Turning a Home Sale Into a Commercial Dream with Cameron Philgreen

Property Profits Real Estate Podcast · Sep 24, 2026 · 13m

A rental property did more for Cameron Philgreen than create monthly income. Real estate eventually gave Cameron and his wife the money to open a business they had dreamed about building.

Cameron started investing in 2020. He and his wife began with their own home, rented rooms, used Airbnb, and completed a BRRR property. They also wrote down a goal of reaching 25 units by 2025.

A few years later, selling a former home in Lawrence, Kansas, gave them around $100,000 to $110,000 that Cameron says they put into a commercial building in Waco. With an SBA loan and a major renovation, that building…