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Grant Cardone
Radical liberal socialist politics has ruined one of the greatest resources this country has. 18,000 families now without a home, without a place to bring their kids to go to school. This did not have to happen if they had their priorities right. Clean their forest, rake it up. Put people over rodents, put the homeowner over the homeless. Sorry, I know that offensive people that have been paying property taxes for years to the city and the state that are now homeless, while people that have never paid anything have shelter. The environmentalists say we got to save this brush. It's very important to the environment. Guess what? The fire does not know about your weird freak agendas. This is not the Democratic party, by the way. I'm not blaming the blue party for this. I am blaming radical, over the top liberal crazy socialist agendas that have gone way beyond what the Democrat party stands for.
Shawn French
Sharp, French. What up? This one. Look, I let the pain inspire me. I put my all in. Everything I'm doing up until it's done, I'm me for the entirety. I put it in overtime. I'll be working. Just know I'm a go for mine. Cause I earned it. They watch and I know it's time I confirmed it. The whole society. Determined. Determined.
Sean French
What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of the Determined Society. I'm your host, Shawn French. And today I have with me someone who really doesn't need an introduction. They call him Uncle g. Uncle Grant. Mr. 10x er. Best selling author, massive entrepreneur, real estate mogul, unbelievable humanitarian. Doing amazing things out in California right now. We're gonna have an amazing show. Grant Cardone. Welcome to the show, buddy.
Grant Cardone
Hey, Sean, great to be with you, man.
Sean French
Look forward to all these years, man. Just, you know, this is just really cool to finally get to meet you and have you on.
Grant Cardone
Well, yeah, we got to do this in studio one day, so we'll have you over here, you know, come over from the alligator alley, see if you can make it all the way to Miami and. And. And we'll chop it up together.
Sean French
Speaking of chop, are you gonna send a chopper I'm teasing. I'm teasing. I will make it over there. I will make it. We'll drive. We'll drive. I'm teasing.
Grant Cardone
I know.
Sean French
Absolutely. Anytime you want to send it over.
Grant Cardone
I could send it over for you.
Sean French
That would be nuts. Yeah.
Grant Cardone
But I know.
Sean French
Hey, once again, thanks for coming on the show. You have a lot of crazy things going on right now. Your life has been impacted like so many other Californians out there. I want to start, you know, by really touching into 10x California. I mean, the way California is being governed right now, the city burned. You know, it's burning down to the ground.
Grant Cardone
Yeah.
Sean French
And there's a lot of things going on, but outside of just what everybody's seen, like, you've been impacted personally. So I'd love for you to touch on that, if you wouldn't mind.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. So, I mean, the. We have a home in Malibu, and our home. The fires came right up to the house. It definitely damaged the house. There's probably.
Sean French
I don't know.
Grant Cardone
It's unbelievable amount of damage there. The structure looks fine from the exterior, but it's all the smoke and soot. We're. We're not so concerned about the damage that. That we received as much as the people in Malibu, the Palisades, Altadena, and frankly, the people across California. This is a. To me, this is a real sign that very radical, liberal, socialist politics has ruined one of the greatest resources this country has. And so the fires were one thing. The house being impacted. I called my kids one morning. I said, hey, there's a good chance The. The. The day after the fires, the. The really the height of the fires, our. Our house was on fire. I'll get you those images so you can insert them. And. And I said, there's a real good chance we lose the house today. My wife said, oh, yeah, we're losing it for sure. I said, I think there's a 75% chance we don't lose it. But it was. She was like, it's gonna. The whole thing's gonna go to the ground. We were kind of betting behind the scenes. Right. And, you know, while that was terrible and everything, dude, it's just one house, but it's my 18 neighbors that burned to the ground to the west of me. We live on the coast on a beach called Carbon Beach. And then to the east of me, which really looks like south and north to most people, but just to my left, there's probably 60 homes. One after the other burned down, and this did not have to happen. Okay. Now, I know fires are very normal in California. You have them every year. You have the Santa Anas. You have very low humidity, which makes for a fire. And the problem is, it didn't have to happen. Because if they would clean their forest, if they had their priorities right, clean their forest, rake it up, put people over rodents, put the homeowner over the homeless. Sorry, I know that offensive.
Sean French
Come on, that's great. Yeah, I like it.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. What you have right now is people that have been paying property taxes for years, making, you know, commitments to 30 year mortgages, paying taxes to the city and the state that are now homeless, while people that have never paid anything have shelter. And you have, you have like, crazy things, bro. Like, they're trying to save brush. The environmentalists say, we got to save this brush. It's very important to the environment. Guess what? The fire does not know about your initiatives or your weird freak agendas. So there's 18,000 families now without a home, without a place to bring their kids, to go to school. You probably have somewhere between 500 and 700 billion dollars worth of damage. This did not have to happen. Okay? And that's what I want the American people to know. And people in California. This is not the Democratic Party, by the way. I'm not blaming the Blue party for this. I am blaming radical, over the top, liberal, crazy socialist agendas that have gone way beyond what the Democrat Party stands for.
Sean French
I, I agree with you and thank you for that. Thank you for painting that picture. Because I grew up in California and I know what a beautiful resource, beautiful state it is. From the time I was born to the time I, you know, went and played college baseball, I lived in California. The San Francisco Bay specifically, loved it. You couldn't pay me enough money to go back there and live now is the way it's being governed. Right, right. And the one thing that I did here, and I don't know if you can confirm it or not, but you, you're talking about this brush. All right, I heard. Because the big thing was there's no water in the fire hydrants. Right? How in the hell does that happen? It's on the Pacific. Like, there's enough water in California, but what I did here is that they were going through and they were going to do all the piping and like, really fix the infrastructure underneath for the, for the, to make sure all the water could flow through the fire hydrants. They found these, these plants that were, you know, endangered, and they stopped the project because they couldn't touch Those plants. I don't know if that's true or not, but it kind of sounds like it's in line, bro.
