How to manage your money and resources to navigate any economy including building wealth in traditionally difficult ones. On this episode of The Man Versus Brand podcast, we speak to Patrick Grimes about how we can thrive in difficult economic conditions, like the one we are in now. Patrick Grimes is the Founding CEO of InvestOnMainStreet.com, a private equity firm with a mission to enhance busy professionals’ quality of life by providing tax shielded and inflation hedged passive investments. Meaning, Patrick’s company advises where you should put your money, helps you lessen your tax expense and grows the money you have - one dollar at a time. 

He has over fifteen years of experience in active real estate investment, purchasing distressed assets, renovating, and stabilizing for long-term cash-flow. His company’s $500M+ portfolio includes 4000+ units in multifamily apartment communities in the emerging markets across Texas and the southeastern United States. Patrick co-authored an Amazon #1 best-selling book, Persistence, Pivots, and Game Changers and writes articles on investing and commercial real estate for Forbes and Inman author. Patrick holds a Bachelors in Engineering, a Master of Science in Engineering and an MBA.

If you want to talk about building wealth, real estate, learning from past mistakes and how to grow from having nothing, this is the episode for you. 

Quote of the Episode: “I lost everything early on. I struggled with the single family thing (investment in single family homes in real estate) and how I figured it out on scaling to multi-families and diversifying energy funds and people resonate with that.” Patrick speaks on how he shifted to being unafraid to share his story has changed how that has shifted his approach to conversations about business. 

Topics Covered: 

-  Wealth Building 

- Commercial Real Estate 

- Energy Funds 

- Difficult Economies 

Guest: Patrick Grimes 

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Top Picks referenced in podcast: 

Guest watch/read/listen recommendation: A CEO Only Does These Three Things by Trey Taylor 

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Guest secret watch/read/listen: Smoked Meats - Tales From The Pits 

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Host: Deeon Brown 

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