He Set a Goal of 40 Units. He Ended Up with 2,700 w/ Jens Nielsen

About this episode

Jens Nielsen shares his journey from a 25-year IT career to managing 2,700 units in commercial real estate.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Hoss

Guest: Jens Nielsen

Topics covered

• commercial real estate
• scaling investments
• multifamily investing
• high-performance coaching
• syndications
• mindset shift

Keywords

• real estate investing
• multifamily
• industrial
• flex space
• syndication
• passive income
• high-performance coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RealDealCrew, EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System)

Places: 2026

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