172 00:13:33,60.89573243 --> 00:13:35,250.89573243 Community, you know, yeah, yeah. 173 00:13:35,250.89573243 --> 00:13:45,110.89573243 And I've even had the With like, we've had an RV breakdown, not near us and being able to reach out to other franchises that are in the area to help out. 174 00:13:45,580.89573243 --> 00:14:01,200.89473243 So that's another way that community has really helped me and to like with those Facebook groups that can be a great way to find someone maybe that can drive for you you know, pick up or deliver a camper last minute if something happens and you're not able to. 175 00:14:01,520.89573243 --> 00:14:03,830.89573243 So there's so many ways that community can help. 176 00:14:04,560.89573243 --> 00:14:06,590.89573243 Yeah, there really is for sure. 177 00:14:06,590.89573243 --> 00:14:08,740.89573243 And then always inside of these communities. 178 00:14:09,360.89573243 --> 00:14:26,280.89473243 You know, you find those leaders, those people that just have the teacher mentoring hard about them you know, that can help with not just your business because as I, you know, tell everybody that in these groups that they were just renting one RV and like, well, it's not a business. 179 00:14:26,290.89573243 --> 00:14:27,560.89573243 We're just renting RV. 180 00:14:28,125.89573243 --> 00:14:31,345.89573243 And, and I tell them you most definitely are running a business. 181 00:14:31,655.89573243 --> 00:14:36,805.89573243 Do you have sales? Do you have marketing? Do you have customer service? Do you have bookkeeping? That's a business. 182 00:14:37,95.89573243 --> 00:14:41,575.89573243 You're just running a owner operator one unit business, but you're still running a business. 183 00:14:42,125.89573243 --> 00:14:49,245.89573243 And with that being said, when you're running a business like one of my, like Myra Golan says, all work works. 184 00:14:49,625.89573243 --> 00:14:51,925.89573243 It either works on you or it works for you. 185 00:14:52,685.89573243 --> 00:14:56,675.89573243 Renting your one RV, it's going to work on you and it's going to work for you. 186 00:14:56,675.89573243 --> 00:14:59,875.89473243 You're going to have customers that are going to push your buttons. 187 00:15:00,225.89573243 --> 00:15:02,865.89573243 You're going to have repair issues that you're trying to figure out. 188 00:15:03,185.89573243 --> 00:15:05,185.89573243 So it's going to make you grow. 189 00:15:05,865.89573243 --> 00:15:07,655.89573243 It's going to challenge you mentally. 190 00:15:07,825.89573243 --> 00:15:09,345.89573243 Heck, it can challenge you physically. 191 00:15:09,355.89573243 --> 00:15:16,305.89573243 You can be laying under a camper, working on something that you have no clue about and trying to loosen a knot and this and that, and you're sweaty and dirty and all the things. 192 00:15:16,305.89573243 --> 00:15:21,785.89473243 So that's the thing about entrepreneurship is it works on you on many different aspects. 193 00:15:22,335.89573243 --> 00:15:31,535.89573243 So having the community, having a mentor, and the one thing that we're always talking about at Fireside is we have mentors, but we also have models. 194 00:15:31,615.89573243 --> 00:15:34,925.89523243 You know, we have our proven path that people can walk down. 195 00:15:34,925.89523243 --> 00:15:41,385.89573243 So knowing exactly what step to take and when to take it and how to take it and what to avoid. 196 00:15:41,515.89573243 --> 00:15:49,235.89573243 And that's part of what we, we just read in our Fireside Fast Track framework, wasn't it Stacey? Our success path, walking people all the way through. 197 00:15:49,995.89673243 --> 00:15:50,555.89673243 Yeah. 198 00:15:50,645.89673243 --> 00:15:59,985.89673243 And yeah, with that, I mean and then finally, we kind of saw there was a gap where we have these really successful franchises and we didn't really have. 199 00:16:00,740.89673243 --> 00:16:06,370.89673243 Anything for them to work towards, like once they had that one successful franchise. 200 00:16:06,700.89673243 --> 00:16:19,40.89573243 So what we're working towards now is building out you know, our fifth stage of the success path, which is going to be, maybe opening another franchise or like you had mentioned, purchasing real estate. 201 00:16:19,40.89673243 --> 00:16:27,490.89673243 So you can do storage or repairs and just different ways to work and keep building that community and. 202 00:16:27,880.89673243 --> 00:16:31,600.89673243 They can even work to mentor some of the new franchises. 203 00:16:31,950.89673243 --> 00:16:41,90.8967324 So, having that community and that feedback is a way that we've found those gaps within our system and we're able to improve. 204 00:16:41,610.8967324 --> 00:16:44,590.8967324 Yeah, yeah, because there's always areas to improve. 