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The Best Ever CRE Show

JF1681: Stop Trading Time For Money - Says This Self Storage Investor with Kris Benson

The Best Ever CRE Show

Best Ever CRE

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kris has an interesting story we’ll hear on this episode, how and why he turned to real estate after a career in sales. The biggest reason for him was to quit trading his time for money and spend more time with his family. So how did he do it and how can you learn from his story and apply it to your own life? Tune into this episode to hear how he transitioned into real estate, we’ll also hear how the company he works for has become one of the 30 top commercial self storage operators. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “At some point you gotta get in it, you’re gonna make mistakes, but if you don’t jump in, you’ll never move forward” - Kris Benson Kris Benson Real Estate Background: CIO for Reliant Investments, a subsidiary of Reliant Real Estate Management Reliant Real Estate is one of the top 30 commercial self storage operators in the U.S. Based in Saratoga Springs, NY Say hi to him at www.reliantinvestments.com Best Ever Book: The Alchemist How great would It be to buy a piece of institutional-quality, income-producing commercial buildings?  Now you can… with BuildingBits. It’s NOT A REIT or a fund. BuildingBITS is a new platform for non-accredited investors, where virtually anyone, regardless of income, can select a building leased to a major corporation and earn money from it! Start investing with as little as $500 at https://www.buybits.us/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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