WiscoREIA Madison: How I'd Make $1 Million in 2 Years if I Had to Start Ove

Name: WiscoREIA Madison: How I'd Make $1 Million in 2 Years if I Had to Start Ove
Start: 2026-03-09T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-09T20:30:00-05:00
Location: 674 S Whitney Way

Schedule

Mon Mar 09 2026 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

674 S Whitney Way | Madison, WI

Make sure to pre-register to save your seat! https://wiscoreia.com/event-6510685
About this Event

How I'd Make $1 Million in 2 Years

if I Had to Start Over

What if you woke up tomorrow and everything was gone, your money, your deals, your entire financial foundation?

No cash. No properties. No deals in progress.

Just your knowledge, a phone, a car, and six months of runway to cover basic expenses.

Could you rebuild to $1 million in two years?

We challenged five experienced, battle-tested investors in our community with this exact scenario, and every one of them said, “Absolutely.”

For one powerful night, these proven investors will pull back the curtain and share the real-world strategies they’d use to rebuild from zero in today’s unpredictable market, including:

• The first strategic moves they’d make

• The surprisingly simple actions that create the fastest momentum

• How they’d generate income with or without capital

• The traps, dead ends, and timewasters they’d avoid at all costs

This is not theory. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how real investors think, act, and execute when everything is on the line.

If you want to know how a true investor would rebuild from nothing, this is the meeting you don’t want to miss.

Panelists:

Cody Wiseman, Lindsay Hagens, Josh Gierach, Brandon Schwab

ody E. Wiseman is a real estate investor, developer, and community builder dedicated to helping busy professionals grow long‑term wealth through passive multifamily real estate investing. He is the Founder and CEO of Wiseman Capital, where he leads value-add multifamily acquisitions and adaptive reuse projects across the greater Madison, Wisconsin market, with a focus on disciplined underwriting, hands-on operations, and positive community impact.

To ensure his assets are managed with exceptional care and consistency, Cody recently established Wiseman Property Management, a firm committed to high‑quality resident experiences and operational excellence.

Cody is also the founder & host of the Madison Multifamily Meetup, the largest multifamily investor gathering in the Midwest, where investors and industry professionals connect, learn, and share actionable insights, without sales pitches. Before real estate, he built and led sales teams at early‑stage software companies, sharpening his strategic, financial, and investor‑centric approach.

Lindsay Hagens is a seasoned entrepreneur and real estate developer with over two decades of proven business leadership and community impact. She successfully owned and operated Boost Mobile stores for more than 20 years before selling them to focus fully on real estate development and property management.

Lindsay is the owner of Simply Homes, a real estate development company, and a property management firm focused on high-quality, people-centered housing. With over 12 years of experience as a licensed real estate agent, she has guided and educated countless buyers through the homeownership process.

She is currently developing a large-scale neighborhood on the east side of Madison consisting of 49 single-family homes, four duplex lots, and 237 apartment units, along with other seasoned properties in her portfolio all of which she will self-manage, demonstrating hands on leadership across development, leasing, and long-term operations.

Beyond real estate, Lindsay is actively involved in philanthropy, regularly organizing and shipping food to Ghana to support her husband’s community. She is frequently educating and inspiring others, particularly women, on entrepreneurship, wealth building, and long-term community development.

Lindsay’s work is defined by full-cycle involvement, strong operational standards, and a commitment to building communities where residents feel valued and connected.

Josh Gierach is the founder of jkROCK Homes, managing hundreds of residential units and expanding into community association management. A serial entrepreneur from an early age, Josh has run vending, landscaping, and staffing businesses—always driven by a knack for coordination and a desire to help others. His journey from hands-on hustler to leading a values-driven property management firm is marked by persistence, mentorship, and real-world results. At WiscoREIA, Josh shares actionable strategies for investors looking to grow, scale, and succeed in real estate.

Brandon Schwab is a lifelong entrepreneur with 28 years of self-employment experience and a passion for solving broken systems. Since age 15, he’s focused on identifying problems and creating action-driven solutions. His current mission is transforming the senior living industry through Shepherd Premier Senior Living, offering small, home-style communities with significantly higher caregiver-to-resident ratios than traditional facilities.

As Founder and CEO, Brandon is driven to replace family guilt with peace of mind by delivering exceptional care. His goal is to build 300 homes by 2035 to help meet the growing demand for quality senior housing. Known for his energy, clarity, and no-nonsense approach, Brandon continues to raise capital, engage investors, and advocate for better senior care—because doing what’s right can’t wait.

WiscoREIA's Madison Meeting Always Meets on the 2nd Monday of the month from

5:30 pm - 8:15 pm!

Make sure to bring tons of business cards as you will be meeting with people that you want to get to know!

Our Agenda:

5:30 PM – Registration Check-In & Networking

• Informal networking with fellow investors

6:00 PM – Meeting Kickoff

• Welcome by Host and/or Co-Host

• WiscoREIA PowerPoint / announcements and updates

• Sponsor Introductions

• Haves & Wants – Share deals, services, and resources

6:30 PM – Deal Case Study