Joe Fairless began his real estate investing journey while he was still an advertising executive in New York City. He grew his portfolio of single family rentals to four units before realizing it wasn't going to get him where he wanted to go. Shifting to large multifamily, he raised $1 million from private investors to purchase his first 168 unit apartment community, after that he was off to the races. He now controls over $572,000 worth of apartment communities in the Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth regions.