Entrepreneur of the Week – Post #1

My name is Tomer Yaakobi, 25 years old, from Shoham.

Unlike many stories here, I didn’t get into real estate from the “investing” side.

I came from the dust.
From the field.
From construction.
From renovations.

I discovered the U.S. market in 2021, right after finishing my military service.

I jumped straight into the world of construction and project management in Texas, working on value-add projects and flips… but not as an investor.

As a contractor.

I saw hundreds of houses from the inside.
I saw deals succeed and collapse.
I saw mistakes that cost tens of thousands of dollars.

And I realized something important:

The people building the deals don’t necessarily make the money like the people who buy the deals correctly.

In 2023, I made a decision that completely changed the game for me:

To stop working for investors — and start becoming one.

Not just renovating properties,
but actually acquiring them.

That’s also when I met my partner today, Dan Manto.

Dan came from the exact opposite side of the business:

• 6 years in Israeli real estate
• Worked with over 100 investors
• Deep strategic understanding of deals and portfolio building

The connection was immediate.

On one side — someone living the day-to-day reality of construction in the U.S.
On the other — someone who deeply understands deal structure and investor management.

Less than a year later, we already understood:

This isn’t “just another real estate investment.”
It’s a business.

Today, we mainly operate in Texas (DFW), managing deals from end to end:

• Acquisition
• Renovation
• Sale / Rental

But more than anything, we bring a perspective most people never see:

👉 What really happens inside renovations
👉 Where investors actually fail
👉 And how small decisions in the field can be worth tens of thousands of dollars

This week, I’m taking you behind the scenes:

🏗️ The transition from contractor mentality to entrepreneur mentality
🤠 Why Texas — and how we choose markets
💰 What a real deal looks like with real numbers
❌ Mistakes people make that cost them dearly
🚀 And how to build a real operation — not just “do a deal”

And meanwhile, a question for you:

What do you think matters more in real estate —
knowing how to find a good deal,
or knowing how to manage it correctly?