What Losing $3 Million Teaches You About Business and Life ft. Andrew Schlag

That Real Estate Tech Guy · May 7, 2026 · 37m

This week I'm sitting down with Andrew Schlag from TrueCo — and this one is a little different. We still talk real estate, we still talk business, but this episode goes somewhere most podcasts in this space are too afraid to go. Andrew opens with losing $3 million — not from a bad market, but from a moment of desperation and misplaced trust — and what that brutal season taught him about the life he actually wanted to build.

Andrew and his business partner Leo launched TrueCo around one core belief: the best life you can live shouldn't be deferred. Not until the next deal closes. Not until you…