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Joe Oz and Friends – Laid-Back, Fun & 100% Real Talk for Business Owners Who Started Small
Every big business starts as a small idea. Joe Oz and Friends is a podcast for the hustlers, risk-takers, and underdogs who built something from the ground up. Join Joe Oz as he sits down with entrepreneurs, real estate pros, and business owners who started small and scaled big—sharing their crazy stories, biggest failures, and the lessons that got them to the top.
Expect real talk, plenty of laughs, and zero corporate vibes. This is business unfiltered, unscripted, and not too serious—because success is messy, and that’s what makes it great.
No fluff. No gurus. Just real conversations with real people who built it from scratch.
Joe Oz (00:01.741)
You're nervous?
Joe Oz (00:05.582)
You're nervous to talk to me?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (00:09.137)
Maybe you're nervous.
Joe Oz (00:11.042)
I'm not nervous. Hold on, let plug this in. All right, I got some technical difficulties over here, but that's okay. So can I tell you about podcasts?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (00:23.963)
Yeah, please do.
Joe Oz (00:25.058)
You're not, you're not supposed to drink these. Do you know why?
Joe Oz (00:34.702)
Because of the bubbles, it makes me burp, right? Because you're gonna be talking. So I used to drink these all the time and then do like, I don't know, do a training or a seminar, get in front of people. And it's not a good idea. You're supposed to drink this. You're supposed to drink your water. But I really wanted to have this tropical fruit waterloo situation. I bet you want one, right?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (00:36.955)
I was just gonna say...
Jamie Arcykiewicz (01:00.029)
I really want to pop you now.
Joe Oz (01:01.806)
Do you want to know what just happened to me? I just ate a, I was really hungry and I had, I have like meal prep situations, like grilled chicken that I made for like the week. And I looked at it, I turned the stove on to like heat it up and I was like, fuck this. And then I had a peanut butter and jelly and it was awesome. It was so good.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (01:07.121)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (01:27.709)
That's amazing. So I went to Whole Foods and I got like chicken and sweet potato and I ate it and I had two whole things of cookie dough. So I feel like it just completely negated me trying to eat healthy. Yeah, that's he said.
Joe Oz (01:33.111)
Mm-hmm.
Joe Oz (01:41.932)
Yeah, we try, right? When you have kids, man, you like... I feel like when you're a kid, you eat chicken nuggets and peanut butter and jelly and shit that's pretty awesome, right? And then you kind of forget about it, because I'm an adult now, I'm not gonna eat that bullshit. And then when you have kids, so now I have a four-year-old and a nine-year-old, when you have kids, you're like, fuck, dude, remember, chicken nuggets are back.
peanut butter jelly is like back, like milkshakes are back. mean milkshakes probably never left, but like milkshakes are back. And that's going on in my life, dude. I think I made a really good decision moving from the chicken to the peanut butter and jelly. And I'm really excited about that. What did you do so far today? That's exciting.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (02:26.637)
well, wait, I want to backtrack real quick. So I was talking to Evan Beach actually. And I was like, yeah, I was eating, I was eating chicken nuggets and peas for dinner. And he's like, that's exactly what I feed my children. I guess sometimes, sometimes buttered noodles. And he's like, that's exactly what I feed them. And I was like, okay. I'm like, sometimes it's easy.
Joe Oz (02:39.437)
That's correct. Yeah, that's totally correct. That's so funny.
Joe Oz (02:50.541)
Dude, that's what you eat when you're a child or like, I think like at the hospital. That's they give you like at the hospital, dude. You're like fucking, so you have the palate of a nine year old or someone that's fucking, I don't know, not 100%.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (02:56.305)
Peace.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (03:01.553)
Yeah, no, that's, that is true.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (03:07.515)
Hey, it's only ever once in a while, okay? I'm usually pretty bougie with food, but hey, sometimes chicken nuggets just hit right.
Joe Oz (03:16.461)
Are you a typical so okay, so I make a joke about realtors, right? Dude, like you could tell a realtor fucking it's this was more 2022 2023 like 2022 2023 realtor Instagram feed was just like VIP rooms sparklers like, you know the steak that they like, you know, you have to go to Miami and they like, I don't like I don't know like
Jamie Arcykiewicz (03:33.03)
I'm
Yes.
Joe Oz (03:39.857)
Champagne bottles. What is that called when you do this? Like so like on a scale of zero to ten zeros like I don't do that shit to ten lit ten is like I do that shit Where do you lie on the realtor Instagram VIP room feed
Jamie Arcykiewicz (03:55.07)
No, I really have to be honest with you. I'm probably like, I'm like a five or a six. Like, listen, I'm here for a good cocktail, a great steak, three course meal, but then there's just sometimes at a frozen pizza or chicken nuggets and peas just hit right. And honestly, it's just the laziness. So then I have to be really honest with myself. Like, I'm like, oh, I'm gonna get like the meal prep company where I can like give me all the ingredients and I cook it.
So I have the ingredients and then I still don't cook it. Now I all this stuff in my fridge and now I'm still eating out. So it's like, have to, it's not, so I can't, I can't keep food shopping. I either have to eat out or I have to buy pre-made meals. It's a struggle. But boy, like, go ahead.
Joe Oz (04:26.389)
Yeah, that's fucking hard.
Joe Oz (04:39.575)
Dude, the box that comes that you have the ingredients, when you don't make that and then you order other, like you feel like a double piece of shit, right? Like it's like compounding what the fuck am I doing with my life, right? Because those things aren't cheap either, right? Like they're not cheap.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (04:49.084)
What?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (04:53.917)
and now I And now I threw it out and still get money anyway. So like, don't know what you want me to do.
Joe Oz (04:58.859)
Hahaha!
Joe Oz (05:03.531)
Yo, you're at, dude, and also you added to the fucking global footprint, right? Like, you know the like, you know all the packaging in those fucking things? Like, if you order one of those things and you open it and you look in it, you're like, I just killed a planet, dude. there's so ice packs and it's, dude, it's like wrapped in a rug with ice packs and blah, blah, blah. And you're like, I'm like, dude, my lazy ass could have went to the fucking store and bought tomato paste, salt and pepper, and a.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (05:17.767)
Yeah.
everything.
Joe Oz (05:31.117)
fucking enough clove of garlic. Like I could have done that, right? But instead, I needed like a pound of plastic, a cardboard box, I needed to put it on a plane or a truck or both, and I needed it to come to my house to put it in the fucking trash bin to go to the corner and go to the fucking street. That's what a piece of shit I am, right? Yes, totally.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (05:37.447)
I'm sorry.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (05:51.218)
and then still ate out. Awful. So I'm having such a problem where like I am resisting cooking. I have such a resistance to it. I can't do it. So now it's like, all now if you want me to eat, I'm just gonna eat out.
