John was fortunate enough to travel abroad, living in London, England, and living & working in Singapore. He continued to follow his love of International Management by attending the University of St. Thomas, Masters in International Management, finishing his business courses, and falling short by not completing his 2 foreign language requirements.

John’s love for Real Estate started with his first house, where he worked every night and all weekend long for many months in order to build his personal residence. John worked closely with his Father-In-Law to learn how to GC (General Contract) a house from start to finish, while also doing the physical labor.

John continued this passion to build a large lake home in Wisconsin. This was a very exhaustive process, where John had to drive 2 hours each way twice a week to GC this property. It started off by clearing shrub & trees for the house, lake view, and garage. This large “A” Frame Lakehouse included a walkout basement to the lake, which required a lot of extra detail in the construction process. This lakehouse turned out to be an amazing family retreat for our immediate family and friends, memories that turned out to be well worth the effort.

John has had a vast work experience throughout his career. Starting off in the Truck Leasing Industry, moving onto Food Distribution and then into the Mortgage/Real Estate Industry for 13 years before the crash of 2008. John owned his own mortgage company for 12+ years, while also having his Real Estate License to help all the people he could.

During the first years of John’s Mortgage career, John was able to purchase his own commercial building where he could rent out part of the space and have plenty of room for his other mortgage employees. This was a very unique concept back then, where the office condo created a feeling of being comfortable in a home while you work since that is where we spend the majority of our time.

While John has been a part of over 1,000+ Real Estate closings, he decided to become an Investor for himself vs working with other investors on the mortgage aspect. John purchased 3 houses in a short time period, where he had to do significant remodeling in order to change the value and create appeal for future buyers. John was the GC with all three properties, managing the contractors during the construction process and dealing with the renters.

After the mortgage/real estate industry, John got into Financial Services helping people with their personal and business credit development, along with ensuring people are Financially Literate, including Will/Trust/POA, Credit Monitoring, Identity Theft Protection, Budgeting Tools, Financial LockBox, and more.

John spent 3 years specifically helping local people in Minnesota that were going through foreclosure, helping them navigate the unique laws of Minnesota while ensuring that they had money in their pockets and a game plan to repair their credit while securing a temporary residence they can call home until they are ready to purchase a new home again.
John is also involved with Tiffany in the Real Estate Investor Education endeavor for the last 3 years, where we work hard to work with people of all different varying skills of Real Estate Investing and Financial Knowledge. We work with people to help them understand how Real Estate Investing can create financial freedom in their life and provide residual income and security. We partner with investors all over the nation to ensure we are finding ways to help people any way we can.

We also help show people how they can pay off mortgage and student loan debts in 5-7 years WITHOUT any extra cash flow payments. Helping people understand the difference between amortized debt and simple average daily interest rate products. Showing them how they can use one bank product to help accelerate the reduction of the amortized debt, helping people to become debt-free and live a less stress-filled life.

John & Tiffany are partners in a Nationwide Group called “L.I.F.E”, which means Living Intentional For Entrepreneurs. Where we strive to help people develop the proper skill set, coaching/mentoring, and the ability to become successful as an Entrepreneurs in whatever field they choose. We also offer them excellent opportunities to partner with us on our ventures as well.

John is currently Certified with The John Maxwell Team as a Speaker, Trainer, & Coach. This Internationally recognized certification is based on the world’s foremost Leadership Expert and most sought out speaker, John C. Maxwell. John is active with his public speaking to high school and college kids about the peril of materialism & ethics within the workplace and our daily lives. John is also passionate about his speaking with first-time homebuyers to help them get a game plan and be able to get into homeownership. John also enjoys going into jails & prisons through his church for weekends spent with inmates to help encourage them through this difficult time in their life, by making smarter decisions.

John & Tiffany have 3 children now (21,17,16). We enjoy working out, eating healthy, and staying in shape. We love to travel with his family, especially going on cruises. John loves to mountain bike with his son and enjoying a nice bonfire in his backyard when he can.