Fund Friday E91: How Family Values Guide Every Investment with Derek Dombeck

In this episode, Craig McGrouther sits down with Derek Dombeck, host of Generations of Wealth podcast and veteran real estate entrepreneur with 23 years of experience. Derek shares his story of losing everything in the 2007-2009 crash. Instead of playing victim, he learned to negotiate his own short sales and transformed his approach to real estate, swearing off institutional financing in favor of creative deal structuring.

Derek breaks down recent deals including a subject-to purchase at 3.15% interest with seller financing at 0%, and explains how he structures participating notes with IRA investors to create win-win scenarios. His philosophy: "You don't find creative deals, you build them through conversations." This is a masterclass in resilience and creative financing from someone who turned disaster into opportunity.

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