were working together, investing in South Florida proper- ties, doing wholesale deals and fix-and-flips. Then, in 2008, the market crashed, hitting South Florida particularly hard. “I had to step back and analyze everything—like, do I need to go and try to get another engineering job? Or am I going to keep doing this?” he said. “I decided I wanted to keep being an investor. We had just started doing really well in it.” The prospects for continuing in South Florida, howev- er, seemed dim, so Abreu and his cohorts looked at other markets where they had connections, including Dallas and Phoenix. After a visit to Dallas and talking to a friend who was investing there, they were sold. “When we saw the business that our investor friend was doing and how he was still doing deals—and doing a lot—and then saw the nightlife and the social life, we were sold on Dallas,” he said. “We packed our bags and started fresh in a new city.” They spent a few months networking and learn- ing about the market. Soon, “we were right back at it,” Abreu said. Instead of flipping homes, they began holding more property. That was also his first foray into
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