My Story
I didn't take the path
they told me to.
No degree, no network, no roadmap. Three years in commercial HVAC, then I walked away from the steady paycheck to buy the deals most investors won't touch. Here's the short version.
The short version
Almost three years as a commercial HVAC and refrigeration tech. Good money, but I could see the ceiling from day one. Nights and weekends I taught myself the U.S. real estate market: books, YouTube, cold calls, and a lot of mistakes.
In October 2024 I quit with zero deals done. Five months on the phones before anything hit. My first deal closed in March 2025: a pre-foreclosure condo outside Atlanta. About $70,000 cash in, sold as-is three weeks later for $130,000. Every dollar went straight back in.
What I actually do
Since that first deal it's been over 30 more, about two a month. In 2025 I bought across 13 states, then cut it back hard and put the focus on South Carolina. Depth beats spread.
The house is rarely the hard part. The ownership is: probate, foreclosure, heirs nobody can find, quiet title, estates that never got finished. I figure out what's keeping the property stuck, fix it, and sell it clean. The complicated ones are the whole point.
Where it's at now
It's a real company now, Blue Peak Ventures, with a team across operations, legal, and transactions. I'm building it to run on systems and good people instead of me grinding every deal.
The honest part
I'm not a guru and I'm not selling a course. I've made expensive mistakes and I'm still figuring plenty out in real time. I'd rather be in motion and wrong sometimes than stuck and comfortable. That's the whole bet.
How we operate
High agency
Nobody hands you a playbook here. See the problem, figure it out, and move. Waiting to be told what to do is the one thing that doesn't work.
Bring a recommendation
Don't show up with just a problem. Show up with the problem and your best call on what to do about it, then we decide fast.
Own the outcome
If it's yours, it's yours to land. No handoffs halfway, no 'not my job.' The deal closing is the finish line, not the task list.
Use urgency with judgment
Move fast where speed matters, slow down where mistakes are expensive. These deals punish both kinds of sloppiness.
High standards, low ego
Hold a high bar for the work and check your ego at the door. The best answer wins, no matter who it came from.
Build systems that stick
Solve it once, then systematize it so the next person can run it without you. Scaling shouldn't mean a giant back office.