In this powerful sit-down with my good friend Tim Bratz, we go beyond real estate and straight into resilience, ego, family, and leadership. Tim’s story isn’t just about building a real estate empire, it’s about rebuilding with intention when everything gets hard.

From climbing to 4,800 doors and then intentionally scaling back to just 2,000, Tim shares the lessons he learned the hard way—through lawsuits, market shifts, partner friction, and being millions underwater. We talk about staying consistent, navigating failure with integrity, and the massive impact that community and mindset have when your back’s against the wall.

If you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or high achiever in any space, this episode will hit home. Real talk, real strategy, and real legacy—it’s all here.

Key Talking Points of the Episode

00:00 Introduction 04:13 Why Tim’s consistent voice built trust over time 05:45 Tim’s response to public criticism on BiggerPockets

11:45 Tim’s story: from blue collar Ohio kid to multifamily investor 13:35 Growing his rental portfolio to 4500 doors by 2021

14:36 COVID chaos, eviction moratoriums, and carrying toxic deals 16:02 Two biggest survival tools: community & doing the work

19:05 Narrowing from 12 states to 2: getting lean and focused 21:10 Ego & real estate: did the door count ever matter too much? 23:00 “More” = more stress, more problems, more distraction 25:00 Tim’s first mastermind story: drunk on New Year’s Eve, PayPaling $5K 29:45 The ROI of proximity: how he tripled his income in 10 months 34:19 The birth of Legacy Family 37:31 From liability to asset: how a game night became a mastermind 41:40 The mindset to have everything figured out

43:50 Surviving a $100M Texas deal gone wrong and raising $20M to fix it 50:04 The difference between relational vs. transactional members in masterminds 51:38 The 3-year Principle

55:40 Social media presence ≠ real reach

01:01:31 The impact of reputation and consistency in networking

01:08:28 How Tim prioritizes family over everything (including business)

01:12:16 Why proximity builds better kids and how his family travels with his mastermind 01:14:05 Time blocking, boundaries, and making work serve your life

Quotables

“I made $400,000 in 10 months after I finally invested in the right room. That wasn’t luck—it was community + doing the work.”

“The people who’ve stayed in the room for 2–3 years? That’s who I’ll be judged by.”

“More wasn’t better. More was just heavier. Heavier debt, heavier stress, heavier everything.”

Links

Tim Bratz

https://www.instagram.com/timbratz/

608B Capital

https://608bcapital.com