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\\u201cThat sound wasn\\u2019t an electric fly swatter. It was a gunshot!\\u201d \\xa0Wow! Most of my guests on my #MakeYourMark podcast have great stories, but when you hear of ex-NFLer @Hakeem Valles\\u2019 ordeal in Haiti, you\\u2019ll be drawn right in. Hakeem and special guest Max Valles jam so much entertainment and stories in less than an hour!

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\\u201cIt was amazing just getting that phone call, it really didn\\u2019t feel real! You watch it on TV, you watch everybody else get the call, those emotions just immediately hit you. That was definitely the best moment of my life so far!\\u201d - Max

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Hakeem\\u2019s story impresses me because he made the bold move to retire from the NFL early mostly because he was doing so well in real estate development, and it was too challenging to balance learning his playbook while looking at leasing opportunities and multi-family building. Max is still playing football, and we get to hear both brothers\\u2019 experiences surrounding football, and where both are headed going forward.

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It will be hard to find two nicer guys, and you\\u2019ll truly enjoy hearing (and watching) this episode beginning to end! Enjoy!

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\\u201cI\\u2019m part of a church group called the First Haitian Baptist Church, its missionary part called \\u201call hands together\\u201d. They go to Haiti, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, but most of the people are Haitian, and we went there three days after our graduation with nurses from Villanova University, and our mission was to give medicine to different churches and orphanages across the country.\\u201d - Hakeem

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\\u201cThree missionaries and I were playing a card game called spades, we were using electric fly swatters all week because it is kind of a muggy country, and in the middle of the night there was a storm. We did not have an air conditioner, so we opened our steel door to let the breeze in, all of the sudden we heard this sound and I was thinking \\u201cwho\\u2019s hitting flies all this time\\u201d and was completely frozen. \\xa0The guy who was at the table across from me lunged over the table and pushed me out of my chair. The sound was a gunshot, and after the gunshot I saw a foot go through the screen door, eight people ran into the house, and that guy across the table saved our lives.\\u201d - Hakeem

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\\u201cI have a four-plex in Arizona, a duplex in Michigan, I own other land in Michigan, and on Friday we closed a deal for seven-unit apartment building in Iowa. Now, we are building teams in different markets that we want to focus on. You need a solid broker, in every market you need an appropriate management team. You need to meet them, compare their properties, compare how they manage, how\\u2019s the percentage they take on a lease, and those types of things. Then I usually find a former player from the NFL that lives in that market, and try to connect with them as well, so if we do projects in that market there will be a potential investor.\\u201d - Hakeem

Some Topics we talk about in this episode:

4:23 \\u201cWe were always on the sidelines watching\\u201d [Growing up in Sicklerville, NJ]

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7:37 \\u201cMonmouth was the only school that stayed faithful to me\\u201d [Hakeem\\u2019s recruiting process]

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9:25 \\u201cThey had us lifting weights when I was in the eighth grade before I even went to the school\\u201d [Max\\u2019s high school football experience]

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10:45 \\u201cIt was a blessing in disguise\\u201d [Playing at the University of Virginia]

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11:45 \\u201cFive slices of pizza at the end of every meal\\u201d [Hakeem\\u2019s switch from wide receiver to tight end]

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14:18 \\u201cWe were playing volleyball every night with a jump rope we tied to a clothing line\\u201d [Missionary work in Haiti] \\xa0

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18:21 \\u201cThat sound wasn\\u2019t an electric fly swatter. It was a gunshot\\u201d [Haitian bandits\\u2019 attack on the compound]

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22:27 \\u201cBoth of my shoulders feeling like they\\u2019re almost popped out because my arms were tied so tight behind my back\\u201d [Aftermath of the attack]

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24:42 \\u201cThat was definitely the best moment of my life so far\\u201d [Max\\u2019s NFL draft day]

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26:25 \\u201cWhen they didn\\u2019t draft me I was pretty happy\\u201d [Hakeem\\u2019s free agent signing]

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28:17 \\xa0\\u201cAt the end of the day you\\u2019re a puppet controlled by 32 of the wealthiest people in the world\\u201d [Lack of job security in the NFL]

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33:35 \\u201cI\\u2019m looking at my in-season playbook and half of the page is Dallas Cowboys who to scout this week, and the other half of the page is investors to call, brokers to call, properties to check out\\u201d [Hakeem\\u2019s transition from football to real estate]

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37:36 \\u201cWe couldn\\u2019t fit the stairwell through the front door, but the window was big enough on the second floor\\u201d [From house flipping to property managing]

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44:14 \\u201cIt\\u2019s a big humbling experience \\u2026 but I like Tim Horton\\u2019s\\u201d [Max\\u2019s move to the CFL]

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48:25 Hit Your Mark

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How to get involved

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• Be sure to connect with me on Social Media @MarkMoyerCoach and go to my website, www.markmoyer.com to get access to the tips and strategies that my coaching clients get directly.

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