Grant Cardone
Look, look, none of that even matters at this point. What matters when you have a. When you have a situation like this, what you do is you're like, okay, what cost? It doesn't matter. We got to fix it, okay, Now. And then go back and look at what caused it now. Now what? What will happen when you have an emergency? This is why leadership is so important in politics. You need business people, entrepreneurs, problem solvers, people that can think critically and prioritize. When you have an emergency like this, the priorities go into place. Like, forget the politics. None of that matters. Who did it? Who done it, what happened? Not all that's later. Now it's okay. Clean up. First thing you got to do is clean up. It's been 35 days, man, and nothing has been picked up. Not one thing. So if they forced a cleanup like Trump went there, if Trump said, hey, hey, I'll give you federal money. You need to clean up now. I want it gone. What's going to happen is the. The freak groups are going to come in. Oh, the environment. The environment. The people are unsafe. They're already doing this right now. You can't go back to your home, Mr. Cardone, because if you pick up stuff, you might get toxins, bruh. The toxins have been released on 40 million people already. Stop it. This is nonsense. Okay?
Sean French
Come on.
Grant Cardone
The toxins are out. That's not the priority. Now. The priority is the cleanup. Now the. The fringe groups are going to say, yeah, but the cleanup is going to stir up the toxins. The toxins are already in the air. They're there. Clean up, pick up, move. Okay, now, there's. Out of those 18,000 homes, Sean, there's probably. I'll bet you there's nine or 10,000 property owners that'll be like, I'll clean up my own today. Just let me on my property. I'll rent the truck. I'll pay for the truck. I'll move it. I'll get in a hazmat suit. Or not. Maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just, like, clean it up and I'll start moving stuff to the design place to go bury these materials. So that would be the first thing that would happen if I was in charge. It'd be like, move it now. And I don't want to hear one fucking reason why not to. Number two, the rebuild should be taking place while we're doing that. So that people could be permitted immediately via AI and kiosk machines, not people see what, what California does. And a lot of states have adopted this, particularly blue states where they're trying to protect the renter or they're trying to protect home prices. All these places that try to protect actually home prices go up. California has 10 of the most of the top 15 most expensive homes in the country. Home markets in the country are in California where they tried to supposedly protect owners with regulations. There's 19 permits required to build a home in California today. You'd have to go to 19 different departments. So I would collapse that and say no, no. Here's four things you need to build a new home with. If the, if the structure, the platform wasn't damaged, you can build what you had there, plus 10%, maybe even 15%. You can build that, we'll approve it. As long as you use fire retarded roof. Same thing on, on siding. No, no exposed timber, not nothing. The elements can actually light up and you self irrigate. Means every home would become a fire department. Basically the, the technology. Yeah, exactly. And you would go to a kiosk machine and you'd be approved to permit to build to start. And we could rebuild the Palisades, Altadena and Malibu in the next 12 months. And people that say that that's impossible are the ones that are in the way. It is possible. It's being done on this planet right now. Like Dubai. Dubai is being built in seven months. Now they can take from start to finish and complete a building.
Sean French
And their builds are elaborate. They're not just homes, they're elaborate. They're elaborate builds. In Dubai. Yeah, let's be honest, right? No, it's in. And I noticed too, you're doing a lot of like you, everything you're touching on, you actually have a plan to help fund this, right? You, you're literally helping via donations and crowdsourcing to get these people aid to rebuild their homes in 12 months. And you're holding what, 26 rallies out there to help out. They're all free. They're all free that they can go and they can participate. Will you talk about that for people in California?
Grant Cardone
Yeah. So I'm traveling up and down the state trying to get people energized and motivated and together unionized, if you will, to say, hey, enough is enough, man, Stop this, Ma. Okay, yeah, we, we need to take care of homeless people. I get it. But right now we need to take care of the homeowners. Okay, there's like, this is insanity, bro. They spent $38 billion on homelessness to have more homelessness. And so, you know, the. The thing I'm trying to do in the state right now is move up and down the state and come up with three or four things that could be done immediately. I've given you three of them already that could be done immediately. That would put the groups that are in the way on the heater. Okay? Because anybody that wants to stop this would say, no, you can't clean up yet. They would come out right away because of the initiative. This always happens in a family. If you have a family. Maybe you were doing Thanksgiving and you had a family and there was a fire in the kitchen or something. The psychos never get anything done. They're in the way. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. What do we do? What do we do? Oh, my God. Frantic as the cat. I got to get my homework. Oh, I forgot my picture, bruh. That. The damn kitchen's on fire first. First you put the fire out. You don't worry about your sweet potatoes that are going to get burnt. Okay? Okay. So. So you. The emergency creates an opportunity to see where the insanity is and where the sanity is. So when I saw the fires, I'm like, oh, I'm gonna bring my sanity to California. The first thing to do is to see if people even want change. Because if you guys want the place to burn down it. I'm leaving. Burn it down.
Sean French
Yeah.
Grant Cardone
Okay. Shame. Because it's the greatest resource this. This country has is the state of California. As a state, absolutely. There is nothing more valuable financially. The resources it produces, the technology and innovation that's come out of California. I mean, you got four companies over there worth $15 trillion that could easily solve this problem of irrigation and getting water to homes, etc. So we're just going there, trying to light people up, get them excited, get them focused, see if we can put people together. What one initiative was to try to recall Newsom and Karen Bass. I don't think that that's as important right now, personally, as it is to simply start registering people that are no longer happy as Republican voters. Not that they're Republicans any more than Democrats or Democrats. Let's face it, man, whenever. When hits the fan, nobody cares about how you vote. But if you. If we could get enough people that are unhappy to register red today, right now, this morning. Cost nothing to do it and send that to Sacramento, Sacramento would get a message. Oh, they're serious this time. We need to do something. The People aren't happy. And at this point they would then say, coastal Commission, stand down for the next 18 months or they wouldn't, because they probably can't. You see what I'm saying? It's like a doge effort on California where all of a sudden the transparency pops off and you see who's in the way, you see who's the psychos, the insane, and you see where the sanity is. And, and hopefully California will stand up and vote out the insanity.