205 00:16:44,650.8967324 --> 00:16:46,930.8967324 There's always areas where you're lacking a little bit. 206 00:16:47,470.8967324 --> 00:16:50,10.8967324 There's always areas where you need some extra help. 207 00:16:50,390.8967324 --> 00:16:58,320.8967324 And Stacey, I'm still on this website here looking at this massage chair, okay? And what I noticed while I was looking at it, it doesn't massage the neck. 208 00:16:58,320.8967324 --> 00:17:01,300.8967324 It only gets the shoulders and the arms and the legs. 209 00:17:01,300.8967324 --> 00:17:10,850.8967324 And so I'm thinking about this while we're talking about it, like, man, you need the full gamut, right? Like I'm not buying a massage chair that don't massage my neck. 210 00:17:11,440.8957324 --> 00:17:15,780.8957324 I'm not getting involved in a community that doesn't help me grow in all areas of life. 211 00:17:16,60.8967324 --> 00:17:19,230.8967324 You know, and that's one of the things with entrepreneurship that just cracks me up. 212 00:17:19,900.8967324 --> 00:17:25,330.8967324 I feel like I just got this revelation the last couple of years, honestly, is there's so many of us entrepreneurs out there. 213 00:17:25,850.8967324 --> 00:17:29,620.8967324 Trying to build our own brand and trying to build our own business really. 214 00:17:30,60.8967324 --> 00:17:35,410.8967324 And at the end of the day, what is the goal of that? Why are we trying to do that? For the most part, most people are doing that. 215 00:17:35,840.8967324 --> 00:17:37,620.8967324 It's to say, look what I did. 216 00:17:37,720.8967324 --> 00:17:38,510.8967324 Look what I got. 217 00:17:38,550.8967324 --> 00:17:39,900.8967324 It's honestly, it's pride. 218 00:17:40,365.8967324 --> 00:17:42,505.8967324 It's you're trying to prove something to yourself. 219 00:17:42,885.8967324 --> 00:17:44,515.8967324 You're trying to prove something to your dad. 220 00:17:44,525.8967324 --> 00:17:46,165.8967324 You're trying to prove something to the world. 221 00:17:46,635.8967324 --> 00:17:56,765.8967324 When it shouldn't be that way, when we are in community and collaboration, and we're all going up together and we're all going and growing together, it's much more beautiful thing because. 222 00:17:57,245.8967324 --> 00:18:00,495.8967324 Stacey sees things that I don't see. 223 00:18:00,585.8967324 --> 00:18:02,385.8967324 I see things that Stacey doesn't see. 224 00:18:02,385.8967324 --> 00:18:04,105.8967324 I have gifts that Stacey doesn't have. 225 00:18:04,105.8967324 --> 00:18:05,575.8967324 She has gifts that I don't have. 226 00:18:06,85.8967324 --> 00:18:14,395.8957324 And so when we swallow our pride and we come alongside and we partner with people, that's really where community and really where growth happens. 227 00:18:15,415.8957324 --> 00:18:18,695.8957324 Yeah, I think that's a great note to end on. 228 00:18:18,755.8957324 --> 00:18:23,155.7967324 I know we mentioned the Facebook group, so I'll put that in the show notes. 229 00:18:23,500.7967324 --> 00:18:25,800.7967324 And I want to invite everyone to join that group. 230 00:18:25,870.7967324 --> 00:18:30,840.7967324 Like Garret said, there's 5, 000 members that are all in the RV rental business. 231 00:18:30,930.7967324 --> 00:18:43,200.7967324 And you can definitely learn from them, post any questions you have use the search to, you know, see if anyone else has answered and asked your question before and get that information. 232 00:18:43,230.7967324 --> 00:18:44,810.7967324 And we can just grow together. 233 00:18:45,220.7967324 --> 00:18:47,870.7967324 So thank you guys for joining us this week. 234 00:18:47,980.7967324 --> 00:18:52,210.7967324 We hope that we'll see you in the Facebook group and we'll talk again next week. 235 00:18:52,210.7967324 --> 00:18:52,500.7967324 Awesome. 236 00:18:52,500.7967324 --> 00:18:52,720.7967324 Awesome. 237 00:18:52,730.7957324 --> 00:18:53,570.7957324 We'll talk to you then y'all.
Welcome to the RV Rental Secrets Podcast.
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.999I'm your host, Stacey Maxson, and I'm thrilled to guide you through the journey of launching, growing, and managing a profitable RV rental business. 3 00:00:09,330.9977324263 --> 00:00:12,660.998732426 Welcome to RV rental secrets podcast. 4 00:00:13,330.998732426 --> 00:00:18,140.998732426 I am here with my business partner, my co host, my friend. 5 00:00:18,580.998732426 --> 00:00:21,840.998732426 I call her my work wife Stacy. 6 00:00:21,870.998732426 --> 00:00:26,440.998732426 And today we're here to talk about Community and mentorship. 7 00:00:27,90.998732426 --> 00:00:27,770.998732426 Good morning, Stacy. 8 00:00:27,770.998732426 --> 00:00:31,250.998732426 How you doing? How are you? I'm happy. 9 00:00:31,330.998732426 --> 00:00:31,740.998732426 I'm happy. 10 00:00:31,740.998732426 --> 00:00:32,810.998732426 I just had to close my door. 11 00:00:32,810.998732426 --> 00:00:36,80.998732426 My my boys were in the middle of a heated game of Monopoly. 12 00:00:36,710.998732426 --> 00:00:38,270.998232426 And so it was getting a little loud out there. 