I'm 24 with 2,500+ units

[Keaton Schultz]

Hello everyone!  My name is Keaton Schultz and I'm a young investor based out of Stevens Point, WI. I started investing in real estate pretty early because everyone I ran into kept saying "boy, I wish I would have started younger" so I really took that to heart. I bought my first rental property around my 18th birthday and also got my real estate license around then (all while going to college, trust me it was a little busy).

I kept busy buying properties while I was going to college (UWSP). Remodeling and repairing during the night and hunting for deals while I was in class. I managed to complete college in three years and really launch my business. When I graduated in 2018 I really hit the ground running. I started hiring people and was purchasing properties left and right. The famous joke in the office was when I told a PM (property manager) I bought a property they would ask "did you walk through it or was this another Keaton special?" I would have closings basically every Friday back to back normally. Looking back, I'm not sure how I kept up.

A few years ago I got into mobile home parks and ran hard with that. I always need to be busy so the "extra layers" that asset has is interesting to me and the value I can create is amazing.

I like to keep busy if you can't tell. I own all different types of real estate assets, a few laundromats, a few dry cleaners, and a payment processing company. I'm probably missing a thing or two but that's fine.

This year we hired a controller to help keep everything running smoothly. We have two operations managers who manage my two divisions: manufactured housing, and residential/multi-family. I manage all the commercial properties. 

Real estate is so much fun. If someone was observing me all the time they would say I'm working all the time. However, I would say I'm having fun. When something is your passion, do you really ever work? Here is a CRAZY fun fact: I remember all the addresses of every property I own. Yup, I can recite them roughly by the order they were purchased. 

If anyone has ANY questions or if I can be of any help don't hesitate. I love talking real estate and helping people. I would love to be a resource and would LOVE to be on a BP podcast! Ask any questions in the feed below.

Thanks,

Keaton

[Mitch Kennedy]

Congrats on your success, that's absolutely amazing and extremely unique, especially spending college nights working on your properties! Given your location, where did you find the most success networking? I'm in Waupaca, own one duplex, and it's tough networking when all of the BP events are in Wausau, Green Bay, or Appleton.