Fired Twice to Building a $7 Million Real Estate Empire

Fired Twice to Building a $7 Million Real Estate Empire

From Give It A Nudge by The Nudge Group

May 7, 2026 · 37 min

About this episode

Nima Kermani shares his journey from being fired to building a $7 million real estate empire.

We’ve got a great episode of Give It A Nudge today as Steve sits down with Nima Kermani, the founder of Kermani Capital. Nima’s business has seen exponential growth over the last year, but the road to building a $7 million property portfolio wasn't exactly a straight line. Nima shares the story of how getting fired from his last job was the final push he needed to go all-in on his own business. We dive into his history as a hyper-productive paperboy at age 13, and the brutal life lesson he learned at 17 when he lost $10,000, his entire life savings at the time, to an online scam. The conversation also touches on the patterns in Nima's career, including the time he tried to work two full-time finance jobs simultaneously, his brief stint as a model, and the terrifying transition from being a solo operator to hiring his first staff members. To wrap things up, Nima puts Steve in the hot seat to talk about the hardest lessons he’s learned about ego and leadership. Timestamps 00:00 - Intro and the exponential growth of Kermani Capital 01:14 - Getting fired and why Nima finally decided to give it a shot 05:24 - The wealthy parents banter and the guarantor loan shortcut 07:15 - The…

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guest: Nima Kermani

Topics covered

  • real estate
  • entrepreneurship
  • career transitions
  • personal growth
  • business challenges

Keywords

  • real estate empire
  • entrepreneurship
  • career lessons
  • Kermani Capital
  • business growth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kermani Capital

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