13 00:00:38,270.998232426 --> 00:00:40,30.998732426 I told them they got to take it down a notch. 14 00:00:40,100.998732426 --> 00:00:45,70.998732426 You know, when it gets towards the end of the game there and you got hotels and stuff like that, you know, it gets a little serious. 15 00:00:45,570.998732426 --> 00:00:46,180.998732426 Oh yeah. 16 00:00:46,220.998732426 --> 00:00:48,70.998732426 Real estate always is, right? It is. 17 00:00:48,70.998732426 --> 00:00:48,980.998732426 Yeah, it is. 18 00:00:49,250.998732426 --> 00:00:50,710.998732426 Well, let's talk some real estate. 19 00:00:50,750.998732426 --> 00:00:51,340.998732426 Let's talk. 20 00:00:51,370.998732426 --> 00:00:53,830.998732426 You know, honestly, it doesn't matter what business you're in. 21 00:00:54,140.998732426 --> 00:00:55,900.998732426 It doesn't even matter if you're in business. 22 00:00:56,650.998732426 --> 00:01:07,740.998732426 Mentorship and community can really be applied, you know, to all areas of life, marriage, finances, physical fitness, homeschooling, you name it. 23 00:01:07,780.998732426 --> 00:01:10,960.997732426 Mentorship and community, they're just, they're key to anything. 24 00:01:10,960.997732426 --> 00:01:12,190.997732426 Yeah, that's so true. 25 00:01:12,230.997732426 --> 00:01:20,840.997732426 Like I know I've heard the phrase before, like finding someone that's just a couple years ahead of you and to learn from them. 26 00:01:20,950.997732426 --> 00:01:24,110.998232426 And I feel like that's important, like you said, in all areas of life. 27 00:01:24,110.998232426 --> 00:01:26,770.998232426 Yeah, find someone that's several years ahead of you. 28 00:01:27,230.998232426 --> 00:01:30,900.998232426 And then two, the other thing is find someone that's several years behind you. 29 00:01:31,430.998232426 --> 00:01:37,960.997232426 You know, there is so much information and revelation and stuff that you have to impart into others. 30 00:01:38,470.998232426 --> 00:01:40,730.99823243 And a lot of times we just kind of sell ourselves short. 31 00:01:40,750.99823243 --> 00:01:41,800.99823243 We don't realize that. 32 00:01:42,225.99823243 --> 00:01:50,105.99823243 There is somebody that's where I was one, five, 10 years ago, that would love the bit of information that I could provide them. 33 00:01:50,105.99823243 --> 00:01:55,385.99723243 And sometimes we just don't think that we have a bunch of value to bring to the table, but that's just not true. 34 00:01:56,50.99823243 --> 00:02:14,260.99823243 Yeah, and even so like finding someone that's behind you with talking with some of our new franchise signups recently, like just the excitement and the passion that they have, I find that kind of reignites my passion and excitement for the industry and for the business. 35 00:02:14,630.99823243 --> 00:02:15,870.99823243 You know, that's kind of. 36 00:02:16,310.99823243 --> 00:02:19,910.99823243 burned out along the way because we've been through so much. 37 00:02:19,940.99823243 --> 00:02:25,440.99823243 So I think finding someone that's just getting started can help you along as well. 38 00:02:25,440.99823243 --> 00:02:26,940.99873243 Yeah, that is so true. 39 00:02:26,940.99873243 --> 00:02:32,940.99923243 I was just texting with Brent that just signed up with us in Claremont, Florida, and he was just cracking me up. 40 00:02:32,941.00123243 --> 00:02:38,756.00023243 He's texting me late into the night and he's like, Yeah, I'm sitting here planning this domination for Florida. 41 00:02:38,756.00023243 --> 00:02:41,816.00023243 I'm twisting my mustache and having this laugh. 42 00:02:41,826.00023243 --> 00:02:51,245.99823243 Are you just saying all these funny things? And it's just, yeah, it's like a brand new, right? Kind of like when you first start dating or just, you know, new venture stuff like that, it's like just the excitement and the energy. 43 00:02:51,245.99823243 --> 00:02:53,755.99823243 And and it helps you too, to like, really. 44 00:02:54,85.99823243 --> 00:02:54,355.99823243 Yeah. 45 00:02:54,355.99823243 --> 00:03:03,605.99823243 Remember your journey and how far you've come, you know, Stacy, you and I talk about that, like, man, we got to slow down sometimes celebrate our wins. 46 00:03:04,25.99823243 --> 00:03:06,585.99823243 But you and I are always just grinding and focusing. 47 00:03:06,585.99823243 --> 00:03:12,975.89823243 Okay, what's next? What's next? How do we improve this? How do we improve that? And sometimes just simply sitting down thinking about it. 48 00:03:13,415.99823243 --> 00:03:20,885.99823243 Looking back 612 months that gives you the energy and excitement and anticipation of what's to come to just, you know, refuel you. 49 00:03:21,365.99823243 --> 00:03:21,695.99823243 Yeah. 50 00:03:21,695.99823243 --> 00:03:29,485.99673243 And I think, you know, being part of a community or having, a mastermind that you're a part of things like that. 51 00:03:29,955.99673243 --> 00:03:31,645.99773243 It kind of helps you. 52 00:03:31,645.99773243 --> 00:03:36,95.99773243 take accountability and to see, like you mentioned, how far you've come. 53 00:03:36,405.99773243 --> 00:03:46,335.99773243 If you don't have someone, reminding you of that, it's really easy to just kind of keep going and not look at your accomplishments. 