Who Is Dave Lindahl?

If you need a refresher on my background, I was a burned-out landscaper 14 years ago. I had:

No money (OK, that's not totally true; I did have a whole $800 in the bank);
No time (that one is definitely true, because each night after a full day of grunting dirt and railroad ties around in my landscaping business, it was all I could do to pop a cool one and collapse in my chair in front of the TV);
No experience. My family didn't know anything about real estate. In fact, I got the "Dave, you're making a big mistake!" speech when I mentioned real estate.

I didn't "luck into" a fortune. I instead made it using tested and proven systems I developed over time. At first they were crude, but I hate making the same mistake twice, so I got better fast.

One of the key areas I focused on throughout my 14 years of doing real estate is attracting private money. In 2007, I attracted over $22 million in private money to fund 11 deals with a market value of $87 million. I now control over $160 million in real estate across the country.