Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Hussain Abdullah. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

HUSSAIN, appreciate you joining us today. We’ve all been there before where things are tight financially and we start asking ourselves in the small/simple joys like a cup of coffee is worth it. Have you had an experience like this and if so how did you think about this sort of spending?

Often times the difference between staying afloat and closing your doors comes down to sacrifice. When I was transitioning out of my career as a New York City public school math teacher into a full time real estate investor I had some tough decisions to make. One choice I made back in 2015 was to limit myself to a budget of $200 a month (or $100 per check) for lunch and snacks at work. That basically gave me $10 a day to eat breakfast, lunch and get gum or a drink.

There were days where my daughter would come home with a trip slip, or there was a birthday card going around the school. If I wanted to contribute to anything I meant I had to cut into my budget. The good news is that at that time a bacon, egg and cheese was $2.50, a slice of pizza was $2.50 and a sandwich was $4.00. I had room in the budget for overages, but there were those times where a Thursday came around and I was eating air sandwiches for lunch. I did what I had to do so I could do what I wanted to do and that was retire from the 9-to-5 (well 8 to 3, I was a teachers) grind.

The goal I was working towards was the purchase of a rental property per month to add to my real estate portfolio in an effort to supplement my salary. My end goal was to focus on scaling the investment wing of my business. At that time you could purchase a 3 bedroom row house in Philly for under $10,000 with a gross rent of $750 per month. I rolled all of my rental profits back into new acquisitions and I also down graded my new BMW to a smaller and cheaper BMW to save about $400 a month on my car note. Now I drive whatever I want. This process was not done overnight. It takes years to be financially free.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

My name is Hussain “Mathman H” Abdullah. I am a retired NYC DOE employee. I worked for the City of New York for 14 years as an administrator, teacher, and staff developer. I have been retired for five and a half years. My current industry is still math education. The difference in my day to day interactions from my past work is now I meet clients by appointment and we primarily focus on items related to real estate investing and growing wealth. I still work with teens through volunteer work and paid mentorships. I have just broadened my horizons by working with soldiers and older clients..

My job is to teach my clients and work shop attendants how to scale their businesses, grow their investment portfolios and how to minimize their taxable liabilities. The thing that sets us apart from other companies is we are not commissioned based and I keep my total number of clients to a manageable number. If I have too many clients then I cannot do an amazing job for all of my clients.

I have begun focusing on affordable access to information via our Youtube membership program. Non clients can now have access to workshops, detailed content and access to off market deals for as little as 99 cents per month. Members can also gain access to our store where they can get a copy of my debut publication, “F.E.A.R -Forget Everything And Reset” as well as merch and consultations.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

One of the most important things I can share for new entrepreneurs is the importance of quality over quantity. That concept is a constant in most parts of life in general, however in this instance I am speaking specifically about social media. I see people who pay big money to create content for no one to see. I know businesses that post off brand content. I also see accounts where people pay for fake followers and likes.

My suggestion is to divert the monthly subscription fees spent on bots to like your posts to boosting adds targeted to your primary demographic. Having 5,000 followers and getting 3 organic post engagements is not the best use of your time on social media and it is not the best use of your marketing budget.

What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?

Our social media accounts have between 1 and 3 thousand followers on any given platform. These accounts do have some over lap but each page is marketed differently so the majority of the followers are organic to each individual account. As a general rule grandparents are most active on Facebook, parents are on Instagram and kids are on Tiktok and Snapchat.

Our base has grown with consistent followers who have come in contact with us at workshop, during public speaking events, through clients sharing our content and by a few targeted posts. I like to tell my clients my posts might only get 50 to 100 likes but those likes are from viewers with $50-100,000 in money they are looking to invest.

I would rather have 10 likes from 10 millionaires then 1,000 likes from viewers with $10. HA Homes is glad to work with anyone but our core purpose out side of education is to promote our products. Our products are costly because we are primarily discussing real estate investing. $1,000 doesn’t go very far when it comes to home renovations.

To win and speak to a captive audience remember the tortoise and the hare, “slow and steady wins the race”. Consistency and quality will allow you to grow and maintain your client base in any industry. 90 percent of our clients come to us from referrals.

The key to my success and staying power is treating everyone how I would want someone to treat my mom. Have you ever tried to explain uploading a document to a website to your parent over the phone? I try to apply that same level of patience and understanding with my clients who have little to no investment background and very limited financial literacy. When you get frustrated with a client just think of your mom, it’ll help.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.HAHOMESUS.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HAHOMESUS/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HAHOMESUS
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathmanh
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@HAHomesUS
• Other: Tiktok: https://www.Tiktok.com/@HAHOMESUS