SBTM May 2015 Anthony Ford | Page 11

The years 2005 through 2007 were pivotal ones. As a Realtor®, Anthony did a lot of real estate transactions and became a top producer for Century 21 Sugar Land that is now called Realty Solutions. All three years, he was in the top three out of approximately 160 agents. When he began in real estate, most of his clients were his friends. They saw how he was flipping properties and they wanted to do the same. He would find a good investment property for them and then give them names of contractors only to find out that they still could not flip it. They had the resources but did not have the know-how. This is when My Investment Deals was birthed. My Investment Deals flips, develops, and builds real estate portfolios for small business owners and professional business executives. Anthony, whose motto is, “Your current situation does not dictate your final destination”, created My Investment Deals as an investment firm to serve people who have the desire to invest in real estate but lack the time, resources, or proper experiences to do it on their own. Clients need only facilitate the debt. They can choose to buy a house with cash or they can get a bank loan. They service the debt and My Investment Deals finds the property according to the risk tolerance and financial goals. The property is then redesigned with architects and engineers. “I first hire a contracting firm that can handle the level of remodeling that we’re doing. I help with facilitating and orchestrating the entire acquisition. Last but not least, I help them with their exit strategy,” explained Anthony. My Investment Deals does a lot of work with retirees and people that are looking to aggressively plan for retirement by using accounts such as IRAs and 401Ks to fund p ɽ