Episode 39: Lessons Learned in Taking Down 1275 Units in One Deal with Jorge Abreu

In this episode we talked about how Jorge Abreu started in the real estate industry. We discussed how he found his path from an engineering to multi-family real estate investing and shared all his lessons learned, tips and wisdom on helping others to invest and build their wealth. Don’t miss this episode!  In this episode, We explore: Why he doesn’t pursue his engineering degreeHow did he start flipping to a construction companyHis single family to multifamily journeyCorporate Job vs. Real Estate InvestingHow to massively find a dealImportance of networkingWhat is his due diligence in closing the dealHaving a software systemAdvantages of having a construction companyRenovation tipsImportance of a team  About Jorge Abreu:  Jorge started as an electrical engineer and realized engineering wasn’t for him and decided to jump in real estate investing. Now, Jorge is the CEO of Elevate Commercial Investment Group. Jorge has been Investing in Real Estate full time for over 14 years. He started in Single Family and small Multifamily properties. He has wholesaled over 200+Properties, Fixed & Flipped over 100+ properties and developed several new construction projects, over $8M in ground up. He solely focused on large Multifamily properties.   Jorge is currently an Active & Passive Full Time Multifamily Real Estate Investor. he has 1,720 Doors on the GP side & over 1,400+ doors on the LP side. Also a member of the 2019 Forbes Council of Real Estate. Also, owns a construction company, JNT Construction, that focuses on helping Multifamily Investors with their full renovations.   Snapshot: What is your number one failure in real estates? Not starting multifamily sooner. What is the number one thing that has contributed to your success? Number one is focus. As soon as I started focusing on multifamily that's when things started happening. What is the one nugget of investing knowledge you want to give us? Don't be afraid to go outside your backyard. And if you've got good systems, or if you can build those systems, then don't let