SAN DIEGO—Alex Rodriguez, founder and CEO of A-Rod Corp., made his first real estate move 20 years ago. It was a duplex purchase where be "put in some value add" in the form of blue awnings and cream colored paint. Best known for his accomplishments on the baseball field, the founder and CEO of A-Rod Corp., stands as one of the greatest athletes in the world and shared his insights from business to his baseball career at MBA's CREF Convention.
"Success starts starts with people and relationships," said Rodriguez, when talking about building his business empire, a move, he said started out of fear. "If you look at macro trends, the numbers were frightening."
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