From Living in Motels to Multifamily: A Marine Vet’s Quadplex Come-Up w/ James Deleon | E24

This one hits hard and true. I sit down with my friend James DeLeon—a 31-year-old Marine vet who grew up hopping from motel to motel, never knowing what “home” even meant. The Marines gave him purpose. Then COVID hit and he leveraged his VA loan to score his first quadplex. That one bold move didn’t just give him a building—it gave him confidence, a full-time pivot into real estate investing, and a three-million-dollar-plus portfolio in just a few years. In this episode, we dig into identity, resilience, and the moment one property turned everything around. It’s about finding home inside yourself. This is a story of the come-up—and how pushing for something bigger builds something real. Raw. Real. Relatable.