Real estate,
run like an operator.
I'm Scott Lurie. $761M portfolio, hard money lender in all 50 states, 25 years in. I teach what I've done — not what I've read.
Four steps to build a portfolio.
Not a secret. Not a hack. This is the order it actually happens in — whether you're buying your first door or your fiftieth.
Know your own numbers first
Before any deal: what you own, what you owe, what you actually clear each month. Most people skip this and end up buying a job instead of an asset.
Underwrite until you can walk
Purchase, rehab, holding, exit. If the margin only works when everything goes right, it doesn't work. The discipline isn't finding deals — it's passing on most of them.
Use other people's money
Waiting until you've saved enough is how thirty years disappear. Hard money, banks, private capital, partners — each has a speed and a cost. Learn which fits which deal.
Operate it — then do it again
The money isn't in the purchase, it's in the holding: management, taxes, refinancing, and the systems that let deal two happen without you doing everything twice.
The whole playbook — one login, for life.
The way Scott actually operates, taught the way he'd teach someone he was going into business with. Deal sourcing, underwriting, raising other people's money, and keeping what you make.
- ✓The lessons — added as they're written, yours as they land
- ✓The templates — the same sheets Scott hands investors on a real raise
- ✓For life — register once, keep everything that comes after
The Hard Truths US Tour
One day, the whole playbook — taught live. $100 in, $100 back as a local restaurant gift card. Nothing for sale in the room.
Next up: 3rd Street Market Hall · Milwaukee, WI — September 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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