Real stories from real people finding fulfillment and achieving financial security through the means of residential assisted living.
Hear from students who have worked with Gene, followed the RAL Formula and have opened thriving assisted living homes.
Peak Care Assisted Living Homes in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Music theory professor and professional musician, Timothy and Helga had years of experience with single-family rentals but wanted to broaden their investment and create a lasting legacy. They got their start in residential assisted living by remodeling their own home into a 10 bed, 11 bath RAL facility. The care they provide their residents is focused on holistic health, with advanced nutrition programs, mental and physical exercise, music therapy and much more. Their biggest advice for those getting into this business, “know your why.” Find your purpose and embrace it fully.
Among some of our first RAL Academy students, Mandy and her husband found the opportunity in residential assisted living irresistible. Though, initially running into roadblocks with zoning and building regulations, with the support from our academy they found their way past obstacles. It’s been over three years since they opened their 10-resident RAL home in Rhode Island and they are truly enjoying the fruits of their labor. Mandy’s advice…continue to ask questions until you get the answers you need to hear.
Like many students, Justin heard about the RAL Academy through The Real Estate Guys. Impressed with Gene’s approach to investing prompted him to check out our 1-day training in Kansas City and then the 3-day fast track course in Phoenix, AZ.
With years of real estate experience and attending countless education programs, Justin was drawn to the RAL model, citing the family-like support in overcoming obstacles as the main difference to other investment training systems. “It’s all about the systems.” Now, his high-end 12 resident home is up and running and looking at about a 25% profitability margin. He is just knocking it out of the park and we couldn’t be more proud of him.
Looking for a career change from a corporate aerospace 9 to 5 job, Jeff looked into real estate and after running the numbers found that he would need to invest in 60 units to match his income. Upon hearing about residential assisted living and the potential to make that same net profit with just one or two single-family homes, it was clear that this was the right choice for investment.
Having attended the RAL Academy 3-day training and completing the home study course, Jeff just opened his spacious nine resident home in Tuscon, AZ and is on this way to filling at. He and his wife have a goal of expanding to four RAL homes and eventually even helping his employees run their own assisted living homes one day.
With a long time interest in real estate, Kevin found Gene’s RAL Academy system through a real estate podcast. His passion, in combination with Heather’s passion in her nursing career, pointed to the residential assisted living opportunity as one that just made sense. “Coming out to that 3-day really opened our eyes so much to the potential…it was invaluable to us.”
Although it took a while to find the right home, they persevered and just took the process a step at a time. Wanting to create the perfect environment, a place that they would be happy to have their own parents live in, their 10 resident home in Gilbert, AZ is open and operating at full capacity. And now they are looking to duplicate their efforts and start a second RAL home. Heather & Kevin’s advice…” get the training and seek out advice…it’s important to have that support system.”
Motivated by a passion to help people and seeing first-hand the issues with their parent’s senior living environments, Donald & Talinda jumped feet first into residential assisted living. Determined to raise the standards of care, and being brought up by an extremely entrepreneurial father, Donald had the right mindset to seek out and follow through with the opportunity in assisted living investing.
Their new RAL home is a 12 bedroom, 6,600 sq ft facility that offers adult day services as well as memory care. The impact of their RAL home in their community has been exciting to watch, and we can’t wait to see them expand more homes in the near future.
“Thank you to the RAL Academy. It has been amazing the support we’ve received from you guys. We wouldn’t have been able to make this journey without you.” – Donald
A former public school teacher, Allyson was looking for a solid investment plan for her family. She spent years volunteering in large senior care homes and when she heard about residential assisted living as an alternative, “it lined up with a passion and also made a ton of sense.” With very limited experience with real estate, health care or financial planning, Allyson learned everything she needed to open her residential assisted living home in Castle Rock, CO through the RAL Academy and the assistance available through the platinum support package. She advises anyone getting into this industry to get connected and network with people who are already operating RAL homes and ask lots of questions.
With 15 years of real estate investment experience in rental properties, construction and property development, residential assisted living just seemed to be a perfect fit. Brad and Angie looked at this investment opportunity and said, “We needed this. Our community needed this.” From their experience, one of the biggest benefits they got from the RAL Academy was the support system. People who had been there and done it before were just a phone call away to answer questions and get advice on project specifics. And though they had a few roadblocks along the way, they kept focused…“We always have to keep in mind why we’re doing this. We’re wanting to provide the best quality care we can for seniors.”
Ed and Janelle were looking for an investment opportunity more substantial than rental properties in Indiana. Life was good with rentals but it could be a lot better. In addition to the financial motivation, Janelle really wanted to have a suitable place for her grandma other than the large senior care facilities in their area. “I wish there could be a place that’s like home,” then this opportunity came along and “it was meant to be.”
With training from the 3-Day Fast Track event, the inner circle network and continued support from the RAL team, they are progressing quickly with their 16 bedroom RAL home project that will be open soon and providing care to an underserved area with the highest quality senior care.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Hal is one of the first students we ever had at RALAcademy and participated in one of our first trainings ever. When Hal started we didn’t have a lot of support, followup, and collection of resources we have available today.
We are proud of what Hal has achieved, excited for his success, and are very pleased to share his success with you today!
Fort Collins, Colorado
Greg opened a care home in Fort Collins, Colorado after coming to his first training in January 2017. It took quite a bit longer for Greg to open his first home and a lot of that was due to working with the city government.
The RAL training concerning the Fair Housing Act became invaluable and in short, the city has a new ordinance because of the lengths Greg was able to go, empowered by his RALAcademy training, by applying Fair Housing Act to the city land use codes.
Greg’s story is awesome and a great case study on overcoming obstacles to secure financial legacy!
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Arizona
Jeremy took Gene’s class early June 2018 and started with his first home in less than two months after finishing Gene’s course! In Jeremy’s case, he found an existing home licensed for 10 residents and, based upon what he learned from RALAcademy, decided it was a good buy and he made it his own.
One of the concerns getting into the industry is “how should I handle financing?” and Jeremy shares not only how he financed, but also his approach to working with the staff and residents that were already in place.
This story is one that is not necessarily typical, but demonstrates exactly how influential and applicable the live training class actually is.
Silicon Valley, California
Jeff came to our live training event and discovered an opportunity — that he wasn’t quite looking for — that wound up working out. What we love about Jeff’s story is that he used what he learned from RALAcademy and applied it to a larger facility rather than a residence.
Prior to attending the RALAcademy training event, Jeff met Gene at a different real estate event and made the decision to explore residential assisted living.
The property Jeff was looking for was a house and after doing all the numbers, he knew he needed eight beds to work and was on a mission to find that.
Murray, Kentucky
Matt Sullivan runs Southern Grace Assisted Living located in Kentucky where the state meets Illinois and Tennessee. Southern Grace is in a Frank Lloyd Wright design inspired home built in 1975.
Southern Grace is a mixed 12-bed home of singles and doubles and could net around $12,000 to $15,000 per month when full, but Matt realistically calculates some vacancy and budgets a net of $10,000 to $12,000 per month consistently. In addition, he plans to raise the rates as the word gets around and a waiting list develops.
Matt is a Worship Pastor at one of the larger churches in the area and along with his wife and son, consider Southern Grace a form of ministry. Running your own RAL gives you the ability to create the culture that you are passionate about without worry of offending a customer or your boss, since you are the boss.
The best and fastest way to launch into residential assisted living is to attend one of Gene’s live events. These events happen multiple times throughout the year and provide you with EVERYTHING you will need to know.
There is a single common threads through just about every story we hear from our students who have opened their own home: the live training prepared them.
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