Real Estate Investing to Revitalize Communities and Provide Employment

By John Bowens

To Jan of Missouri and her family, it’s not enough to secure their financial future through real-estate investing in their retirement accounts (though that is important to them, too). By going the extra mile with their investment-home renovations, they’ve also had a big hand in helping the community improve and thrive.

Jan, known for her quick and easy real estate sales, received a call from an elderly couple about five years ago. They wanted to move from their house to a senior community, but owed

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