Michael Mazzella is a nationally-known Real Estate Investor, Best-Selling author, and Millionaire Mentor, who bought his first property in 1993. As an investor, Michael has done quick-turns, foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, short sales, assignments, rehabs, subject-to's, cash-flow rentals, pre-construction, emerging-market investing, multi-unit, residential and land development, CPRs and subdivisions, and '5-Day-Sales.' Still a very active investor, he has averaged one new deal every 3 weeks over the past 2 years, and 9 deals a year over his investing career.
Nationally, Michael is a best-selling Author of the book "Win!" The book reached best-seller status in three broad business caegories on Amazon, and became the #1 best-seller in one of them. His writings and insights in the book won a 2011 Editor's Choice Award. In October of 2011, Michael was inducted into the National Academy of Best Selling Authors. Michael has been a guest speaker at various investor clubs, he has taught at investor boot camps, (Rich Dad, WIA & others) and has mentored over 400 investors in different types of markets, all over the country. Michael mentored for the Wealth Intelligence Academy for 2 years as an independent contractor. (The Wealth Intelligence Academy provides training for Rich Dad / Robert Kiyosaki, and Russ Whitney's students.) As a trainer, Michael was featured in USA Today. His 'How-to' articles for Real Estate Investors have been published both nationally and locally. In 2010, Michael's hiking team was featured on Xterra's Adventure Hawaii, shown on national TV to over 5 million viewers on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, & FSN.
On the local scene, Michael is a TV & radio personality on the 'Urban Beach Boys' weekly business & technology show. He has also appeared several times on Hawaii television news, he has been interviewed as an investor and 'success coach' on Hawaii-talk radio, and he has mentored local celebrities. In 2007, Michael's success as a Real Estate Investor was the subject of a front-page feature article in the 'Island Homes' section of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Midweek. Michael was also interviewed by the Pacific Business News regarding investing in Hawaii's Real Estate market. He has taught several business classes at the Outreach College at the University of Hawaii. Michael served for several years on the Board of Directors for Hawaii's oldest REIA club, and was also a regular keynote speaker. Michael is the former chairman of the Honolulu Business Network's East Oahu chapter, and also served as an Ohana Representative for 'Iolani School. Michael also serves on the Executive Advisory Board of FAMES (Filipino American Multi-Ethnic Society).
Michael is the co-founder of "Wealth Clubs of America." He is also a regular keynote speaker at the Wealth Club, on various Real Estate Investing, Wealth Creation, and Motivational topics. Michael also founded the Turtle Bay Land Company, an investing company; HonoluluMentor.com, a training company, and several other Hawaii & Mainland-based companies. He currently owns properties in Hawaii and on the mainland.
After flipping a foreclosure property for a quick profit several years ago, Michael gave notice at work and has been 'happily unemployed' ever since. "We bought it for $91,000, fixed it up over a couple of weekends, and sold it quickly for $129,000. What an adventure that was. We were mostly learning-by-doing back then. That has been my smallest deal to date. On our second deal, we grossed over $200,000."
The rest is history. Today, as a full-time real estate investor, Michael now enjoys his 20-hour work-weeks and in his free time, likes to travel around the country as a Real Estate mentor, sharing what he has learned with investors in different RE markets. Many of the most active investors in Hawaii are graduates of the Millionaire Mentor Course. "Several of my students are multi-millionaires, who wanted to sharpen their skills and take their investing game to the next level. Many of my students have been beginners wanting to fast-track and get their investing business off the ground and into quick profitability. The majority of my students are somewhere in-between."
Michael's passions include working out, hiking, swimming, jogging, Paleo nutrition, public speaking, and spending quality time with his family. He holds a Bachelor's degree in political science from Campbell University, where he completed 4 years of undergraduate study in only 2 years time, and graduated on the Dean's list. He served in the U.S. Army as a Special Forces combat diver, and after graduating from Officer Candidate School & Ranger school, he served as an infantry officer, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. Michael has been an Oahu resident for 21 years, and resides in Hawaii Kai with his wife and 3 children.
