Real-estate investor Joe Fairless breaks down how he went from 4 single-family rentals to overseeing 7,000 units worth $900 million — and outlines the epiphany that turbocharged his career

· Joe Fairless, the co-founder and partner at Ashcroft Capital, knew he had to pursue a different investment avenue when a $1,000 certificate of deposit returned only $20 after 12 months.
· While Fairless was working a traditional 9-5 job, he remotely invested in single-family homes through a real-estate connection in...