Hi, my name is Ben Lakey. I am passionate about my wife, my three girls, and real estate, in that order.
I began my investing career flipping homes in 2002 when my brother called me at Ft. Gordon, Georgia, because he had just won a foreclosure auction and needed additional money to fund within 24 hours. After reading all of Utah's foreclosure and title laws, I wired him the money. Once I got home, we remodeled the home ourselves and sold it. I made more money from that month of work than I would make in 6 months with the college degree I was pursuing.
I now have experience as a principal in over 300 transactions, including foreclosure auctions, REO, HUD homes, seller finance, lease options, MLS, FSBO, fix-and-flip, wholesale, hard money, notes, land entitlement and development, and new construction.
After dipping my foot in every pool, I now focus on land entitlement, primarily residential and self-storage. I also currently practice law, specializing in real estate development and construction matters.
I also served an LDS mission in Poland, and deployed to Afghanistan with the army.
I look forward to working with you on a transaction in the future in any capacity. Let's do business!