Why I Quit Teaching After 15 Years (and Why I Invest in Multifamily Real Estate)

A year ago, I quit my W2 job as a high school teacher after 15 years of teaching math and physics in East Honolulu to pursue real estate investing full-time.
My real estate journey began in 2008 with my family’s house in Anaheim, CA. From there, I explored various markets, including a 3-unit in Indianapolis and multiple properties in Pittsburgh. The game-changer came in 2019 with a 52-unit property in Saginaw, Michigan, marking the birth of Tri-city Equity Group. We sold it for a 123% total return in 3.4 years.
During the pandemic, we closed on a 48-unit property in El Paso, Texas, and sold it in under two years for a 74% return. By the end of 2020, we had three more deals, all yielding impressive returns. In 2021, we bought and sold several more properties, consistently bringing significant returns to our investors.
Meanwhile, I was helping clients buy and sell real estate on Oahu, using commissions to reinvest in multifamily deals. We renovated and sold a condo in Makiki and invested in a pre-construction unit in Ward Village.
Real estate proved more lucrative than teaching, allowing me to reduce taxes through passive losses. The birth of my second son in 2022 made me prioritize family over a W2 job.
To all teachers feeling the same, explore other careers if you’ve lost your spark. Life is too short to do something you don't love.
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A resident of Honolulu for more than 20 years, Duc has lived and worked in many areas on Oahu. His business is based mostly on referrals from satisfied clients. Most important to Duc is providing exceptional service to buyers and sellers in order to earn their trust, referrals, and repeat business. Duc has sold homes in all price ranges from starter homes and luxury condominiums, multi-family properties, and investment properties, totaling over $47M in career sales. Clients appreciate his flexibility, low pressure sales, patience, ability to listen and hear what a client wants, negotiation and analytical skills, and his ability to accurately price and market a home.
As a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a M.S. in Physics, he brings a unique analytical skill set to the real estate business. He moved from Southern California to Honolulu in 2004, after graduating from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Physics. He is also fluent in Vietnamese.
As a real estate investor, Duc is a partner in 1122 units across 9 states. He is a limited partner in 634 units. As an active investor, he owns a single-family rental property in Anaheim, CA, 15 units in one JV in Pittsburgh, PA, and 579 units as a GP with Tri-city Equity Group, valued at over $73M. His broad experience as a real estate investor in both Oahu and mainland properties allows him to provide his clients with the best experience in both buying and selling properties. He specializes in working with investors.
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