54 00:03:46,345.99673243 --> 00:03:52,215.89773243 So I think that's really a good way that masterminds or can help. 55 00:03:53,275.99773243 --> 00:03:54,445.99773243 Yeah, for sure. 56 00:03:55,275.99773243 --> 00:04:03,885.99673243 You know, they say at the end of the day, we, our minds naturally go towards what we didn't accomplish instead of the things that we did accomplish. 57 00:04:04,385.99773243 --> 00:04:06,815.99673243 And so I've got that on my calendar every night. 58 00:04:07,235.99773243 --> 00:04:12,875.99773243 And it's a reminder to sit down and just think of one or two things, one or two wins for the day. 59 00:04:13,575.99773243 --> 00:04:18,5.99673243 one goal for tomorrow, and then a question to sleep on. 60 00:04:18,455.99673243 --> 00:04:25,835.99773243 And literally, that says that practice, our subconscious mind will start working on that goal or that question for the next day. 61 00:04:25,835.99773243 --> 00:04:31,385.99773243 And you literally wake up feeling like you've almost already accomplished it and you've got some good ideas towards it. 62 00:04:31,385.99773243 --> 00:04:32,775.99773243 I like that. 63 00:04:33,395.99773243 --> 00:04:47,585.99773243 Now, who are some of your mentors or what groups are you a part of that you feel are helping you in business and in life? So yeah, I'm always doing some sort of course or program or this or that next month. 64 00:04:47,615.99773243 --> 00:04:51,225.99673243 My wife and I are going to a couple day event. 65 00:04:51,365.99773243 --> 00:04:57,115.99773243 I actually just this morning messaged his name is Joe Gigliotti. 66 00:04:57,115.99773243 --> 00:05:02,775.99773243 And he is he wrote the million dollar speaker book and he has different mastermind groups. 67 00:05:02,775.99773243 --> 00:05:16,365.99873243 I just messaged him this morning to see what his current offers are for groups because one of the things that I really want to sharpen my skills and continuously is Being a communicator, being a speaker, being able to present ideas and move an audience. 68 00:05:16,365.99873243 --> 00:05:20,65.99873243 And, and so that's something that he's a professional at. 69 00:05:20,75.99873243 --> 00:05:24,535.99873243 And that's something that I'm looking into as far as joining a mastermind. 70 00:05:25,340.99873243 --> 00:05:35,920.99873243 Because currently I'm not in one, you know, outside of we have our fireside franchise family, obviously, and we meet up every Thursday night and we, share, then we talk about different things and go over questions and strategies. 71 00:05:36,520.99873243 --> 00:05:40,950.99873243 But outside of that, I've been listening to a lot of Jim Rohn lately. 72 00:05:41,670.99873243 --> 00:05:43,900.99873243 You're familiar with Jim Rohn, probably, are you? Yes. 73 00:05:43,900.99873243 --> 00:05:44,290.99873243 Okay. 74 00:05:44,500.99873243 --> 00:05:44,790.99873243 Yeah. 75 00:05:44,790.99873243 --> 00:05:47,300.99873243 So I'm always like going to the source of this. 76 00:05:47,700.99873243 --> 00:05:48,910.99873243 So I'll find somebody. 77 00:05:48,910.99873243 --> 00:05:56,180.99873243 I'm like, okay, who did they learn this from? You know, so I listened to a lot of Tony Robbins and I realized Tony Robbins learned a lot of what he learned from Jim Rohn. 78 00:05:56,200.99773243 --> 00:06:03,490.99873243 So now I'm listening to a lot of Jim Rohn and Andrew Womack is somebody I follow largely as a spiritual mentor. 79 00:06:03,840.99873243 --> 00:06:05,890.99873243 Myron Golden is the man. 80 00:06:06,240.99773243 --> 00:06:07,520.99773243 Man, I love Myron Golden. 81 00:06:07,520.99873243 --> 00:06:10,380.99873243 I listen to him probably, if not every day, every other day. 82 00:06:10,960.99873243 --> 00:06:14,120.99873243 How about you? Yeah, I love his information. 83 00:06:14,130.99773243 --> 00:06:16,690.99873243 And Ben Hardy is another one. 84 00:06:17,190.99873243 --> 00:06:20,40.99873243 He talks a lot about, like, mindset. 85 00:06:20,485.99873243 --> 00:06:21,635.99873243 And, growth. 86 00:06:21,915.99873243 --> 00:06:23,655.99873243 So that's a big one for me. 87 00:06:23,965.99873243 --> 00:06:29,85.99873243 And then I'm part of the Society of Entrepreneurial Women. 88 00:06:29,335.99873243 --> 00:06:31,285.99873243 That's a mastermind I'm in right now. 89 00:06:31,555.99873243 --> 00:06:33,405.99873243 It focuses a lot on real estate. 90 00:06:33,445.99773243 --> 00:06:36,525.99673243 One of my main goals build or buy our campgrounds. 