$700M mogul on how to ACTUALLY build →

From lugging meat at Boar’s Head to owning $700M in NYC real estate, Scott Barone shared his most valuable advice with us yesterday inside the School of Mentors

“If you’re still in the hustle stage, the ‘how do I invest’ mindset will keep you broke.​​

Most people want the “passive income” life before they’ve earned the active one.

They want the properties, clean deals, safety…

For years, Scott wasn’t buying shiny assets.

He was washing trucks in the cold, fixing a rundown warehouse in Queens, and turning a “piece of dog shit” into something people actually wanted.​

That became his philosophy:

Don’t wait for the capital. Become so useful that capital chases you.

Underneath all of it is one thing…

Hunger.

That's what makes people take a chance on you, even without the resumé, the capital, or the "perfect" pitch.

In the School of Mentors, hunger is the baseline.

Everyone's already proving it by showing up.
Asking the hard questions.
Executing on real feedback.

When you join, you've already earned your seat.

Now you’ve got operators like Scott in your corner with real deals, decisions, and advice as your shortcuts.

You bring the hunger. They bring the wisdom.

– James