{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwealthjuice.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F062426-doron-levi-audio-mnVq5EEk","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Immigrant Entrepreneur Who Turned Grit Into a $70M+ Real Estate Legacy | Doron Levi E399","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d4f2c345-6b24-4b20-a228-bc356dc862f7/f617ce94-ac56-47a6-b1e2-a52d8a890b8a/wealth-20juice-20podcast-20-20new-20album-20art-202025.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Doron Levi arrived in the U.S. as a twenty-year-old immigrant with no safety net and barely enough money to get by. He worked every job he could find, learned the service industry from the ground up, and went on to build and exit multiple multi-million-dollar companies. Then he bet on himself again, this time in real estate, and skipped the typical fix and flip starting point entirely. His first project was a ground-up 25-unit development, turning a half-block warehouse into a $7M asset that later grew to $13M. That deal became the foundation for everything that followed.\n\nToday Doron has over $70M in improved real estate across multifamily, commercial, and redevelopment projects, and he operates as a developer, builder, operator, investor, and mentor. In this episode we get into how he made the jump from running service businesses to ground-up development, why he believes relationships matter more than returns in this business, and how he evaluates deals and spots potential in land and people before it's obvious to anyone else.\n\nWe also talk about the human side of real estate investing: the role of trust, communication, and emotional intelligence in winning deals, and why Doron sees his work as building people and confidence, not just buildings. If you're trying to figure out how to scale past your first deal or you're curious what it actually takes to go from nothing to a $70M portfolio, this conversation is packed with real, lived-experience insight."}