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Titan Talk TITAN OF REAL ESTATE LAW: GARRETT SUTTON
by Katie Bean
he beauty of real estate investing, Garrett Sutton says, is that there is something for
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everyone’s interests. “Some people want to get in there and develop. Some people want to get in there and manage and raise rents and do all that. And then others, like myself, I’m busy with a law practice—I don’t have time to do that,” he said. “There’s kind of a spectrum for people who want different levels of involvement.” Sutton is the owner and operator of Sutton Law Cen - ter and Corporate Direct Inc., both based in Reno, Nev. Ever since attending UC Hastings Law in San Francisco, he’s been interested in corporations and has built both businesses around that core—helping business owners incorporate to protect themselves and their assets. In addition to his day job, Sutton and his wife, Jenny, are real estate investors. After law school, he said, “I realized that real estate was a good way to provide for my family’s future.” In the beginning, he invested in apartment buildings. Though they worked with a management company, Jenny, a radiation oncologist, felt she spent too much time man- aging the management, he said. The couple transitioned to triple net leases, which suit them as a far more passive investment. For the uninitiated, a triple net lease agree- ment is one in which the tenant agrees to pay all property expenses, including real estate taxes, building insurance and maintenance, in addition to rent. In many cases, a franchisor sells its building and lot to an investor who becomes the landlord. Sutton has parlayed his breadth of experience into an elite advisory role: He serves as a “Rich Dad Advisor” for bestselling author Robert Kiyosaki.
BECOMINGA “RICH DAD” EXPERT Kiyosaki is the author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” the all- time No. 1 personal finance book. He’s built an entire network on the book’s popularity, including a team of
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