Sean French
I hope so too, because it's, it's hard to watch. And I think the biggest thing for me is when I look from afar, you know, I always think about children, I think about families. I think about how these people are not just displaced, but they've lost their whole lives with the exception of their hearts still beating. Right. Maybe some people did lose their lives, like going back and being in California. Have you, have you been able to have a pulse on how these people are feeling emotionally and how they're dealing with it?
Grant Cardone
Good. It's, it's, it's awful, right? Like, you know, we're always talking about the down and out in the society and the people. The drug addict. You got more drug addiction in California than you have anywhere on the streets. You can access drugs on the streets today. The homeless problem. There's all these problems that are obvious in state of California. And then there's the, the not obvious. I've been talking about this for 10 years now. The middle class is the not obvious suffering class in this country today. You have people in the Palisades, in Altadena and Malibu. I know nobody feels sorry for him because the guy had a 5 million dollar house. But, but they don't. People don't understand how he got the five million dollar house. No, his grandmother, his grandmother bought that house, was lucky enough to buy the house or be given it by her husband or whatever, 45 years ago for 40, 40, 000 bucks. And that house is worth $5 million today. Not because she did anything. In fact, she couldn't even buy her own house. Well, her house was burnt down. She has no place to go. She has no restaurant. She doesn't have the money to stay in a hotel. Okay? The government's not there to help her. Right now. The state's broken. The state's going to be like, okay, we're going to get you back in, grandma, as soon as we can. What are you talking about? It's going to be 18 months right now for a cleanup. It'll be five years for a build out. She's 84 today. She won't get back into her new home until she's 90 years old. This was supposed to be her golden years.
Sean French
That's sad. And that's for the audience listening and watching. That's what I want you to tune in to. There's a real problem in California and this is the problem, right? The fire. Yes, absolutely. But it's the, it's the thereafter. So if you're in California and you heard Grant say just, if you can just register Red Sacramento, enough of you do it, Sacramento is going to get that tip off, be like, okay, these people are pissed, right? And, and, and again, Grant, it's not about, you know, red or blue, Right, we know that. But it's about making a change and making a difference. And right now there needs to be some extreme effort out there to help these damn people. I mean, that grandma's never getting back into her home. You know, granted, she may live to 90, hopefully and get back there, but what if she doesn't, man.
Grant Cardone
Bro. But here's the problem, right? Even if she goes back there when she's 90, if it rebuilds, if she has the money, none of what she does, by the way. Because you got to remember, right, let's say it takes 5 million to rebuild the house. She only had $3 million of coverage. If she had 3 million, she might have only had a couple hundred grand of coverage because she only had 40 grand in a home for 45 years ago. Yeah. So this is a land. Some people believe this is a land grab. Okay, Meaning? Meaning the government has so many restrictions and regulations on the people that people can't actually go back and claim their property because their property has become a liability. Let me give you another example, okay? Let's say it's a young executive couple. They're middle class. They make 350,000 to 400,000 bucks a year. Husband and wife both work. They got both their kids in a private school or nice public school. Two cars. They had a, they had a mortgage in the Palisades. They've done really well in life. They are fully in the middle class. Okay? They might make 800 grand a year, by the way. They could make a million five and still be in the middle class.
Sean French
That's wild.
Grant Cardone
Okay. They have a seven million dollar mortgage on their home, okay? And they, they're paying whatever that's going to be 40,000 bucks a month. They can afford it on his salary and her additional salary is how they live. They got a great life Nobody feels sorry for these people. Well, their home, let's say it was worth 7 million, has $5 million worth of insurance on it. That's all the state would allow because the state two years ago got involved in regulating the insurance companies. Ladies and gentlemen, anytime the government regulates, you get hurt. They always do it under the pretense we want to protect the people. What, what you did was you got involved in business when you shouldn't have. And all state, State Farm and the big nation side. Yeah, nation side, they all pulled out because the state said, you can't raise the premium. They said, if we can't raise the premium, we can't afford to be in the state. So they left.
Sean French
Yep.
Grant Cardone
Hundreds of thousands of homes are not insured right now. I happen to be one of the lucky ones. And I have this huge insurance policy on my house. But all my neighbors, my 18 neighbors in a row, none of them have more than $3 million worth of insurance. Okay, so let's go back to that couple and pass it in the Palisades that had a $7 million mortgage. They, they owe 7 million. Their payments are still due and their house is burnt to the ground. They only have $3 million worth insurance. So what do they do? You're like, okay, they're going to get their $3 million. They have no place to live, by the way. Okay, the 3 million is going to pay for where they're living for the next five or six or seven years. Now they're, they're out of money. How do they rebuild their home? They have no money to rebuild their home. No money.
Sean French
Rebuild that thing.
Grant Cardone
The middle class now becomes the lower class, even though the guy's making 800 grand a year. I know that's hard to believe and it's very hard for everybody to embrace because we're constantly talking in this country about the lowest of the lowest. You know, the, the, the, the very beginning where you had nothing. But there's a big fat middle, middle class in America, 250 million strong, that are weak. And this is what I'm most concerned about. California could actually roll over economically because so many people have been affected by this, by this fire, including the executives that live across the street in Brentwood, just a couple miles away, and their house wasn't burned. But guess what? The insurance companies don't want to insure their house anymore either. So how do you get a mortgage? How do you sell your home? What happens for the next five years? Because they're saying it's going to take five to seven, maybe 10 years to rebuild. Who wants to live that for 10 years? And what happens when more and more people start leaving and saying, I'm gonna go live in Scottsdale, I'm gonna go live in Utah, I'm gonna go live in Texas, I'm gonna go live in Florida. That's already been happening. Then it starts to accelerate the problem. So I'm really concerned, not just for California, all the people that have been affected, but also by. By for the rest of the country that could be impacted by this economic devastation.
Sean French
It's wild, man. And I always think, like, when did this start? You know what I mean? Like, when. When did this start becoming a problem? Right? Because like you said a couple years ago, insurance companies are backing out. Right. And to your point also, it's like, it's a. Many people think it's a land grab. It's like, pretty strategic. Right? And I'm not implying anything, but maybe I am. But the bottom line is now people don't have insurance, they don't have a place to live, and they don't have the money nor the time to rebuild.
