# He Set a Goal of 40 Units. He Ended Up with 2,700 w/ Jens Nielsen Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-investing-with-realdealchat-933377/he-set-a-goal-of-40-units-he-ended-up-with-2-700-w-jens-nielsen Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-investing-with-realdealchat-933377/he-set-a-goal-of-40-units-he-ended-up-with-2-700-w-jens-nielsen.md Podcast: [Real Estate Investing with RealDealChat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-investing-with-realdealchat-933377) Published: 2026-04-20T20:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://realdealcrew.com/real-estate-investing-podcast Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/68222a9d-acd7-4d61-a393-b1b3798a4b7f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-estate-investing-with-realdealchat-933377/episodes/he-set-a-goal-of-40-units-he-ended-up-with-2-700-w-jens-nielsen Duration seconds: 1887 ## Resource Jens Nielsen left a 25-year IT career and went from 40-unit goal to managing 2,700 units β€” here's the exact path he took to scale commercial real estate. In this episode of RealDealChat, Jack Hoss sits down with Jens Nielsen β€” a former IT professional turned commercial real estate investor and high-performance coach β€” to break down how he went from a linear 10-year plan to managing over 2,700 units across multifamily, industrial, and flex space. Jens covers: How he started with a fourplex for $115K and scaled from there Why he ditched single-family immediately and went straight to small multifamily The mindset shift that unlocked syndications and other people's money Why he pivoted from apartments to industrial and flex space when rates rose How the EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) helped him manage a vertically integrated property management company The bridge loan mistake he'll never repeat β€” and what he does instead How high-performance coaching helped him earn more in his first year out of his W2 than ever before Why he believes we'll all wish we bought more real estate in 2026 This one is for investors who are still thinking one deal at a time and need to see what happens when you stop thinking linearly. πŸ”— Learn more about Jens: https://jensnielsen.us πŸ”— Build systems for your investing business: https://realdealcrew.com #CommercialRealEstate #RealEstateInvesting #MultifamilyInvesting #FlexSpace #IndustrialRealEstate #RealEstateSyndication #PassiveIncome #HighPerformanceCoaching #RealDealChat #WealthBuilding #LeavingW2 #RealEstateInvestor Work With RealDealCrew If you’re already closing deals but your intake, follow-up, or visibility feels inconsistent, here are two ways to go deeper: Take the Deal Intake Assessment See how resilient your current operation ac… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-estate-investing-with-realdealchat-933377/episodes/he-set-a-goal-of-40-units-he-ended-up-with-2-700-w-jens-nielsen/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-estate-investing-with-realdealchat-933377/he-set-a-goal-of-40-units-he-ended-up-with-2-700-w-jens-nielsen.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.