Joe Oz (06:00.801)
Yeah. It's a hat.
Joe Oz (06:06.453)
It's a habit thing for sure for me, right? Like we, and it comes and goes, right? Like I'll get fully into like, I do the cooking at our house. See, I just burped. I told you, you're not supposed to do these. Yeah, I don't care. People know I'm kind of, I'm from Brick Town. I'm kind of like a dirt bag. People kind of know. Like dude, the cat's out of the bag. You know, I'm 45, but so, what was I saying?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (06:18.009)
Yeah, it's bad and it's on recording.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (06:33.789)
Bricktown versus brick also is very different.
Joe Oz (06:37.961)
I heard man and I said that shit. I'm like dude, it's affordable. There's a there's a beach. There's like three beaches here and jankinson's pavilion is not far away, dude but No, I people always made fun of brick town But like I people like where you from like i'm from brick new jersey, right? I don't say asbury park like everybody like even though I was or whatever or wanna masa i'm like dude i'm fucking from brick town, but no I do the cooking on in our family. I do it for
our boys, right? Like we eat pancakes a lot and but we do 50-50 dude. Like we're eating out versus eating at home a lot, man. But...
Jamie Arcykiewicz (07:12.093)
you
Jamie Arcykiewicz (07:22.077)
Cooking, I will be there in support. I will clean. I'm not cooking. I can't. I feel like I did it for so long. I just can't do it anymore.
Joe Oz (07:29.121)
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I know.
Joe Oz (07:34.337)
Yo Jamie, is there anything exciting happening in your life right now?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (07:38.173)
So much is happening. Yeah.
Joe Oz (07:39.917)
Do you see how I set that up?
Tell me, tell me what's happening in your life right now.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (07:45.854)
my god! I feel like my life, you know like when they say like the like gates of heaven open and it's you're just like in this like euphoric place that's very light and white and bright? I feel like, I feel like my life totally took a turn and it's like so unknown yet so exciting but yet I feel like it's like a knowing that I know is gonna be great.
Joe Oz (08:01.58)
Mm-hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (08:11.973)
So I'm not stressed or anxious. I'm at peace and like really energized.
Joe Oz (08:16.63)
Tell me more about that. You have to tell your story right now, man. bet you, I bet you, some of your fans and your followers would love to feel white and not like, what do you say? White light, feeling light, feeling good, whatever. Yeah, how do you get there, man? How does that happen?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (08:19.191)
my goodness. Okay.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (08:31.687)
white, light and bright.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (08:37.749)
my god, so it's so interesting because I feel.
All right, so I feel like the last few months specifically have been like such a an unknown place. Like I just feel like I didn't belong where I was, not even just like where I am in like my career and brokerage, but also just like in myself. And I'm like, there's something more out there. There's different people that I need and strive to be around. And when I was bodybuilding back in 2017, like I was around such influential, amazing, know, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs.
in the industry and it was awesome. You kind of always felt like you had to better yourself and challenge yourself and level up.
And when that ended, still had that entrepreneurial drive, which kind of brought me into real estate and I never wanted to do real estate ever. I just didn't care to. and I did it I was doing really, really well. I was like, this is awesome. And I kind of feel like it was just like in that hamster wheel where like, you're just, you're just working on like the machine and like building that foundation. And I started real estate at a place where I, if you picked me up right now and put me in any state and city, that's exactly how I started real estate in Jersey. and I did great. And I feel.
Joe Oz (09:44.364)
Hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (09:49.784)
I listened to this podcast recently and it was like you when you start out doing something so exciting you're only doing it to prove yourself that you can do it and then you get to a point where you're doing it to fill in the gap from some someone above you that you want to be and Then when you get to that point, it's like so now what are you doing this for?
And I feel like this year was that year because, you know, year five in real estate, I'm doing amazing. I've increased my business every single year. And in two past years that, you know, were kind of a down market for most realtors.
Joe Oz (10:11.628)
you
Jamie Arcykiewicz (10:25.549)
And I just said, what am I doing? I feel like I'm just in a job. Like I could get a job right now and end at five o'clock, not think about it, not work weekends and turn my email off and my phone off and not answer anyone. But it was still that like drive and like persistence inside that I just wasn't getting full fulfillment from where I was.
Joe Oz (10:48.748)
So you're talking about, that's awesome. And so you're talking about the bodybuilding and the being around the, so for you, it sounds like to me that it's about being around people that get you excited and kind of like, think it, tell me, think, dude, you and I had a conversation recently where it was like, was that me and you? Where we were talking about, I just had a conversation with somebody and it was about, and I have a lot of the same conversations a lot of times, but like, you don't want to buy the like, you don't want to buy the like,
the expensive house on the block, right? Like you want to buy the less expensive because this one like pulls all the other values up, right? And so you don't want to be like the big fish in the pond and things like that. So it sounds to me like you're just looking for some people that are just doing some different stuff to kind of like get you excited again.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (11:32.721)
Yeah, like, you know, in bodybuilding specifically, was like, all right, win first place. And then it was win first or second to then qualify for nationals and then get your pro card and then start getting all these sponsorships. And it was awesome. Like there was a never ending ceiling because there were so many people in the industry that were just so much better at what they were doing than you were. And I just feel, you know, at some point with real estate, I didn't have that. And I didn't really understand why I was on autopilot really for the last year.
And one day, like two months ago, I went to the beach. I haven't meditated in like two years. I was listening to this podcast and I literally was laying there like a starfish in the sand. People probably thought I was dead. And I was listening to a podcast from Ed Mylette and it was like, the only challenge in your life are the challenges that life brings to you, you are not living a conscious life. You are living a reactive life.
Joe Oz (12:08.652)
Mm-hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (12:27.247)
And that like blew, it woke me up and I was like, I have never been comfortable in my life or what I've done, whether it school, bodybuilding, work. And I might have been on autopilot for a year and that is scary to me because now I was, I'm only in the business to not lose, not in the business to win. And I couldn't, I couldn't figure out, you know, what it was or what I wanted.
Joe Oz (12:27.83)
Wow.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (12:57.085)
And people would ask you asked me a few years ago a few months ago. It was like what's your you know, 135 year goal and I'm like I Don't see that right now and that scared me because I used to be really clear and like can see it and Once I that hit me and then I heard this podcast it just it was a sudden shift and we've been talking for quite some time of course of just you know other opportunities and who to be around and I think that once that hit me where I'm not being challenged and that's just how I've how I've
been successful and continue to be successful. I was really ready to get extremely uncomfortable and enjoy that process.
Joe Oz (13:37.324)
Dude, that's awesome. How did you get there? how did it like, sounds like you were in it. Like you sound like you did not stay stuck for very long. So how did you get unstuck?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (13:50.173)
Are you talking about when you walked up to me at the gym? Which is a very bold move, Jo. I will say, because you just say I'm unapproachable.
