3. Brent Schillage is an attorney and
entrepreneur who was born and raised in
the United States, but currently makes his
home in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
4. He is the owner of numerous businesses,
including the Schillage Law Group, a nationwide
legal referral service that helps people across
the country understand their legal options in
personal injury claims, and helps them find the
right lawyer for their cases.
5. He also owns a HomeVestors franchise that is
based in Fort Lauderdale. Also known as We Buy
Ugly Homes, HomeVestors buys houses that are
not necessarily ugly, but for one reason or
another have been difficult to sell.
6. The company pays cash for the house,
rehabilitates them, and either sells them to
investors, buyers, or rents them to tenants. “The
rental property I had needed so much work, I
couldn’t believe it,” said one Oklahoma City
customer.
7. “I was in the process of getting a dumpster to
clean out the house that the renters had trashed,
holes in the walls, just a mess. That’s when I
contacted HomeVestors after seeing the
billboard ... When HomeVestors offered a fair
price, and I found out I could actually make some
money, I was thrilled.”
8. Brent Schillage received his law degree
from Tulane University law school, where
he graduated Magna Cum Laude, and his
MBA from Tulane’s A.B. Freeman Business
School.