91 00:06:36,885.99773243 --> 00:06:41,25.99773243 So I'm learning from all these women that have already done that. 92 00:06:41,75.99773243 --> 00:06:57,395.99673243 And so, starting to build those relationships and network that's another huge part of, being part of a mastermind or a community is, getting that kind of Rolodex of people that you can ask questions and learn from them. 93 00:06:58,45.99673243 --> 00:06:58,405.99673243 Yeah. 94 00:06:58,405.99673243 --> 00:06:58,955.99673243 It's so fun. 95 00:06:59,405.99673243 --> 00:07:01,865.99673243 And I forget what the term is. 96 00:07:01,865.99673243 --> 00:07:03,595.99673243 Napoleon Hill calls it. 97 00:07:04,145.99673243 --> 00:07:05,905.99623243 He calls it like a third mind. 98 00:07:05,905.99623243 --> 00:07:06,25.99573243 Yeah. 99 00:07:06,560.99673243 --> 00:07:17,970.99673243 Like when, when we come together and we mastermind and we just talk about ideas and just creativity sparks do you know the term I'm thinking of Stacey? Yeah, I do remember hearing it. 100 00:07:17,970.99673243 --> 00:07:20,830.99673243 Yeah, it's, it's something like a third mind. 101 00:07:21,450.99673243 --> 00:07:25,10.99573243 Yeah, it's, I can't think of the name of it, but yeah, literally like. 102 00:07:25,450.99573243 --> 00:07:29,40.99573243 It's literally like our, our minds, our energy, our spirits connect. 103 00:07:29,40.99573243 --> 00:07:32,830.99573243 And we just create this environment that just fosters creativity. 104 00:07:32,840.99573243 --> 00:07:33,640.99473243 It's just so cool. 105 00:07:34,250.99473243 --> 00:07:36,180.99473243 And you know, we say, see, I'm always multitasking. 106 00:07:36,180.99573243 --> 00:07:40,530.99573243 So I'm literally scrolling Facebook here as we're recording our podcasts. 107 00:07:40,660.99473243 --> 00:07:45,150.99573243 And I see Ronnie Miller, our new franchisee that's signing up there in Tennessee. 108 00:07:45,550.99573243 --> 00:07:47,790.99573243 He just posted an hour ago. 109 00:07:48,360.99573243 --> 00:07:53,150.99573243 We don't have to make all the mistakes ourselves, we can learn from the mistakes of others. 110 00:07:53,590.99573243 --> 00:07:55,730.99573243 And that was a quote by Truett Cathy. 111 00:07:55,730.99573243 --> 00:07:58,150.99573243 I'm not sure who Truett Cathy is, but that's just so cool. 112 00:07:58,150.99573243 --> 00:08:05,130.99523243 I love how I just saw that quote and he's thinking like that, right? That was, that's one of the beauty of doing business together. 113 00:08:05,130.99523243 --> 00:08:22,85.89473243 You know, that's, that's one of the things that God has really shown me with Fireside is, You know, a lot of people that especially that are existing RV rental companies and then they come into our environment somehow and they're like, well, why would I partner with Fireside? And I tell them the main reason why you would is community. 114 00:08:22,715.89573243 --> 00:08:33,605.89573243 It's so you're doing life with other people and obviously there's other benefits, right? When you have a large group of people doing the same thing together, you know, we have a special agreement with RV Share, different things like that. 115 00:08:33,985.89573243 --> 00:08:38,635.89573243 We have dealership accounts for parts and in our masterminds, like we're meeting up. 116 00:08:39,205.89573243 --> 00:08:42,415.89573243 We're going to be at the Hershey Pennsylvania RV show in September. 117 00:08:42,425.89573243 --> 00:08:45,645.89573243 And we did that, that full race car sponsorship at Talladega. 118 00:08:45,645.89573243 --> 00:08:50,435.89573243 And we're all meeting up in Tampa in January to hang out and just mastermind and stuff. 119 00:08:50,435.89573243 --> 00:08:55,405.89473243 But, but community really is the, is the main draw I say. 120 00:08:55,595.89573243 --> 00:08:59,245.89573243 And when you're all, you know, partnered together like that, it's just such a powerful thing. 121 00:08:59,255.89573243 --> 00:09:00,745.89573243 Doing business alone is just. 122 00:09:01,510.89573243 --> 00:09:02,240.89573243 It's lonely. 123 00:09:02,430.89573243 --> 00:09:03,180.89573243 It's boring. 124 00:09:03,500.89573243 --> 00:09:04,20.89573243 Yeah. 125 00:09:04,80.89573243 --> 00:09:13,90.89473243 And there's so many things that happen where, they're just like a question you want to gain from others experiences. 126 00:09:13,90.89573243 --> 00:09:33,940.89673243 And we have that so much like in our Facebook group or our Q and A sessions where people are just like, okay, like how do fifth wheels do in your area? Or this broke, how do I fix it? You know, so many questions that because there's that community, they can get answers quickly from other people instead of figuring out how to do it themselves. 127 00:09:34,820.89573243 --> 00:09:36,590.89673243 Yeah, that's true. 128 00:09:36,640.89673243 --> 00:09:42,0.89773243 There's just, it brings so much comfort and takes out a lot of the mystery. 129 00:09:42,280.89573243 --> 00:09:44,620.89673243 And now Stacey, I am on a website right now. 130 00:09:44,620.89673243 --> 00:09:46,100.89673243 I'm looking for a massage chair. 