Apartment Building Investing With Michael Blank Podcast

In this episode of the Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing podcast, I sit down with two of our Deal Maker Mentoring students — Ryan Kindred and Russell Cannon — who broke free from the grind and did something most people only talk about: they bought a 240-unit self-storage facility and raised $1.9 million to do it.Ryan and Russ didn’t grow up in real estate. They weren’t born entrepreneurs. But they took action, surrounded themselves with the right people, and now they’re building a portfolio that’s changing their lives forever.Whether you're a high-income earner ready to pivot, or a burned-out investor trying to scale, this episode is packed with real talk, tactical steps, and one heck of a comeback story.Key TakeawaysFrom the Corporate Grind to Full-Time InvestorsRyan was managing $200M in power systems. Russ ran $100M+ construction projects. Both felt stuck.They knew their time wasn’t really theirs, and they were done trading hours for dollars.This is how they made the leap — while still working f