Josh Cantwell

Josh manages over $40M in private money, which is deployed into multifamily real estate and apartments.
He has been involved in 1,000+ wholesale, rehab, rental, foreclosure, and apartment transactions, and currently holds a portfolio of over 3,000+ cash-flowing apartments.
He is the founder and CEO of a variety of successful businesses including Freeland Ventures and Strategic Real Estate Coach.
Josh is a true entrepreneur and prides himself on never having had a boss in his entire adult life.
A native of Northeast Ohio, Josh graduated from Baldwin Wallace College in 1998.
After graduation, he obtained his Series 6, 63, 66 and life and health insurance licenses.
He also worked as a Financial Advisor from 1997-2004.
In 2004, Josh took his knowledge of raising capital and the financial markets and started investing in real estate full-time.
He was able to combine his knowledge of financial investing with real estate to create a very successful business, which quickly grew into closing over 100+ wholesale and short sale deals per year.
In turn, he began training and teaching apprentice partners and students.
He founded Strategic Real Estate Coach in 2007, and has taught thousands of investors how to replicate his success.
Josh has vast knowledge and experience in helping to coach clients and mentor students and borrowers from across the US in finding, structuring, negotiating and closing various types of transactions for a profit.
Josh is also the host of the Accelerated Investor Podcast, which has hosted past guests like Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Donald Trump Jr, Jack Canfield, Rod Khleif, and JV Crum III.
Josh lives in Northeast Ohio outside of Cleveland with his wife Lisa Marie and three children, Giuliana, Alessandra and Dominic (aka the Nooch).