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🌱 How Do You Use Real Estate to Fund a Bigger Mission?
Lately I’ve been thinking about how real estate can do more than build wealth — it can sustain missions and protect legacies.
Here's an example that inspired me: there's a ranch in Tunnel Hill, Georgia that's been serving children, veterans with PTSD, and families through equine therapy since 2010. Their land already heals, but they're exploring how to use a short-term rental (STR) on the property to:
- 🌱 Protect their land and programs
- 🧱 Create mission-aligned income
- 🚪 Multiply their impact for generations
That got me asking myself: how many of us are using real estate as a tool not just for ourselves, but for something bigger?
👉 I’d love to hear from the community:
- Have you ever seen (or done) something similar — using STRs, rentals, or other strategies to sustain a mission, nonprofit, or family legacy?
- What worked, and what didn’t?
Excited to learn from your experiences and perspectives.
— Joshua Hardin | Chattanooga, TN
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Joshua instant follow and I love this question. I'm a mission driven founder and my dream is to grow my portfolio so that 10% may be used to house women and children escaping domestic abuse and need a new lease (pun intended) on life. I also came this morning because I am loving RAL as a concept and digging into community based living opportunities.