S2 Ep18: Building the Foundation | Ace | Bench to Bold

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This week, Marnie and Alisa sit down with Ace, known to her growing audience as “Ace the Money Game” a real estate investor and wholesaler who built a self-made career out of one of the hardest possible starting points. The hosts met Ace by chance, as their Uber driver during a Kentucky Derby weekend in Louisville, and what started as small talk turned into one of the most candid conversations they’ve had on the show.

Ace opens up about being kicked out of her home as a teenager, periods of homelessness in Phoenix, and time spent in prison and how those bench moments became the foundation for a real estate wholesaling business that crossed seven figures within five years. She talks about renovating homes as a kind of rebuilding metaphor for her own life, her plans to launch a construction company focused on affordable housing, and the mindset shifts that got her here.

Episode Highlights:
00:00 — Meeting Ace as their Uber driver during Kentucky Derby weekend in Louisville
02:24 — Ace’s bench moment: starting with nothing and his first wholesale deal in 2015
04:32 — How Ace became homeless after coming out to her mother as a teenager
06:42 — Where the name “Ace the Money Game” actually came from
09:03 — Reconnecting with her mom and losing her father in a tragic accident
11:40 — Why renovating homes feels like a metaphor for rebuilding her own life
14:08 — From wanting to be a trauma surgeon to discovering real estate
16:32 — The real story behind driving for Uber on Derby day
18:06 — Lessons Ace would share on stage at a Grant Cardone event
22:29 — Ace’s boldest goal: building a construction company and her own hotel brand

About This Week’s Guest:
Ace, known as “Ace the Money Game,” is a real estate investor and wholesaler who has done deals worth well over a million dollars since starting her business in 2015. After experiencing homelessness and time in prison, she rebuilt her life from the ground up, and is now working toward launching a construction company focused on building apartments, subdivisions, and affordable housing.

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