As you know, I really jumped into this Full Steam and honestly, you know, the being a part of the SouthSide Investment Club of course was a huge confidence Builder...excited.

I mean I knew how to work on houses, but from the business side of things and how to find the deals, I didn't know what I was getting into or what we were doing at all and I feel like networking with a club of people that are doing these things was was really essential. It gave me the kind of the boost that I think I needed.

...You know, we scraped the money together and we figured out how to buy Bates.

Originally, we're going to rent it, but I started working on it seeing it come together and I'm like, there's a shortage of nice, low $100,000 move in quality houses on the market and my wife being an agent, she kept telling me we should try to sell this thing and she's like, we got a really good shot at making some money on this house because we really bought it right and with me doing all the work which was six months of evenings and weekends.

Yes, leaving a rehab who can going and doing more rehab so, you know, push me to the point of almost burn out, but we're almost at the Finish Line we close on the 13th. And that what you said is right after we did some repairs to the exterior and replaced the cast iron sewers sewer lines.

We're going to make a right around 40 Grand.

With a which essentially was an in the initial investment was about 50 is 49 and some change to buy the house. That's not too shabby. Thanks!

In January of 2012 my husband and I were approached to become the master lessee of a 30 unit distressed apartment complex close to the Arizona State University campus. Andy helped us to see the potential of real estate as a retirement plan for us. Andy helped us negotiate a deal with the owners that included no money down and sweat equity to manage the apartments with an option to buy the complex in October of 2015. We had no prior experience in apartment management or owning real estate. He helped us assess the value of the complex, the risk vs. the potential financial gain and the amount of sweat equity that we would have to put into the complex to be able to purchase the property. He helped us set realistic goals for stabilizing the apartment and monitor cash flow for capital improvements. He also coached us in how to find and negotiate with vendors to maximize the income we would generate the first year.

In just one year the owners came back offering to buy us out for $200k. Andy once again helped us navigate what the potential payoff vs. the 200k offer and with his knowledge of the real estate market we decided to pass on the offer. We are now starting the process to purchase the property under his guidance.

I wholeheartedly endorse Andy. His skill and understanding of dealing with distressed properties and bringing economic value to them is unprecedented. He has an easy manner about him that makes asking the stupid questions less intimidating to ask. He also has the skill level to guide the novice first timer to success in easy small steps to reach the economic goals in a reasonable time. He has let us know what were reasonable risks to take and what were unwise risks to take. He is principled in his dealings which makes trusting his mentoring easy. We always wanted to become property owners but had no idea how to get started. Andy solved that for us. I have grown as a business woman and a person. Our financial plans for retirement are within our reach and more than what we had dreamed possible. I am grateful for his coaching and you will be too.