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Episode REIA 355 David McIlwaine: Unshackled: Breaking Free from the Golden Handcuffs of Our Life

David McIlwaine is a seasoned entrepreneur and successful executive with deep experience in business growth, scale, and delivering results.  His real estate experience is vast–spanning over 20 years.  Experience, knowledge, and understanding have been gained firsthand by owning multifamily units, commercial retail development, asset management, single-family, vacation rental properties, second homes, and custom builds. He personally wore Golden Handcuffs for almost 14 years, successfully gaining sovereignty over his career and net worth along the way.  He founded MAC Assets in 2019, and its portfolio currently includes property in the southeast and mountain west.  At present, he is a general partner in 1,000 doors.  

Dan also runs the Search. Click. Convert Bootcamp and the exclusive REI Marketing Mastery program, intensive online workshops where he personally helps a small group of investors automate their lead acquisition and dominate their local markets online. He’s the voice behind the REI Marketing Nerds podcast – over 150 episodes strong with a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts – and the AdWords Nerds YouTube Channel. You can find out more about him at AdWordsNerds.com.

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Main Points:

  • How to break free of golden handcuffs in your life.
  • What are the circumstances of your life before you found a real estate investing job income level?
  • What is the moment of your biggest real estate failure or the hardest moment of your life?
  • What is your why?

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Biography David McIlwaine:
David McIlwaine is a seasoned entrepreneur and successful executive with deep experience in business growth, scale and delivering results. His real estate experience is vast—spanning over 20years. Experience, knowledge and understanding have been gained firsthand by either currently owning or having owned multifamily units, commercial retail development, asset management, single family, vacation rental properties, second homes and custom builds. He personally wore Golden Handcuffs for almost 14years, successfully gaining sovereignty over his career and net worth along the way. He founded MAC Assets in 2019 and its portfolio currently includes property in the southeast and mountain west. At present he is a general partner in1,000 doors. David’s entrepreneurial experience spans a highly successful sales career in several areas including Real Estate, Marketing/Advertising, and Information Technology start ups. He has a variety of firs hand experience including having held C Level positions, led teams across the US to over performance, raised capital, executed mergers, implemented improvements in operating systems, coached diverse constituencies, created and delivered strategic growth