Lifestyle Freedom Expert
I was seventeen when I ran away. I rented a ran down little house in the small town of Ephraim, Utah. No heaters, the roof caving in and leaking, and cockroaches. I got a minimum-wage job at a flag pole factory, and my little brother moved in with me, so I was doing my best to look after him. We lived on fast food and ramen noodles.
One day while at work, I convinced my co-workers to make and explode a pipe bomb with me. Everyone involved got fired – except me. My boss had a soft spot for me. He knew what my home life had been like, and he believed in me and saw my potential.
I am the 2nd born of 4 children. We were an extremely poor family. It caused a lot of hardship. Dad worked two jobs and was rarely around. He and my mom continually argued over money. They separated three times. My sister ran away when she was only 15. I was crying while I helped her pack and leave through the window. My brother chose to be emancipated and moved in with me. My parents were working hard and doing the best they knew how to make things work, but there was a
lot of dysfunction.
My saving grace was deep inside I felt I had unlimited potential, and I knew I had the power to uplevel my life as long as I was willing to do whatever it would take. On my bedroom wall, along with a poster of a Lamborghinis, another of Pamela Anderson, I had one of Jerry Rice that said…
I was raised in a church that expects young men to go on 2-year service missions after
high school. But not me; I had no interest in doing so.
After a few years of living in this rickety run down house on my own, I could tell I was on a downhill trajectory to nowhere. So I did a 180 and decided to go on a mission. I shocked everyone: My parents, friends, brother, and boss. Even my girlfriend begged me not to go.
But I saw it as a way to reset my standard and uplevel my life.
I was assigned to Peru. It was the hardest thing I’d done in my life. I didn’t speak the language. I was entirely outside of my comfort zone. Every day was a new challenge, including eating guinea pig and horse, elevation sickness, and surviving an 8.1 magnitude earthquake.
I returned, and while attending college, I sold home security systems door to door. I debated quitting daily, and 80% did. But I doubled down on my efforts, doing what others wouldn’t.
The next year I ran the #1 sales team in the company, and became a millionaire by 26.
This success parlayed into a 15-year leadership career leading 121 sales teams in 41 states.
At age 30, on a Sunday, I spent a few hours reverse engineering how much passive income from rentals I’d need in order to create true financial freedom. The answer was 40 rental doors.
I achieved the goal by 36, and the following day increased my goal to ownership in 1,000 doors by age 40. I hit that goal as well.
Without a doubt, one of the biggest drivers of my success has been living by Jerry Rice quote:
“Today I will do
what others won’t, so
tomorrow I can have what others can’t.”
More deeply, along the way,
I set a concrete intention:
I will be the one to completely uplevel our family’s future, our expectations, happiness, impact, and legacy.
Today, I’ve been able to curate the life I’d only dreamed of. I’ve traveled to over 55 countries, I’ve completed a Mt. Everest expedition, spoken on stages across the country, built our own real estate fund, Axia Partners, and created the Allred Family Foundation.
I get to do business with my best friends, and most importantly, I enjoy an incredible family with my beautiful ride-or-die wife and our four amazing children.
What fires me up professionally is helping other people achieve lifestyle freedom.
One of my life goals is to help create direct value for 10M people and help 1K people achieve financial freedom through passive income.
I still wake up every day and remind myself, “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can have what others can’t.” And the best part is … I’m just getting warmed up!
At age 30, after reverse engineering how much passive income from real estate
he’d need for true financial freedom,
Dave committed to building a portfolio with ownership in 1,000 rental doors by age 40. He achieved hisgoal and then launched Axia Partners, a fund focused on recession-resilient commercial real estate.
Along the way, Dave has created a life focused on family, freedom, value, and purpose. He’s traveled to over 55 countries, a Mt. Everest expedition, spoken on stages worldwide, and mentored thousands to live life fully
with purpose and freedom through his
unique “Lifestyle Design” system.
Today, Dave’s mission is creating
value and inspiring others to achieve freedom through lifestyle investing, and
is committed to helping as many people achieve financial freedom through passive income real estate as possible. And, along with his ride-or-die wife and four beautiful children, he’s launched the Allred Family Foundation to give back and help the charitable causes his children have chosen to support.
Allred’s extensive experience in real
estate includes single-family, flips, hard money lending, Airbnb, multifamily,
self-storage, senior housing, land acquisition and entitlement, distressed debt, joint ventures, syndications, and fund management.
Dave Allred is Managing Partner and CEO of Axia Partners, a public speaker and executive business consultant, and a prominent figure in the real estate world. Allred’s life reflects what a person can do when they live with intentionality and a willingness to…
Born into a destitute family and entirely on his own at age 17, Dave first reset the standards of his life by becoming a millionaire at age 26 during his 15 year leadership career with Vivint, the nation’s largest smart home security company. After eight years as Regional V.P. of Sales, he then transitioned to help grow sister company Vivint Solar. Dave led 121 sales teams across 41 states over his leadership career, contributing to both companies going public with multi-billion dollar valuations.
At age 30, after reverse engineering how much passive income from real estate he’d need for true financial freedom, Dave committed to building a portfolio with ownership in 1,000 rental doors by age 40. He achieved his goal and then launched Axia Partners, a fund focused on recession-resilient commercial real estate.
Along the way, Dave has created a life focused on family, freedom, value, and purpose. He’s traveled to over 55 countries, a Mt. Everest expedition, spoken on stages worldwide, and mentored thousands to live life fully with purpose and freedom through his unique “Lifestyle Design” system.
Today, Dave’s mission is creating value and inspiring others to achieve freedom through lifestyle investing, and is committed to helping as many people achieve financial freedom through passive income real estate
as possible. And, along with his ride-or-die wife and
four beautiful children, he’s launched the Allred Family Foundation to give back and help the charitable
causes his children have chosen to support.
Allred’s extensive experience in real estate includes single-family, flips, hard money lending, Airbnb, multifamily, self-storage, senior housing, land
acquisition and entitlement, distressed debt, joint ventures, syndications, and fund management.
