Rick Rickert

Rick Rickert grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin and moved to Arizona in 1987. Up until 1998, he worked in Corporate America for the Fortune 500 Company, Insight Enterprises (Insight.com). Insight is a leading technology provider of hardware, software and service solutions to business and government.

When Rick started with Insight it was a small family business. It became an international company that went public in 1995. He made a small fortune on the stock he accumulated while he worked at Insight.

Mr. Rickert had an entrepreneurial calling and ultimately wanted to invest in his own business. He met some real estate investors and was intrigued with their business model.

With growing excitement he read every book he could find and attended seminar after seminar. He began attending daily auctions in Phoenix, watching and learning everything he could soak up.

Interestingly, the authors and seminar speakers only taught theory. They had never actually purchased properties at public auction. Undeterred, Rick jumped into the game and made $17,500 on his first fix and flip deal. He was hooked!

And as they say, the rest is history. Since 1998 Rickert has personally purchased over 200 properties at auction and still invests in properties bought at auction every month. His company has assisted others in purchasing over 3,000 properties valued at over 450 million dollars.

As his business grew, he realized that there was only so much he could do by himself. He began creating and developing systems that sifted and sorted the best deals from the auction listings and hired people to do the actual bidding for him.

At the auctions other investors took notice of Rick and began requesting that he bid on their behalf. That led to the development of the proprietary software, INFOclosure.com.

Rick Rickert currently owns several companies in the real estate industry. Here are a few:

• Look Inside Realty - Full Service Brokerage

• INFOclosure.com – Proprietary Software Foreclosure Buying System

• American Academy of Real Estate – Continuing Education for the RE Industry

• Titan Capital Holdings – Bridge Financing (Hard Money Loans)

• Equity Guard – Assists homeowners in recovering their equity post auction

Mr. Rickert also continues to be an active real estate investor and purchases foreclosures at auction every month.