Unconventional Transactions That Work in Any Market
Unconventional Transactions That Work in Any Market
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Who is Speaking
Jesse Mills
Founder, Deal Creator Academy & unBankable
Jesse Mills is the creator of the Deal Creator Academy, a lifelong entrepreneur, and a seasoned real estate expert with over 20 years as a real estate investor, agent, lender, and coach. He has built a multi-million-dollar portfolio using creative financing strategies and founded innovative programs like unBankable and Hybrid-Investing to expand access to homeownership while guiding investors to financial freedom. Passionate about teaching and mentoring, Jesse shares the same creative strategies that fueled his own success to help others build wealth, freedom, impact, and legacy. A lifelong adventurer, he has traveled to 37 countries and counting with his wife Lori and their two children.
Darina Aleksa
Real Estate Investor & Entrepreneur, Owner of AleksaBuys.com (Kreative Real Estate LLC)
Darina Aleksa is a real estate investor and entrepreneur focused on fixing and flipping homes, rentals, co-living, and creative financing. She is a former co-owner of The TC Collective (2024 to 2026), a transaction coordination company that helped close more than 1,000 creative real estate transactions from single-family homes to commercial deals. As an Owners Club Captain, she shares practical lessons on navigating complex deals, building strong partnerships, and avoiding costly mistakes.
Ford Wagner
Owner, Contractor Pros and CFW Realty
Ford Wagner is a Minnesota-based real estate investor and owner of Contractor Pros, a construction company that powers his renovation operation with dedicated crews and a project manager. With six years in the business, Ford got his start house hacking a duplex and has since built a rental portfolio on track to surpass 35 doors in 2026, while on pace to purchase over 60 properties this year. He built his foundation in creative finance, single-family fix and flip, and BRRRR projects, starting by self-GCing his own work before scaling into a full operation. Over the last two years he has moved into larger multifamily, most recently a 10-unit. Along the way, Ford has tackled some of the most complex rehabs out there, developing deep expertise in city code compliance, condemned properties, and intensive remodels that most investors won't touch.
Dale Brose
Principal, Terravest Advisors
Dale Brose is the principal at Terravest Advisors. Dale started his real estate journey in 1986, completing his real estate agent requirements in Hawaii while stationed there in the Army. Since then, he has held rentals, invested in land, and done some private lending. Over time he realized that note investing suited him best, and that passively controlling real estate fit his lifestyle better than owning it. Dale was first exposed to note investing in the mid-1990s and has been actively buying and holding notes in several states, from New York to Arkansas, for the past six years. Two of his favorite things are mailbox money and the amortization schedule.
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Rates up, rates down, deals still get done. Join the Minnesota Real Estate Club (MN REC) for a practical panel on the creative deal structures that keep working no matter what the market is doing: subject-to, seller financing, notes, and other unconventional ways to buy, sell, and fund real estate.
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Thursday, December 3, 2026 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 7500 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 | Free to attend
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