Kim Lisa TaylorSecurities Attorney, Founder, Syndication Attorneys, PLLC · Corporate Securities Attorney, 2x Best-Selling Author, Nationwide Speaker | Private Placement

How Brent Got Started in Real Estate: Foreclosures to ADUs

23 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this opening segment of the video, Brent recounts his entry into real estate in 2009, beginning as a foreclosure trustee after college during a period of widespread layoffs. Leveraging a personal connection, he secured a job in a foreclosure office where he spent three to four years observing the mechanics of note trading, property auctions, and fix‑and‑flip projects, which gave him his first exposure to real‑estate investment. As the foreclosure market cooled, he shifted to the brokerage side in 2012, marking his first major career transition within the industry.

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How did I get started with ADUs? Well, I got in the real estate game in 2009. I started, uh, as a foreclosure trustee because I graduated college and everyone was getting laid off. So, um, I happen to know someone who is in the foreclosure business. I picked up the phone and said, hey, um, can you give me a job? So, um, I did actually get into the office and do the foreclosure game with him for about 3 or 4 years. And I watched people, uh, trade notes, buy properties at auction, uh, fix and flip houses. And that was my first sort of insight into the investment world and real estate. Moved to the brokerage side in 2012 as the foreclosure game started to slow down.