{"id":187974,"date":"2026-05-22T10:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?p=187974"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:16:00","slug":"deal-diaries-cameron-philgreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/deal-diaries-cameron-philgreen","title":{"rendered":"Deal Diaries: How Cameron Philgreen Built a Sprawling Portfolio Over Eight Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/b><\/td>\nCameron Philgreen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/b><\/td>\nWaco, Texas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/b><\/td>\nFull-time real estate investor & coffee shop owner<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assets<\/b><\/td>\n25 properties, 35 units<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Investment strategy<\/b><\/td>\nBRRRR, long-term rentals, flips, commercial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Financing<\/b><\/td>\nPrivate Money Lender<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In 2018, Cameron and his wife bought their first property in Lawrence, Kansas, a three-bedroom house they would Airbnb room by room to cover the mortgage. Cameron worked as a wedding photographer.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Fast-forward to today: Cameron now owns 25 properties totaling 35 units, a specialty coffee shop, and has a 50,000-square-foot commercial redevelopment underway in Waco, Texas. Here\u2019s how he built his sprawling portfolio.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

How did you finance your early deals with no outside capital?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The BRRRR method was everything. <\/span>My target is 70 <\/span>to<\/span> 75 cents on the dollar.<\/span> If I hit that, I could refinance, pull all my cash out, and do it again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our first true investment property was bought<\/span> for $95K. We put in $80K, so the after-repair value (ARV) came in around $200K. We left some money in that one, but five years later, it appraised at $270K, and we were able to pull cash out. <\/span>After that, I began building relationships with <\/span>hard money<\/span> lenders, and capital <\/span>stopped being<\/span> a constraint.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do you consistently find deals to scale?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The cheat code is a Redfin filter. Filter for a price per square foot under $100 and days on market over 45. It emails you automatically whenever something fits. Sellers sitting that long are motivated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I still have to make about 10 offers to land one, but between that filter, wholesalers, and Facebook groups, the deals are out there if you’re willing to make offers.<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s the mindset that carried you through a decade of building?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Get clear on your \u201cwhy.\u201d We shared bathrooms with strangers. We gutted a house ourselves for six days a week, three months straight. None of it was comfortable. But real estate doesn’t have to be your passion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The whole point is to use it to fund your passions. Ours funded a coffee shop. Ultimately, you should figure out what you’d do if your time were yours, then <\/span>go<\/span> buy the property that gets you there.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can continue following Cameron\u2019s real estate journey on his <\/span>YouTube channel<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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