Join me as I sit down with Ken Gee, founder and managing member of KRI Partners, a commercial lender-turned-CPA-turned-real estate investor who has facilitated more than $2 billion in multifamily transactions. Raised in Toledo, Ohio, Ken began his career at a regional bank in Cleveland, then went on to join Deloitte in their tax & M&A practice — where he served major private-equity and real-estate clients. From there, he pivoted into real estate investing, bought his first apartment building for $575K in Cleveland, and transitioned full-time into real estate and investor education. Based in Ohio, Ken blends his experience across finance, real estate, and coaching with a mission to help everyday investors build generational wealth and reclaim their time.

Ken and I discuss:

• His early career path: from commercial lending to CPA at Deloitte to real estate investor
• The moment he realized earning a big W-2 salary didn’t replace time with family
• How he bought his first 28-unit apartment building while still at Deloitte
• Building a multifamily portfolio: acquiring, managing, and exiting properties
• His four rules for investing with a sponsor (experience, track record, transparency, investor-first alignment)
• The pros & cons of thriving operators vs emerging sponsors — how terms vary and why it matters
• The importance of patience, discipline, and avoiding FOMO in real estate investing
• Reinvesting in yourself and when to shift focus from active income to long-term assets
• The subtle but powerful wealth strategy: let properties mature, refinance them, and build equity while cash-flow rolls in
• Real talk on market cycles, risk mitigation, reserves, and structure in deal underwriting
• How Ken’s company helps two kinds of investors: active deal-makers who want to learn, and professionals who prefer passive investment but still want to understand the business
• His advice for folks earning $100K-$200K: knowing when to invest in yourself vs deploying capital into real estate
• How to stack assets, spread risk across sponsors and deals, and build cash-flowing appreciation for decades

Episode Links:
https://www.kripartners.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/geekennetha/
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