867: From Engineer to Real Estate Investor, Patrick Grimes Wants Everyone To Invest On Main Street And Not Wall Street




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Summary: Do you want to invest in real estate but don’t want to go through the entire process?  Patrick Grimes is your guy.  He’s the head of Invest on Main Street.<br> <a href="https://investonmainstreet.com/" rev="en_rl_none">https://investonmainstreet.com/</a><br> Get Patrick’s book for FREE!<br> <a href="http://investonmainstreet.com/book" rev="en_rl_none">investonmainstreet.com/book</a><br> <br> About Patrick: A native Californian, Patrick is an avid traveler, mountaineer, kite surfer, and adventure sports enthusiast. He currently lives with his wife in Honolulu, Hawaii.<br> <br> Patrick Grimes is a design engineer and CEO and Founder of Invest on Main Street, LLC. His real estate holdings include general partner ownership of a multifamily and single-family real estate portfolio valued over $146M, including 1,950+ units across the southeastern United States and Texas.<br> <br> He has been active in real estate investment since 2007, including purchasing land and distressed assets, renovating them, and stabilizing them for long-term cash flow. To scale his real estate portfolio, Patrick moved from single-family to multifamily investing and founded Invest on Main Street, a private equity firm specializing in multifamily value-add projects in emerging markets.<br> <br> Through Patrick’s company, Protomation Systems, LLC, he contracts with machine design firms to conceptualize, design and build one-of-a-kind manufacturing automation and robotic systems primarily for the medical device, EV and aerospace industries.<br> <br> He co-authored an Amazon #1 best-selling book, Persistence, Pivots and Game Changers, Turning Challenges Into Opportunities. His co-authors included the lead guitarist of Def Leppard, host of The Real Estate Guys Radio Show, NBA/NFL championship coaches/players, and other entrepreneurs and actors.<br> <br> Patrick holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from University of the Pacific and an MBA and a Master of Science in Engineering from San Jose State University.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>