131 00:09:46,110.89673243 --> 00:09:48,140.89673243 And so that made me think of the word comfort. 132 00:09:49,150.89673243 --> 00:09:50,830.89673243 It just brings comfort knowing that. 133 00:09:51,450.89673243 --> 00:10:06,990.89573243 You don't have to make a decision and then find out 30, 60, 90 days down the road if it's the right decision or not, because you can ask others who have already gone down that road and I do love that about our our Facebook group as well that we have the RV rental owners group. 134 00:10:06,990.89573243 --> 00:10:16,380.89673243 Let me see what that so if you go to Facebook groups and you type in RV rental owners if you search that that's going to pull up our RV rental owners group We've got almost 5000 members in there. 135 00:10:16,770.89673243 --> 00:10:21,820.89573243 And right it's community it's that's literally how I started promoting fireside. 136 00:10:22,200.89573243 --> 00:10:46,655.89573243 Before, as far as looking for partners was I was in the different Facebook groups and finding community there, but then you find, you know, as you're kind of niching down on, okay, what kind kind of community do you want to be part of? You know, like this group that we have here with 5, 000 members, you can post a question in here and get many different answers from many different people with many different worldviews and, you know, many different ways of looking at things. 137 00:10:47,255.89473243 --> 00:10:52,805.89673243 Where in the Fireside family, it's a little more niche y, right? We're, we're faith filled entrepreneurs. 138 00:10:53,245.89573243 --> 00:10:57,595.89573243 We're, we're all about purpose and generational wealth. 139 00:10:57,595.89573243 --> 00:11:00,395.89573243 And like Stacy said, she wants to own a campground someday. 140 00:11:00,670.89573243 --> 00:11:16,110.89573243 That's one of the things we're doing at Fireside is we're looking at purchasing storage facilities and campgrounds and, you know, so adding actual real estate to what we're doing because, you know, as we all know, RVs depreciate, real estate appreciates. 141 00:11:16,690.89573243 --> 00:11:28,330.89573243 So if you can have a piece of us appreciating property where you can be charging the storage fees and collecting those and different things like that, you know, it's just, you've added multiple spokes to your business model. 142 00:11:29,80.89573243 --> 00:11:37,300.89473243 And those kind of things are figured out inside of community right as we mastermind and talk about those things and look at the industry together as a whole and talk about the future. 143 00:11:37,805.89573243 --> 00:11:38,725.89573243 Yeah, exactly. 144 00:11:38,745.89573243 --> 00:11:45,795.89573243 And like you had mentioned comfort, and I think just having that community where you can be like, Oh, I'm really slow right now. 145 00:11:45,805.89573243 --> 00:11:54,965.89473243 How about you? And just knowing, if they're going through the same things that you're going through, it brings that comfort of knowing that, Oh, okay. 146 00:11:55,335.89373243 --> 00:11:57,65.89473243 You know, they're doing it too. 147 00:11:57,85.89473243 --> 00:11:58,935.89473243 So I know I'm doing okay. 148 00:11:59,275.89473243 --> 00:12:00,905.89473243 Or, you know, you might find out. 149 00:12:01,375.89473243 --> 00:12:05,155.89473243 Something different where, oh, everyone else is doing really well and I'm not. 150 00:12:05,155.89473243 --> 00:12:15,365.89573243 So how can I figure out what they're doing to help myself grow? You know, and getting those ideas to further you along in your business. 151 00:12:16,355.89573243 --> 00:12:17,385.89473243 Yeah, that's really good. 152 00:12:17,385.89473243 --> 00:12:21,115.89473243 We just had that with a franchise of ours in Orlando. 153 00:12:21,660.89573243 --> 00:12:23,850.89573243 I was approached by another company. 154 00:12:23,850.89573243 --> 00:12:25,440.89573243 That's about 30 minutes from them. 155 00:12:25,440.89573243 --> 00:12:41,780.89573243 They're looking to sell their company and we were just conversing back and forth and we noticed, man, they have quite a bit more bookings than our Orlando branch, Orlando branch has been around since like 18 and this company just started in 20, so it kind of gave us a fresh perspective. 156 00:12:41,780.89573243 --> 00:12:45,960.89573243 Of things and we realized, oh, we actually hadn't adjust our prices for a little bit. 157 00:12:46,310.89573243 --> 00:12:47,890.89573243 We were a little high on our pricing. 158 00:12:47,890.89573243 --> 00:12:51,410.89673243 So again, just having that conversation and stuff like that. 159 00:12:51,800.89673243 --> 00:12:56,430.89673243 It makes me think too of Sam in Las Vegas, our Fireside RV in Las Vegas. 160 00:12:56,440.89573243 --> 00:13:01,200.89673243 He is part of a Las Vegas RV rental owners. 