Alareia Master Class

Today's guest hails from right here in Birmingham! Chris Donaldson is a long-time real estate investor and brings his years of experience to today's episode. During his career from pre-2008 to now, he's made a shift from residential investing to commercial investments. It today's episode, he shares his success story of how his investment helped revitalize the area of Avondale, and what he's working on now is to do something similar in Trussville. He shares some of the lessons he's learned along the way as well as some advice for new investors.   Key Takeaways:   [1:10] Chris has been a lifelong entrepreneur; he started in residential real estate and has shifted to primarily commercial real estate and land. Before he got into real estate, he was working at a Fortune 500 company, and his boss actually encouraged him to take the real estate opportunity. [4:05] Chris has been investing since before 2008, and of course, continues to invest today. Pre-2008, the company he worked for was highly successful,