Jens Nielsen left a 25-year IT career and went from 40-unit goal to managing 2,700 units — here's the exact path he took to scale commercial real estate.

In this episode of RealDealChat, Jack Hoss sits down with Jens Nielsen — a former IT professional turned commercial real estate investor and high-performance coach — to break down how he went from a linear 10-year plan to managing over 2,700 units across multifamily, industrial, and flex space.

Jens covers:

How he started with a fourplex for $115K and scaled from there
Why he ditched single-family immediately and went straight to small multifamily
The mindset shift that unlocked syndications and other people's money
Why he pivoted from apartments to industrial and flex space when rates rose
How the EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) helped him manage a vertically integrated property management company
The bridge loan mistake he'll never repeat — and what he does instead
How high-performance coaching helped him earn more in his first year out of his W2 than ever before
Why he believes we'll all wish we bought more real estate in 2026

This one is for investors who are still thinking one deal at a time and need to see what happens when you stop thinking linearly.

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