In recent years, it seems like most operators and investors have been chasing the Sunbelt.

But what if the real opportunity lies on Micropolitan markets?

Small cities with big eds and meds anchors and near-zero vacancy.

Today we walk through our small deals start the investment journey,

and they were zooming in on places where most investors skip,

and the opportunities lurking and overlook markets for five to 30 unit buildings providing

durable cash flow.

Hey guys, Kevin Bup here, host of the Real Estate Investive for Cashflow podcast, where we

uncovered the strategies and the stories behind real-world operators building wealth that last.

In this episode, you're going to hear how a $35,000 per year sports marketing job led to

his first house hack and a hundred thousand

dollar profit we're going to talk about the mindset that carried him through a total loss due to a

catastrophic fire and then how he's finding big returns and small micropolitan markets that

most investors overlook hoary jacobson is the co-founder of juice enterprises and the co-hosts of

the wealth juice podcast he's building financial freedom,

one small to mid-sized multifamily deal at a time. And with that, let's dive into the show. Corey, my friend, welcome to the show. Kevin, thanks for having me, man. This is awesome. I really appreciate the time. Yeah, excited to have you here. I know I was on your show not too long ago. So now we're going to flip the tables here today and learn a little bit more about you so how about we um let's back

it up a little bit core for those that aren't aware of you,

don't know who you are, don't know your background, your story, any of that stuff. So let's start with the beginnings. You know, let's talk about when you found your way or fell your way into real estate what that look like i'm from philadelphia uh my partner and i ryan and my fiance

we live here in Philadelphia.

I started out, I'm 34, I turned 34 this month. I started out when I was 26. I was working actually

for the Philadelphia 76ers. Basketball had been my life up into a certain point. And I was when, you know,

they pay the players a little bit more than they pay the rest of the people at the 76 years. So I was making $35,000. I remember this when I was 26 years old and I had a little bit of money saved up, but I was basically living paycheck to paycheck. And I remember my boss wanted me to stay there with the organization, which I love the job. it was great. And I loved him. And he's like,

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