If anyone needs proof that commercial real estate works, meet Emma Powell. Find out how she went from Stay At Home Mom/PT Photographer to being able to fully support her family of EIGHT after her husband’s THIRD layoff in November of 2022.
- How she was able to piece meal her own real estate journey using local REIA’s in Salt Lake City
- Why being accountable to someone could be more important than buying into an expensive mentorship program
- Why she is scared of a potential recession in 2023 and what she is doing about it
Episode Timeline
01:16 From Photography Business to Commercial Real Estate
07:46 Growing Multifamily Portfolio
18:33 Getting into Syndication
Sometimes you just have to take that leap of faith. You’ve been preparing and learning for something and you are 50-80% confident that you can do it, you just got to take the leap and learn while doing it.

Emma Powell
Highrise GroupEmma Powell is the owner/operator of Highrise Group and has partnered on nearly 1000 units since relocating to Salt Lake City in 2018 after 20 years in Austin TX, as either a general manager, capital raiser, or loan guarantor. She and her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10.