August 23, 2024

Matt Drouin

Episode 228: Perseverance, Financial Freedom and Impact with Matt Drouin

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Listen in as Erin and Matt discuss:

  • The path he chose to become financially independent
  • How he went through the painful process of reinventing himself and found his new “Why” after achieving his lifelong goal of financial freedom by age 33
  • How he did his first million dollar BRRRR and replaced his Wife’s income with one deal
  • How he continues to make next level leaps despite not knowing all the steps
  • The importance of doing good things, giving back and creating value for the community
  • …and much more.

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About Matt Drouin

Matt grew up in Rochester, NY as the son of a dialysis nurse and general laborer at Genesee Brewery.  After losing his parents to health issues in his 20s, Matt descended into an existential crisis.  How could two hard working Americans doing everything the “right” way struggle financially their whole life and then die young with little to no savings?  Matt looked around and found that his parents weren’t the only ones victim to this, and if he didn’t do something to drastically change his trajectory, he would wind up the same way.  He wanted to be present for family.  He never wanted money to be the reason why him and his family couldn’t act on their dreams or aspirations.  He needed to find a way to “exit the Matrix.”  He made it his life long goal to become “retired” by his 40th birthday.  Building wealth in real estate was the way.  After obsessively pursuing this lofty goal; thinking about it everyday over 10 years, he achieved financial freedom by his 33rd birthday.  You might think that this moment was euphoric, however the moment Matt realized that he achieved his life long goal, he descended into depression.  After spending weeks introspecting and reading, he was able to reinvent himself and develop a new vision beyond the confines of his life on Earth so that he would never have to go through the painful process of reinventing himself again.

Today, Matt is Partner at OakGrove Development, a real estate investment and development firm with a special focus on value-add commercial and residential properties in Rochester, NY. Over the last 18 years, Matt has been in real estate management, brokerage and development and grown his portfolio to 176 units of residential and commercial property.  His company mission is in developing real estate projects that not only add value to their investors but also puts long term community interests front and center.  Matt believes that you can do well and do good as a real estate developer and that ultimately community centric development boosts long term profits for investors.

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