161 00:13:02,15.89673243 --> 00:13:02,615.89673243 Let me see. 162 00:13:02,645.89673243 --> 00:13:05,395.89673243 I forget her name, but I want to give her a shout out because she's a rock star. 163 00:13:05,395.89673243 --> 00:13:06,625.89673243 Katie Reeder is her name. 164 00:13:07,125.89673243 --> 00:13:08,405.89673243 Katie Reeder has this group. 165 00:13:08,405.89673243 --> 00:13:10,195.89573243 It's only, it's got 81 members in it. 166 00:13:10,205.89673243 --> 00:13:12,895.89673243 It's Las Vegas rental owners only. 167 00:13:13,615.89673243 --> 00:13:16,605.89673243 And literally just the other day they had an emergency. 168 00:13:17,310.89673243 --> 00:13:18,550.89673243 booking was cancelled. 169 00:13:18,560.89673243 --> 00:13:20,670.89673243 This family was literally about to show up. 170 00:13:20,670.89673243 --> 00:13:23,210.89673243 She put a post in here inside her community. 171 00:13:23,780.89673243 --> 00:13:33,60.89573243 I taped Sam in Las Vegas, RV share got involved and they literally all came together and like within two hours, they were able to save this family's vacation. 172 00:13:33,60.89573243 --> 00:13:35,250.89573243 Community, you know, yeah, yeah. 173 00:13:35,250.89573243 --> 00:13:45,110.89573243 And I've even had the With like, we've had an RV breakdown, not near us and being able to reach out to other franchises that are in the area to help out. 174 00:13:45,580.89573243 --> 00:14:01,200.89473243 So that's another way that community has really helped me and to like with those Facebook groups that can be a great way to find someone maybe that can drive for you you know, pick up or deliver a camper last minute if something happens and you're not able to. 175 00:14:01,520.89573243 --> 00:14:03,830.89573243 So there's so many ways that community can help. 176 00:14:04,560.89573243 --> 00:14:06,590.89573243 Yeah, there really is for sure. 177 00:14:06,590.89573243 --> 00:14:08,740.89573243 And then always inside of these communities. 178 00:14:09,360.89573243 --> 00:14:26,280.89473243 You know, you find those leaders, those people that just have the teacher mentoring hard about them you know, that can help with not just your business because as I, you know, tell everybody that in these groups that they were just renting one RV and like, well, it's not a business. 179 00:14:26,290.89573243 --> 00:14:27,560.89573243 We're just renting RV. 180 00:14:28,125.89573243 --> 00:14:31,345.89573243 And, and I tell them you most definitely are running a business. 181 00:14:31,655.89573243 --> 00:14:36,805.89573243 Do you have sales? Do you have marketing? Do you have customer service? Do you have bookkeeping? That's a business. 182 00:14:37,95.89573243 --> 00:14:41,575.89573243 You're just running a owner operator one unit business, but you're still running a business. 183 00:14:42,125.89573243 --> 00:14:49,245.89573243 And with that being said, when you're running a business like one of my, like Myra Golan says, all work works. 184 00:14:49,625.89573243 --> 00:14:51,925.89573243 It either works on you or it works for you. 185 00:14:52,685.89573243 --> 00:14:56,675.89573243 Renting your one RV, it's going to work on you and it's going to work for you. 186 00:14:56,675.89573243 --> 00:14:59,875.89473243 You're going to have customers that are going to push your buttons. 187 00:15:00,225.89573243 --> 00:15:02,865.89573243 You're going to have repair issues that you're trying to figure out. 188 00:15:03,185.89573243 --> 00:15:05,185.89573243 So it's going to make you grow. 189 00:15:05,865.89573243 --> 00:15:07,655.89573243 It's going to challenge you mentally. 190 00:15:07,825.89573243 --> 00:15:09,345.89573243 Heck, it can challenge you physically. 191 00:15:09,355.89573243 --> 00:15:16,305.89573243 You can be laying under a camper, working on something that you have no clue about and trying to loosen a knot and this and that, and you're sweaty and dirty and all the things. 192 00:15:16,305.89573243 --> 00:15:21,785.89473243 So that's the thing about entrepreneurship is it works on you on many different aspects. 193 00:15:22,335.89573243 --> 00:15:31,535.89573243 So having the community, having a mentor, and the one thing that we're always talking about at Fireside is we have mentors, but we also have models. 194 00:15:31,615.89573243 --> 00:15:34,925.89523243 You know, we have our proven path that people can walk down. 195 00:15:34,925.89523243 --> 00:15:41,385.89573243 So knowing exactly what step to take and when to take it and how to take it and what to avoid. 196 00:15:41,515.89573243 --> 00:15:49,235.89573243 And that's part of what we, we just read in our Fireside Fast Track framework, wasn't it Stacey? Our success path, walking people all the way through. 197 00:15:49,995.89673243 --> 00:15:50,555.89673243 Yeah. 198 00:15:50,645.89673243 --> 00:15:59,985.89673243 And yeah, with that, I mean and then finally, we kind of saw there was a gap where we have these really successful franchises and we didn't really have. 199 00:16:00,740.89673243 --> 00:16:06,370.89673243 Anything for them to work towards, like once they had that one successful franchise. 