Profits with Purpose: How to build a $300M+ Real Estate Fund That’s Changing Communities with Samuel Sells

Entrepreneurs on Fire

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Samuel Sells, a retired Air Force officer, is a visionary CEO, investor, and social impact entrepreneur who went from 30k in the bank to creating a 300M Impact fund set to acqui 1B in affordable housing.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Its not just about the money, its about value and meaning that we become successful.

2. There are two things to raise capital, having a legally approve vehicle and asking people to invest to you.

3. Impact investing is investingyour money in a way that aligns with your values. You can create meaning and profit at the exact same time. You don’t have to sacrifice profits or your values just to make money.

Shoot Samuel a message - Samuel Sells Email

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0:00.0	Who's ready to rock today, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire,
0:07.2	the only daily show interviewing the world's top entrepreneurs, and we're talking seven days
0:10.8	a week. Today we'll be breaking down profits with a purpose, how to build a 300 million
0:15.4	plus real estate fund that's changing communities to drop these value bombs. I brought Samuel
0:20.4	Sells in the EO Fire Studios.
0:22.5	Samuel is a retired Air Force officer, a visionary CEO investor and social impact entrepreneur
0:28.0	who went from 30K in the bank to creating a $300 million impact fund and is set to acquire
0:34.4	$1 billion in affordable housing.
0:37.2	And today, our nation, we'll talk about that story, the five levels of real estate success.
0:41.9	We'll also talk about raising money from investors and what impact investing is and
0:46.2	owe so much more.
0:47.4	And a big thing for sponsoring today's episode goes to Samuel and our sponsors.
0:52.5	Franocity has helped hundreds of people leave unfulfilling jobs, invest in recession, resilient
0:57.1	businesses, and create legacy income for their families through franchising.
1:01.2	Visit franocity.com. That's F-R-A-N-O-C-I-T-Y.com to book a free consultation and start
1:08.0	your franchising journey with expert guidance.
1:12.0	Samuel, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with.
1:19.8	Hey, what's up, Fire Nation? So happy to be here. So good to speak with you. And yeah, what is something that I believe in that most people might disagree
1:29.4	with me? So most people think that getting wealthy is all about the numbers, right? What's my ROI?
1:34.5	How's the dollar doing? Et cetera, et cetera. To me, it's all about people. I believe we can become
1:41.4	successful, wealthy, by helping improve other people's lives.
1:45.8	And when we create meaning, or we can create meaning wealth at the same time, it's not just about the money.
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