What happens when a special education teacher decides his future can’t be defined by a set salary?

In this episode of The MHP Exchange, Frank Rizzo sits down with Jonathan Hayek, founder of Endurance Properties, to unpack his remarkable leap from the classroom to the boardroom.

Jonathan started flipping houses while still teaching, quickly matching—and then surpassing—his teacher’s salary in just two years. By 2019, he went all-in on real estate:

• From 22 self-managed multifamily doors…

• To mastering industrial net leases, where “people always need a place to run a business.”

• To creating a lifestyle built around freedom, family, and travel.

This conversation is equal parts roadmap and reality check for anyone looking to pivot into real estate—or scale beyond the grind of single-family flips.

If you’ve ever wondered how to trade stability for scale without losing your sanity, Jonathan’s story will challenge how you think about risk, reward, and what it really means to build wealth on your own terms.