Joe Oz (13:58.596)
Uh, uh, yeah, it's awesome. About that. When I walked up to the gym, well, we had talked like we know each other, man. Like, I don't know what it was. Like we had, uh, that was one of my, I have a shitload of questions for you on my other monitor, but I feel like this is, I don't know. We might not get to all of them, but one of the questions I have is, um, well, yeah. Finish that question. Yeah. How did you get unstuck? Yeah, sure. Wait. So me coming up to you in the gym being fucking jacked, got you on stock. Is that what I'm hearing?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (14:05.331)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (14:22.077)
you
Joe Oz (14:27.563)
Well, yo, if you're a former bodybuilder, when I walked up to you, we were like, dude, this guy is a round piece of dough.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (14:36.477)
I'm like, are you doing? Aren't you like in California? Like, what are doing here?
Joe Oz (14:40.565)
You know what's funny? I saw you and I was like, I was like, so, okay, so gym, right? I'm the gym, like I'm new to the gym, right? Like whatever, like I'm new to the gym like two years ago, swear to God, right? I know it's hard to believe, but like I'm new to the gym and like, I've been like, how should I say this, man? Like I...
It's hard for me, right? Like I'm trying to figure it out. Like I kind of, I'm the like keep to yourself person in the gym, right? I just want to, but I don't really know what I'm doing. And I started opening up in the gym and getting vulnerable. Like you were in San Diego, right? Like ask for help. I started asking people for fucking help, man. And like I hired a personal trainer and I had a horrible experience, dude. Like a really bad experience. I don't need to get a new, but like, I'm like, fuck this dude. Like I paid, like I paid a dude a thousand bucks and he emailed me a PDF. I thought we were going to meet once a week. Like he just emailed me. I paid a thousand dollars for like a PDF that came off chat. GVT. And I was like,
Okay, fuck, I'll go fuck myself, I guess, you know? And like, in the gym, I keep my head down and I, but recently I started asking people, like started making friends in the gym and being like, hey, can you give me some tips? It's been awesome. So when I saw you, also I was in Jersey, my schedule's usually packed, you know when I'm in Jersey? And I was like, I'm trying to get in and get out, but I was like, I'm gonna go up to Jamie and just say hello. Cause I've just been like, I don't know, I've just watched you from afar, man. We have a lot of similar friends. And the question I had for you here was,
It was about you being a connector, right? Like you just like kind of being a connector. But yeah, talk to me about whatever you were gonna say about me coming up to you in the gym.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (16:06.686)
So I think, well last year it got really interesting where I had a lot of other people that were approaching me and wanting to work with me, partner with me, go on their team. And at first it's of course, know, flattering or intriguing and you're like, wow, know, people see me, they see what I'm doing and someone said to me, they said, when you start getting really good and successful, you're going to get a lot of that. And most of it you should say no because a lot of it you could do on your own.
And I was like, that's interesting. So I feel like the last year I started building a lot of confidence where I'm like, I am, I left the team two years ago. I did really well last year. I'm doing better this year. And I just started getting a lot of confidence into what I had to offer. So I feel in the perfect storm when you came up to me, I was so interested and open to just learning more. And then as we kind of started progressing and certain questions that you were asking me, and I love when you say the connector because I feel like you and I.
have that very similar and whether it was me starting networking groups or being in networking groups like I had such a passion of putting people together and to watch them win and I'm like I don't really get anything directly from that but like that feeling and the fact that I can do that for someone else is huge so when you and I started talking especially about fast forward specifically I felt like I it was just a pull of being more aligned
like, okay, these are really cool people who are really high level and they have a gift to give of just giving. And even though it's not indirectly, you know, they're getting something out of it. It's, just the community and the camaraderie and the culture and that success that kind of just unfolds and unravels on its own. And that really inspired me because, you know, from since I was young, like reading, you know, entrepreneurial books and listening to podcasts and, just having it.
and not being able to explain what that was means a lot to me. Even in the old brokers that I was at, I was very grateful that a lot of agents felt very influenced and at ease and inspired and excited talking to me. And I loved that. I loved helping people in that way. And I think that when you approached me and how you were coming from such an abundant state of wanting to help and connect, I started just getting really interested at it.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (18:34.919)
who is he around? Because clearly he's around really good people that are allowing him to be who he is. And like, maybe I need to be tapping into this. And what does this look like? And then the podcast came and then it was like that I'm not being challenged enough. And I remember saying to you, like, I want to be in these rooms where I am so intimidated that I am nowhere near their level. And that like I walk out and I'm like, damn, I know, I don't know that much, you know, or and or reinforces, you know, the things that I am doing are, are helping my business grow.
Joe Oz (18:59.667)
Yeah, same.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (19:04.199)
But I'm just not there yet. And just in the last like eight months, how that unfolded, it's been, I don't know, I was just telling you the other day, like it's been really emotional in like such a good way. Like I feel like I've found my people and I don't wanna get too ahead, because I know that you have a lot of questions, but I just, it's happened so organically and I took my time for sure. I've been hot and cold with you and you know that. And then I was like, no, this is right. Like this is what I have to do because
Things can look good from the outside and then when you kind of revert back to what you are doing or where you are, it's like, does that feel better or do you still feel like this resistance to where you are? And I kept feeling that where I'm like, I'm gonna do fine where I'm at. I know what I'm doing. And it just still felt like I had a pull elsewhere. And that's kind of when I knew that I had to just take the jump and it's okay to close the door and move on.
Joe Oz (20:01.278)
Yeah, you just said a lot of really cool stuff. what I loved about what you said was, okay, you brought up, you brought up fast forward. What is that?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (20:10.056)
Yeah. Oh, God. I don't know how to explain it. I feel...
Joe Oz (20:14.666)
Cause yo, it's not, it's not that easy to do. I have a hard time explaining it. Cause can I say something? Cause real estate, so my business partner's name is Gil, you know Gil, right? And so he's not from real estate. He's like an angel investor. owns, built other businesses and he's like, we're like very lucky to have a Gil behind the scenes. And you coming on has made Gil work extra hard these last few weeks. So you don't see it, but it's happening in the background, right? We're like all hands on deck, but.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (20:17.724)
Like.
Joe Oz (20:44.778)
Dude, said, he's like, when we partnered, he was like, explained, talked to me about real estate. And I'm like, dude, the hardest part is everyone's full of shit, right? Like everyone lies, right? And I'll say this, right? That sounds fucked up, but my very first listing appointment, I'll never forget, I was in Manalapan. This was my first listing appointment that wasn't like my friend's mom.