Grant Cardone
Yeah, exactly. When did it start? Did. California has been an organized mafia for 80 years. There's four families that have controlled the state of California except for two short instances. Newsom's been in there for 16 years. Before it was the Pelosi family, before her was the Gettys before her. This thing has been. Been under control. This is the fifth largest economy on planet Earth, okay? It's a couple trillion dollars a year in revenue. It's massive. Is bigger than India, is bigger than. Than California, and then California. So it's a massive, massive population. Right? Two thirds of all your produce come from the state of California. 99% of all commercial products, vegetable, vegetable and fruit products are produced in California. We got plenty of water, bro. Like you said earlier, you can't find one golf course anywhere in the state of California that's ever burnt. So this idea that, like. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. The fires are out of control. The fires ain't out of control. Go to Pelican Hill and play a round of golf. Go, go up to the Pacific, up to the north. What's that beautiful golf course up north?
Sean French
Carmel.
Grant Cardone
Yeah, up in Carmel. Okay. All those golf courses, they're protected. Why? They're irrigated. You. You could have irrigation across the entire state of California if you wanted to. That's how much water we have.
Sean French
It's wild, dude.
Grant Cardone
So the land grab, the land grab thing is Not. Is not out of context for me.
Sean French
I agree.
Grant Cardone
Where I live, if you've ever been to Malibu, you ever been to Nobu? Yeah. Okay. You go down that coastline, you hear about Malibu. The first time you went there, you're probably like, dude, this looks like a bunch of old homes stacked on top of each other. Most of those homes aren't big. Brand new concrete block. My house has made a concrete block. It was built 14 years ago. It was built two spec, probably better than that. Okay. All concrete. You can't burn it. And, like, no amount of fire is going to take it down. It won't take the bottom of it out. Right. But all the homes that are on that coastline, the Coastal Commission, because they overregulate, they hide behind whales and seagulls and say, you can't develop. You're going to. You're going to change the coastline. And guess what? Mother Nature just changed the coastline forever.
Sean French
Sure did.
Grant Cardone
Now, I don't know if that's their intention, because if you kind of, you know, connect the dots, most of the people that live on that beach, that's called billionaire beach. Most of them are not billionaires, and most of them will not rebuild. Right? So you're going to end up with four or five families. I'll be one of them, by the way. I'm one of the last ones. You're going to have four or five or six families that own the entire beach. And maybe the state walks in and says, hey, we'd like to just buy you guys out and make it. Make it a. Make it a public beach now for everybody with no homes.
Sean French
Wow.
Grant Cardone
Wow. Property seizure, man. Make it impossible. Own anything. New world order. You will own nothing and you will be happy about it.
Sean French
It's starting to all make sense, and it's starting to unfold underneath all of our noses. I mean, to be quite honest, right. Everybody can deny it and you can look at it and you can try to, you know, turn a blind eye to it. But, I mean, if you open your eyes, I mean, there could be arguments made.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. Online voter registration, California. If you guys go online, register to vote in California, by the way, some people say you can live anywhere you want to do. All you need is an address now and you can vote in California.
Sean French
Really?
Grant Cardone
Like, you just need an address. No voter IDs allowed in California. So you're in Naples. You got a buddy that lives in California.
Sean French
I can vote in Cali.
Grant Cardone
You could at least register.
Sean French
Look at that, man.
Grant Cardone
If a million people registered as red voters today, Sacramento Pelosi will be the first one to see it while she's laying on her side or broken hip, and she'd be like, oh, they're pissed off now.
Sean French
You're wild, man. You're wild. You're wild, dude.
Grant Cardone
That.
Sean French
That. That's all interesting stuff. I. I want to shift gears real quick. All right, brother? You have put together a series of conferences that have been the most massive thing on the planet. And the last one's coming up, bro. And you just released. Dude, the last one, it's. Damn it. I haven't even made it to one yet. I haven't even made it to one yet. I might have to go to this one.
Grant Cardone
You gotta go, bro. You gotta go. Just do yourself a big favor and go. These are the. I put on the best show in the world. Like, I know I'm a big promotional guy and I promote all the stuff that I do, but I'm telling you, these shows that I do. How do you. How do you sell a show and nobody knows who's coming? Like, one of the things I'm most.
Sean French
Proud about, some wild. Well, I mean, dude, I mean, that right there, brother. Like that. That's some Houdini, man. But. But if you look now, you know, you look now you go back to past speakers, right? You got Tom Brady, know wcf. I mean, Alex Rodriguez. I mean, just Trump. Name it, name it. Like, you're gonna trust that someone dope's gonna be there and you're gonna go, right?
Grant Cardone
It is the ultimate flex. The ultimate Flex is I'm doing a conference. 30% of our tickets were sold without a date or a location. That's a flex.
Sean French
Wild.
Grant Cardone
I do a lot of. Because. Because I, as a. As a privately held business owner, like, I like to do stuff that I personally have as my little, you know, my little personal flex. Like, one of my flex is to sell an event out without an agenda of speakers.
Sean French
It's wild.
Grant Cardone
And people come there and they're like, can I see the schedule? No, no, no. There's three people that have the schedule. Nobody else has it. Like, nobody knows anything. I know what's going to go on, which requires a tremendous amount of trust. Oh, and for.
Sean French
Exactly.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. For a guy that's been hated on. On the Internet. I love my haters, by the way. I can't. Dude, you get torched, bro. For a guy that gets hated this as much as people hate on me. And I'm just trying to help people, by the way. Dude, it's crazy that it's Crazy that for all that hate, which is nothing compared to the amount of trust that people give me because they come to these conferences not knowing who's going to be there. And we have never literally, like, you know, the response from our audience is, man, you over deliver every time. Oh, my God. How'd you. I got people that have been to nine of them and they're like, everyone has been better than the one that preceded it. And the prices have gone up. The prices are stupid. Completely ridiculous. I, I confess. Over the top. Too much expensive, but they're still cheaper than what I'm paying. Okay. A $30,000 feat is still cheaper than the $10 million I paid to put the event on.
Sean French
You spend $10 million putting on that event.
