Beware of the Low-Hanging Fruit with Stewart Beal

<p>Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with Stewart Beal about the vital role of insurance in real estate, why cutting costs is not the way to go, the value of a proper insurance, and the painful realities when catastrophe strikes.</p> <p> </p> <p>Stewart W. Beal is an aggressive serial entrepreneur who brings extensive management, marketing, and leadership abilities to any project.  Mr. Beal has been actively involved in real estate, construction, acquisition, development, and management since 1997.  Mr. Beal founded Beal Properties, LLC in 2002 at 19 years of age and has founded 20 other companies in the real estate and construction industries. Beal Properties has purchased more than 100 properties in the past 19 years in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Toledo, and downtown Detroit and currently manages over 3,000 apartments, office spaces, and single family homes.  Beal Properties currently employees more than 50 team members in Michigan and Ohio. Mr. Beal is a founding member of Watermark Partners, a group of real estate funds that have raised more than $100M in equity, conducted more than 150 real estate transactions, and acquired more than 6,000 apartments in the past 5 years. Mr. Beal has a degree in Business Management from Eastern Michigan University and has served on the boards of Ypsilanti’s Chamber of Commerce and Ypsilanti’s Downtown Development Authority.  Mr. Beal is a licensed real estate Broker in the State of Michigan.</p> <p> </p> <p>Under Mr. Beal’s leadership Beal Properties and Beal Incorporated have won numerous awards at local, state, and national levels culminating with Inc. Magazine naming Beal Incorporated the 191st fastest growing privately owned business in America in 2010.  In 2007, Crain’s Detroit Business included Stewart Beal in their “20 in their 20’s” feature, an annual article about rising entrepreneurs in Southeastern, Michigan.  In 2010 the United States Small Business Administration named Stewart Beal their “Michigan Young Entrepre