Tim Foley
From a very young age, Tim Foley was interested in real estate and was always a natural entrepreneur. Born and raised in East Los Angeles, he graduated from La Puente High School. With a deep love for competition, Tim excelled in martial arts, baseball, water polo and swimming. His competitive drive led him to hold the 400-meter, individual-medley school record. During his childhood he operated several entrepreneurial businesses that included land scaping, courier services, and anything that could drive revenue. After receiving several collegiate scholarships, he enrolled in the University of California at San Diego. Tim's competitive spirit drove him to double major, all while he worked full-time buying and selling cars and
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selling for Atlas Van Lines. Tim eventually transferred to University of California Santa Barbara after learning of their specialized degree in business economics and real estate. He would graduate from UC Santa Barbara with a double major in business economics and psychology. Tim would later earn his MBA.
After graduation he took a job with Xerox Corporation, quickly becoming a top ten salesmen for the entire country. Tim's love for real estate resurfaced. He maxed out several student credit cards to purchase his first piece of California real estate (an 800 sq. ft. condominium). When he sold the condo, the profits of his sale sold him on a career in real estate. It was crystal clear to
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.Tim that being an entrepreneur was his destiny, quickly leaving his cozy position at Xerox. Tim made a commitment to buy one new property a year, which quickly turned to two, then three and so on. He found himself owning and operating over 50 properties for two of the largest appreciation periods
He has since diversified his investments to hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, apartments, office buildings, and industrial space; both locally and regionally. He has personally been the operating principle in over 100 different real estate transactions whereby he successfully purchased, rehabbed, stabilized and sold. As of the close of 2017, he owns and operates over 50 different properties in California, Arizona and Texas.
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