How a Tragic Accident Turned Deborah Razo into a Real Estate Investor

Deborah Razo Real Estate Investor Founder of the Women’s Real Estate Network Always an independent spirit, Deborah started her first business in 1990. After owning and partnering in several successful small businesses, she realized that her path to financial freedom was through real estate investing. In addition to her business degree and graduate work at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, Deborah expanded her investing education in 2011 with a series of intensive workshops with Robert Kiyosaki, The Rich Dad Advisors and The Real Estate Radio Guys. It was a natural transition to her, shifting gears from her 20-year design firm to her booming rehabbing business in Southern California. With her first house flip netting near $100,000 in profits, her business took off. Her strategy of flipping houses in California for capital and buying and holding for cash flow in other markets for long term wealth has proven to be a success. Deborah has a flare for fixing and flipping properties, from purchase, rehabbing, marketing and sale processes to tools and techniques for locating properties, analyzing market values, timely decision making to capitalize on opportunities, crafting offers, negotiating, effective due diligence, budgeting, assembling teams, hiring contractors, staging and marketing the sale for profit. With an unsurpassed expertise in renovation and team management, Deborah began purchasing foreclosures in the Memphis area. And just 2 years ago moved from rehab to development. After only 7 years, she now controls over $5 million in real estate and has done several more million in deals. She is currently focusing her energy on partnering with investors seeking financial freedom. She is also the founder of the Women’s Real Estate Network (WREN), a community where women in real estate excel and empower each other. We share experiences, resources and tools to help one another grow both personally and professionally. Currently with Chapters in LA, Seattle, OC, Phoenix, Atlanta and San Diego. More to open this year in Las Vegas and Washington DC. Deborah was recently name Woman to Watch by the national publication Think Realty and was recently selected to be on the cover of the Women’s Issue in March of 2020. CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: Learn more at www.deborahrazo.com or www.WRENinspires.com Contact Deborah at [email protected] Books mentioned in this episode: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki https://a.co/d/9izp9d1 Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman and Mark Winters https://a.co/d/8J2mycI CONNECT WITH OUR HOST: Marta Cieslak is a mom of two boys, a healthcare strategist by day, and a real estate investor by night. Her focus in real estate investing is within the hospitality industry. Connect with Marta https://www.linkedin.com/in/marta-cieslak-mph-317a5611/