Is it possible to earn from your business and be compassionate at the same time? Not a lot of real estate investors are capable of doing so. But for the rare ones, it sets a great example of how entrepreneurs and investors can make a difference in any industry.

Black Swan Real Estate principal, Nick Stageberg, offers his experience and valuable insights in this first of a two-part episode. Get to know how he earns the trust of investors, and how he takes care of his team in special ways in #TechandTacticsTuesday.

Key Points From This Episode: 

• What was he doing before he ventured into real estate? 
• How did he successfully transition to real estate?
• What was his plan like when he set his big goals? 
• What are the things that help him keep pursuing personal growth? 
• What is his business all about? What type of services does it offer?
• Is he into single asset or multi-asset funds?
• What kind of investors work for his business? How does he acquire them?
• How does he give back to the community?
• What business model does he have considering he has a profit-sharing program in his company?

Tweetables: 

“Repetition is the mother of all skills. So going through that process of zero to 100 employees and massive organizational growth, revenue growth, made it really easy to do the third time.”

“Having gone through a couple of really successful startup organizations and a really powerful business partner allowed us to grow our company so quickly and so successfully.”

“I know myself today, I know that I'm really never going to retire like this. This is just who I am. This is when I'm really thriving, the most leading the biggest life I can possibly lead.”

“Through all of my entrepreneurship journey, I had made other people extraordinarily wealthy, but I never really truly made myself that wealthy. That's just not how things shook out.”

“I'd have nowhere near the happiness, the fulfillment, the satisfaction I have that so many people out there that are successful are driven by despite they're trying to thrive.”

“We're a very mission-driven organization, a values-driven organization, a very spiritual organization. So we have a radically different structure to our private equity fund, we have no fees whatsoever.”

“A hundred percent of our profit goes to our investors until they've gotten a full return of capital.”

Link Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Black Swan Real Estate

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About Nick Stageberg

Nick Stageberg is a career technologist with over 15 years of experience in the software development, architecture, and management space at Dell, Revenue Management Solutions, and Mayo Clinic. In 2017, Nick expanded his real estate horizons by obtaining a real estate license in Minnesota and now works with Keller Williams Premier Realty-Rochester to represent Black Swan Real Estate, other investors, and home buyers/sellers in real estate transactions.

Nick earned a degree in Computer Science from Oklahoma Christian University.