Kyle O'Hehir, CTO of Constitution Lending - Real Estate Open Season - The Michael Girdley Show Episode 43

The Michael Girdley Show

Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Kyle O’ Hehir (@financeguy725) who runs a lending and real estate business from Connecticut, we talk about having bought dozens, if not more, different units of real estate with his partner. Kyle is also a really pretty inspiring high energy guy.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) - Introduction
(01:09) - Our sponsor is DMBridge
(02:15) - Who are you man? Let our listeners know!
(04:00) - What are the crazy learnings from a Commodities Trader at a fund to working at Hedge Fund?
(07:00) - Did you really close your first Real Estate investment on short-term rentals in Georgia without a visit? Why, how? What did you learn from this business?
(11:30) - Did your business plan work? What did you learn from this initial investment?
(15:14) - Tell us about the cultural Southern clash story!
(16:55) - At what point did you make the transition to full New Yorker?
(18:46) - Walk us through: 1 solo investment in Savanah, you get fired at the HF, today you own multiple properties. What happened in between?
(21:30) - How did you build your capital base?
(26:10) - What do you do from the lending side?
(31:45) - In what way is Effectuation a different breed of entrepreneurship?
(35:11) - Understanding & trusting your gut to make better decisions.
(39:38) - How does Kyle perceive himself from T-zero to T-12? What is the plan formulated for this?
(43:26) - Should you set a 10-year plan @Girdley style?
(45:06) - How important is domain knowledge to succeed? Can you commoditize learning?
(58:38) - Game changers for @Girdley. Understanding the potential of strategic partnership.

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