Grant Cardone
Every one of those events has cost me somewhere between 6 and $14 million. This was going to cost about 10.
Sean French
See, that's the interesting thing, right? Because when people lack perspective, they can make a, a lackluster opinion. $30,000 for a seat? What the fuck? This dude's putting $10 million on the line. Hell yeah. It's going to be $30,000. Right?
Grant Cardone
And there's only, there's only a couple people that pay 30,000. But those are select seats in the room. But mo, most of those seats are going to be. I think there's a seat right now you can buy for a th000 bucks.
Sean French
Or $15,997 for one.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. So that's an executive seat. It's a great seat, by the way. Every seat in the house is great. There's 6,000 people will be there. This is going to be over the top this year. I just confirmed three more speakers yesterday that I was adding Jared's. Like, it's too many now, bro. I said, nah, don't worry about it, bro. It's going to be fine. Like, everybody's going to forgive us. It's going to be fantastic.
Sean French
Everything's going to be okay.
Grant Cardone
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I hope you come. I, I hope you and your, your, your, your fans and your followers come. I'd love to have you there.
Sean French
Well, dude, I, I, I think we're going to probably make that happen. I'm excited about it. Your musical lineup, you did release, though.
Grant Cardone
Yeah.
Sean French
Share with the audience of musical lineups. It's pretty dope.
Grant Cardone
We got Rick Ross entertaining us one night. Fat Joe's going to do the registration. Wyclef is coming back. I had a blast with Wyclef at a party once, and me and him became kind of friendly and Then we'll have some other people that probably stop in and chop the place up.
Sean French
Oh, so. So they see that cliffhanger, My boy is leaving. Cliffhangers. I like that. Maybe somebody else. Maybe.
Grant Cardone
Look, I was doing an event once. I was in Vegas. I think it was when I had Kevin Hart there. And somebody comes, one of my staff comes to me, Dana White's here and he wants to talk to you. I said, let him in. He's like, hey, Grant, look, you know, I just wanted to come by and see what you're doing. I live here and I heard you had this event going on. This was at Mandalay Bay. And it was. I don't know, there had to be 12,000 people there. He's like, I just. Can you mind if I go in there? And look, I heard people are paying $20,000 to sit in the room on a weekend for three days. How do you do that? And so I brought Dane in. Then I had him on stage. I ended up doing an interview with him. Like improv and Floyd Mayweather. The same weekend Floyd Mayweather came by. He. I didn't. I didn't even have on the schedule, hey, I'm in town. I just let the strip joint come on in.
Sean French
Come on in.
Grant Cardone
Wash your hands and. Come on in.
Sean French
Wash your hands. Yes. Wipe your feet too, bro. Wipe your feet.
Grant Cardone
Yeah, exactly.
Sean French
What's been. Other than the flex of obviously putting 6,000 people in a room and selling an event out that you don't even give an agenda or the guest, what has been the most satisfying thing from a humanitarian standpoint for you with those. With those events?
Grant Cardone
Well, you know, those events are really the 10x growth conference. I'll miss not doing them because it was a. The reason we started doing those events was not money. You don't do. If you're trying to make money, you don't do events. Events are a terrible business. Anybody's ever done an event, tried to do an event. You try to put 300 people in a room, try to get 50 people over to your house for a party. They're expensive. People don't show up.
Sean French
Yeah.
Grant Cardone
They wreck the place. Like, you know, I mean, if it's a good party, they're going to dam. Something's going to be damaged if you don't. If you don't go to jail. I mean, you couldn't even go to jail.
Sean French
Yeah, exactly. Absolutely.
Grant Cardone
So. But the thing, the thing that I think I'm most proud about in those events is the interviews. And the interview basically are me and I don't like doing interviews actually. Well, I don't mind being interviewed. I hate doing your part.
Sean French
I mean, dude, I'll do your part if you want me to.
Grant Cardone
I don't know if you could, you know. I don't know. Oh, come on. I don't know.
Sean French
Don't, don't give me a challenge. He's calling me out, y'all. He's calling me out.
Grant Cardone
Okay, yeah. Anyway, but, but the interview, to be able to get a good conversation, let's say Usher. I don't have anything in common with Usher, okay? I'm a business guy, I'm a real estate guy. You know, I, you know, I'm about money and stuff. And Usher's an entertainer. He's been on, I don't know, 40 or 50,000 stages. Without exaggeration. He's not going to even remember the event. So my goal is to get him to remember this event as one of his standout moments in his lifetime. Or John Travel. Okay. How many people you think John Travolta's met in his life?
Sean French
Oh, yeah, a lot. That was a big one. That was a big one.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. Or Floyd. Floyd Mayweather. Floyd Mayweather has been on stages everywhere in the world. How can I bring Floyd on a stage that's so rememberable for Floyd? I'm not even thinking about the audience. I'm thinking about Floyd Mayweather. I'm thinking about John. I'm thinking about Kevin Hart. I'm thinking about how do I get Arnold Schwarzenegger to have a moment where he's like, hey, that guy Grant Cardone was amazing.
Sean French
Right, right.
Grant Cardone
And not because I'm amazing, but because the, the communication, the, the, the, the interaction that he and I had, it wasn't just me reading off of cards and getting through the interview, you know, so that's a trick, right? And then those things live in into time for long periods of time. I'm trying to get something out of this guy that nobody's gotten out of him that'll help some kid I hadn't met yet or maybe some 55 year old person that gets inspired by this interview. Because all this stuff can live long into the future.
Sean French
I love that because when you're having that energetic conversation and it's authentic, there's no note cards and it's just you and the interviewee. There's a whole audience, whether they're in person or right now listening to this show, that people are going to be impacted. That's the exact same thing that I go for. I want to bring out different things in the individuals I interview. Because everybody can go and look at your bio, man. Anybody can go look at that. I mean, that.
Grant Cardone
That's not.
Sean French
That's not the stuff. That's not the stuff. It's. What you're doing from a human standpoint is what's interesting. Right? That's awesome.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. You do a good interview. I'm sure people are going to talk about it down in the comments. Go ahead and rate. Sean, Go ahead and rate this interview right now. Should he. Should he get a ten or should he get a one?
