In his own words
“I started at 19, with a farmhouse and a toolbox.”
I got started in real estate 25 years ago, when I was 19. I was working as a landscaper and contractor, and those skills let me buy places other people would not touch.
One of my first properties was an old farmhouse. I turned the studio into an apartment, moved in, and restored the main house while I lived there.
After the financial crisis I started buying non-performing mortgage loans from banks, servicers and funds, and working them out one borrower at a time. That led to bank portfolios in Puerto Rico, land on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and, since 2017, Bitcoin and digital assets.
Today I lead Robert Ventures, the investment company I founded.
Joe Robert
