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Abdel Latif Bah Rabiou

Partner

More About Abdel

My name is Abdel, and I am originally from Togo, West Africa. I came to the U.S at the age of 17, in 2014 and I couldn’t speak any English.

Today, I am an active real estate investor and a full-time engineer. I graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering. I was on the dean’s list and a class of 2022. I started working at Pratt & Whitney as a mechanical design engineer shortly after graduating.

In 2023, I successfully closed my first multifamily property that I self manage. I have been an active real estate investor ever since. Now, I am actively working to help passive investors diversify their investments into multifamily real estate. Together with passive investors, my goal is to keep growing and investing into larger multifamily assets. To further my knowledge in multifamily, I joined the Apartment Addicts Community, where I have J Scott and Ashley Wilson as my advisors and partners. J and Ashley are also senior managing partners of Bar Down Investments that operates about ~1800 units. This initiative that I took is very humbling as I am learning from and working with one of the best teams in the industry.

Being open minded is part of my nature and it has tremendously helped me become the person that I am today. My mission is to keep growing not only to help myself, but to also help my passive investors grow their wealth, all the while providing a comfortable living space for each and every one of our tenants.

J Scott

Partner

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J Scott (he goes by “J”) is a Partner at Bar Down Investments.  An entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and author, J is business guy by education and spent much of his early career in Silicon Valley (California), where he held management positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and eBay.

​In 2008, J and his wife Carol quit their corporate jobs, moved back East, got married, started a family and decided to focus on real estate and investing. In the past fifteen years, J has personally transacted over $150M in property all around the country.

J is the former host of the top-rated BiggerPockets Business Podcast and currently co-hosts the widely acclaimed podcast, Drunk Real Estate.  He is the author of five books on real estate investing, including the best-selling, The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs. His books have sold over 500,000 copies in the past ten years and have helped investors from around the world get their start with real estate.  He is also a strategic advisor and mentor to several companies, business owners and entrepreneurs.  He is co-founder of Apartment Addicts, where he helps aspiring multifamily investors achieve their investing goals.

J and his family currently live in Sarasota, FL. 

Accomplishments & Awards

  • Author of five books on real estate and investing, with over 450,000 copies sold
  • Former co-host of the top-ranked BiggerPockets Business Podcast
  • Advisor to BiggerPockets
  • Advisory Board Member for several startup companies in the PropTech industry
  • Regular contributor to Rent Magazine
  • Featured in Business Insider

Ashley Wilson

Partner

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Ashley Wilson, is the Founder and CEO of Bar Down Investments, LLC, Co-Founder of Apartment Addicts & Co-Founder of HouseItLook, LLC, Best Selling Author of The Only Woman in the Room, Knowledge and Inspiration from 20 Women Real Estate Investors, a regular contributor to RENT magazine and has hosted several BiggerPockets multifamily series. She started investing in real estate in 2009 and has been involved in over $165 million in transactions and managed over $13 million in construction, within both single and multifamily, across over 1,500 units. In addition to operating her own investments, Ashley provides consulting and mentorship to other operators and investors. Ashley graduated on the Dean’s List from Colgate University and then received a Masters in Leadership Development from Penn State University, where she was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society. Ashley is a certified Six Sigma Lean Professional (SSLP) and a certified NAA Independent Rental Owner Professional (IROP). Today Ashley serves on the Penn State Real Estate Board, the Co-Chair of her alma mater, Colgate University, and a Montgomery School Board of Trustee. Outside of real estate she enjoys spending time with her family and competing her horses in the hunter-jumpers. 

Accomplishments & Awards

  • Authored the Best-Selling Book, “The Only Woman in the Room, Knowledge and Inspiration of 20 Women Real Estate Investors”
  • Featured in Business Insider
  • BiggerPockets Contributor
  • BiggerPockets Multifamily Series Host 2020-2021
  • Regular Contributor to Rent Magazine
  • 2022 ConnectCRE Women in Real Estate Award Recipient
  • Penn State University Real Estate Advisory Board Member