Turning A Year Older
This week, a reader asked me: "How do you find deals?" It's a great question. It’s also a question I've...
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Investing posts covering deals, strategies, and the stories behind actual transactions. Self-storage, commercial real estate pivots, and the math behind turning properties into real returns.
"Turning A Year Older" started with a reader asking, "How do you find deals?" I answered it honestly, including the parts that are not glamorous.
How We Turned $1.07M into $2.125M with Self-Storage
We bought two self-storage facilities for $1.07M. We Sold one for $2.125M. Here's a full rundown of what happened. The...
From Residential to Commercial Real Estate: My Strategy in Chicago
In 2020, I sold off my residential portfolio and pivoted into commercial real estate. I was done with flips, tired...
How We Made $338K Profit on an Unexpected Property Deal
We turned a non-ideal property into a $338K profit over just 2.5 years. Located at 5805 S. Archer Avenue near...
Transforming an Innovation Center
In November 2023, we paid $4.5M for the innovation center. If this were an office building, it would've been a...
4 Value-Add Deals That Can Level Up Your Real Estate Game
Value-add investments follow the same principles, whether you’re turning around a 200,000 sq. ft. industrial building or a flipping a...
Our Commercial Property Rescue Mission
Here's the story of how we turned a money-draining property into a success that had generated 5x returns in just...
From Communist Dorms to $100M+ CRE Portfolio
I own a growing CRE portfolio valued at $100M+. I have purchased many great deals. I have 20+ years of...
3 Marketing Channels Crushing it for Off-Market Deals Right Now
When I started this newsletter seven months ago, I set out to find the best value-add model possible. I became...
Breakdown of 165K Sq Ft Industrial Redevelopment
I don't know much about wine or cars... ...but I'm a collector and (dare I say?) a buff of real estate models....
"How We Turned $1.07M into $2.125M with Self-Storage" breaks down exactly what it sounds like. We bought two self-storage facilities for $1.07M and grew the value to $2.125M. The post explains how.
"From Residential to Commercial Real Estate: My Strategy in Chicago" covers my 2020 decision to sell off my residential portfolio and pivot into commercial real estate. It was a big move, and I wanted to document why.
"How We Made $338K Profit on an Unexpected Property Deal" is about turning a property that was not ideal into a $338K profit in just two years. Sometimes the deals you do not plan for are the best ones.
Ten posts and counting. I write about my deals because I wish someone had shown me real numbers when I was starting out.