About Ray Higdon
Who is Ray Higdon?
Ray was born in Seymour, Indiana and moved to Southwest Florida in 1989 where he currently resides. Ray is the proud father of two awesome boys, Ethan and Brandon. They are active in boy scouts and about any school fundraisers where the boys get to practice their early on sales abilities. If you wanna see Ray light up, ask him about his kids.
A born entrepreneur, Ray started his sales career at the age of 12 when he was selling 90-100 airhead candies to his schoolmates, this led to a constant craving for fun and profitable businesses. Having no support around him for being an entrepreneur, Ray began his corporate life as a project manager for Collier County Community Development Services, which, at the time was the second fastest growing county in the United States, processing about 800 house permits a day. As the project manager, Ray was responsible for the systems and software that ran the county permitting. Ray eventually worked his way to Enterprise Database Adminstrator, a really healthy salary and, lets face it, a pretty secure job with the county government. But, he was bored out of his mind.
When Ray was 18 he worked 3 jobs, one of which was the night shift at Winn Dixie where he met a manager named Chad. At the age of 18, Ray was searching for guidance and asked Chad what his goals were. Chad replied that he planned on just sticking with the company even though he hated it. When Ray asked why, Chad replied that he had worked there so long that he didn’t feel he could go anywhere and make the same amount, so he would just stay there. That reply stayed with Ray his entire life. Never would he settle in a place he didn’t want to be.
Ray grew tired of corporate life, working lots of hours and helping someone else accomplish their dream, at the age of 26, he quit his $80,000 a year salary job with an insurance company and started his own real estate investment company. In his first year of real estate, Ray and a partner purchased 37 cashflowing rental units. Being a landlord for 37 rental units in the ghetto of Fort Myers was quite an interesting experience. After kicking out 3 drug dealers and dealing with angry tenants, he decided to turn to flipping real estate. Ray quickly became an expert in the art of flipping houses and marketing real estate online. This led to being featured in the Real Estate Investors Publication (REIP) magazine as an up and comer. Ray flipped over 200 houses with hardly any money down, no credit and no risk. This led to a very lucrative speaking career teaching others how to do the same. In 2005, Ray founded the networking and education group called The Forever Wealth Club. The FWC now has branches in Pittsburgh, Fort Myers, and Morgantown, West Virginia.
For over a year, Ray spoke on the circuit for a real estate investor education group. Twenty-two days a month on the road traveling to San Diego, Chicago, Miami, Phoenix, Vegas, Ray was selling a $7,000 system in a 90 minute pitch was certainly lucrative but had totally taken Ray out of the reason why he quit corporate America years earlier. He missed his kids. That is when he asked himself a few questions:
“What would you do if you had all the money in the world and money no longer mattered?” (after the partying and traveling)
“How would you spend your day whether you were getting paid or not?”
The whole reason Ray ever got into real estate was after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad from Robert Kiyosaki and embracing the idea of passive income or cashflow. Ray thought he found it with real estate rental properties but hadn’t really. Ray was to0 soon to get a glimpse of a path that would soon become his passion. In 2006, his good friend and partner Kyle convinced him to join a network marketing company. Reluctantly, Ray started researching the industry as he was filled with doubts that most people experience about MLM before knowing anything about it. He found that with network marketing you had the possibility of extreme cashflow, ridiculously low overhead or risk and the ability to help coach and grow others. Wow, this was what Ray had been looking for in other industries but had never found it.
Ray has now been in network marketing for over 4 years and is forever grateful to that friend who introduced it to him. Now Ray spends his time helping others reach their financial goals using Internet marketing, Social media marketing and coaching them to have a “no-limits” attitude. Ray works out of his house and spends quality time with his kids doing what he loves to do! “When you love what you do, no day is actual work!”
Ray attributes his success to constantly moving and failing forward. Even when Ray had about $300 in the bank, no one knew his financial struggles as he knew it was only temporary. Ray teaches people that they can live the life of their dreams if they are just willing to suspend their disbelief for an extended period of time and have the discipline it takes to work toward your dreams every single day. Ray believes we are meant to live an abundant, rewarding and fulfilling life. Ray also attributes the majority of his success to the transformational learning taught by Landmark Education. It was there that Ray realized his whole life had been about proving himself to others. Now, it is all about proving himself, to himself.
To Your Abundance
I am so grateful that I have gotten to know Ray Higdon over the past
few years. I work with some of the best of the best business owners,
executives and investors all day every day and it’s not often that I
come across a top performer like Ray. Ray is an extraordinary leader.
He is driven, passionate, knowledgeable, helpful, caring and committed
to excellence.
I really enjoy working with Ray and watching him grow personally and
professionally. He is so committed to his own development that it shows
in everything he does. I am excited to watch where Ray takes his career
over time and I hope to always be associated with him.
-Heather Christie, CEO -
ActionCOACH
“Ray and I have personally worked side-by-side on a variety of successful projects over
the years in the area of Real Estate Investing, Internet Marketing, and
Professional Speaking. I truly consider Ray one of the most
professional and ethical people I know. So much so, that we have become
personal friends because we both share many of the same characteristics,
principles and values. A few of the characteristics that I admire most of all, is his
passion and desire to help others believe in themselves and his creativity to
motivate them to take action! He is a THE “Role Model” for others to follow to
reach your personal & professional goals for success!”
