Dr. Steven Kaufman is a finance enthusiast who is also a successful real estate investor and influencer with over 20 years of industry experience. He is the founder and CEO of the Zeus Companies, currently engaged in successfully running subsidiaries like Zeus Crowdfunding, Zeus Lending, and Zeus Equity Group.
With a portfolio of investments that comes to around $500 in commercial real estate, and by creating more opportunities in the real estate industry, Dr. Kaufman is trying to help raise the living standards of everyone in his community.
Many successful people have had very humble beginnings. Such is also the case of Dr. Kaufman, who rose from a meager background and today has emerged as an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. He was the youngest in a family of 5, with a father having learning disabilities that made it difficult to provide a sustainable livelihood for his family. The financial difficulties he went through in his early years made Dr. Steven all the more resilient in his personal and professional life. Instead of losing heart, he started his journey toward excellence. He took night classes to complete his accounting degree from the University of Houston at the age of 20 while also making a living by working for a public accounting firm during the day.
Somewhere along the way, he had a chance to meet a mentor who later became his inspiration to start his own real estate business. Talking to that person piqued Dr. Kaufman’s already budding interest in the field. After learning a few ins and outs of the real estate industry, he bought three rental properties, and soon afterward, ended up launching a real estate debt business.
The real estate market goes through many ups and downs and has seen a lot of diversification in recent years, which has created multiple attractive investment opportunities. From passive to active investments, Dr. Kaufman has successfully generated significant returns on investment for his company and for his clients.
He attributes his successes to certain unique skills that he acquired over the years to make his ventures successful. One of them is the detailed and critical assessment of the risks that he believes is crucial to any company’s triumph in the market. With over 17,000 completed transactions in his debt company, Dr. Kaufman has the following to say: “We’ve had a lot of practice at assessing, predicting, and mitigating risk over three full economic cycles.” It has created possibilities for the company to provide optimum investment services to friends, family, and clients, yielding significant annual profits.
Consistency is the key to success in everything that one does in life. Perseverance can ultimately lead to significant gains, and starting your professional journey with a clear concept will turn all your strategies into solid realities. Dr. Kaufman believes that it may take time – maybe a decade or so – to have a successfully running establishment. However, your efforts will surely generate positive results if you are persistent.
Dr. Kaufman constantly tries to uplift his employees and believes his success is directly proportional to how much the people around him can prosper. He’s a shining example of altruism and is genuinely compassionate about creating a positive difference in the lives of people around him.