Sean French
Oh, my gosh. A one. That's. That's aggressive. Hopefully not a one. You know, maybe teeter for the seven, eight, or nine.
Grant Cardone
Just. Just showing up gets you one.
Sean French
I know, right? You don't even have to have shoes on to get a one. That's easy. That's easy, man. No, I'm excited. We're, you know, the team and I are definitely talking about growth con, for sure. I've been talking to Gila about it as well. So it's. It's definitely on the horizon. That's in Vegas, right? It's gonna be in Vegas again.
Grant Cardone
Yeah, yeah. Last. Last one we wanted to have in Vegas. And look, you should come in there. You should come. Just so you walk in the room, I. This is what I'll do for you, okay? I promise you, you're gonna walk in the room, and you won't be there 10 minutes. Not one person. It won't even start. You'll get your money's worth the first 10 minutes you're there. I bet you'll walk in, you're gonna look around, you're gonna look around, and you're gonna have some big realization in the first 10 minutes without anybody doing anything.
Sean French
That's a good challenge, man. I'll take that promise. I'll take that promise. April, right?
Grant Cardone
No, March 19, 2021.
Sean French
March 19, 2021. Okay. Coming up, man.
Grant Cardone
Yep, right around the corner.
Sean French
You better hold some spots.
Grant Cardone
I'm not holding spots for anybody. We should. We. We. We. We oversell this thing every single time. We'll end up with problem that. That I have to solve, so.
Sean French
That's good, man. That's good. No, I'm excited for it. It'll. It'll be fun. It's something that's been on my radar for quite some time. And you're shifting to Wealthcon, right? You're. You're shifting to do something else in place of this?
Grant Cardone
Well, yeah, we. We've been doing two wealth conferences a year. These are much smaller events, like three to 500 people, where we're talk focused on financial. Everything from financial literacy to financial wealth building. And we bring finance. Finance people from Wall Street. You, you. You're starting to see my audience mature a bit. Okay. Material, the content. So you're seeing me in real time, make my shift to. From sales guy, marketer guy, real estate guy, to something else.
Sean French
That's good.
Grant Cardone
And for me to make that shift, I have to have a different. I have to have a different interview.
Sean French
That's good. Now you've had two already.
Grant Cardone
Yep.
Sean French
Okay, When's the next one?
Grant Cardone
I don't know when the next wealth conference is. You guys know when that is? Probably April, May. Okay. Yeah.
Sean French
You said we have those here in Florida. Do you have them in Florida on campus or.
Grant Cardone
Yeah, yeah. And what I do is I bring people in to talk about, like, I was just a Caner. Fitzgerald. That's Howard Lutkin's. That's a commerce secretary. Now his company, they've done, I don't know, hundreds of billions of dollars in real estate transactions. So I'll start bringing those guys in from Wall street and big banks to talk about hacks and little fissures and opportunities in the marketplace. Like most of the. All these conferences, basically, I get people, I interview people that I'm interested in.
Sean French
Right.
Grant Cardone
June 1st.
Sean French
Right.
Grant Cardone
June 1st is the next one.
Sean French
June 1st. Okay. So it makes for a good interview though.
Grant Cardone
Right.
Sean French
And you're able to give the audience and the people in attendance much more value if you're interested in that person. Right?
Grant Cardone
Yeah.
Sean French
I mean, that's.
Grant Cardone
Yeah. Like, I've interviewed people that I. I interview people that manage the 2008 global crisis. Like, you know, like, how do you do that? How do you go through a 5 or 6 or 700 billion dollar. Almost a trillion dollars of money was transferred. And how do you manage that activity when you're interviewing that person? Me sitting down, having coffee with that guy is one thing. Me interviewing and going behind the scenes and getting information from him, by the way, that's probably not in a book. Is. Is really good for me and great for the audience.
Sean French
What was the feedback on that? Just from your perspective on hearing how they manage that.
Grant Cardone
Oh, dude, it's. It's a. It's about confidence. It's about critical thinking. It's about what's most important right now. Not all things are the same. How do you manage priorities? What's your priority? Intelligence. Like, not your iq.
Sean French
Like, like Elon.
Grant Cardone
Elon is a very high iq, but he's also extremely high on priorities. It's not all problems are not equal ever.
Sean French
Right.
Grant Cardone
And in life, right. In life. This would be a great. I, I bet your audience has a lot of takeaways from this. But is in life, life could sometimes appear to be just overwhelming, like overwhelming number of problems. But really there's only one or two problems. Handle those two and the rest take care of themselves.
Sean French
That's good. And it's, it's so damn true. Right? Usually it usually stems from either a relationship or financial. Right. Or what are your thoughts?
Grant Cardone
Well, like, like right now in my life, yeah. It would be a financial thing. You know, I got to solve this one financial thing and the rest of it starts kind of if I do it in the right priority. There's always a solution to every problem. There's a solution, there just happens to be a better solution. Okay. There's always a better solution. There's always a solution. There's always a better solution. The issue is whether you're handling the right problem or not. And, and typically managers, mid level managers, or even business owners simply don't handle the right first problem. In fact. When are you going to drop this, Sean? When are you going to drop this interview?
Sean French
This will probably be dropped in a week or two.
Grant Cardone
Okay.
Sean French
Like two Mondays from yesterday.
Grant Cardone
Okay.
Sean French
All right.
Grant Cardone
No problem. I was going to offer your audience something, but you'd have to go ahead.
Sean French
We'll adjust. We'll adjust. Go ahead.
Grant Cardone
No, you'd have to drop it because.
Sean French
I'm doing a Saturday.
Grant Cardone
You'd have to drop it like, you know, tomorrow.
Sean French
Ah, yeah, no, no, we're Monday. We're a Monday show, damn it.
Grant Cardone
You're Monday. See, I'm an everyday show. I'm an everyday show.
Sean French
Yeah, you're an everyday, aren't you? I love you. You're great.
Grant Cardone
Dude, I'm scared I'mma miss something, bro. I'm scared I'm gonna miss something.
