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The land was bought by the UK's largest private equity fund, London Asset Management, at a valuation of £50bn. The land was bought for a huge sum of money and the people who bought it were all big business professionals – including a great deal of money-lenders from the world's top banks. But my life was on the line. My job was to build up a real estate empire and the real estate didn't matter as much to me as making a living selling real estate. The land had been sold to a new investor, which I then bought and sold for £3.1bn. I was making £200m a year and I was living on a little of that. The land was now owned by the banks, which were all big business professionals. For me, it was that simple. In fact, it was just the start of my financial life. I had no idea how to get a real estate business. I had no idea how I could make money. My first job was in a mortgage broker at one of the biggest mortgage brokers in London, the London Trades Union Congress. I was looking for an investment banker who would tell me how to make money. I was told that I had to go to the broker and talk to him. So I went. There was no one there. I had no idea what I was doing. I was doing it with the money. I had my real estate business. The broker had given £4m, which was a lot. The buyer was a well-known real estate developer called David Leveson. He had been a mortgage broker for the London Trades Union Congress, and he was also the chairman of the London Stock Exchange. That was when I knew what I was doing, what I was doing. I had bought a house – a £7m house. My mortgage broker told me I did not need to make a mortgage on it and I would be paid up. When I realised that I was making £5m a year, my boss asked me to sell the house. My job was to get a house for £3.1bn. I didn't know what to do. I was living on a little of that. It all started to feel a bit like a reality. The only thing I had in common with anyone I met was that I was a real estate broker with a professional life. I had no money and no skills. I had no idea how to start a real estate business. When I went to see my manager, he told me that I had to get a real estate agent. I was a little nervous but I did it. I had no idea how