Along the way, my wife and I slowly fell in love with real estate. We bought our first rental–a triplex–in Portland in 2006, then quickly bought a couple more single-family houses. Building a rental portfolio became my passion, so in 2013 when it felt like it was time to pivot away from our branding agency, it was an easy decision for me to move into real estate investing full-time.

We began buying more investment properties in the Portland area, primarily duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes. When the opportunity presented itself, we also fixed and resold a few homes. Then we bought a commercial building to use as our office, and to expand our portfolio.  

(We are still buying properties--if you would like to sell your duplex, triplex or fourplex to me, we should talk. Learn more.)

Around 2019, I began receiving requests from others for coaching–they wanted me to help them learn to become real estate investors as well. I was reluctant at first, but quickly came to love it. Later that year, I founded The Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneur and launched the podcast, Racking Up Rentals (find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify). Today, I am blessed to work with coaching clients across the country.  

In 2020, I decided it was time to finally offer my unique “plexpertise” to clients as a real estate agent, so I got my Oregon Real Estate License and joined the good folks at MORE Realty.  

I love real estate, but it’s not my entire life. My wife, Jessica, and I are pet parents to a crazy/amazing shepherd mix named Fonzie, and we love to travel–both domestically in our Airstream trailer, and to Europe whenever we can. I love following soccer around the world, and attend matches whenever I can. If you look up Forest for the Trees on Spotify or Apple Music, you’ll find a rock album I wrote, performed and recorded.