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In this episode of the Real Estate Pros Podcast, host Micah Johnson speaks with Mikey Gomez, an entrepreneur in the energy sector. They discuss the intersection of energy solutions and real estate, the innovative technologies shaping the industry, and the importance of building relationships within the community. Mikey shares his journey from being a professional fighter to becoming a leader in the energy space, emphasizing the value of consistency and discipline. The conversation highlights the potential for real estate investors to leverage energy solutions to create additional income streams and enhance tenant satisfaction.
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Mikey Gomez (00:00)
So I’m in the energy space and I believe this could be a massive added value to your audience because ⁓ I’m in the energy space as I mentioned, because the fastest growing industry in the world right now would be AI, correct? What would be the second one? It’s crypto, right? Now, what do they need to stay active? They need electricity and that’s where we come and play. Now, imagine having an added value.being a real estate investor, right, for your locations, and now you can create another stream of income that comes every single month.
Micah Johnson (02:06)
Hey everyone, welcome to the Real Estate Pros podcast. I’m your host, Micah Johnson. And today I’m speaking with Mikey Gomez, who’s been making some serious moves in the energy space for the last two years now. Micah, you welcome in, man. Glad to have you.Mikey Gomez (02:19)
Hey, great to see you Micah. It’s a pleasure to be onshow.
Micah Johnson (02:22)
Absolutely, man. I’m excited for our talk today. think our listeners is going to get some value out of what you have going on. So let’s dive in, man, for folks who may not know you yet. What’s your main focus right now and what markets you’re operating in?Mikey Gomez (02:33)
So I’m in the energy space and I believe this could be a massive added value to your audience because ⁓ I’m in the energy space as I mentioned, because the fastest growing industry in the world right now would be AI, correct? What would be the second one? It’s crypto, right? Now, what do they need to stay active? They need electricity and that’s where we come and play. Now, imagine having an added value.being a real estate investor, right, for your locations, and now you can create another stream of income that comes every single month.
Every time the customer pays a bill, they get a discount and you get a royalty check. So the markets we’re in, I just pulled up in here, we’re in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio.
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, DC, and Washington DC.
Micah Johnson (03:34)
Man, excellent. You got a little spread out there. So take us back. What led you to where you are today? How’d you get to what you’re doing now?Mikey Gomez (03:40)
So as we had a conversation, Micah, I’m a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt. I taught that for about 17 years. And along the journey, I competed in mixed martial arts professionally. I fought on Showtime, did some things, won some world championship belts. I wasn’t famous or anything, right? I was just known in my world. And when retirement came around the corner about 11 years ago, I got into entrepreneurship.And I had many lessons, right, and successes along the journey. And 25 months ago, as I mentioned, I jumped in ⁓ the energy space. I’m from Florida like yourself, ⁓ Micah, and I’m in a motor home right now in Texas building the business in the energy space going state by state, you know, because it’s a crazy time that we live in. I’m able to create content. You know, I’m all tatted up, former fighter.
Micah Johnson (04:26)
Right.Mikey Gomez (04:31)
college dropout, right? But I keep learning things, right? And improving my skill sets. And I became a leader, right? In my industry. So it’s just an amazing time to be alive right now, right? Like making money. You and I are connecting here. The whole thing is a write-off. And I’m creating, you know, a massive income for myself to change my family’s life forever. That’s why I decided, you know, to take this on the road.Micah Johnson (04:56)
Love that man. Well, let me ask you this. How much has your experience as a fighter and in Jiu Jitsu and teaching it, how much has that paid off in terms of building what you do now? What’s the overlap there?Mikey Gomez (05:56)
It’s so wild, Micah, that I had no idea that that was really preparation for business because a lot of people shy away, myself included, when I was new. Obviously, you know, it’s something new. You’re not good at it yet. But we shy away from the things that, you know, that will help an entrepreneur succeed, right? Which is the simple things, kind of like yourself, Micah, for you to have this successful podcast. You made a decision, right? And you never stopped, right? Those are things thatMicah Johnson (06:15)
Right.Mikey Gomez (06:25)
People don’t teach you. Along the journey, you learn, you taught yourself somebody, right? Maybe in sports. And the same thing in here. I saw, I’m like, wow, I just need to have consistency and discipline into what it is that I’m doing. Keep moving forward. And they don’t punch me in the face here. They just say no. So I said, let’s go.Micah Johnson (06:42)
Right.Right, man. The the recovery time is way less than what you’re doing now. That’s for sure. And I think that’s interesting because ⁓ you’re so right, especially in the real in this industry. Life is practice for life. Like the same things on the ground level work across all the industries. It’s once you niche down is when there’s specific information you need to know. But dedication.
showing up, taking your lumps, right? None of us like getting beat up, but to learn how to win, you’ve got to learn how to take them. Cause even once you hit the successful stage, you still, you still got the days you worry. You still have the, you know, we love to look at our highlight reels, but often forget, this is what my mentor pointed out. You know, it’s your low light reel that makes your highlight reel that there’s a reason why they counterbalance each other without that time. And those lumps, you don’t get good at the things that are along the way. man.