200 00:16:06,700.89673243 --> 00:16:19,40.89573243 So what we're working towards now is building out you know, our fifth stage of the success path, which is going to be, maybe opening another franchise or like you had mentioned, purchasing real estate. 201 00:16:19,40.89673243 --> 00:16:27,490.89673243 So you can do storage or repairs and just different ways to work and keep building that community and. 202 00:16:27,880.89673243 --> 00:16:31,600.89673243 They can even work to mentor some of the new franchises. 203 00:16:31,950.89673243 --> 00:16:41,90.8967324 So, having that community and that feedback is a way that we've found those gaps within our system and we're able to improve. 204 00:16:41,610.8967324 --> 00:16:44,590.8967324 Yeah, yeah, because there's always areas to improve. 205 00:16:44,650.8967324 --> 00:16:46,930.8967324 There's always areas where you're lacking a little bit. 206 00:16:47,470.8967324 --> 00:16:50,10.8967324 There's always areas where you need some extra help. 207 00:16:50,390.8967324 --> 00:16:58,320.8967324 And Stacey, I'm still on this website here looking at this massage chair, okay? And what I noticed while I was looking at it, it doesn't massage the neck. 208 00:16:58,320.8967324 --> 00:17:01,300.8967324 It only gets the shoulders and the arms and the legs. 209 00:17:01,300.8967324 --> 00:17:10,850.8967324 And so I'm thinking about this while we're talking about it, like, man, you need the full gamut, right? Like I'm not buying a massage chair that don't massage my neck. 210 00:17:11,440.8957324 --> 00:17:15,780.8957324 I'm not getting involved in a community that doesn't help me grow in all areas of life. 211 00:17:16,60.8967324 --> 00:17:19,230.8967324 You know, and that's one of the things with entrepreneurship that just cracks me up. 212 00:17:19,900.8967324 --> 00:17:25,330.8967324 I feel like I just got this revelation the last couple of years, honestly, is there's so many of us entrepreneurs out there. 213 00:17:25,850.8967324 --> 00:17:29,620.8967324 Trying to build our own brand and trying to build our own business really. 214 00:17:30,60.8967324 --> 00:17:35,410.8967324 And at the end of the day, what is the goal of that? Why are we trying to do that? For the most part, most people are doing that. 215 00:17:35,840.8967324 --> 00:17:37,620.8967324 It's to say, look what I did. 216 00:17:37,720.8967324 --> 00:17:38,510.8967324 Look what I got. 217 00:17:38,550.8967324 --> 00:17:39,900.8967324 It's honestly, it's pride. 218 00:17:40,365.8967324 --> 00:17:42,505.8967324 It's you're trying to prove something to yourself. 219 00:17:42,885.8967324 --> 00:17:44,515.8967324 You're trying to prove something to your dad. 220 00:17:44,525.8967324 --> 00:17:46,165.8967324 You're trying to prove something to the world. 221 00:17:46,635.8967324 --> 00:17:56,765.8967324 When it shouldn't be that way, when we are in community and collaboration, and we're all going up together and we're all going and growing together, it's much more beautiful thing because. 222 00:17:57,245.8967324 --> 00:18:00,495.8967324 Stacey sees things that I don't see. 223 00:18:00,585.8967324 --> 00:18:02,385.8967324 I see things that Stacey doesn't see. 224 00:18:02,385.8967324 --> 00:18:04,105.8967324 I have gifts that Stacey doesn't have. 225 00:18:04,105.8967324 --> 00:18:05,575.8967324 She has gifts that I don't have. 226 00:18:06,85.8967324 --> 00:18:14,395.8957324 And so when we swallow our pride and we come alongside and we partner with people, that's really where community and really where growth happens. 227 00:18:15,415.8957324 --> 00:18:18,695.8957324 Yeah, I think that's a great note to end on. 228 00:18:18,755.8957324 --> 00:18:23,155.7967324 I know we mentioned the Facebook group, so I'll put that in the show notes. 229 00:18:23,500.7967324 --> 00:18:25,800.7967324 And I want to invite everyone to join that group. 230 00:18:25,870.7967324 --> 00:18:30,840.7967324 Like Garret said, there's 5, 000 members that are all in the RV rental business. 231 00:18:30,930.7967324 --> 00:18:43,200.7967324 And you can definitely learn from them, post any questions you have use the search to, you know, see if anyone else has answered and asked your question before and get that information. 232 00:18:43,230.7967324 --> 00:18:44,810.7967324 And we can just grow together. 233 00:18:45,220.7967324 --> 00:18:47,870.7967324 So thank you guys for joining us this week. 234 00:18:47,980.7967324 --> 00:18:52,210.7967324 We hope that we'll see you in the Facebook group and we'll talk again next week. 235 00:18:52,210.7967324 --> 00:18:52,500.7967324 Awesome. 236 00:18:52,500.7967324 --> 00:18:52,720.7967324 Awesome. 237 00:18:52,730.7957324 --> 00:18:53,570.7957324 We'll talk to you then y'all.
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