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Rich Von Says Entrepreneurship Still Strong in California

SACRAMENTO, California – December 29, 2012 – Rich Von has studied the Sacramento area extensively in recent years.

Rich Von in Talks for $30 Million Rental Fund

SACRAMENTO, California (PRBuzz.com) December 31, 2012 -- Rich Von, one of the partners of Von Vesting, Inc., is excited to announce that the company is in high-level talks to take on a $30 million rental fund.

Rich Von in Talks for $30 Million Rental Fund

Rich Von - Distressed Property FAQ

Rich Von has a talent for turning around homes that are in disrepair, sometimes revitalizing entire areas.  

Rich Von -- How Pop Warner Football Gives Back

According to ardent supporter Rich Von, Pop Warner Football provides youth the opportunity to become involved in sports at a young age, helping to build discipline and a competitive spirit.  

Rich Von Reviews the History of Bow Hunting

Rich Von turned toward marketing when he found his work as a tradesman was limiting his life and career and growth options.  Not only was his life in the trades financially thwarting, it was also preventing him from achieving the personal growth that he sought. The first step in building a real future for himself and his family started when Rich Von began his career in marketing in 1989.

However, once his marketing team began experiencing great financial success, Rich Von began to feel an even greater responsibility. Not only was he responsible for himself, Rich Von recalls, but he also had the responsibility of an entire team. One day, he sat down with some of the top representatives in his sales organization and just listened.  Rich Von noticed their enthusiasm had begun to wane. The deeper he dug, the more unhappy he realized people were.

Rich Von began to look at his own life. While he’d joined the sales and marketing industry because he enjoyed it, Rich Von says that “the fire had gone out of things.” Further complicating the situation was his personal life. He’d been unable to spend as much time with his wife as he wanted and he felt he wasn’t able to be the father he wanted to be.

One day, Rich Von ’s wife told him what had been bothering her. He was no longer happy, and it showed. The passion Rich Von had once felt for what he was doing was gone and he didn’t seem like the same person anymore. He’d put on 30 pounds, Rich Von recalls, and he wasn’t the same person he’d once been.

According to Rich Von, he began to think about what his wife had told him and realized he felt as though he was serving a prison sentence. While he’d once loved what he did, that love was gone and he wanted to find a way to get it back.

After deep soul-searching, Rich Von realized the company wasn’t what it once had been. The company’s actions didn’t match what he believed, and the company’s actions didn’t even match what company management said they stood for. Even though they’d tell both present and potential workers and associates that they believed these things, they weren’t “walking the talk,” says Rich Von.

Rich Von learned something valuable. If someone isn’t enjoying his or her work and feels “stuck,” Rich Von says it won’t work. Just as it’s important to earn money to enjoy life, Rich Von believes it’s equally important to find something we love to do while earning that money. It’s a principle he lives by today.

Talk is cheap, says Rich Von Alvensleben. Anyone can make noise. After more than a dozen years as an entrepreneur, this California businessman says the best way to judge commitment is by the level of risk one is willing to take to grow their business and their income.

Dollars, the Mortar of the Economy

Cash is what makes the economy strong just as mortar holds together the bricks of a building. Without the mortar, Rich Von Alvensleben says, all you have is a pile of rocks. In any business venture, there are those who are committed to success and those who are loyal to the idea of success. According to Rich Von Alvensleben, the dream chasers are the people who stand amongst the pile of rocks hoping they stay stacked. The ones who really want to achieve are the ones who get their hands dirty and take the financial responsibility to go out and buy the mortar.

According to Rich Von Alvensleben, it is the ones filling the joints who have the most to lose. They are the ones in a corporation who have put their cash on the table – the ones who ante up and who have to win to keep playing. Their belief in the business, and therefore their level of commitment, is measured in dollars. Once a player lays his cash on the table, it becomes his game. This is important because, as Rich Von Alvensleben has seen, before they’ve made a financial commitment, they were simply playing around with other people’s money.

Winning the Race

Winning a race isn’t done in one lap, says Rich Von Alvensleben. A business does not become successful overnight. Once an investment has been made, there must be a period of longevity to ensure that all bets are on. In other words, “You can’t bet on the first half alone.” In order for an investor in his or her new business to really make it, he or she has to be willing to establish goals and timelines. Rich Von Alvensleben says that commitment, and its accompanying success, can also be measured over time by the amount of consistent persistence one applies.

Many people believe that making it big means jumping in head first with a blind passion and nothing else. Not so, insists Rich Von Alvensleben. As he’s witnessed time and again, it’s the ones who think it through, weigh the benefits against the risks, and keep pace with what they can do that will eventually find themselves in a position of financial freedom. The ones starting out “gung ho” with big ideas but little staying power are the ones who fizzle, fade, and forget what they were even there for, laments Rich Von Alvensleben.

About Rich Von Alvensleben:

Rich Von Alvensleben did not begin his journey to the top as many do – leaving school straight for the concrete jungle. Instead, this thrill-seeking risk taker started at the bottom…of the ocean. After graduating college with a degree in Marine Technology, Rich Von Alvensleben donned diving gear and a wet suit for the United States Antarctic Program. The USAP is a unique research program that focuses on the preservation of Antarctica and the study of its delicate ecosystem. Only a select few ever get to participate in the globally cooperative program.

Later, Rich Von Alvensleben founded his own drilling firm, Associated Drilling, in San Francisco. Concurrent to this project, Rich Von Alvensleben also began his work in sales and marketing via the company he founded, World Concepts, LLC. These ventures laid the foundation for his current endeavors in real estate, as CEO of One Up Construction, a California Licensed General Contractor and Operations Manager of Von Vesting, Inc., a real estate investment firm focused on distressed property

In the world of real estate investment, Rich Von Alvensleben and Von Vesting, Inc. have amassed a considerable track record. With Rich Von Alvensleben as Operations Manager, Von Vesting and its investor arm, the American Redevelopment Fund, LP buy, rehab and sell single family homes.  In the past 12 years, Rich Von Alvensleben has flipped over 1700 distressed properties. Rich Von Alvensleben also serves as CEO of LKT, Inc., d.b.a., OneUp Construction, a California Licensed General Contracting firm. Prior to his time in real estate investment, Rich Von Alvensleben held the post of Sales Manager for World Concepts LLC, a company he co-founded in 1993. Rich Von Alvensleben and World Concepts, LLC was personally responsible for $100 million of their parent company’s 2005 sales.