Right? Like was like a stranger kind of referral. And I went to this guy's house and I was at Remax and I had like, I had my laptop and my fucking PowerPoint presentation that Remax had given me and I was just showing them it. And I remember at the end of the presentation, I was like, well, what do you think? And the guy goes like this to me. He goes, he goes, you know what? He's like, you know what I think, Joe? I think I've interviewed every real estate office up and down route nine. And apparently every single one of you motherfuckers are number one. And I would, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was like,
He's right. Holy shit, dude. He's like which one of you guys is number two is like a Staten Island Italian dude He's like totally I'm like I he hired me cuz I'm like dude, you're fucking right, dude I'm like dude listen and then I just like got down on but anyway The point is this is like I think where dude brokerages are dude like the franchise brokerage is dead and they killed themselves, right? They like poo-pooed Zillow they poo-pooed all this and the thumb where the part where they killed themselves is they
Jamie Arcykiewicz (21:38.173)
That's true.
Joe Oz (22:06.19)
over-promised and under-delivered on the three most important things, which are leads, training and support, right? And they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then you get there and it was not true. And so what happens is, is when you start to explain what fast forward is to other people, they're like, yeah, I'm, coaching, whatever. And they're like, not. So if you were to explain what it is, like you've seen it, you've like touched it, you're now a part of it. Like if I was,
a stranger and I was stuck in my business and I was doing 10 million every year and I haven't really grown and I go to my office and how would you describe it?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (22:45.073)
Yeah, I mean, I was talking to an agent a few months ago about this and they just kept saying, were like, I'm like, it's the environment, it's the environment, I need a new environment. And they're like, it's not your environment. You create that, you're just looking for an out, et cetera. And I kept using the analogy, like, if you're in a gym and it's, you know.
I don't hate on gyms, right? But like if you're in like a crunch or a planet fitness, which is fine, you'll still be able to do the activities that it requires to get the results that you want. But if you want to look like really good and be really inspired and have more opportunity and talk to different people, you're going to go to a prestigious gym that has those types of people. And you can't really explain like what that is, but it's just the environment and the energy that you're around. And I kept getting that pull and I feel
It's so funny, we've talked about fast forward for how long and then you're like, you just have to come. You just have to come. And when I was there a few weeks ago in San Diego, I'm like, okay. Like anyone can be a realtor and anyone can call any lead and, you know, have that as your job and, and, and make a really high paying job out of it. That's great. But what else? Like what else is it? Do you want to help people? Do you want to mentor? Do you want to inspire? Do you want to train? Do you want to, you know,
just like get really vulnerable with entrepreneurs and like where and help them find their purpose and how they can help others. Like to me, that is what fast forward is because again, like even where I am now, like there were people in leadership saying, you gotta talk to this agent and talk to this agent and talk to this agent. That's great, but they're just a realtor. Like what else? Like I don't need the leads. don't need more business. I don't need any of that.
I want to grow as a person, entrepreneur, help people and like come from an abundant state. And I feel that when I was in Fast Forward, like hearing the top, top people, you know, in the company have the most vulnerable stories, yet be the most successful people and so selfless is huge. I mean, how many top producers are around here that, you know, don't share anything?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (24:59.527)
You know, their numbers are everything. That's how they judge themselves by and that's all they want. And that's cool. But like that's not me as a person. And I think that that's where like I really felt where I fit in because it's like I didn't come from anything easy. You know, being on my own since I was 18, paid my way through college, worked two jobs, was very successful in bodybuilding, came down to Monmouth County and lived two hours away from my mom. And I had no plan B other than to sell real estate when I was making $500 a deal. Like I had to figure it out. So.
Joe Oz (25:24.731)
Hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (25:29.233)
Being around people that are very similar and can take those stories and experiences and build that business and also their personal growth and evolve to help others was, I don't know, it's just life changing. And I honestly don't know if everyone feels that. But I feel the people in that room totally get it. And they lived it.
Joe Oz (25:51.42)
I think true entrepreneurs, sent you, I read books and I'm in relationship with people, I take pictures of the shit that relates and I send it to my friends. So you're one of my friends. So the thing I sent you was about like true entrepreneurship, the thing that I was reading was true entrepreneurship are people that actually take risks, right? Like you're talking about like moving down to Monmouth County, you have no other choice, like burning the boats, right?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (26:01.124)
I love it.
Joe Oz (26:19.517)
And that's what a lot of these people are. So you said in the rooms, get in the room, get in the room, get in the room. I saw it, I saw it. What did you see? What's in the room?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (26:29.479)
Like I said, I mean, it's just, it's the most like selfless, open and vulnerable people who just so happened to be very successful. And I think that that perspective is very different, right? You can go in a room and there's every nice car and every designer item on someone and here's their numbers and here's all their stats. But like this room was very normal people who had a story and so happened to be really successful.
coming from such an overabundance of wanting to help. And I think that that in general, it made it easy for me, right? And your speech was amazing where it's like just being able to say, hey, I need help and someone like catching you. Because I feel like bring it back to real estate. No one next door is giving me their listing presentation or what they're doing.
Why would they do that? If I told everyone what my letters were that made me list $10 million last year, they're going to write it to the same people. And then it's, I get it, you know? But coming from a place where there's other ways to help people and across the country, and then just that personal side is huge. I feel like as you evolve as a person, so many other things come your way. And to me, that's so much more magnetic than just focusing on real estate in itself and...
the numbers, et cetera. And it just organically grows when you are connecting yourself with the right people and being in the right rooms and different opportunities are presenting themselves. So when I was in there, was just powerful. Like I remember just listening to every single person. was like, everyone has a story. Almost every single person on stage is crying. And these are the most successful people in this company. Like this is insane.
Joe Oz (28:17.851)
So the secret to, I think the secret to real relationships, like relationships that are worth, like real relationships, right? Like that are gonna go the distance is vulnerability. And I think that when, I believe that when you get vulnerable with other people or another person, all you're doing is inviting the other person to get vulnerable as well. So like, if I tell you something, you ever have someone tell you something personal about them and you're like, fuck, we just went to a different place.
Like our relationship has shifted, right? And then it's like, well, fuck, thanks for sharing that. And by the way, I can relate and blank has happened to me. And then it's like, so to me, that's intimacy, right? Intimacy is like, they say in conversations, you can water ski or you can scuba dive. I wanna go deep, man. Like I want deep, meaningful relationships. And then when you're in those rooms and people are doing that,
Jamie Arcykiewicz (28:56.827)
Yeah.
Joe Oz (29:15.591)
Like if you notice man, like shit, you were there for two days and you probably left with two dozen new friends that you probably have been talking to, I would assume, right? And so like, and these are like people that you would like associate as your equal. They're either doing something you would really like to do or they're right where you are, right? And that's really, really, really cool. I think you exp-
Jamie Arcykiewicz (29:25.767)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (29:41.182)
Yeah. I even think like, how many times have I gone on listing appointments and like we're sitting at the table and they're crying about a family situation or, you know, we're just having vulnerable conversation at the end. go, yeah, I don't really know why. Like I felt just so comfortable and open to like talk to you about this. And we would leave and not even talk about their house. And then it just, it just happened where I just started working with them. And like, I would leave those appointments and say like, wow, that was a really deep touching conversation.
