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himene Van Gundy is a real estate investor and entrepreneur with Outstanding Real Estate Solutions, Inc. and Mobile Home Millions, LLC, who invests in mobile homes and mobile home parks which provide affordable housing to people across the U.S. After completing her B.A. magna cum laude in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2006, she worked multiple jobs in the corporate world and served as the lead paralegal for several different law firms. After being laid off in 2015, Chimene decided that rather than working for another corporation she would be her own boss. She read the novel “Rich Dad Poor Dad” which became a wakeup call for her and changed her life. Having spent time in and out of the foster care system, no one taught her about money, credit, or budgets. So, after hearing her husband say, “I believe in you,” she took some real estate education classes, found a mentor and the rest is history. A true entrepreneur, Chimene ness what others’ opinions are of me. runs and manages five different I will continue to always pursue my companies. She is known as the dreams. “The Mobile Home Millionaire” and How did you get started in selling “Queen of Mobile Homes” because mobile homes? she has fixed, flipped, and wholesaled When I entered the real estate more than 500 units to date, all in game in 2015, I realized there was four years. She does business in 11 a ton of competition. I also discovstates and has taken her business ered it was very much a man’s world. international as well, rehabbing Then, I bought my first mobile home mobile homes in Ireland where they after attending a tax sale and bidding are called “holiday homes.” She is on a mobile home that all the other a member of W.R.E.N. Chimene investors thumbed their nose at. serves as a featured writer for Think They literally called mobile homes Realty magazine, where she educates “trailer trash.” Mobile home deals others on the mobile home asset kept falling into my lap and I realized class. In her spare time, she enjoys that no one was in that space. I spending time with her five children, seized the opportunity to stake my horseback riding, dancing, musicals, flag in this space as a leader. I have ballet, theater, and animals. never looked back. What advice would you give your What gave you the idea to branch younger self? out to Ireland to sell mobile homes? To not worry about what other I was on my dream vacation with people think. It is none of my busimy husband in Ireland when I made
him stop so I could see this mobile home lot. I couldn’t believe they had them there. I crawled underneath one so I could see if there was any difference between theirs and ours in the U.S. In Ireland they call them “holiday homes.” I met with the manager and he was very impressed with my knowledge level. That led to a joint venture with the company there. I have been working in Europe ever since. Even while vacationing I was open to opportunity. What does the word power mean to you? It means I am in control of my own destiny and make the life I create. My life has become amazing and I am so grateful this point in my life. I can do what I want when I want to. Life is precious, so you should always show up and create the life of your dreams because no one else will. www.mobilehomemillions.com P.O.W.E.R. Magazine | 17
