Quitting the Perfect Day Job to Become a Full-time Real Estate Investor!
Ever dreamt of someday quitting your W2? Witness Andrew Engel's inspiring journey from a stable tech job to the dynamic world of full-time real estate investing. With a young family in tow, Andrew navigated the challenges and triumphs of this major life shift.
Join us to uncover the actionable steps and personal insights that fueled his transformative year.
Speaker: Andrew Engel
Andrew Engel
Andrew Engel is a real estate investor and founder of Fresh Picked Leads, a lead generation company designed to collect and distribute the freshest motivated seller lists in Wisconsin.
Andrew’s professional background is in software engineering and project management, but he left his W2 job in February 2023to pursue his businesses full time.
He is now focusing his efforts on building his real estate acquisitions business to wholesale, fix and flip, and hold residential real estate.
Hosts: Mike Martell & Joe Gracyalny
Mike Martell
Originally from Two Rivers, Mike and his wife Kathryn (from Brillion) have been married for over 30 years. They have three grown children all living in the upper Midwest. After 25 + years in the kitchen and bath industry working in sales and sales management for a couple of large companies, Mike retired to Door County with Kathryn in June of 2018.
Mike and Kathryn’s interest in real estate began in 1986 with their first duplex, an upper/lower in Wauwatosa, purchased on a land contract. Over the years they moved all over the Midwest chasing the corporate dream but always looking, buying, and updating properties, focused on kitchen and bath remodels. They purchased flips, buy and holds, tried their hand at land development, historic renovations and buying bank owned properties. Today they are focused on vacation rentals and private money lending.
Joe Gracyalny
Joe is a real estate investor in the Green Bay/Fox Valley area. He has partnerships with other investors, as well as his own projects and views investing as a team activity. He specializes in underperforming small multifamily projects.
Joe has a passion for education and helping young investors. He was a teacher and coach in Dubuque, IA before moving back to his Wisconsin roots. As a teacher, he added a few rentals in the Green Bay area, and recognized the opportunity in real estate. He took the leap and hasn’t looked back. WiscoREIA provides the opportunity for him to be able to scratch that educator itch, as well as learn from the many people in the room. Hosting the Green Bay location has been a blast!
Joe got his first project under contract in 2018 with his brother Kevin and has been growing ever since. Currently, at 50+ doors, as well as some wholesale deals, and flips under his belt. He credits specializing to some of his success, but continues to learn more every day.
In 2023 Joe launched Duplex University where you can find tools, templates, a weekly newsletter, with more to come, all 100% free to investors. Find Joe on: duplexuniversity.com - Instagram @ duplex_joe - Twitter @ realduplexjoe or at WiscoREIA Green Bay on the first Tuesday of every month!
Important Notice:
This meeting will be at The Lyric Room. Please enjoy food, and drinks, and TIP YOUR SERVERS!
Additional Meeting Information:
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm - Check-in & Networking with investors and sponsors
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm -Sponsor + Speaker Introductions with the main presentation to follow
After the conclusion of the presentation - We always have Networking!
This meeting will be at The Lyric Room. Please enjoy food, and drinks, and TIP YOUR SERVERS!
Meeting Location:
The Lyric Room at Stage 1
231 N Broadway
Green Bay, WI 54303
Your first meeting with WiscoREIA is FREE! After that, non-members are $20! Members are always FREE!
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WiscoREIA Green Bay Always Meets on the 1st Tuesday of the Month from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm!
Important Notice:
This meeting will be at The Lyric Room. Please enjoy food, and drinks, and TIP YOUR SERVERS!
Hosted by: Mike Martell & Joe Gracyalny
