Jorie Aulston

Jorie Aulston is the Co-Founder of For Real, LLC and Owner/Principal Broker of Aulston Group, LLC, a Florida-based real estate brokerage.

This family man, husband and father of five, has a decorated career real estate spanning over 15 years.

Jorie started his real estate career in 2007 as a Realtor — cutting his teeth during the height of the Great Financial Crisis.

Jorie made the fortuitous decision to join a small boutique brokerage in Grand Rapids, MI, named Bellabay Realty. Bellabay Realty focused on listing bank-owned REOs all over West Michigan. This decision paid off as the GFC brought a wave of REO properties to the market between 2008-2011.

After 1 year with the brokerage, Jorie was promoted to head buyers agent. In this role, he worked with investors from all over the world who were looking to purchase REO properties across West Michigan. It was also at this time that Jorie began his investing career — buying his first property in 2008.

From 2008-2011, Jorie was #1 in transactions and gross sales at Bellabay Realty and a top 10 agent in all of West Michigan in both categories.

In late 2011, REO property inventory hitting the market dried up and Jorie hit a career crossroad. With the amount of his transactions plummeting due to banks not listing as many properties, and a credit freeze that left many of his investor clients on the sideline, Jorie had to find a new way to find deals.

Jorie left Bellabay Realty and began to source off-market deals for his investors and learned how to structure deals using creative financing.

At a time when conventional financing was almost non-existent, Jorie’s knowledge of how to structure land contracts and owner financing transactions gave him a leg up to thrive in this new market.

In 2016, Jorie moved to Miami, FL, and started his own brokerage: Aulston Group, LLC. 

Arriving in Miami without many connections, Jorie continued to run his Michigan business virtually — one of the first virtual real estate offices before investors made it a household term.

In 2019, Jorie teamed up with Michael Napper, one of his longtime investor clients. Together they set up NA Capital Group, LLC — which today is For Real Financing, LLC.

For Real focuses on acquiring distressed assets — rehabbing properties and then selling them at prices that are affordable for the communities they serve.

For Real uses many creative financing techniques to acquire and sell properties in several states throughout the US and Puerto Rico. They have done 100+ transactions annually over the last three years and have accumulated a substantial portfolio of rental units and owner originated mortgage notes over the last three years.

For Real’s motto is, “Home ownership for everyone.” They live by the mantra of “Fast, Fair, For Real” and have leveraged Jorie’s extensive knowledge of creative financing to help create thousands of new homeowners.

Most recently, Jorie created the Finance The Block movement — where he teaches other investors how to purchase and sell real estate without the use of traditional banks. Jorie believes in bringing creative real estate options to communities where banks normally won’t lend. 

You can also find Jorie on his podcast, Shut Up & Invest — seen and heard on YouTube and wherever you stream your podcasts.