Crystal Merritts

First and foremost, I’m a Mom and a Wife! My 2 girls are the light of my life and is 100% my why for all that I do. They fill my heart every day and if you ask me, there is no greater adventure than being their mom and watching how they grow and learn every day. I also consider myself beyond luck to have such an amazing, loving, and supportive husband! He truly is my rock and best friend. So, they are what drive me to always be the best version of me that I can be! But what is my passion you ask? My passion, however, is Real Estate, in particular I LOVE buying Multi-Family Real Estate to help people get great returns on their hard-earned money!

 A bit more about me… I was born in Jacksonville, Florida, only a few months after I was born my parents moved back to New Bedford, Massachusetts where I grew up with my 3 younger siblings. My mom Home Schooled all 4 of us, and my dad ran his construction business. Both of my parents are 2nd generation Portuguese, so family is everything! We grew up in a huge family with food, hugs, and kisses everywhere! Birthday parties were seemingly every other weekend, and it was awesome!

My first job was working with my dad in the Construction Business, so naturally entrepreneurship was something we learned at a young age. Soon my zest for traveling led me into the Experiential Marketing field as an Independent Contractor, where I met my now husband and business partner. Together we traveled across North America managing marketing tours for various Fortune-500 companies like Coca-Cola, Major League BaseBall (hubby proposed on this Tour on the field of Kauffman Stadium, right behind home plate! I’m beyond lucky to have him!), Dicks Sporting Good and more.

While traveling as a tour manager, through the encouragement of my dad, we planned on purchasing Real Estate as a retirement plan since there were no benefits, or 401k for independent contractors. I set some goals, made a plan, and got to it! We used many different strategies, starting with house hacking a 3 family (3.5% down and live for free? Yes please!). We have done some fix and flips, owner financing, short term rentals, commercial mixed-use properties, but in the end Commercial Multi-Family Real Estate has won our hearts with its amazing cash flow, downturn resistance and value add capabilities, just to name a few.

Currently, I'm a full time Multi-Family Investor, Mom & Podcatser. My Husband and I are holding and self-managing 35 doors with a mix of industrial, retail, and residential properties. We are JV partners on 11 doors, and we are also passively invested in 310 doors, with a lot more to come! The Passive Investing Podcast is a project I’ve been longing to do for a while because I am passionate about wanting to share the helpful info that has gotten me where I am now. I believe with the correct info and mindset the sky's the limit for anyone with a desire for more of whatever will make them a happier person!

Thanks for being here and for being a part of my journey to share some great information and shed some light on how endless the possibilities are if you can only dare to dream big enough!!