Joe Oz (29:50.729)
Mm-hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (30:10.365)
Probably not a lot of people do that. These agents are going in and just kind of giving them the whole playbook. And I feel like I have a better connection with this person and now we're working together. And to me, that fuels me up and excites me and fulfills me more than anything. And I think that, and that's great, and now with Fast Forward, being around people on this side of the transaction, of all of us being entrepreneurs in real estate, it just felt like I just had a
really good culture fit and like found my tribe and you always said that and everyone in that room has you know has felt that way with everyone in there too which is awesome.
Joe Oz (30:49.756)
Well, it's no secret that, dude, I've been like, I was about to send a private investigator to come and fucking kidnap you, right? Like I've been tracking, I've been like following you. I've been obsessing over you since December in like a total do not cancel Joe work way, not in a you know, weird, creepy Joe's gonna wind up on a list somewhere way.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (31:05.873)
Thanks.
Joe Oz (31:12.584)
because you're a perfect fucking fit. I'm like, yo, you're a perfect goddamn fit, but you can't see it until you fucking see it, right? And then it was like, I'm like, dude, I'm just gonna put this woman on a plane, I guess. And we're just gonna like bring her, it's hard to say no to sunny San Diego and jumping off cliffs and kayaking through caves and shit like that, right? You almost got ate by a Pelican, is that correct? A sea lion?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (31:19.228)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (31:36.613)
Yeah, and then I was scared that a steel was going to eat me. And then while we're running off a cliff, honestly, it was liquid courage, but I survived.
Joe Oz (31:46.949)
As long as nothing happens to Kunal, I'm fine, dude. I love you, but Kunal's, mean, it's funny, that might shift to a new conversation. Now that you're joining Oz group, Kunal's like sweating a little bit, cause he's like the top guy. So like talk about elevating, so when you enter the room, you just elevated everybody, right? Which is what I want to thank you for. Like you're like,
I don't know, we're still showing you your room, you know what mean? There's the kitchen, it's the Airbnb and you're looking around, but Kunal's been sweating it, He's like, fuck, dude. But in a fun, he's at the core of who we are, that's Kunal, right? He is all the things that we are talking about, right? He's an insanely perfect culture fit. But for you, a couple things I wanna say about you, right?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (32:19.73)
you
Jamie Arcykiewicz (32:25.745)
What
Joe Oz (32:44.58)
You, for me, it's about, you just talked about the listing agreement, the listing appointment, but you meet people where they are. It's about them and not you. That's very special. That's why Fast Forward was perfect for you, right? Our mission statement at OZ Group is, OZ Group exists to help our clients achieve their goals while helping our team members achieve theirs, right? That's all, by the way, if you didn't notice, that's all about the other person, right? That's not about me. That's not about you. It's like, who can we help today, right?
And yeah, like for you, yeah, you're just meeting people where they are, I think is the really big thing. all the other realtors you're talking about that are like selling or whatever, but they have an agenda and it's probably about them. I'm gonna get this listing. If you walk in and you're like, hey, what's up? You know, like, what's going on? you're moving to Florida? Sweet, dude. What's in Florida? You know, like that's different. And I think, yeah.
Yeah, the Oz group thing is really cool because you are, so you're raising the standards of like, of who we are and all these things, but yeah, Cronul is kind of sweating it. What made you think, like what made you, why would you join a team again? Why would you join a team again? Fucking splits and shit, dude, that's insane. Why would you do, I know, I'm not teasing you.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (33:55.833)
my god, I know.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (34:00.85)
I know, listen, that's a real thing, but no. So it's so funny, right? Like I absolutely, I started growing a team. I could totally do it if I wanted to, but something about being able to collaborate with multiple people, like I loved that. Like I loved being, I loved being important with someone else who is equally as important and building something great together. What can we do?
Joe Oz (34:28.594)
Wow, dude,
Jamie Arcykiewicz (34:29.649)
you know, what makes sense. And I think that, you know, the team specifically, you know, building out systems in that way and seeing what works and then, you know, even saying to Chris like, Hey, why don't we bring other agents on? You know, there's a lot of things, there's a lot of, a lot of teams that want these 15, 20, $25 million producers. And why can't you get them? Because Leeds isn't going to, isn't, isn't the thing that is going to sell them on it, right? How else can you sell them or not even sell them, but attract them to a team?
Joe Oz (34:55.218)
God.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (34:59.559)
that they feel like that they're in a partnership with. And I said that from the beginning. I said, I am not here for leads. I don't need that. I don't need the business. I just want community and to build something bigger. And then even with fast forward, like that opportunity, you know, especially at EXP, everyone, you know, everyone feels as it's a cloud brokerage, you're missing this, you're missing that. But with fast forward specifically, and everything that I just said about it, you know, now here's an opportunity to build fast forward New Jersey. You know, when I was building a downline in my previous brokerage,
we were building a small mastermind group. Like that was a thing. We had monthly meetings. We had all shared Excel sheets and documents. And I feel like that was like me kind of planting that seed to do that. I mean, fast forward is just now this like, you know, massive, you know, well built out the group. So being able to now emphasize that and build that in New Jersey is like incredibly valuable. And like that is such a passion of mine. Like
Real estate and selling real estate is awesome. Love helping my family and friends. I can do it with my eyes closed. I genuinely love it. However, how can I capitalize on being an influence to agents and their purpose and evolving and feeling that sense of community, whether it's they want to be on a team or not, and that partnership? So I feel such a special thing with Oz Group specifically because we are building that out, which is awesome. And I think it's helping.
both of us break down and grow in certain ways to build it bigger. then also you have the fast forward New Jersey, which like I'm so fucking excited for that. Like that's gonna be awesome. I just having that opportunity is huge. And again, like how do you explain that to like a typical brokerage where they're just like, you can sell $30 million of real estate. Cool. And then when I don't sell real estate, what happens?
Joe Oz (36:54.235)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (36:55.685)
There's lack of fulfillment. There can be lack of fulfillment when you're just going transaction to transaction to transaction.
Joe Oz (37:03.473)
Wow, you said that really well. Do you think that you'll sell more houses than Kunal?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (37:09.661)
Yeah.
Joe Oz (37:10.842)
I do too.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (37:12.029)
Aw. I gotta reach out to him and be like, just wanna let you know, asked me, Joe put me against a wall and made me answer the question.