Love that. Thanks for sharing that. dig us in a little bit more. How does what you’re doing now relate to how it connects to real estate investors and what they can utilize it for?
Mikey Gomez (07:42)
Absolutely.Awesome. So being in the energy space, know, and obviously this is a real estate investor. I’m talking to and connecting with a lot of investors that have, for example, let me, let me explain the, the services, right? We have different services in different States. Everything is to lower the customer’s electricity bill. And so it started with community solar, you know, the solar farms on the side of the freeway. So
Micah Johnson (08:03)
For sure.Yeah.
Mikey Gomez (08:16)
As I mentioned, I’m from Orlando and I could see them all around Disney World. And I’m like, man, what wild, right? And you see obviously it’s generating energy. And then I saw this opportunity 25 months ago and I was like, wow, I see these solar farms are real, they’re around me. But in Orlando, we can’t benefit from it. But there’s other states like, for example, New Jersey, Illinois.Micah Johnson (08:38)
Right.Mikey Gomez (08:44)
where people simply for subscribing to the farm, there’s nothing to buy, nothing to install, there’s no ⁓ contracts, they get a discount for the next 20 years of five to 25 % off of their electricity bill. So nobody knows about it. And once the farms are full, Micah, that opportunity is gonna be gone forever. And maybe in the next 100 years, they’ll find some other way of creating energy.Micah Johnson (09:01)
Man. Right.Right, interesting.
Mikey Gomez (09:13)
Because what happened is, Micah,as you mentioned to me, right, like the solar, we talked a little bit about solar. I’m not from that world, right? ⁓ It’s how the incentives went away. So the reason these solar farms ⁓ exist is because from the same incentive, right, the state took the funding. But the way, right, these solar farm investors get a kickback, kind of like the resident when they bought, you know, the rooftop solar, they would get 30 % back.
It’s written in law, it’s state law that the only way they get that kickback is if the end user, us, gets a discount. So it’s state law. So now think about for the people in your audience, Micah, let’s say they have 10,000 units and now you go out there and just hook up your customer, nothing to buy, nothing to install.
They’re gonna love you more, because right now times are tough, 20 bucks doesn’t stretch as it used to.
and you’re giving them a discount, a coupon. Essentially, it’s not a coupon, but it’s essentially a coupon, you know, that every month they get that discount.
Micah Johnson (10:56)
Interesting, so they can pass it on. Now what happens for the investors? Is there anything that they get out of that?Mikey Gomez (11:01)
Yeah, they’ll get paid every month the customer pays their bill. And let me ask you this. ⁓ Maybe I mean, have you seen anybody like I’ve seen people when they go through a tough time, they might have left their car no go, but they did not let the light bill go. Exactly. So it’s existential. That’s why I got into this industry. You know, I paid attention to Monopoly, Micah, you paid attention, right, to buying the homes and the hotels. And I’m like, man, those utilities are strong, too.Micah Johnson (11:21)
Yeah, it’s one of the best things.That’s right.
That’s
right, man. That’s why there’s all those properties on there. But it’s true and how it connects in. So what are you excited about for this year? What’s going on that’s got you pumped up?
Mikey Gomez (11:42)
So I’m excited about Micah is that ⁓ in Texas, for example, where I’m at right now, they don’t have that program, right? The government, the state didn’t take the funding, but we also offer retail electricity, right? And since we have amazing technology that no one has in the industry yet, and you know how it is Micah, just the first one hits the hardest always, right? And they’re all gonna come after. And so,What we’re doing is now that technology that our CEO has helped us partner up with a battery company, right? It’s not going to be attached to solar or anything. This is a different play. The backup battery is going to be connected to the grid so you can have right backup. But that will give the homeowner that will give the homeowner a guaranteed low rate for the next 15 years.
turning their home into a profit center because when they’re blackouts, they’re gonna have light for the essentials for about 72 hours. But once we’re all good, what that battery is gonna do, see there’s a certain time where the electricity is at its highest, at its peak, the most expensive. What our company is going to do, now you switch the battery at the highest time, now you’re living off of the battery.
The technology is essentially buying right low and selling the electricity for profit, helping the grid because there’s not enough electricity. And ⁓ that’s the benefit that the homeowner gets. And it’s not going to cost them anything to install.
Micah Johnson (13:15)
Right?Interesting.
