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Dalton Bristow

Early Life
Dalton Bristow was born on March 11th, 1999, and grew up in Windom, MN. He graduated from Windom High School in 2017 and attended Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Worthington, MN for one year. Bristow's interest in real estate was sparked by his father's experience investing in real estate using his 401K funds, which had a positive impact on their family.

Business Career
In late October 2018, Bristow moved to Sioux Falls, SD to further his education in real estate investing and took an internship with Real Property Management Express. He began his career as a Property Management Intern and was treated as an associate from day one. As an intern, he learned customer service skills, the basics of marketing properties, and business essentials. His primary responsibilities included customer service, marketing, showings, maintenance coordination, billing, and more. Through hard work and dedication, he progressed through the ranks and is now the Senior Director Of Operations. In this role, he is responsible for leading and assisting the company's Asset Management Executives in pursuit of profitable and self-sufficient operational excellence. Additionally, he works to retain key investors and foster portfolio growth by making real estate investing easy and profitable. Bristow's portfolio consists of 16 townhome rentals in Sioux Falls, which he continues to expand. His first purchase was a 4-unit townhome in October 2020, which he sold a year later for a profit. This allowed him to purchase 8 townhomes next door. The performance of those units increased drastically, which allowed him to unlock equity for his most recent purchase of 8 more townhomes in December of 2022. As of the end of 2022, Bristow has acquired over $3.3 million in assets through his work in the real estate industry.

Leadership/Personal Life
Bristow is an ambitious and curious individual who is always seeking to expand his knowledge in the areas of investing, sales, negotiation, leadership, and philosophy. He draws inspiration from the leadership principles outlined in Jocko Willink's book "Extreme Ownership" which emphasizes the practice of taking complete ownership of everything in one's world to an extreme degree. This means being responsible not just for tasks that are directly controlled, but also for all those that affect the success of one's mission. Bristow also has experience in the media industry as a weekly producer for the Ethan Clerc Podcast Show and as an Assistant Director for Ethan Clerc Films. He has the goal of obtaining financial freedom before he turns 30.