How to Scale Up Without Losing It All? with Mike Morawski

Michael “Mike” Morawski is a 30+ year real estate investment
veteran and the founder of my core intentions.


Mike is an entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and personal
coach with a deep desire to help others live an extraordinary
life.


He has controlled over $285,000,000 in real estate transactions.


Mike had an incredible life journey and he has coached hundreds
of real estate investors to fulfill their dreams.


Michael began as a general contractor in the Northwest Suburbs of
Chicago with $5 mm in annual revenue. He sold his company and
then took some time off to decide what to do next.


Michael entered the real estate industry as a sales agent
building a team of agents and support staff that produced over
$20 mm per year in sales production.


In 2005, Michael started a private equity firm, raising $18 mm in
private equity and acquired $60 mm in multi-family apartments
including 4,000 units in five different US markets. As part of
the company’s growth, Mike built and developed a property
management division that managed 7,500 units.


Mike has always believed that transparency and honesty are
central to any successful business and personal life. As a result
of the 2008 world economic crisis, Mike let his guard down and
let his transparency slip. The impact that had on his company and
its real estate holdings left him scrambling to protect the
company and its investors.


Due to the market climate, he found himself in a defensive mode
operating out of chaos and fear. In an attempt to protect his
company’s investors, Mike had to make difficult business
decisions. Some of those decisions were handled poorly.  As
a result of those poor decisions, the company imploded and Mike
faced wire and mail fraud charges which lead to a 10-year federal
prison sentence.


To read more about his story, you can read the full story in the
Journal of Business Ethics titled: Multi-Family Ventures, LLC and
the 2008 Financial Crisis: Ethical Decisions Regarding Keeping
the Board Informed.