Yeah, it’s so interesting, man, because energy, this is a big deal we got coming up. We were talking about it earlier, the data centers that pull, the crypto mining that pulls on how much it’s coming up. love seeing the ideas come out because necessity breeds all invention. It’s really when we get our backs against the wall and have to come up with something new, you can see some really creative stuff start to come out there. So I love that concept. ⁓
and what you’re working on there. So you got solar community, solar farms, what Northeast in that area, you’re doing this in Texas. What else you got going on?
Mikey Gomez (14:00)
There’s also thesame technology, it’s called autosave. This would be like in Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Jersey. Autosave, ⁓ it’s the technology that we can guarantee the homeowner that they will never pay more than the utility. But.
Our company thinks, ⁓ our company believes that if you and I live next door to each other, Micah, and I pump the pool clean, everything right at noon, everything, you know, at the highest time, and you have better energy usage, we shouldn’t pay the same price per kilowatt. You know, kind of like the insurance for your driving record. So we’re the first ones with the technology. So now that technology is gonna connect to the DNA of the home. See how your rate is, you could save.
even up to like 80 % on your bill because it depends on your usage, yes. And if we cannot save you Micah, with AI, they’re gonna move you back to where you were anyway to the utility and you’re never gonna pay more there. So with AI, you’re always gonna be moving back and forth and you know exactly what’s happening with your rates.
Micah Johnson (14:50)
Wow.Interesting, interesting.
Mikey Gomez (15:49)
So the opportunity,Micah, right? Out there in Ohio, let’s say, right? Somebody has, as I mentioned, 5,000 units or whatever, right? They add an added value. Now you get, right, somebody that loves, let’s say, you have a tenant that loves you more, right? And so they’re just gonna be better. I mean, it’s added value to them. It’s a discount. Now you can give them community solar. You can give them auto-save. They’re saving. And guess what?
Most likely they, you know, that extra 100, 150 bucks, whatever they’re saving, can go back into their rent.
Micah Johnson (16:27)
Well, back into their lives, man. Keeping long-term tenants are what you want. Folks that take care of your stuff. Yeah, you want to get as close to market as you can, but you know, being smart, taking care of it. And by providing a good experience, no matter what, it helps with that process. So yeah, man, I like what you got going on there. So for folks that are listening in that want to learn more about you, following what’s going on, what’s the best way for them to find you?Mikey Gomez (16:53)
You know, on Instagram really, Micah, the handle is it’s Mikey Gomez, M-I-K-E-Y. That’s I-T-S, Mikey Gomez. Or my personal website, that’s MikeyGomez.me.Micah Johnson (17:07)
Okay. Excellent, man. We’ll make sure those links are in the show notes out there. So if you’re listening in and you want to get in on more of what Mikey’s going on, learn about it, see if it applies and make sure you follow them. Check it out. So what he’s got going on, Mikey, anything you want to sign off with man?Mikey Gomez (17:21)
Now Micah, honestly, first of all, I want to thank you for giving me an opportunity, a platform. I know how big it is, how you’re growing, man. And this is just awesome. So I look forward to hopefully add value to you moving forward in any way I can and keep the relationship going. And what I would like to share with people is that I would say,Stay focused guys on yourself, your family, on what it is that we’re doing right and try not to focus so much on the news because they’re putting so much stuff out there. People are getting so divided but once we’re having conversations like this, you see that nobody’s really fighting. you know, that’s what I, I don’t think this is a normal message maybe for this channel, That’s truly what I see, man.
Micah Johnson (18:07)
No, I love that.I love that, man. I firmly believe we all have far more in common than we do different. And when you focus on that, it’s staggering the way life changes and how you see other people. Because history showed and science shows what sets humanity apart from every other species is we can work in groups bigger than 200. No other species can do that. And the only way we can do that is because we communicate with each other. And that’s why we can create these big companies and huge corporations and teams and all these things.
because we have that ability. I agree with you, man. It’s time to keep tapping back into it. Because the more you talk with folks, the more you realize we’re not that different. We’re just not. We got a lot in common. So I appreciate that message, Thanks everybody for joining us.
Mikey Gomez (18:52)
Yeah. Micah, let me start to interrupt,Micah. I do cap raising as well. If people are always looking, you know, to raise capital, I have a massive group of people that I work with, so I can always help in that area as well.
Micah Johnson (19:08)
Excellent, man. Well, again, check Mikey out. His links are in the show notes. We appreciate you being here today. Thanks for following or watching along with us, everybody out there. And as always, please don’t forget to subscribe to our podcast. We appreciate every single one of you that follows along with us. We got more conversations coming up with operators just like Mikey out there building a real business in the industry. Thanks for joining us. We’ll see everybody on the next episode.Mikey Gomez (19:30)
Have a blessed one.