Joe Oz (37:19.355)
Dude, at the cliffs of, where were we? Cliffs of Del Mar, whatever, it was like the Del, I don't know, dude, I don't know. It's funny, man, people ask me about California geography or whatever, and I'm like, I don't leave Orange County. Like, I don't leave Orange, I don't really leave my town very much, unless it's for work. But when Kunal was jumping off that cliff, I was like.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (37:30.001)
I don't think I do.
Joe Oz (37:44.327)
Please be okay, please be okay, please be okay. But now that we have you, I can I, anyway.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (37:49.765)
Now I'm just soaring over your head. The guy was like, we're gonna go a palm tree. I'm like, okay, slap the palm tree.
Joe Oz (37:56.23)
Who, who is, who's, yo, do you like crystals?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (38:03.132)
I love Chris, are you kidding? You know that's funniest banter ever. I say the most random shit to him and he's like, he's so caught off guard. Does he? I'm sorry you hear that. He doesn't yell at me. I just yell at him.
Joe Oz (38:04.581)
What do you? Heat.
Joe Oz (38:10.725)
He yells at me a lot.
Joe Oz (38:15.121)
Like, I feel like you just yelled him. Yeah, who's in charge in that relationship? Baby James, that's right. That's right. So what do think Chris does well, man? Obviously he's a big part of you joining, coming along.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (38:22.385)
Baby James.
Joe Oz (38:34.405)
I think that guy like he's like the behind the scenes guy right very low profile but makes a massive impact. People don't see holy shit man you do not see that guy coming man. What.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (38:46.331)
So I was going to say like, what, to describe Chris or, or just like what he means to me in that way is like, if I want or need or suggest something, he's like, cool. All right, we're going to figure it out. We're to do it. Awesome. Let's do it.
Joe Oz (38:59.333)
Yeah. Fuck, that sounds good, man. That makes me feel good. That's the way I treat him, right? So it's like, always say like, ask him how many times I've said no to that guy, right? And that's what we wanted, man. Like every time I worked at my last brokerage, like no, like the last two brokers, like no, that's dumb, that's stupid. You don't need that. You don't need to hire an assistant. You don't need that. don't need that. Like that's dumb. And it's like,
Wow, okay, what? Like, okay, but it's like, all right, you know what? That sounds good, man. And I think that's really cool too, because yeah, someone like you and like Chris, like you guys can, yeah, we're just gonna build something really fucking cool, man. And it's gonna be just different.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (39:44.798)
And you know what's exciting about that? And something that I think fuels me a lot as well is like, am loyal through and through, committed through and through when I feel that it's reciprocated as well. So the fact that like, how to be able to see how excited like you were and how invested and you and Chris were in me, like lit a fire in me where I'm like, I can, I can pour into these people as well.
Joe Oz (39:58.278)
Yeah, that's awesome.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (40:14.209)
and they will do the same to me and we can build something really cool. And like I was even talking to Chris about it the other day where I'm like just getting super excited of like, here's all the ideas that we should do, you know, of how to build out, you know, fast forward New Jersey and, know, the Oz group and what we can do here and how this would help people. And he's like, yeah, that's what I was thinking. And it kind of just went back and forth. And like, he's so excited about that. And like, so am I.
Joe Oz (40:36.273)
Dude, it's crazy, Yeah, he...
Jamie Arcykiewicz (40:42.499)
And it just feels like a very effortless reciprocal relationship, which is just so nice. I'm not begging to be heard of what I want. Someone's not coming to me to telling me what I should and should not be doing. It's just this easy flow of business, which is what I feel like I've also been missing, whether it's Oz group and fast forward. It's just that flow between energy and people.
Joe Oz (41:09.383)
Dude, I think we're gonna have our first Fast Forward New Jersey event in October. I think it's gonna be the same week as when we come back from Miami, so it might be a lot of work. We rented out that space in Holmdel, that the Bell Works space. You know, I've never been there, but no, I'm excited too about giving back. What, let me ask you this, what...
Jamie Arcykiewicz (41:23.621)
Yeah.
Joe Oz (41:35.857)
This is good, man. Talking to you is pretty easy. Sometimes I do these things and it's like the other person's just not, I'm like, okay, cool. What's important to you in terms of your career?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (41:41.085)
you
Jamie Arcykiewicz (41:52.966)
I heard a while ago where it was like, what's your why? Like what's your purpose? And someone was like freedom. And I'm like, that's interesting. But like, what about it? Like what are you doing in that time? And I think for me, like to...
It's so funny, because even as an adult, feel it's like, or maybe it's like such a New Jersey thing, because like summer, summers, it's like you feel like September, you're like starting school again. And then like summer's here and you're like off and you can chill. And then you kind of live that, like that scheduled life for a while. And even like for me, it was like until recently, I'm like, it's eight o'clock. I have to go to bed. And it's like, but Jamie, like you're an adult, like you can like enjoy your life. And like, you don't have to be sitting at a desk, you know, Mondays at nine a.m. Like you don't have to be
Joe Oz (42:22.245)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (42:38.239)
doing that really anymore. And I think the beauty of that really this past year has been like, I can let go of certain structure because I have built my business to have the freedom that I have to be able to do the things that I want to do and just live a fulfilling life.
And whether that's also even just providing for my family, big thing is someone asks, what's something, your made it moment. And one of my make it moments will be, is I really want to buy a beach house for my family. I live at the beach now, but I want to buy a beach house in Florida or somewhere that my family can say, this is our house. And we spend time together. And they're like, well, outside of materialistic things. like, but it's not about the material. It's not about the house. It's about the, I have been able
Joe Oz (43:08.698)
Wow.
Joe Oz (43:15.375)
Wow.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (43:23.259)
provide this for my family that they wouldn't be able to do. And we can go here together whenever we want and spend this time and the freedom that that gives me to do and them as well.
So I think just like, you know, the why and the reason why I get, you know, so excited just about like my career in that way is the ability to, the sky's the limit. You know, I want to pivot real quick from that as well. That to me started when I was a server. Like I took serving at the age of 15 so serious that I have, if I can work as hard as I can and get that back in tips, I worked for my tips and I deserve that. And if I didn't do a good job, I don't deserve.
that. Now I'm not saying disclaimer like I give 20 % tips all the time. I'm not saying that I don't but for me it was I can work really really hard and this will pay off and I think just like with real estate that's that's it's it's showing that and it's going to continue to do that.
Joe Oz (44:11.801)
hahahaha
Joe Oz (44:28.56)
Good answer. What?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (44:29.991)
Thanks. I this was like scripted. mean, I don't even know what you're asking me. So this is live.
Joe Oz (44:34.594)
No, we did this totally on the fly, And I made up these questions 30 minutes ago and you've never seen them. What? Yo, what's the secret?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (44:44.107)
gosh.
Joe Oz (44:46.414)
and not the stupid book.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (44:49.277)
What's the secret? Nobody get like really vulnerable or like a surface level answer. Okay. So up until like the last like four to six months, and I think that this has a big part to do with like the shift that I've, or the pivot that I've now done moving from Keller to EXP, is I...