Sean French
I hear that, man. I hear that. But my question, I want to go back to that. Like when you're talking about, you know, high level executives or just human beings in general, you know, pinpointing that actual problem of what truly is the most important at that moment. A lot of people misand on that, right? How do you determine what is the actual problem that needs to be addressed immediately?
Grant Cardone
Well, number one, you know, I, I know that all problems are not equal. So that's the first thing to note. Any more than all data, all data is not equal. And as much as you guys want to believe the Constitution, that all men were created equal. That's not true either. That's okay. All men were not created equal. I'm not equal to you, you're not equal to me. We weren't created equal. We were created at different times, happened at different times. You came out bigger than I did. Like, whatever, bro. Like, you know, my wife, Me and my wife are not equal. Me and my child are not equal. And it doesn't mean I'm better than you. It might mean that I'm lesser than you. I, I don't know. It just depends. I'm not equal to Elon Musk. I'm not equal to Donald Trump. I'm not equal to Abe Lincoln or Muhammad Ali or. I'm trying to cover everybody right now. But. So number one, all problems are not created equal. So I have one problem in my life right now. You guys can guess what it is, and I need to solve that one problem. It would, it would provide. That one problem if I solved, it would provide me with tremendous amounts of space in my creative. When people get blocked up, it's probably because they have a problem they haven't solved or addressed or observed or looked at or confronted. And when I was 25 years old, it was a drug problem. I had a drug problem at 20. Well, from 15 to 25, I had a drug problem. And so no matter what problem I handled, I wrecked the car, I lost my job, I lost a girl. Those are all problems too. But I didn't feel good about myself. I had low self esteem, I didn't have any money. All those are problems. But until I handled the main problem and, and started putting together days and not using drugs, the rest of the problems didn't matter any.
Sean French
Yeah, like all those other ones seem to be symptoms. Right? There's symptoms of the main root problem. Right. Until you cut the root and, and fix that, then it continue to have little problems that seem massive. Right? Yeah.
Grant Cardone
I could pick the car, I can get another girlfriend. I can get the girlfriend back, which probably is just another problem.
Sean French
Probably is, yeah.
Grant Cardone
So. So, you know, so number one, like I, I need to find out what the problem is first. In California, it's clean up, remove the debris, get it off the ground. Second thing is start rebuilding. Let people rebuild, dude. Yeah. And then you start seeing stuff go up. You'd see my house being fixed right now in real time if they'd let me go over there. And that would give people hope and confidence and momentum and acceleration. Oh, I'm Gonna build two grants. Building. I'm gonna build. That's how this happens, man. Human beings. Yeah, we, we need encouragement from examples.
Sean French
I agree.
Grant Cardone
You know, that's why your show's so important, because you're, you're offering people examples.
Sean French
Yeah, that's, that's the, that's the thing, right. Is providing enough stories that people can latch on to and say, hey, where I'm at today doesn't necessarily need to be where I end up. Right. And we want to give that hope. We want to give people that, not motivation, but the, but the drive to kind of dive into some discipline and determination and kind of move forward and get out of the shit that they're in. Right. That's what it's about.
Grant Cardone
You know, I was on a phone call yesterday with a guy, he's worth two and a half billion dollars. You would know his name if I told you his name. You, you've bought his products before, guarantee you he's a guy, self made guy, started with 25,000 bucks. And I told him, I said, you know, I can't give you his name, but you know, I said the only thing I don't like about you more than your net worth because you're worth double that. What I'm worth is, is that you started with six times more money than I did. He's like, grant, I only started with, only started with $25,000. I said, I started with three. You know, he's like, well that's almost seven times. So. But he was saying, he was saying Years ago, about eight years ago, he had a 200 foot Feadship. Big, big. He built his own boat, his yacht. And at that time in his life, in his 40s, he was not happy. He was just indulgent, partying women, you know, the life. He says, grant, I'm building another boat right now, but next time it's going to be for the new version of me. And to your point, Sean, about like, who are you going to become next? Yeah. And that, that why podcasts like this are important.
Sean French
Thank you. Yeah. I feel like every struggle we go through and every painful point, that's the opportunity to embrace the struggle and kind of go through those daily things. Right. And everybody wants to get to that, that end result. I want more money, I want the relationship, I want everything. Well, what they don't realize is the gift is right here.
Grant Cardone
Yeah.
Sean French
In between all the. Right. Because that's when you become that person that's going to deserve this.
Grant Cardone
Yeah.
Sean French
100. Stop focusing on this. And Focus on all the little in between.
Grant Cardone
Yeah.
Sean French
That's what we do every day, right? Do it well. Absolutely. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Listen, man, I appreciate you coming on. I can't wait to see you in Vegas. We're going to work that out. I'll be in touch with Gila. Once again, I've already think her and I have already communicated like two or three times today. She's awesome and we're gonna have a blast there. And dude, I just thank you so much for coming on the show and, and giving some value to the audience and, and speaking what you're going through right now and sharing with the world how you're helping people, man.
Grant Cardone
Yeah, good man. And. And anything I can do to help you. I look forward to you being at the the 10x growth conference. I know you're going to enjoy it, without a doubt. I look forward to getting some feedback from you about what happened to you in those first 10 minutes before it even started. Like, just look for, look for when you walk in a room, what happens to you? Because my goal is to ship people before the show starts.
Sean French
Okay. I love it, man. I'll definitely, definitely let you know for sure.
Grant Cardone
Okay.
Sean French
You know, definitely. But look, man, I. Again, I just appreciate you for the audience. Please, if you're hearing this, check out Growth Con. If you can get there, get there. You won't be disappointed. And also go to 10xcalifornia.com. It'll be in the show notes. I want you to see how you can help out Californians rebuild and give back to the cause and help Grant spread the awareness in the word to make California a better place. So until next time, guys, share the show with someone you know, love and trust that needs to hear the message. And until then, stay determined.
Grant Cardone
Sean.
Shawn French
French. What up, French? This one. Luck. I let the pain inspire me I put my all in Everything I'm doing up until it's done I'm me for the entirety I'll put it in overtime I'll be working Just know I'mma go for mine cause I earned it they watch and I know it's time I confirmed it the whole society determined, determined.
