Ramblings of a Couple Real Estate Moguls

Mike Lima and Sean Terry are the founders of Fortress Investments. We started this blog to help real estate investors understand what it takes to make successful real estate deals in any market.  We will give you exact details on how and what we do.  We are currently buying roughly $1.5 Million to $2 Million dollars worth of real estate every month and believe that NOW is the time to start buying.  Real Estate is one of the last remaining fields where an average person, with big dreams can become extremely wealthy.  We hope our combined insight will motivate and inspire you to dive into the exciting world of real estate investment.

Mike Lima

Mr. Lima has successfully executed hundreds of real estate investment transactions, with a cumulative transaction value of approximately $100,000,000.  Such investments have included Residential Deals and Raw Land Development, ranging from single-family homes to 138-acre parcels, under various investment companies.  Mr. Lima presently controls, either directly or with partners, ~ $30,000,000 of Arizona real estate through his entities.

Mr. Lima is a former corporate executive who leveraged his previous part-time real estate investment activities into full-time endeavors in recent years.  He was born on Long Island, New York , and grew up near Philadelphia , PA. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Pittsburgh, and started his professional career with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Mr. Lima spent 18 years in corporate management positions, where his responsibilities included Sales, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Strategic Planning, Business Development and Operations. At the age of 26, Mr. Lima became the Corporate Controller of a $100 million consumer products company based near Pittsburgh , PA , and later was promoted to the position of CFO.  In 1996, Mr. Lima relocated to Arizona and became a Director within a Fortune 500 technology company.  Three years later, he became the COO of an international software development company (Cablesoft, later rebranded as iTRACS Corporation).  In real estate, Mr. Lima has been a real estate investor since 1992, and has been a full time investor/developer since 2003.

Mr. Lima lives in Phoenix and is married with 3 children, including 1-year old twins.

Sean Terry

Mr. Terry is a former US Marine who led his platoon to battle in Desert Storm and was recognized with multiple awards for outstanding leadership and drive. He’s traveled to over 30 Countries around the world serving our Country and learned that fear is just a weak state of mind. After exiting the Marine Corp with an Honorable Discharge he bought his first apartment complex 16 years ago, at the age of 22, he then went on and started a successful sales and marketing company for six years, producing $5,000,000 annually in sales. He opened 6 offices across the country including Phoenix, Raleigh, Cleveland, Naples, Jacksonville, and Pensacola. Because of the success, the parent company employed Mr. Terry to travel the US to motivate and train company sales reps, on several occasions the seminars reached 1000+ people.  He also executed hundreds of real estate investment transactions, with a cumulative transaction value of approximately $100,000,000.  Such investments have included Residential Deals and Raw Land Development, ranging from single-family homes to 138-acre parcels, under various investment companies.  Mr. Terry presently controls, either directly or with partners, ~ $30,000,000 of Arizona real estate through his entities.

Mr. Terry has been married to Angela for 12 years and lives in Phoenix AZ and Dana Point CA with his 2 daughters.