Joe Oz (44:55.984)
Vulnerable.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (45:12.867)
in real estate was constantly just like proving, proving I could do it, proving I could win, proving I can beat out other agents and help these families and make their life easier. And I think that once I was able to do that and then shift to...
what my purpose is and what drives me in that way. It shifted of what is that specific thing that keeps me going. And I think it's when I got really vulnerable and deep, I started figuring out it's to show people something that they don't see that I can see in them.
And if you put it on like a very small scale, it's like...
I promise you that I can do a really good job selling your house. And I know that you can't see that and you don't trust me yet because you had a really shitty experience, but I know that I can create this really good experience for you. And I promise it'll be a good one. And that's just that, but you take that principle in other areas, whether it's helping agents, so you can do this. And I believe in you more than you believe in yourself. And I feel like that was huge. I've had certain leaders in my past that unlock that, wow, you actually believe in
more than I believe in myself and I think even your consistency like being with me the last you eight months like I was like wow he like really does see me for me I don't have to chase or prove and just being around around that's huge
Joe Oz (46:44.025)
Thanks, Jamie. That's awesome. Yeah, I get it. I fucking get it, man. I, dude, I have one person, her name's Audrey, and she, I was really struggling. We moved to California. Dude, moving to California was not strategic. Like, you know, I'll tell you that story one day. I don't think I told you that whole story or whatever. but it was not strategic, man. Like shit was like, we just moved like, and, was trying to be a realtor in California.
And it was hard. Dude, I didn't know what I didn't know. know, like, fuck, it was so hard. I think my ego made it to California before I did, you know? And I was like, I'm gonna, here comes Joe Oz, you know? And anyway, man, was just, you know, and the team was on the East Coast and, you know, I was trying to do both and I wasn't really winning at both. You know, there's a saying like, you're losing so slowly, you think you're winning, you know? But I knew I was losing. And I just had this woman named Audrey Lee. She...
Jamie Arcykiewicz (47:34.428)
Yeah.
Joe Oz (47:40.998)
She just she was like Joe I believe in you and like she's the one that got me gave us our flex account right which has started like the alignment was Zillow and like she works at Zillow and She was she sold me market-based pricing. So I buying leads in California Because fuck I couldn't get any deals man. Like I dude I was doing like one I did like what did I do? Anyway, it doesn't matter I was like don't you do more deals and she's just like I just remember her saying like Joe I believe in you and I was like fuck
I tell her that all the time, man. I remember that shit like it was yesterday because fuck, I didn't believe in me at that moment. I didn't think I was going to make it. I was in this new area and I have many friends. I learned there's like 5,000 realtors in Monmouth County and there's like 48,000 in Orange County. I was like, oh my God, this is different. The contracts are 50 pages long. I was like,
Jamie Arcykiewicz (48:13.629)
Mm-hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (48:25.307)
Yeah.
Joe Oz (48:29.537)
my god, man, but yeah, all you need, I mean, for me, that was the same thing, man. There's a lot of things where I can meet you like exactly there, like where it was like, dude, someone says they believe in you you're like, fuck, that's all I need, man. Cause you know what? I didn't necessarily get it from, I didn't necessarily get it from home, you know? Like it might've been the opposite. So I was like, wait, that's cool.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (48:40.209)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (48:45.989)
Yeah, no, get it. And I think that something as well about that is like, people believing in you, some people say, you know, well, you're supposed to feel that within yourself and you should that should validate yourself. I get that. However, someone who's like showing up physically and being consistent and showing through actions, you can feel that like love and vulnerability over someone just saying, I'm here for you.
Joe Oz (49:15.066)
Hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (49:15.259)
We write it back always. And like that hits me deep where it's, you're showing up consistently and like being physically like present and here, that just speaks volume.
Joe Oz (49:29.913)
Yeah, they're like having the belief in yourself thing. Like, yeah, whatever, dude. Like, that's cool, I guess. But like, I remember people, like that whole like self-made thing, like pull yourself up. That's such bullshit, dude. Like someone helped you. If your mom like said, love you, like your mom helped you. You know what mean? Like somebody fucking helped you, man. And you know, there's that saying, like if you wanna go, if you wanna go fast, go alone. If you wanna go far, go together, right?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (49:34.034)
Yeah.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (49:45.863)
Mm-hmm.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (49:49.892)
Yeah.
Joe Oz (49:59.686)
think that's true. Cool, man. We're coming up on time, but I have a couple more really important questions.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (50:04.807)
for.
Joe Oz (50:07.823)
Who is, who's the famous person that you have met?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (50:14.237)
Do I mean a famous person?
Joe Oz (50:17.527)
You never met a famous person? You never met one famous person? Come on.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (50:23.101)
Do I meet a famous person? Are you asking, am I supposed to know that?
Joe Oz (50:26.357)
So, okay, the question, I'm asking it like an idiot. The question is, hey, Jamie, tell us one famous person that you've met in your life. Yeah, I didn't have anyone in mind. That wasn't like a dumb Joe fucking setup.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (50:35.419)
Oh, I met one of my favorite DJs, Kygo, on a plane, and I was fangirling the whole time. It was a big deal for me.
Joe Oz (50:44.13)
So.
Okay, I'm a boomer, right? I was born in the 60s. I don't know what a Kygo is. Tell us what that is. It's like a big, is this like Skrillex, like, a better?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (50:51.517)
Who is that? No, it's a guy.
Okay, it's like a DJ. I was going from Vegas to Hawaii and I was going to Hawaii to Palm Tree Festival to watch Kygo. It's Kygo.
Joe Oz (50:59.226)
Okay.
Joe Oz (51:06.92)
wow, and that guy you were gonna see is on the plane that you're on? wow.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (51:10.673)
That's his festival that he travels the world to do. And then he was right in front of me, like a diagonal. And I was like, holy shit, he's right there. And then of course had to get a photo with him off the plane. Also, I've met Mel Robbins, which was really fucking cool. That's a big joke.
Joe Oz (51:29.347)
Wow, wait, the Kygo guy, were you guys in, was he in like economy or was he in business?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (51:32.541)
So I was the seat right behind first class and he was the last seat in first class. Like was like the little curtain, like it was like I could just touch him through the curtain.
Joe Oz (51:40.203)
So you're...
You're sitting bulkhead and he's like right there, dude. That's fucking awesome.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (51:46.718)
You know what's funny? His assistant was sitting like way back like in the plane and his assistant went up to him in first class because they were like working on some songs because you can I totally had my glasses on and like was watching their screen and his assistant like got in trouble and was like you're not allowed to be in first class and I'm like this is so funny like they like work together.
