July 22, 2025

I went bankrupt...now I own a billion dollar portfolio

I went bankrupt...now I own a billion dollar portfolio
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Episode 727: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with his brother-in-law Sanjiv Chopra to talk about how he went from $15M in debt to a real estate portfolio of $1.5B.

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:37) $15M in debt on first deal

(12:30) Pawning my wife’s wedding ring to buy a gym

(19:41) Turning a broken gym around

(22:02) Referral marketing

(29:48) Double escrow

(36:11) Shopping centers

(40:20) What a Good Real Estate Deal Looks Like

(44:02) How you act when you lose

(51:02) Legacy, Balance & Being a Present Dad


Links:

• Rhino Investments - https://rhinoinvestmentsgroup.com/


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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com

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• Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies!

Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC


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• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/



My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano