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BlogArrowAuthorArrowChris Clothier

Chris Clothier

Expertise: Personal Development, Real Estate Investing Basics, Landlording & Rental Properties, Real Estate News & Commentary, Business Management, Real Estate Marketing, Mortgages & Creative Financing
143 Articles Written
Chris Clothier began building his rental portfolio in 2003 as a successful entrepreneur looking to diversify his investments. He quickly gravitated toward passive investing, establishing a portfolio of over 50 single family homes in Memphis, Tenn. As an original client of his family's firm Memphis Invest (now REI Nation), Chris experienced firsthand what a passive investor endures when purchasing out of state. In 2007, Chris moved his company and family back to Tennessee, wound down his brokering company, and joined REI Nation as a partner and director of sales and marketing.

Experience
Since joining REI Nation, the business has grown into the premier turnkey investment company in the country and a standard bearer for best practices in the industry, managing over 6,000 investment properties for 2,000 passive clients. In addition to managing the development and implementation of sales and marketing processes, Chris serves as an ambassador for the company, working with the team to help potential investors define their purpose for investing in real estate and educating peer companies on best practices.

REI Nation clients' portfolios hold a value of close to $800 million in single family assets in seven cities. The company has been featured as a six-straight year honoree in Inc. magazine's list of the 500/5,000 "Fastest Growing Companies in America."

In 2019, Chris' team assisted 600 investors with purchasing just under 1,000 fully-renovated and occupied turnkey homes. Chris led the re-brand of his family's company on January 1, 2020, from Memphis Invest to REI Nation.

Chris is also an experienced real estate speaker and addresses small and large audiences of real estate investors and business professionals nationwide several times each year, including IMN single family conferences, the PM Grow property management conference, and the Ignite conference in Las Vegas each December.

Chris continues to hold a sizable single-family rental portfolio in both Tennessee and Texas. Along with his family, he owns several commercial buildings in the greater Memphis area.

When not working with the team at REI Nation, Chris is busy raising five kids, operating a racing company in Memphis, and serving as CEO for The Cancer Kickers Soccer Club, a Memphis-based 501c3 providing comfort and care for kids battling childhood cancers.

Founded in 2017 by Chris and Michelle Clothier, the non-profit organization focuses on providing a team environment for kids to find encouragement and strength in their battle. The company worked with over 500 children from six countries in 2019.

Press
Chris has been featured in stories published in Money Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and DN News, as well as the Memphis Business Journal. In 2018, McGraw-Hill Publishing purchased Chris' manuscript, The Turnkey Revolution, and worked with Chris to publish his first book in May 2018.

Chris also publishes two weekly blogs at ChrisClothier.com and REINation.com. Chris has also published articles on the BiggerPockets Blog since 2009.

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Real Estate News & Commentary Feb 03, 2015

Step One When Buying Out-of-State: Forget the Houses & Study the Market

By Chris Clothier

I have been writing and talking about the process investors should go through when buying out of state properties for years. Even if you are buying across the state i...

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Personal Development Jan 23, 2015

5 Dangerous Real Estate Investing Myths Beginning Investors Believe

By Chris Clothier

How exactly do these crazy myths get started? Myths as we know them come from a variety of places: sometimes from the tall tales of long-gone societies, others from a desire for mystery and the ...

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Real Estate Deal Analysis & Advice Jan 16, 2015

Investors Should ALWAYS Order Property Inspections Before Buying: Here’s Why

By Chris Clothier

Differentiating between appraisal value and inspection strength is a difficult scenario in the real estate industry. It is especially difficult for new investors and even experienced investors w...

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Real Estate Marketing Jan 02, 2015

6 Ways to Kickstart Your Social Media Marketing in the New Year

By Chris Clothier

A new year is always a good time to start fresh. It’s a time for new plans, new opportunities and building better business practices. The thought of starting something anew can be incredibly exc...

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Business Management Dec 24, 2014

9 Great, Practical Gift Ideas for the Real Estate Investor in Your Life

By Chris Clothier

I love the Holiday season!  The holidays are a wonderful time of year for so many reasons, and I have started looking around for great gift ideas for my team. With all of the festive m...

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Business Management Nov 18, 2014

How to Find Maximum Business Productivity Between Control & Chaos

By Chris Clothier

As an entrepreneur, focus and discipline are two very important factors when it comes to success. Add in the words “real estate,” and an entrepreneur’s world can get crazy quickly! “Takin...

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Real Estate Investing Basics Nov 12, 2014

4 Tried & True Ways to Avoid a Major Investment Property Flop

By Chris Clothier

You would be hard-pressed to find a real estate investor, at least one with some experience and time under their belt, who doesn’t have some horror story about investing in real estate. T...

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Real Estate Investing Basics Oct 29, 2014

Real Estate Investors: Do You Exhibit These 5 Irrational Behaviors?

By Chris Clothier

I had some fun with this week’s article by recording a video. I am so used to simply writing, so I wanted to change up my own routine a bit. Take a look at the video, and then be sure and connect below in the comments. I would love to hear some of your own Read More

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Real Estate Investing Basics Oct 23, 2014

3 Real Estate Investing Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier

By Chris Clothier

I started investing in real estate when I was 31 years old and experiencing the first real growth in my disposable income since I had started working full-time. I had started my own grocery arbi...

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Real Estate News & Commentary Sep 27, 2014

Why Investors Undeniably Matter to the Real Estate Market

By Chris Clothier

Looking back at the history of the real estate market, starting with burst of the housing bubble that was in full swing around 2007, it was a rough time for everyone. We all know how the ...

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Real Estate Investing Basics Sep 13, 2014

4 Obstacles that Keep Millennials from Buying Their First Homes

By Chris Clothier

Some might say that the real estate market is in limbo. Though it’s recovering from the disastrous crash around 2007 and in the following years, the market isn’t yet fully stable. It stop...

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General Real Estate* Sep 03, 2014

How To Keep Your Rental Investment Property Drug and Crime Free

By Chris Clothier

There are some dreaded scenarios for longterm buy & hold real estate investors out there, and most revolve around the dumb things tenants can do in and to a property. One thing that most new...

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