From software start-up founder to CEO of Black Swan Real Estate, Nick Stageberg has always been an entrepreneur at heart. A career technologist with over 15 years experience in the software development, architecture, and management space, Nick Stageberg developed an interest in real estate investment at the age of 14 when he needed to secure safe housing due to family health issues. With no parental support, no income, and no job, he bargained with some family friends to clean out and rehab their basement in exchange for free housing. Although that was his first and only live-in flip, it gave him an interest in leveraging value-add opportunities. After college, he designed and built a custom home in Edmond, OK, and house-hacked by renting out rooms to former college roommates, all of whom are lifelong friends to this day.With the help of a trusted Realtor, he and Elaine purchased their first real estate investment - a single family home foreclosure in Oklahoma City that had been vacant for a number of years and was in need of extensive rehabilitation. Using their own capital and labor, Nick and Elaine transformed the home from boarded-up to occupied in less than 4 weeks, refinanced out, and deployed that capital to secure their next asset. He is now the owner of a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio.In late 2017, Nick expanded his real estate horizons by obtaining a real estate license in the State of Minnesota, and now works with Keller Williams Premier Realty-Rochester to represent Black Swan Real Estate, other investors, and home buyers/sellers in real estate transactions.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5724706/advertisement