It Costs Nothing to Be Polite: Lifting Others as You Rise with Dedric & Krystal

The Eternal Optimist

From chance gas station encounters to building an empire brick by brick, Dedric & Krystal Polite share how they rose from generational poverty to create generational wealth — and lift others as they rise. In this candid conversation, they reveal how getting fired and evicted sparked their Airbnb hustle, how a betrayal at 19 fueled their mindset that failure isn’t final, and why mentorship is the ultimate cheat code. This is a real-world blueprint for building something that outlives you — for anyone ready to believe it’s gotta work or it’s gotta work.

Chapters:

• 00:00:00 - Step Into the Mindset of Eternal Optimism
• 00:00:59 - The Unexpected Power Couple: Meet Krystal & Dedric Polite
• 00:03:38 - From Struggle to Strength: Their Personal Turning Points
• 00:09:18 - Betrayal at 19: Krystal’s Defining Moment in College
• 00:17:09 - Fired Up: How Losing Jobs Sparked Their Entrepreneurial Fire
• 00:21:43 - The Real Estate Hustle Begins—With Nothing But Grit
• 00:22:58 - The Questions That Changed Everything
• 00:23:36 - A Leap of Faith to North Carolina
• 00:23:57 - Flipping the Script: Enter Real Estate
• 00:24:24 - The Mentor Who Collapsed Their Learning Curve
• 00:25:07 - Hustle Mode: Wholesaling Without a Roadmap
• 00:26:03 - $16K Risk, Massive Reward: The Mastermind Move
• 00:28:50 - Scaling Up: The Real Estate Breakthrough Moment
• 00:32:13 - What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Hear
• 00:35:11 - Want In? Here’s Where to Start
• 00:38:56 - Lightning Round: Grit, Growth, and Grace in 60 Seconds

Links And Resources:

• Official Website of Dedric and Krystal
• Polite Wealth Portal
• Dedric’s LinkedIn
• Krystal’s LinkedIn

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