Joe Oz (52:06.264)
That's right, poor person. Please get out of here. I like how that was handled. That's cool. If you got, all right, you're in a dangerous situation right now. Gun to your head, right? You have to go up on stage and sing one karaoke song. What song are you picking?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (52:24.669)
Jesus Christ.
no, it's not because I think the first one that came in my head is even worse and I'm sweating. So I'm not going to say that one. Okay, fine. I will. I won a lip-syncing contest once singing TikTok by Kesha. I don't tell people that. Okay. You don't sing that though. no, it's just like sixth, seventh grade Jamie. That was good times though. But,
Joe Oz (52:28.952)
So stupid.
Joe Oz (52:41.22)
Hmmmm
Why is there a bad word?
Okay.
Joe Oz (52:55.48)
I was like 42 when that came out, but whatever. It's cool.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (52:57.533)
you
got it. So like I was in diapers when you became a realtor.
Joe Oz (53:03.556)
I'm very old. I look very young. I'm like a buff dad, but like I have some years on you. What tacos or pizza? This is kind of like an East Coast, West Coast thing. Okay.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (53:16.317)
I also okay I have to say about California and someone needs to prove me wrong their Italian food there is not great. I'm very upset about it.
Joe Oz (53:25.462)
Yeah, it's not good. Yeah, who told you it was good? It's not good. That's like...
Jamie Arcykiewicz (53:29.051)
It's just like in the haunt. Everyone told me to not eat Italian food in San Diego, so I listened. But then I also went other places and it still wasn't good.
Joe Oz (53:37.656)
Dude, you live at the Jersey Shore, you should eat Italian food at the Jersey Shore. That's as good as it fucking gets, man. Jimmy's Italian, or Vic's, or whatever, that's kind of as good as it gets. But if you're in San Diego, just eat tacos, man.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (53:42.224)
Anyway.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (53:53.539)
I did eat actually a lot of tacos, but that's so unfortunate. and then also, you know what I learned? That like surf sides, like the drink is not a thing in California.
Joe Oz (54:04.802)
I know what that is. What's a surf... is that an alcoholic drink?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (54:06.878)
Yeah, it's like a Vodka ice tea, but I was dumbfounded that it was not sold anywhere. And I'm like, wow, this is such a Jersey Shore thing.
Joe Oz (54:12.612)
Yeah, you know, some of us are in recovery, Jamie. So we're not drinking Surfside's. No, no. So Surfside's like, is that like Sex on the Beach? It's like a drink that people drink and then you're expecting. So is that like you going to like Long Island and then being like, we don't serve Long Island iced teas here. And you being like, what the fuck, dude? You're like, this is not what I signed up for.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (54:17.297)
This is an insensitive topic.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (54:24.572)
it's like a vodka iced tea in a can.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (54:31.025)
Yeah, that's weird. That's weird.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (54:36.901)
Yeah, exactly. So I have some beef with California, but I'll work on it.
Joe Oz (54:40.736)
No you don't. No, you've been in... No, you love it here. You don't love it, or you do?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (54:42.845)
Why'd you...
Maybe I'll just be the next you and I'll just like move to California and then just decide to run a business across the country.
Joe Oz (54:53.42)
You can do that at eXp and with OzGroup. If someone has done it in your fucking world, that was the thing, man. When I worked at other brokerages or whatever, no one had done the stuff I wanted to do. Who's done it? Who's done it? Who's expanded? Who's done whatever? Who's done whatever? And was like for me, yeah, you were talking about freedom. For me, it was geographical freedom. So one of my affirmations every morning is I work wherever I want to work.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (54:54.959)
I know, how cool is that?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (55:17.82)
Yeah.
Joe Oz (55:22.54)
Like that's what was important. I work hard. People think I went to, it's funny, I live in San Juan Capistrano, which is like South County. My phone number is Newport. So like when my phone number, you probably know it. My personal cell phone number, when it comes up, it says Newport Beach, California. People think I went to Newport to retire. Like I work, but I work wherever I want to work, right? That was what my plan was. And we're able to do it here.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (55:47.086)
So I even said that like years ago that I was like there's a point in my real estate career that I want to hire and be able to hire out my real estate business and move on. And not because I want to be out of real estate, it's because I don't want to be tied down to one specific place. I became an entrepreneur to have freedom and being a realtor isn't really always freedom. So how can you capitalize on that and build around that to be able to do that?
Joe Oz (56:16.642)
I can help you do that. can all your friends. Yeah, like all your friends can. It's really hard, right? It's super hard, but guess what? It's like building it out and like trying and failing and trying. Jamie, this was pretty awesome, man. I'm so psyched to, I don't know, just have you in my life and to be doing this. Like this is what we do, man. I do it every fucking day and now I get to do it with you. And just thanks for elevating.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (56:18.481)
I'd rather do it in the Virgin Islands though, but we'll...
Joe Oz (56:44.292)
Really, it's just elevating the standards, man. By you walking in the room, you just make everybody around you better, like me too. And like I was talking, I went surfing this morning with one of my buddies, right? And he was like, he's an older dude. And he was like, I was talking about like reading or something. He's like, dude, you're always reading. he's like, dude, I'm done with that shit, dude, blah, blah. And when I said to him, I was like, dude, I...
Jamie Arcykiewicz (56:46.588)
No.
Joe Oz (57:07.288)
I want to be around really exceptional people and I want to be a good leader. And in order to be a good leader, I have to outrun the best, the most talented person in my world. have to outrun them, right? Like, so like if you like it's the talent pushes talent thing, right? So in order for me to be able to lead anyone else, like, like anyone, right? Cause and I only surround myself with talented people these days, right? I got to outrun you. Like I got to be smarter, faster. I got to like be able to make these really, really big worlds that everyone can live in. And,
Someone like you just showing up, it's like, you like kind of stand up straight and you like, make sure your breath doesn't stink and your zipper's up and you gotta fucking come correct, right? And that's what I like. Those are the people that I wanna be around. And that's, I think that's what you bring, right? And yeah, man, like.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (57:42.013)
Thank
Jamie Arcykiewicz (57:51.791)
Even just being, I appreciate that. And even just being in the fast forward, when I was there in the mastermind, hearing positive feedback and comments and I was like, my God, these people are helping me grow as well. Just being in these rooms and like you said, sitting up straighter. Standing up straighter, sitting taller. It's just I'm really excited.
Joe Oz (58:15.522)
Yeah, like the people around you, they're gonna stand up for your potential, right? Like they're gonna stand up for your potential and hold you accountable. Is there anything that I didn't ask that I should have asked?
Jamie Arcykiewicz (58:29.66)
No.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (58:33.735)
I love this, it's so fun.
Joe Oz (58:35.247)
Yeah, this was very easy. It was fun talking to you. All right, I'm gonna stop this. Hold on, hold on.
Jamie Arcykiewicz (58:39.996)
You