Zasha Smith: From engineering to full time real estate investor and social media influencer

Ryan and Nick, while in Maui, had the pleasure of sitting down with Zasha Smith. Zasha was a licensed civil engineer on Maui in Hawaii who worked for 10 years at a private firm on grading/underground utility construction plans for hotels, shopping centers and subdivisions.

She’s now a full-time real estate investor who built her $4.6 million residential portfolio of single family, multi family and short term rentals in Hawaii while also making a profit of over

$1 million fixing and flipping 19 projects (with 6 more currently in progress) across the US in the last 3 yrs while raising over $5 million in funds from private investors.

Most of Zasha’s rentals have Section 8/HUD tenants and she sells most of her flips

to first time home buyers to help those in need as she grew up in low-income housing with a single mom and put herself through college while having her first child.

She expanded to large commercial investments in January 2022 as part General Partner of 110 unit ($15.9M), 134 unit ($12.25M) and 263 unit ($70.6M) Value-Add Apartment buildings in Texas and Florida.

Zasha’s professional mission is to help other families achieve financial independence through real estate investing. With her background in analysis, a talent for networking, and her experience as an owner and landlord from humble beginnings, she’s able to identify and offer strong investing opportunities.

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