Tene Williams: From Single Mom to Fund Manager

Investing Secrets: Invest like the Top 0.1% · Apr 30, 2026 · 45m

Today, I welcome Tene Williams to The Investing Secrets Podcast. Tene is the founder of The Buy Income Strategy and today she shares how getting her securities license at 19 led her into finance, real estate, lending, and eventually private equity. She walks through her journey from bird-dogging ugly houses and wholesaling deals to building lending businesses, surviving multiple real estate cycles, and learning why cash flow matters more than theory. Tene also breaks down how her fund invests across real estate and business acquisitions, why she focuses on buying income instead of chasing…