From Uber driver to flipping 30+ houses a year in Chicago — Aram Ghazaryan’s rise in real estate is unreal. In this raw, no-BS conversation, Aram breaks down exactly how he built a profitable house-flipping business from scratch without wealthy parents, connections, or “guru” shortcuts.

Whether you're flipping your first house, trying to raise private money, or looking to scale your real estate business, this episode is PACKED with strategy, mindset, and the real numbers behind success.

🔥 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE

• How Aram went from Uber & cold-calling to 30+ flips a year

• The first deals that nearly broke him — and what he learned

• The truth about Chicago real estate & contractor management

• How he raises private money (his exact framework)

• Why most new flippers fail in their first 5 deals

• Real margins, timelines & hidden risks nobody talks about

• The systems he built to scale a lean flipping operation

• The difference between rehabbing and “lipstick-on-a-pig” disasters

• How beginners can start TODAY without rich parents or big savings

This is one of the most actionable deep dives into real estate investing you’ll find anywhere.

🎙️ WHO IS ARAM GHAZARYAN?

A Chicago real estate investor, operator, and educator flipping 30+ homes a year while helping new investors break into the industry the right way — without hype, gimmicks, or guru fluff.

📌 Follow Aram:

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/aramgrealty

Education / Mentorship – https://www.builtforprofit.biz/apply

🕒 CHAPTERS

00:00 – Cold open: “Lipstick on a pig will burn you every time”

00:40 – Welcome to Two Stunads & today’s game plan

02:20 – Meet Aram: 21-year-old hustler in Chicago real estate

06:05 – From Armenia to Schaumburg: poverty, parents & pressure to succeed

10:50 – Criminal justice, engineering… and flunking his way into business

13:00 – Getting bamboozled by his first brokerage & paying 56% of every check

17:15 – Cracking six figures & jumping into his first flip in Elk Grove

24:30 – Selling cars at 17, spotting hustlers early & meeting his GC partner

31:00 – How he actually analyzes a flip (real numbers, no fluff)

36:40 – Tired landlords, data lists & why mail still works in 2025

44:15 – Raising private money: 50K chunks, 12% returns & protecting investors

52:40 – Why most “gurus” are full of it & what his Real Estate Business Academy really does

60:30 – Flips vs rentals, Illinois tenant laws & why he sold all his rentals

69:40 – Interest rates, holding costs & when he’s willing to take a loss

78:10 – Cars, watches & why they don’t actually make you happy

86:30 – Dating as a successful investor: gold diggers & “strong dependent women”

93:20 – Holiday party networking, building real connections (not cringey “networking events”)

99:10 – Delegation, bottlenecks & what’s next: commercial, coffee shops & exits

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