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= André Stewart = André Lamont Stewart (born June 6, 1983 (age 40) is an Author, Investor, Founder, and CEO of InvestFar Corporations. He is the author of 2 books, including Real Estate Investing Diet (2022) and Epitome of The Mind (2023).

Early life and Education
André was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. André's mother, Ella, is American from the deep South of Georgia and his father Johnnie grew up in Florida and was of Portuguese African and Cherokee Indian descent. Both of his parents were high-ranking officials in the United States Army and retired with 20+ years of service. As a child, André lived all over the country living in several different states moving every 2-3 years as his parents would get stationed at a new military base due to frequent job transfers. In between transfers André had to live with his grandmother on his mother’s side in a small very economically disadvantaged city called Cuthbert, GA.

During one of the stays with his grandparents at the age of 6 André found his grandfather at the time who was only 55 years old had passed away in bed one morning when he went to wake him up for breakfast. After his grandfather passed André continued to stay with his grandmother, uncle, brother and cousin in a two-bedroom home that was built by his grandfather and his grandfather's brother. Times got harder as his grandmother only had a third-grade education and in the deep south, the only work she could find was being a housekeeper. André's grandmother Edna was a housekeeper for country music star Cole Swindell's parents who at the time had a flourishing business. André, his brother and Cole became very close during that time until they moved away. Edna worked for them until she retired and kept a close relationship with Cole.

After a couple of years, André and his brother moved back with their parents as they got stationed in Florida upon leaving New Jersey and due to André not remembering who his mother was when she came back to get them, his mom vowed to never leave them again. André had a tough time leaving his grandmother and being bounced around from home to home coupled with the poverty-stricken environment while living with his grandmother he developed bad traits. While in Florida he was suspended from school in the 5th grade and shortly after his family relocated to Jacksonville, Arkansas where they settled until he graduated from North Pulaski High School. Upon graduating, André attended Oral Roberts University where he started to turn his life around. After leaving Oral Roberts he moved to Florida to pursue a basketball career and work in entertainment. André became a model and commercial actor which eventually led him to move to Los Angeles for more opportunities. He took a job as a business banker at Wells Fargo which allowed him flexibility to go on auditions and pursue other goals.

Career
André transitioned out of entertainment to begin a career in finance at Northwestern Mutual as a financial advisor and eventually moved to World Financial Group which led him to want a career in banking. He went on to become a business banker for several large banks and his last stop was as an advisor at Silicon Valley Bank. He began investing in real estate and later left SVB to develop the global real estate investing SAAS mobile application InvestFar real estate app.

André has written three books. Real Estate Investing Diet, his first book, was published on his grandmother's birthday in August 2022. His second book, titled Epitome of The Mind was published in April 2023. Both hit the bestseller lists. His third title will be released in 2024.

André is the host of the popular podcast Investing Uncensored which is ranked in the top 1% globally of all podcasts. He's also been featured in several publications from USA Today, and Yahoo Finance to the Daily Mail UK.

In June 2019 André launched Residual Roads Business Institute, a digital learning platform that offers live webinars, courses, mentorship and workshops to help teach entrepreneurship, real estate investing and how to discover your purpose.

Books

 * André Stewart (2022). The Real Estate Investing Diet: Harnessing Health Strategies to Build Wealth in Ninety Days: ISBN 978-1645438571
 * André Stewart (2023). Epitome Of The Mind: Unlock your Full Potential for Better Health, Prosperity and Happiness: ISBN 978-1662936654