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A Brief History of Rising Tide Investments
Travis Houston and Gary Lewis merged two solid real estate strategies into one commitment to grow wealth for themselves and their clients. The result is a network of advisors and service providers that make real estate investing simple. Between the two of them they own 80 properties so you might think the whole process would be a bore to these gentlemen. Not so, their enthusiasm for what they call "The Wave To Wealth" is absolutely contagious.
Gary Lewis is a 30 year veteran of the real estate industry and has seen cycles in all sizes and durations. Even with it's ups and downs, he maintains that real estate is the safest asset class and the one which he has the most control over. He often jokes that he can't go out and buy so much Pepsi or coffee at Starbucks that he can affect the price of the stocks, but with a few grand in improvements he can raise the sales price of a home substantially.
The investing strategy Gary created was based on the bulk purchase mentality. Initially, he shared his detailed real estate research with his Christian Networking Group in Orange County to rally them to purchase investments where he wanted to buy. Working as a group, they found much better pricing on the goods and services needed to make the homes rent-ready and keep them in good condition. Hiring a Client Care Manager in each city created a much higher return on investment. It cut the cost of traditional property management in half.
Travis Houston and his wife Joy created West of the Five, a real estate company in San Diego specializing in beach area properties. Through their experiences with clients it became glaringly obvious that most clients viewed their mortgage as a necessary evil rather than a powerful financial tool. They developed a strategy to educate their clients on how to systematically make the best use of leverage and equity to get into the real estate game and play smart.
The missing piece was where to confidently advise the clients to invest. Travis is a second-generation realtor and investor. As a teenager, he had spent many a summer repairing rentals that unprofessional property managers had failed to care for. He knew that recommending out of state homes would risk his client's investments being managed with that same incompetence. But he also knew that investing in Sourthen California was a cashflow nightmare, especially if you wanted new construction that was easy to maintain. As chance would have it that was when Travis and Gary crossed paths.
Travis and his wife sold one of their San Diego homes and used the profits to test Gary's strategy. More than satisfied with the results and thrilled with the removal of traditional property management from the model, Travis approached Gary about working together to combine their methods. Gary's research model and bulk purchase strategy combined perfectly with Travis' determination to use mortgages and equity repositioning. From this fusion, Rising Tide Investments was created. Since that time Travis and Gary have educated people from all walks of life on their simple effective way to slowly and steadily build up your net worth to the millions.
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Gary Lewis is a 30 year veteran of the real estate industry and has seen cycles in all sizes and durations. Even with it's ups and downs, he maintains that real estate is the safest asset class and the one which he has the most control over. He often jokes that he can't go out and buy so much Pepsi or coffee at Starbucks that he can affect the price of the stocks, but with a few grand in improvements he can raise the sales price of a home substantially. The investing strategy Gary created was based on the bulk purchase mentality. Initially, he shared his detailed real estate research with his Christian Networking Group in Orange County to rally them to purchase investments where he wanted to buy. Working as a group, they found much better pricing on the goods and services needed to make the homes rent-ready and keep them in good condition. Hiring a Client Care Manager in each city created a much higher return on investment. It cut the cost of traditional property management in half.
Travis Houston and his wife Joy created West of the Five, a real estate company in San Diego specializing in beach area properties. Through their experiences with clients it became glaringly obvious that most clients viewed their mortgage as a necessary evil rather than a powerful financial tool. They developed a strategy to educate their clients on how to systematically make the best use of leverage and equity to get into the real estate game and play smart. The missing piece was where to confidently advise the clients to invest. Travis is a second-generation realtor and investor. As a teenager, he had spent many a summer repairing rentals that unprofessional property managers had failed to care for. He knew that recommending out of state homes would risk his client's investments being managed with that same incompetence. But he also knew that investing in Sourthen California was a cashflow nightmare, especially if you wanted new construction that was easy to maintain. As chance would have it that was when Travis and Gary crossed paths.
Travis and his wife sold one of their San Diego homes and used the profits to test Gary's strategy. More than satisfied with the results and thrilled with the removal of traditional property management from the model, Travis approached Gary about working together to combine their methods. Gary's research model and bulk purchase strategy combined perfectly with Travis' determination to use mortgages and equity repositioning. From this fusion, Rising Tide Investments was created. Since that time Travis and Gary have educated people from all walks of life on their simple effective way to slowly and steadily build up your net worth to the millions.
Contact Us to get started.