Building a Life of Creativity and Purpose: My Journey Through Real Estate, Art, and Vision

In January 2025, I hit a major milestone—I bought my second house. It was a goal I’d been working toward for years, and finally crossing that finish line was both exciting and transformational. More than just a real estate move, it represented the next chapter in how I want to live: creatively, intentionally, and with room to grow.

I bought this second property for a mix of reasons—my girlfriend Amanda and I wanted to live together, I needed more space for my art studio, and I wanted to expand my real estate holdings and become an official real estate investor. I’ve always enjoyed working outdoors and designing functional, beautiful spaces. My first property, purchased back in 2020, worked out extremely well as both a personal home and a rent-by-room investment. I knew I could build on that foundation.

Setting Up the Second Property

The past six months have been full of effort and learning—unpacking, organizing, upgrading the interior, landscaping, cleaning up the yard, and finding compatible roommates. It hasn’t been easy, and it definitely pulled me out of the creative flow I had built with my art, writing, and music. But sometimes life has seasons, and this one was about structure, systems, and stability.

Now, both homes are fully rented and running well, and for the first time in a while, I feel like I can breathe—and create—again.

Reclaiming My Creative Flow

Earlier this month, I finally returned to my studio. I started by wood-burning a new series of kendamas and putting the finishing touches on acrylic paintings I’d started years ago. My goal is to build up a collection of completed works—pieces I can turn into prints, stickers, and digital downloads to share online.

The creative spark is back, and I’m feeling more driven than ever to build momentum. In addition to visual art, I want to create videos of my flow arts and juggling practice, share DJ sets and freestyle raps, and turn my days into a blend of movement, music, and making. By combining all of these outlets, I can build a one-of-a-kind creative ecosystem—anchored by my website, YouTube, social platforms, and the physical spaces I’ve built through real estate and gardening.

Designing a Different Kind of Life

I don’t want to live like the average 9-to-5 worker. I want my days to be fluid—moving from painting to gardening, from rapping to editing videos, from hiking to planning events. Ideally, I’d be doing all of this with a small team of talented creatives who help me document, refine, and share our process.

With the help of ChatGPT, I’ve been creating action plans across all my interests and mapping out how to build this vision into a sustainable lifestyle and brand. It’s all connected: the properties provide stability and passive income, which allows me to reinvest in creativity, infrastructure, and community.

I’m currently putting $5–10k a year back into each house to make them cleaner, more charming, easier to manage, and perfectly tailored to rent-by-room living. Once everything is dialed in and automated across both homes, I plan to acquire a third property and begin scaling the systems I’ve built.

A Bigger Dream: Creating a Venue for the Creative Community

But my long-term vision goes even deeper.

This isn’t just about owning more houses. The goal is to eventually acquire land—ideally with a home already on it—where I can build an indoor/outdoor venue to host music, art, and festival-inspired gatherings. I want it to be a permanent creative sanctuary for people in Colorado Springs and Denver who share a love for expression, flow, and play.

Many Colorado festivals like Arise, Sonic Bloom, Badger Basscamp, and Something Different have struggled due to lack of sustainable venues. I want to solve that problem with a space that respects neighbors and nature while still allowing freedom, fun, and creative experimentation.

This land will be more than just a venue—it’ll be a hub for inspiration, transformation, and celebration. A place where people feel alive, connected, and creatively charged.

Living with Intention

Even though I took time away from my creative work recently, I don’t see it as a setback. I see it as part of the rhythm—because life moves in seasons. Sometimes you plant. Sometimes you prune. Sometimes you harvest. Right now, I’m excited to bloom.

With each property, each painting, each moment spent juggling or flowing, I’m building something bigger than myself. Something that blends passion with purpose. Something that can grow alongside me and evolve over time.

Because at the end of the day, this is about more than art or real estate. It’s about living deliberately. Being present. Building something beautiful from the inside out.

Final Thoughts

Create, grow, and expand.

Express love with a gentle hand.

Show people you care when you can.

Continue to chase dreams and be all that you can.

This life is filled with moments—so appreciate them.