Investor Stories

By Mark Ainley

INVESTOR STORIES FEATURING KRIS TORIBIO

Today’s Investment story comes from Kris and Angela Toribio. Angela works full-time as the Assistant Director of a 164-unit senior living community. Kris recently earned his doctorate degree in August 2020 and works full-time as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Whi...

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INVESTOR STORIES FEATURING MIKE KEHOE

Today’s Investment story comes from Mike KehoeMike’s Bio - A born entrepreneur, he most recently exited a SAAS payment company he founded in the FinTec space. From there he began to dip his toes into real estate investing, and now is full time. He’s combined his...

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INVESTOR STORY FEATURING LUKE BLAHNIK

Today’s Investment story comes from Luke Blahnik. Luke has lived in Chicago since 2006 and offers extensive expertise in strategic acquisition, rehabilitation and a knack for obtaining off market properties. Luke has a substantial background in assisting clients find the be...

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Anonymous Northside Investor

Today’s Investment story comes from an anonymous investor on the Northside of Chicago. For the purposes of our story, I’ll call our investor John.Pre-closeJohn has been a Chicago investor for multiple decades and has learned many lessons along the way. This experience...

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Investor Story featuring Nicky and RJ De Leon

Today’s Investment story comes from Nicky and RJ De Leon. Nicky and RJ were interviewed on Episode 43 of the Straight Up Chicago Investor Podcast. RJ is a Licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker, founded EJC Partners, a general contracting company that focuses on multifam...

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Investor Story Featuring Alex Ferraro

Today’s Investment story comes from myself, Alex Ferraro. As of the time of this writing (February 2021), I own a duplex in Chicago and 15+ units in South Bend, Indiana. I have been actively involved in the Chicago real estate community for about three years and co-lead a l...

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INVESTOR STORIES FEATURING JONATHAN KLEMM

Today’s Investor Story comes from Jonathan Klemm. Jonathan is an entrepreneur with an abundance mindset focused on "Us & we, not I & Me". Jonathan is a construction engineer who has worked for Walsh construction traveling the world for the last decad...

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INVESTOR STORIES FEATURING WONDERFUL TOGBEY

Today’s Investor Story comes from Wonderful Togbey. Wonderful is originally from Togo, West Africa. He started investing in real estate a little over 2 years ago in Omaha, NE and moved to the Chicagoland area in early 2020. He currently holds a full-time job as a senior web...

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INVESTOR STORIES FEATURING BLAKE MCCREIGHT

Today’s Investment story comes from Blake McCreight. Blake and his wife Wendy have been buying real estate for over a decade, and have a strong background in wholesaling across the Chicago and Milwaukee markets. As the leader of a company that has flipped more than 200 hous...

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Investor Stories Featuring Jared Kott

Today’s Investment story comes from Jared Kott. Investor and property manager, Jared Kott, lives and breathes the Southeast neighborhoods of Chicago. After leaving corporate America on a Friday in 2013, Jared enrolled in a property management class, with CIC, the following ...