From Part-Time to Full-Time Investor - A Journey of Success with Laura Al-Amery

Join us for another exciting radio interview with Laura Al-Amery, an investor and multiple real estate club director.

Laura Al-Amery was born and raised in Vicenza, Italy (near Venice) and relocated to the United States in 1985. While she was a college student at Hawaii Pacific University, she developed an interest in real estate and I started reading any real estate book she could find, watching late night infomercials and buying courses by Dave Del Dotto, Robert Allen and Carlton Sheets. She also became a real estate agent in 1987, joined Dolman and Associates in Honolulu as an agent and right away was inspired by some of the top agents on the island working at Dolman and Associates and started following their lead. She was a multi-million dollar producer in my first year.

She graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and moved to Missouri that same year.  After she moved to the Mainland, her real estate career took off. She started to purchase real estate with no money down, using creative financing, and by the mid ’90s she already had a sizable portfolio of over 20 properties (mostly multi-families) for rental income. She was barely 30 years old.

While she was working in real estate, she pursued a Master in Business Administration in Finance, and she started working as an assistant controller in metal commodities. She planned to climb the corporate ladder, and keep real estate as a side business. By 1996 she was making more money in real estate part time (less than 10 hours a week) than her full time corporate job, so she decided to devote full time to real estate. One thing Laura recommends in this business is that you have to find the niche that works for you and stick with it, before adding another strategy to your career in real estate. Learn more by listening to this exciting show!