Hey BP'ers! After some lurking on Bigger Pockets, I'm diving in and trying to turn my real estate hobby into a part-time business/side hustle. I’m originally from Milwaukee, moved to Minneapolis in 1997, moved over 20 times between 2004 and 2012, and settled back in Minneapolis in 2013. I purchased my first rental property in 2014 and now own over 20 rental units. I'm now a licensed real estate agent with Exit Realty Metro (MN) and Homestead Realty (WI))

I am by no means rolling in cash (and proudly enjoy Sports Clips haircuts and obsessing about airline miles for my vacations) but real estate has helped me catch up on my retirement savings and provides a nice second source of income, which helps me stress less about taking on as many clients in my day job (or charging those clients a ton of money).

My day job: I’m a political consultant that has managed campaigns, led field programs, designed trainings, or consulted on over 50 campaigns in 18 US states and 8 countries. Occasionally real estate and politics cross paths and I love helping responsible real estate professionals build campaigns to garner political support for their projects.

Outside of work, I’m an avid traveler that has visited 54 countries (and love hearing travel tips), a martial arts fan with black belts in two martial arts, and I read a book every week (and always love good reading suggestions).

How did I get involved with real estate? I started investing in real estate to catch up on retirement savings. And I didn't start out with much money - I looked for every creative way I can to find properties for little to no money down, using hard money loans, contract for deeds, private funding, and leveraging my retirement accounts. I've found properties on the retail market (MLS) by moving quick and efficiently, but I focus more on and finding properties on the investor market (through auction, wholesalers, and more).

What Services Do I Offer?
The industry is changing, and folks who work in real estate need to offer more than opening lock boxes and filling out forms. We have to start adding value, training, and offering more options and models of service. I’m excited to be in the real estate industry and look forward to doing all that I can to help make this process work a little better and move that change along.

I'm launching a few programs in the months ahead focusing on helping house hackers and first-time investors, foreign investors, and folks looking to get more involved in the Milwaukee market.

If any of the above sounds interesting to you, please reach out anytime. I'm always looking to meet motivated folks who are hustling to find good deals, offering new ways to fund projects, and anyone who wants to shake up the parts of the real estate industry that aren't working well.

Best of luck and hope to connect.

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Political consultant + part time investor/agent (MN+WI) saying hi

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