Spartan Investment Group with Scott Lewis

Scott Lewis is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Investment Group, LLC(SIG) and has led several successful real estate projects ranging from single-family flips to ground-up development of self-storage. To date, SIG operates over 5500 Storage units, 200 RV pads, has completed $11M in development projects, has $110 M more underway, and raised over $30M in private equity. As the Chief Executive Officer, Scott is responsible for developing business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives.

[00:01] – [02:49]Opening Segment

Let’s get to know Scott Lewis
Scott talks about his background
- Got involved in the real estate industry at the age of 16
- His first projects flipping homes

[02:50] – [16:26] Spartan Investment Group

Scott talks about their Military Decision Making Process in real estate
Moving away from smaller asset classes
Picking partners
Investing time in studying all about self-storage
Assigning roles to everyone in their company
Ryan talks about the Spartan Investment Group framework
- Importance of planning

[16:27] – [19:02] Closing Segment

Scott’s advice to aspiring investors
Be still. Stop, Look, and Listen before you make a decision
How Scott stays up on top of his game
His way to make the world a better place
How to reach out to Scott – links below
Final words from Scott and Me

Tweetable Quotes:

“Getting wrapped around the axle and spending hours and hours, trying to come up with the perfect plan doesn’t work. Come up with a good plan, and that planning, that thought process that you went through, will get you through the day.” – Scott Lewis

“You have to be worried about failure, but you have to be worried about success too. If you’re not ready for success, it could crush you.” – Scott Lewis

“Be still. Stop, Look, and Listen before you make a decision.” – Scott Lewis

“Just because you can buy a bunch of stuff, does not mean that you should” – Scott Lewis

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