{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60076b4127b77f021213e6dd/60076b5a1360e83b7a4beda0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 22: Beka Shea: Engineering Success in Real Estate","description":"<p>Beka Shea: Engineering Success in Real Estate</p> <p><a href= \"http://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/thereifoundation/E21.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here</a> To Listen/Download</p> <p>Beka is a wonder woman power house of intelligence and drive. She is SOOO Awesome that we scrapped our original Intro! Beka is going to introduce herself:  I'm the youngest of 4 daughters and I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. Being the favorite child has given me an overabundance of confidence, which I use to my advantage quite often. (My sisters will kill me for saying that, but only because it's true. :)). I've always been an exuberantly tenacious person, setting stretch goals and moving on to the next one.  Looking back at my life I find certain experiences really stand out, so let's walk down that memory lane. I spent my junior year of high school as a congressional Page, working and living in DC running errands for Congress. It was a truly amazing experience and I'm sad the program doesn't exist anymore. (But the fiscally conservative side of me totally gets it.)  I went to WPI for mechanical engineering on an ROTC scholarship, where I met my husband and some of my amazing best friends. When I graduated I became a US Naval Officer. My dream was to be a pilot, but unfortunately my eyes disagreed; instead I served on an Aircraft Carrier. It was a great consolation prize, and even though it was incredibly tough at times, I will treasure it.  After about 4 years in the Navy, I got a job as an engineer working in the energy arena, helping to build a power plant to support aircraft carriers stationed in Japan. (There's a theme here.) I felt way out of my league and also incredibly excited to be a part of something so massively cool. I worked with that company for 7 years, and again was fortunate to be around some seriously amazing people.  When my 3rd daughter was born, I decided to spend less time traveling and more time at home. We bought our first rehab, which was a hoarder house that we essentially gutted, and I was hooked. Making ugly things pretty is my favorite. The first year I flipped 3 houses, the second year I flipped 6, and then I moved up to one a month and started building out a team to support that. This year we're on track to do 20+ flips and a few wholesales, as well as venturing into the rental arena.  Words of wisdom:  \"One foot in front of the other. You can achieve success that way. Incremental Success.\" \"No new Thoughts!!!\" \"Do the basics well.\"  Where to find Beka:  <a href=\"mailto:beka@sellyourhousepa.com\" target= \"blank\">beka@sellyourhousepa.com</a> and look her up on Facebook!  Thank You!</p>","author_name":"Jason & Pili Yarusi"}