Justin Gottuso

Hello! My name is Justin and I am a native of Los Angeles who moved to Columbus Ohio in March 2020 to have a better quality of life for our family and begin actively investing in real estate to achieve Financial Independence as soon as possible. As far as real estate goes, I grew up around it. My grandfather was a real estate entrepreneurer, owning 7 companies at one time (real estate, broker, construction etc all under one roof), my mom has been a real estate agent for 35+ years, and my parents have owned and managed rental properties for 40+ years. Working a 9-5 W2 job for the last 7 years taught me that I will never make the money I want to provide for my family and live the dreams that are in my heart, like owning a robust real estate portfolio and being a venture capitalist and philanthropist to help other people pursue their dreams. Hence my passion for the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement and achieving it through real estate investing. I left my job in September 2021 as a chaplain and am now a full-time real estate investor. In my first year of actively investing in real estate while still working full-time (August 2020 to August 2021) I acquired three small multi-family properties totaling 13 doors and $7,300 per month gross rents and over $3,000 net operating income per month. I just closed escrow and started rehab on a four unit building that once it is rehabbed and rented will bring our gross income to over $10,000 per month gross/$4,000 net per month with a total of 17 doors. My short-term goal is to buy an average of 4 units per month for the next 12 months, growing our portfolio from 12+ to 60+ units and our net income to grow from $3,000 to $15,000 per month from our rental properties. My long term goals are to own 400+ units generating at least $100+ per door of profit and over $40,000 per month/$500,000 per year net income – and beyond.