{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"E 74: Nikita Zhitov- Ground Zero Is The Perfect Place To Start","description":"On this episode of The Massimo Show, Rod continues to feature elite commercial real estate brokers, this time sitting down with Nikita Zhitov. Nikita is a different broker with a different approach that has led him to exponential results. Born and raised in Russia, Nikita immigrated to the United States when he was fourteen. He went from beginning the 9th grade knowing no English to buying his first property, a 16 unit apartment building, 3 years later with $500 in saved up lunch money during his senior year. He was 18. Nikita soon flipped the property for a $50,000 profit and quickly became \u201cobsessed with the sport of real estate acquisition and creative finance.\u201d He dropped out of a full ride scholarship to UNC Chapel Hill for a full time career as a real estate entrepreneur. With no money, no credit, no resources or connections, Nikita averaged buying about a property per week. When Rod asked how he did it, Nikita simply said \u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of real estate\u2026real estate offers thousands of tools to structure deals creatively.\u201d Rod and Nikita went on to discuss his innate intellectual curiosity, his pursuit of the American Dream and his emphasis on continued learning and development. Nikita implied knowledge is paramount, having learned through research, tools, mentors and programs such as The Massimo Group, \u201cif he can learn one thing\u2026it pays for itself many times over.\u201d They also discussed the recession, how Nikita lost focus and direction and lost it all at 24 years old. When Rod asked how he started over, Nikita stated \u201cStarting from ground zero is the perfect place to start, you\u2019ve got a clean sheet of paper.\u201d He \u201chad all of this knowledge\u2026how to make money in real estate,\u201d so that\u2019s when he went into commercial real estate brokerage. Nikita is now the broker in charge of CityPlat Commercial, a brokerage entity in the Raleigh-Durham NC market, with his young team of 20. Listen in to hear his unique approach to running his successful brokerage company. ","author_name":"The Massimo Show","author_url":"https:\/\/rodsantomassimo.com\/podcasts-1\/","html":"