Podcast Summary: Radical Liberal Policies Destroy California: 18,000 Families Displaced | Grant Cardone on TDS
Podcast Information:
In this impactful episode of The Determined Society (TDS), host Shawn French welcomes renowned entrepreneur and real estate mogul, Grant Cardone. The conversation delves deep into the dire situation in California, attributing the displacement of 18,000 families to radical liberal and socialist policies. The episode not only highlights the personal experiences of Grant but also examines the broader socio-economic repercussions of current governance in California.
Grant Cardone begins by criticizing the current environmental and political strategies in California, asserting that they have exacerbated the wildfire crisis. He states:
"Radical liberal socialist politics has ruined one of the greatest resources this country has. 18,000 families now without a home..." (00:30)
Cardone argues that improper forest management and misguided environmental priorities have led to uncontrollable wildfires, causing extensive damage and displacement.
The discussion centers around the displacement of 18,000 families, emphasizing that these families had long-term commitments to their homes and communities. Grant highlights the injustice faced by homeowners who have consistently paid property taxes but are now rendered homeless due to policy failures.
"People that have been paying property taxes for years to the city and the state that are now homeless, while people that have never paid anything have shelter." (05:38)
Cardone connects the wildfire crisis to the broader homelessness issue in California, suggesting that resources have been misallocated. He points out the irony of longstanding taxpayers becoming homeless while others without significant contributions receive shelter.
A significant portion of the conversation addresses the challenges homeowners face in insuring and rebuilding their properties. Grant explains that due to overregulation, many homeowners have inadequate insurance coverage, making the rebuilding process financially unfeasible.
"They have no money to rebuild their home. They have no money." (20:19)
Grant shares his personal ordeal with the wildfires, describing how his Malibu home was severely affected. Although the structural integrity remains, the smoke and soot caused extensive non-structural damage.
"The fires came right up to the house. It definitely damaged the house." (03:22)
He recounts witnessing 60 homes burning down in his immediate vicinity, underscoring the widespread devastation caused by neglectful policies.
"To the west of me... It's unbelievable." (05:35)
Grant emphasizes the urgent need for immediate cleanup and streamlined rebuilding processes. He proposes leveraging technology, such as AI and kiosk machines, to expedite permitting and construction.
"The rebuild should be taking place while we're doing that. So that people could be permitted immediately via AI and kiosk machines." (09:03)
Highlighting the importance of political action, Grant advocates for registering dissatisfied voters to effect change in California's governance. He suggests:
"If we could get enough people that are unhappy to register red today... Sacramento would get a message." (26:34)
Grant discusses his active role in organizing rallies across California to unite homeowners and push for policy reforms. He is also involved in hosting extensive conferences aimed at motivating and educating attendees on overcoming challenges.
"I'm traveling up and down the state trying to get people energized and motivated... These are the most massive thing on the planet." (12:06)
A striking point made by Grant is the vulnerability of the middle class in California. Despite substantial incomes, many middle-class families find themselves financially strained due to inflated mortgage demands and inadequate insurance coverage.
"The middle class now becomes the lower class, even though the guy's making 800 grand a year." (19:19)
Grant warns of the potential economic downturn for California as more families are displaced, leading to decreased property values and a mass exodus to more economically stable states.
"I'm really concerned, not just for California, but also for the rest of the country that could be impacted by this economic devastation." (22:33)
Grant elaborates on his flagship event, the 10X Growth Conference, highlighting its success and the unique approach of not disclosing the agenda or guest speakers in advance to foster trust and excitement.
"The ultimate Flex is I'm doing a conference. 30% of our tickets were sold without a date or a location." (28:29)
Expanding his efforts, Grant hosts Wealth Conferences focusing on financial literacy and wealth-building strategies, attracting finance experts from Wall Street and other major financial institutions.
"We've been doing two wealth conferences a year... I bring finance people from Wall Street." (39:08)
Grant shares testimonials about how his conferences consistently exceed expectations, delivering immense value despite high ticket prices, which he justifies by the substantial investment he makes into creating these events.
"Every one of those events has cost me somewhere between 6 and $14 million." (30:18)
The episode concludes with both Grant and Shawn emphasizing the importance of determination and proactive problem-solving. Grant reiterates that focusing on core issues can lead to effective solutions, inspiring listeners to take actionable steps toward positive change.
"There's always a solution, there just happens to be a better solution. The issue is whether you're handling the right problem or not." (42:08)
Shawn encourages listeners to support initiatives aimed at rebuilding California and to attend Grant's conferences for personal and professional growth.
"Please, if you're hearing this, check out Growth Con... Make California a better place." (50:00)
Grant Cardone (00:30):
"Radical liberal socialist politics has ruined one of the greatest resources this country has. 18,000 families now without a home..."
Grant Cardone (05:38):
"People that have been paying property taxes for years to the city and the state that are now homeless, while people that have never paid anything have shelter."
Grant Cardone (03:22):
"The fires came right up to the house. It definitely damaged the house."
Grant Cardone (09:03):
"The rebuild should be taking place while we're doing that. So that people could be permitted immediately via AI and kiosk machines."
Grant Cardone (26:34):
"If we could get enough people that are unhappy to register red today... Sacramento would get a message."
Grant Cardone (28:29):
"The ultimate Flex is I'm doing a conference. 30% of our tickets were sold without a date or a location."
Grant Cardone (39:08):
"We've been doing two wealth conferences a year... I bring finance people from Wall Street."
Grant Cardone (42:08):
"There's always a solution, there just happens to be a better solution. The issue is whether you're handling the right problem or not."
Shawn French (50:00):
"Please, if you're hearing this, check out Growth Con... Make California a better place."
This episode of The Determined Society provides a compelling critique of California's current policies, highlighting the tangible impacts on its residents. Grant Cardone's insights offer a blend of personal experience and strategic solutions aimed at addressing and rectifying the state's challenges. Listeners are encouraged to engage actively, whether through political participation or by attending Grant's transformative conferences, to foster a resilient and prosperous California.