From Losing $50M to Building Real Estate Empire
Description
A Dutch immigrant turned real estate investor, Rod built a portfolio of over 2,000 properties—only to lose $50 million in the 2008 crash. Instead of quitting, he reframed it as one of his life’s biggest “seminars” and rebuilt with an unstoppable mindset for success.
Today, Rod is a real estate mogul, philanthropist, and peak performance coach, known for teaching the psychology of success as much as the strategies of business. He’s also the founder of the Tiny Hands Foundation, which has impacted over 130,000 children in need.
In this episode of the No Limits Selling Podcast, Umar Hameed and Rod dive into:
The mindset required to bounce back from massive setbacks.
Real estate lessons from decades of owning and managing thousands of properties.
Why success isn’t about what you get, but what you give back.
Rod’s story is about more than real estate. it’s about resilience, authenticity, and redefining what it means to win.