- “The Family
Man”, Steve Jackson,
Real Estate Investor and Founder of VirtualInvestorPLUS.com
Ray is not only someone I look up to with great appreciation and
respect for all that he does; but I also consider him a great business
partner. I love working deals with Ray because he’s honest, courteous,
trustworthy, hard working, and the list goes on. Ray is a great asset
to S. W. Florida and I’m grateful to have him be apart of my life. Keep
up all the good work Ray.
sharpest people in the real estate
investment field and have a lot of respect for his integrity and work
ethic. He is one of the first people I call when I have a wholesale
deal to market.
-Paul D’Aquino, Real Estate Broker
When I decided to learn more and become active in real estate
investing, I was advised to find a networking meeting where I could
meet like-minded investors and business owners. From the first Forever
Wealth Club meeting I attended, I was impressed by the personal warmth,
broad knowledge and utmost professionalism that radiates from Ray
Higdon. He has been my mentor in establishing a Forever Wealth Club
chapter in South Lee County. In our first four months, our chapter has
provided information, education and networking opportunities to over
200 business owners and real estate investors in our area.
-Melanie Dehon, MelaniesTravel Store.Com and Real
Estate Investor
As a guest of the Forever Wealth Club, I had the pleasure of
getting to know Ray Higdon. The programs he designed, coordinated and
presented were well worth my time. He brings the right people together
for the right reasons at the right time. I know that this man will
bring success with him whereever he goes.
-Joan Campagna, PR coordinator for Gravina, Smith
business together, but I’ve attended many
of his presentations, and have built a great personal relationship. Ray
is a TRUE professional at what he does, and how he presents himself.
Whatever he gets involved with, you can be assured it’ll be handled
with superior service.
-Kostas Stoilas
surround ourselves with like minded
individuals the 1st person we associated with was Ray Higdon. A
successful Real Estate Investor and founder of the Forever Wealth Club,
Ray is a true leader. With his marketing skills,leadership qualities
and knowledge of the market it’s no wonder why successful people want
to be around him. We’re grateful for the opportunity to start a Forever
Wealth Club chapter on Ft. Myers Beach with Ray’s help.
-Michael and Rosanna Reilly,
Investors
of what’s going on in this area. He
has the knack of bringing the right people together to make things
happen and to open up opportunities to the entreprenuers in the area.
Keep up the good work Ray!
-Ralph Santillo,
Auctioneer/Investor
It’s rare to find someone as excited about life as Ray Higdon. His
willingness to share information and knowledge is really refreshing as
is his gentle good humor. I’d recommend Ray to anyone.
Hussmann, Real Estate Broker/Investor
My husband and I met Ray about 3 years ago and knew then that we
had met an Entrepreneur that we wanted to align ourselves with. Ray’s
knowledge and skills in Marketing and Sales are GREAT to say the least.
We run 5 successful businesses and we can truly say that we have
learned a lot from Ray. His honesty, integrity and dedication to
helping others make him TOPS in all that he pursues. Our mentor has
always told us that to be the BEST….you have to align yourself with
the BEST! We consider Ray not only a great Business Associate but a
great Friend!”
-Stephanie and Jon Iannotti, Real
Estate Investors and presidents of the Pittsburgh Forever Wealth Club
I met Ray when a friend invited me to attend a meeting at the
Forever Wealth Club. His presentation was outstanding. We signed up to
join that night. Since then Ray has provided us with invaluable
information and guidance.
-Sandy Del Valle/ Manager, Eagle
Home Mortgage LLC
Ray has spoken for me to over 1,000 high school students in Lee
County on investing and working to improve their future. His
motivational messages relate to the students and his honest approach to
business is very visible.
I have known Ray for about 4 years. He is a great help to other
investors, a good speaker and just a “Good Guy”.
All the time I have known him he has ALWAYS put the other person first.
Have only known him to do “win/win” deals.
-Paul F, Investor
I met Ray Higdon through a mutual business contact and am very glad
that I did. He has shown himself to be truly interested in helping
others to achieve success. His entrepreneurial spirit simply flows from
him naturally and he possesses the leadership skills to help you
succeed.
-Della White, Environmental
Services GroupNORMI Certified IAQ/CMI & Trainer
Ray Higdon regularly posts answers and suggestions to new investors that
come by my site. I always enjoy reading Ray’s take on things and he
really
tries to help people. I also find his insight very useful and well
informed.
-Dan Auito, Real Estate Author and
owner of http://www.magicbullets.com
I have worked with Ray Higdon on
buying a couple houses that ended
up terrific investments. Ray has a knack for finding good deals and
making everyone in the deal profitable.
-Shawn Webb, Builder/Owner
of Awebco Construction, Inc
I have worked with Ray Higdon on
multiple Real Estate deals and
truly enjoy working with him. Ray is fair, honest and is truly an
expert at what he does.
-Dan O’Berski, Commercial Realtor
CBRE/Investor
I see Ray Higdon as someone who
cares about the people he does
business with. He is an ethical hard worker that is very good at what
he does.
- Robert Zivkovic, Owner and
Broker of Zivkovic & Associates Real Estate Services, LLC.
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