Ep #32: Balancing Military Career, Family, and Scaling Real Estate with Keishia Kennedy

In this episode, Wayne talks to Keishia Kennedy, Founder, and Owner of Kennedy Remedy Investments, about how she balances a military career, family, and scaling real estate. 

Keishia is an Army veteran with six years of service in the Army National Guard. During her enlistment, she was a human resource specialist and deployed to Kuwait as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. 

Keishia began investing in real estate 11 years ago following her enlistment. In April 2021, she decided to take the next step on her entrepreneurial journey to focus on investing in commercial multi-family properties by founding Kennedy Remedy Investments.

Topics on Today’s Episode:

• Self-Taught: How Keishia got started in investing tax-free money into real estate assets 
• Family Effort: Blessing to have someone you know and trust to help take care of the property
• Veterans Administration (VA) Home Loan: Resource to purchase the home you reside in
• Refinancing and Tax Benefits: Build equity and take capital/money to redeploy into deals
• Lessons Learned: Be strategic with who you rent your property to and get better results
• Contractor Issues: Be mindful when hiring and realize the cheapest is not always better
• Team Sport: Rely on referrals, contracts, insurance, deadlines, materials, and family
• Kennedy Remedy Investments: Why Keishia decided to focus on multifamily real estate
• Partnership: Do due diligence and leverage to invest someone else’s money into deals
• Roadblocks: Takes time to build a great relationship with someone for multifamily deals
• Coach/Mentor/Mastermind: Invest in yourself to ensure others’ experience and referrals
• Multifamily Mistakes: Don’t be too eager to invest in a deal, take time to do due diligence 

Links and Resources:

Kennedy Remedy Investments
Keishia Kennedy on LinkedIn
The Beginner's Guide to Investing As a Limited Partner
Kennedy Remedy Investments on Facebook
Kennedy Remedy Investments on Instagram
Wayne Courreges
Free Passive Investor eBook by Wayne Courreges
The Untold Stories of Real Estate Investing Podcast
CREI Partners on Facebook