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CAREER SNAPSHOT

REAL ESTATE MAXIMALIST

Author, Investor, Agent, and Entrepreneur

20+ Years

in real estate investing and brokerage

9

real estate businesses started

3 Published Books

Penguin Random House, Career Press, & self-published

300+ Doors

Across residential and commercial properties

$50M+

Portfolio under management

Top 1% Atlanta

Agent by transactions and volume (2016–present)

Endorsements

Barbara Corcoran (Shark Tank)  - Real Estate Mogul and Business Expert

Brandon Turner (BiggerPockets) - Best Selling Author, Investor, Speaker

EXPERIENCE

2026

Started real estate board game company: Fizbo Games

Started real estate board game company: Fizbo Games

2024

Listing featured in New York Times

Listing featured in New York Times

2022

Co-founded Real Estate Teaching Platform House Money Media

  • Launched weekly podcasts teaching investors about house-hacking, leveraging good debt, and building multi-million-dollar portfolios

  • Won multiple Plutus Awards for writing, social media and podcasting in real estate category

Co-founded Real Estate Teaching Platform House Money Media

2021

Published “House FIRE”

  • Released the guide to achieving Financial Independence & Retire Early through real estate

  • Endorsed by Barbara Corcoran and BiggerPockets’ Brandon Turner

Published “House FIRE”

2018

Co-Founded mobile app to assist real estate agents

  • Created app to help real estate agents install and remove signs

  • Sold 3 years later

Co-Founded mobile app to assist real estate agents

2016

Founded MINGO Property Management

  • Couldn't find a property management company that I felt like I could trust with the needs of my properties, so created my own. Mingo Provides property management for property owners with the attention to detail and follow through that I was looking for as a property owner myself.

  • Mingo.Homes

Founded MINGO Property Management

2014

Returned to Atlanta

  • Moved back to hometown to scale real estate investing

Returned to Atlanta

2010

Real Estate start-up sold to Airbnb

  • Joined NabeWise Media as real estate consultant and marketing director

  • Named best Real Estate Startup by Inman for it’s neighborhood review platform

  • Sold to Airbnb in 2010

Real Estate start-up sold to Airbnb

2005

Opened Pioneer Bar-B-Q

  • Launched a bar/restaurant in one of Brooklyn’s hottest neighborhoods

  • Named “Best Brooklyn Bar” by The New York Press

Opened Pioneer Bar-B-Q

2005

$1.1M Building Sale to Barbara Corcoran

  • Sold renovated mixed-use property in Red Hook, Brooklyn to Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran for $1.1 million

  • Deal covered on the front page of the New York Times Real Estate section

$1.1M Building Sale to Barbara Corcoran

2002

First Multi-family: Brooklyn Duplex

  • House-hacked a Ft. Greene duplex for $450,000

  • Rented out original condo for positive cashflow

First Multi-family: Brooklyn Duplex

2001

Moved to New York City

  • Left Atlanta at age 22 with the goal of becoming a millionaire by 30

  • Lived in Spanish Harlem projects on a ~$40K salary

  • Saved nearly 40% of every paycheck through extreme frugality

Moved to New York City

2025

Started own brokerage: Atlanta Brokers Collective

Started own brokerage: Atlanta Brokers Collective

2024

Most viral Real Estate Social Media Post of All-Time:

229 Million Views

Check out the post HERE

Most viral Real Estate Social Media Post of All-Time:

2022

Sold 40-unit portfolio in a day

Sold 40-unit portfolio in a day

2019

Started GSC Capital – private syndicator

  • Developed and renovated existing apartment complexes

Started GSC Capital – private syndicator

2017

Co-founded new construction SFH business

  • After seeing clients disappointed with housing options, co-founded Skyrocket Properties to build single-family new construction homes with emphasis on inter-generational living

Co-founded new construction SFH business

2015 - Present

Top 1% Atlanta Real Estate Agent

  • ​Top agent in Atlanta by both transaction count and total volume

Top 1% Atlanta Real Estate Agent

2013

Published “Subversive Job Search”

  • Second book on unconventional career strategies found during 2008-2012 financial crisis

  • Drew on experience in comedy, TV, entrepreneurship, and real estate

Published “Subversive Job Search”

2008

Published “A Million Bucks by 30”

  • Penguin Random House released personal-finance memoir

  • Detailed the journey from broke 22-year-old to real estate millionaire

  • Book endorsed by Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran

Published “A Million Bucks by 30”

2005 - 2009

Multiple TV and Media Appearances

  • Made over on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Season 1

  • Profiled on CNN as “A Millionaire in the Making”

  • Named Curbed’s “2005 Favorite NYC Real Estate Personality”

  • Featured on CNBC “The Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch”

  • Multiple real estate expert interviews: NPR, NY Press, Timeout NY, CNBC, Fox & Friends, Fox Business, CNN

Multiple TV and Media Appearances

2003 - 2006

First Real Estate Business: Red Hook Renaissance

  • Created partnership with contractor and capital investor to flip Brooklyn brownstones

  • Capitalized on early-stage Brooklyn revitalization and rapid neighborhood appreciation

 First Real Estate Business: Red Hook Renaissance

2002

First Property: Brooklyn Co-op

  • Purchased a 1-bedroom co-op in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn for $99,600

  • House-hacked by converting living room into a 2nd bedroom to rent out

  • Set goal to purchase 1 property a year for 5 straight years

First Property: Brooklyn Co-op

© 2026 by Alan Corey 

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