Dean Robert Graziosi born November 20th, 1968 is an American real estate investor and expert, TV personality, businessman, Entrepreneur, bestselling author and motivational speaker. Graziosi is perhaps best known for his long running infomercial series on late night TV (since 1999 until present) where he offered his real estate books direct to consumers. He has written five books which have dominated the real estate book sales space starting in 2006.
Early Life and Education
Graziosi was born and raised in Marlboro New York. Dean Graziosi is the son of Paul Graziosi and Gloria Post. He is the youngest of two. When he was 3 his parents divorced and he was raised mostly by his mother and Grandmother until the age of 13 when he moved in with his father. His growing up was hard as the family faced many financial difficulties and he moved more than 20 times by the age of 19. He went to Marlboro High School and never went to college. Before the age of 20 Dean did had his first entrepreneurial success buying, fixing and reselling cars, during this time he also completed his first real estate deal. Dean, who had no capitol at the time; cleverly bought a run-down apartment with no money down,. This experience encouraged him into continuing investing in real estate.
Personal Life
Dean is married to Jonelle Ward and has two Children Breana born in 2006 and Brody born in 2008. He lives in Phoenix Arizona.
Career
After various successful real estate investments, Graziosi decided to write a real estate training course he titled "Think A Little Different" in 2002. Then went on to write his first book "Totally Fulfilled" in May of 2006 published by Vanguard Press, which hit the NY Times best-seller list. It explained Dean's unique "core" approach to optimal results, success and fulfillment in all areas of life. Dean's second book "Be A Real Estate Millionaire: Secret Strategies for Lifetime Wealth Today," also published by Vanguard Press was the fastest and best selling real estate book of 2007 and 2008 and made the bestseller lists of the NY TIMES, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com. In January 2009, Dean's third release, "Profit From Real Estate Right Now" a step-by-step guide to take even a novice through their first profitable investment, was an immediate hit, and within 90 days it was surpassing the monthly sales of his previous bestseller. Dean went on to write two more real estate books that both had similar high numbers of sales and delivered results for readers "Your Town Your Profits" and "30 Days To Real Estate Cash"
Business Ventures and Investments
In 1998, Dean wrote and produced his first infomercial selling a program on how to earn money buying and selling cars, titled "Motor Millions." Motor Millions went on to be a very successful program and company while helping people all over America make money with cars like Dean had done in his early years.
In 2002, Dean Graziosi formed Dean Enterprises, LLC as the creation and production company for his real estate information products and produces all his infomercials. The first was the "Think A Little Different" real estate program. Dean Enterprises exclusively produces all of Dean's Infomercials, books, created and runs http://www.deangraziosi.com a free social community and real estate tool for anyone and manages all that is taught in all advanced real estate training areas.
The Dean Graziosi Success Academy - Was originally founded in 2003 as a 'coaching' program to teach people, in great detail, the process of real estate investing. Dean teamed up with PMI to create and deliver a carefully created curriculum to guide both the novice and experienced investor to reach higher levels of success. In October of 2006, the name was officially changed to the "Success Academy" reflecting the high quality of training it provides.
In 2010 Dean teamed up with EvTech, a company whose owners have over 15 years of expertise in managing and running
I went to one of Dean Graziosi seminar events and he is a great trainer/teacher. This book is a testament to that. He has some powerful insight and strategies on living a totally fulfilled life. He talks about topics such as getting rid of limiting beliefs and setting goals with a reason and more. This book is a must for anyone on their journey of personal development.
Dean Graziosi's first book, Totally Fulfilled, can be applied to pretty much any life, regardless of circumstance, financial situation, life stage, health condition... You get the idea. Whether you are 9 or 90, if you have a desire to improve your life - start here.
Dean is someone who's come from obscurity and stepped up his life every chance he's gotten. In this book, he walks you through core attributes that are common among successful, totally fulfilled people and uses real-life examples throughout.
In the pages of this book, you'll explore your passions, your assets, your goals, and your dreams, and work with a framework to start taking action on these things, today.
Dean's personality and passion come through the pages of this book without wavering, and his desire to help people live more abundant, healthy lives rides right alongside.
This isn't a difficult read, though the exercises may challenge you. It's more like sitting down with a friend who loves to support your growth and having a conversation.
Totally Fulfilled is the second of Dean Graziosi's books that I've read, and both will remain in my personal collection to be revisited as my life evolves.
An excellent book to read before the year ends with a lot of practical tips and exercises to implement immediately to experience an immediate shift. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and all it's exercises. The author gives his life experiences and how he believed and turned things around and how any single one of us can start making positive change sin our life too. He has also made a lot of free resources available to help you via the books website. A MUST read now!
I know Dean personally and so know that he is the real deal. He walks his talk and is one of the most evolved people I know. This is one of his earlier books and though I didn't learn much that I hadn't already heard/read, he is nonetheless spot on about the journey of personal development. Even if you just do a little of what he suggests, your life will improve. And that's exactly what he hopes.