Hi, I’m Leo 👋
Most high-income professionals are great at earning, but have no idea how to turn income into lasting wealth.

I used to be in the same spot. After leaving a top role at Tesla, I went all-in on real estate. Over the last decade, I’ve gone from broker to passive investor to full-time operator, now managing commercial real estate across the country.

I don’t just talk real estate. I live it.

I work directly with a small group of professionals (mostly in finance, tech, medicine, and sales) who are done riding the Wall Street rollercoaster and want something stable, simple, and scalable.

We invest in cash-flowing real estate with strong upside and tax advantages: and I make sure my investors understand exactly how it works, where the risks are, and what we’re building long term.

I also run a private Investor Club where professionals learn how to leverage private markets to reach their financial goals faster, without managing tenants or chasing crypto pumps.

It’s free to join, but it’s not for everyone. If you’re curious, I’m happy to see if it’s a fit.

What you’ll find here:
1️⃣ Real talk about wealth-building (no gatekeeping)
2️⃣ Behind-the-scenes from our deals and decisions
3️⃣ Lessons I wish someone gave me 10 years ago

If you’re high-earning but wealth-stagnant, we should talk.

DM me or visit leoyoungrealestate.com to see how we’re helping professionals like you escape the income trap, one deal at a time.

Most go broke trying to look rich.
But I look poor so I can get rich.

I still stay in motels when visiting properties.
(I got bit by fleas in my most recent one 🙃)

Not because I have to, but because every dollar saved extends runway:
Mine and more importantly, my investors

In real estate, frugality isn’t about being cheap.

Here's the crazy part:
Every $1 saved at a 10% cap rate adds $10 to valuation.

A penny saved is a dollar earned!

That math alone should make you care about your expenses.

You don’t need the Ritz.
You need runway.

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P.S. Out of 10, how frugal are you?

Leo Young

Hi, I'm Leo. 

I've been deeply involved in the Real Estate industry as a a real estate broker, passive investor, active investor, fund manager, and principal, (and more).

I generally post about my perspectives on the real estate market, ideas in business, and hard won lessons learned through my journey.

How I can help you:
→ I can help you invest into real estate without the hassles (and liability) of being a landlord
→ I can give you local realtor/RE Broker referrals for your real estate needs
→ I'm available for consultations for non-biased perspectives

Learn more at leoyoungrealestate.com

Great to connect with you! Reach out if there's anything I can help you with.

Principal at Cornell Communities • 🏘️ Mobile Home Park Investor (Invest With Us👇) • 🚘 ex-Tesla •🎙️ Speaker • 🤓 AI nerd • 👊 Martial Artist

I hate to say this, but nice guys finish last.

When something feels unfair and you stay silent,
It doesn’t disappear... It FERMENTS.

And resentment always shows up later:
→ In tone.
→ In distance.
→ In how you show up.

I’ve learned to speak early.
While things are still warm.
Before they cool into something harder to fix.

Not to argue.
To stay aligned.

Because every relationship worth keeping runs on
1. Timing
2. Honesty
3. Care

Say it early.
Protect what matters.
__

P.S. What conversation have you been avoiding lately?

The #1 skill to entrepreneurship?
Pain tolerance.

People chase comfort,
Entrepreneurs build capacity for pain.

I measure success by how much discomfort I can handle without quitting.

Every valuable problem sits behind resistance.
Every breakthrough starts with something that hurts to keep doing.

My advantage isn’t intelligence.
It’s persistence through pain.

At some point, failure stopped burning.
It started fueling.

Pain tolerance isn’t fixed.
→ It’s TRAINED…
→ REPITITION by REPITITION.

The ones who win aren’t the smartest.
They’re the ones who stay in the fire long enough to learn from it.
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P.S. Out of 10, what’s your pain tolerance threshold right now?

AI is only as good as the questions you ask.

❓ Better questions → Better answers
💡 Original thoughts → Real value

If you can think originally, AI becomes leverage.
(It’s not the tool that matters. It’s the thinker.)

AI can help you build.
Or guide others to help you build.

Either way, your original thought compounds in value.

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P.S. Are you spending more energy improving your answers, or sharpening your questions?

👇 Comment your take. I want to hear how you approach it
♻️ Repost if you believe original thought still matters in an AI world
👍 Like if AI has already changed the way you work

📊 70% of complex partnerships fail.
Not because of the numbers.
Because trust breaks first.

If I’m questioning your follow-through on the first call, I’m out.
Not from fear. From EXPERIENCE.

I’ve seen what happens when things get hard:
Budgets stretch.
Timelines slip.
People vanish.

That’s when character shows up.
Or it doesn’t.

Now I watch how people move before the deal:
→ Do they follow through?
→ Do they take ownership?
→ Do they show up without needing a push?

If not, I pass.
I don’t need more noise.
I need ALIGNMENT.
__

P.S. What’s one early signal that tells you a partner is the real deal?

You'll hate to hear this, but
Smart people don’t always win.

You know the type:
→ Great degrees
→ Sharp as a tack
→ Crazy work ethic
...but the same results every year.

Why?
Because they keep running the same play
and expecting a different scoreboard.

If you don’t like your outcome,
change your input. Simple… not easy.

No one’s coming to save you.
It’s your life. YOUR MOVE.
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P.S. What’s one pattern you had to break to grow?

♻️ Repost if you believe self-honesty beats intelligence

“Wealth isn’t built by chasing trends. It’s built by discipline, planning, and protecting your future before you need to.”

On this episode of The Journey, I sat down with Andrew Kahner, Managing Director and Private Wealth Advisor at UBS Wealth Management and co-founder of Connor Siegel Partners, whose team manages $2.5 billion in client assets for entrepreneurs, executives, and high-net-worth families.

Andrew shares how he helps clients turn income into lasting wealth using UBS’s Liquidity, Longevity, and Legacy framework, the biggest mistakes people make when trying to time the market, and why the best financial plans start years before a liquidity event.

Link to podcast below!

When people try AI for the first time, they hit walls.

🤔 “It’s unethical.”
⚙️ “It hallucinates too much.”
😒 “It’s just another work tool.”

That’s why it doesn’t click.

The breakthrough?
→ Start with something personal.

✈️ Plan a vacation
🌱 Map out a garden
🍳 Try new recipes

When it feels useful in your life,
it naturally flows into work.

AI doesn’t need to start as a job assignment.
It can start as curiosity.

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P.S. The fastest way to learn a new tool is to make it fun first.

👇 What’s the first non-work thing you tried AI for?
♻️ Repost if you believe play leads to mastery
👍 Like if AI only clicked once you used it personally

Everyone wants to scale.
But few earn the right to.

Early on, I tried to hire my way out of hard work.
Thought a VA or new software would fix everything (It didn’t)

Because if you can’t teach the process,
you don’t understand it well enough to delegate it.

You can’t outsource understanding.
You earn the right to scale by doing what doesn’t scale.

Sweat first.
Systems later.

Growth only compounds
on things you’ve already mastered.

—
P.S. What’s one thing you tried to delegate too early?

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