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EPISODE · Jan 13, 2026 · 58 MIN

From $100M in Real Estate to Federal Prison — The Lessons That Rebuilt Everything

from The Wisconsin Investor · host Corey Reyment

Send us Fan MailCorey sits down with Mike Morawski, a longtime real estate investor who’s seen every side of the business — massive growth, catastrophic failure, federal prison, and redemption back into multifamily investing and coaching.Mike shares how he went from:Building a $100M+ real estate company in 30 monthsOwning 4,000+ units across five marketsManaging 7,500 units and 100 employees…to losing everything after the 2008 crash due to:Growing too fastOverleveragingBeing undercapitalizedIgnoring red flagsFailing to communicate transparently with investorsThe conversation goes way deeper than real estate. Mike opens up about prison, humility, faith, mental health, leadership mistakes, marriage, listening to your spouse, and why real success is built through lessons learned the hard way.This isn’t a guru episode. It’s a “learn from my scars” episode.📘 Want to go deeper? Mike is the author of Multifamily Investment Secrets, where he breaks down creative multifamily strategies and hard-earned lessons from decades in the business — you can check out the book here: Multifamily Investment Secrets🔗 Connect with Mike MorawskiWebsite: http://mikemorawski.com/Free eBook – Multifamily Investment Secrets: https://multifamilyinvestmentsecrets.com/Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.morawski.54 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike.morawski.54/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-morawski/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mikemorawski

Send us Fan Mail Corey sits down with Mike Morawski, a longtime real estate investor who’s seen every side of the business — massive growth, catastrophic failure, federal prison, and redemption back into multifamily investing and coaching. Mike shares how he went from: Building a $100M+ real estate company in 30 monthsOwning 4,000+ units across five marketsManaging 7,500 units and 100 employees…to losing everything after the 2008 crash due to: Growing too fastOverleveragingBeing undercapitali...

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