From Dorm Rooms to Real Estate Rooms: How They Started a Real Estate Brand From House Hacking while working a W2 with Corey Ryan Bevilacqua and Cory Jacobson - Episode #330

2025-06-16

Get the Midterm Rental Insurance Blueprint: https://experimentrealestate.com/#blueprintIn this energizing and introspective episode of In The Lab, Ruben sits down with Corey Ryan Bevilacqua and Cory Jacobson, co-founders of the Wealth Juice brand and podcast. These two long-time friends and partners share their inspiring journey from college roommates to building a real estate portfolio, launching a top-performing media platform, and now mentoring others on the path to financial freedom.Corey and...

Get the Midterm Rental Insurance Blueprint: https://experimentrealestate.com/#blueprint

In this energizing and introspective episode of In The Lab, Ruben sits down with Corey Ryan Bevilacqua and Cory Jacobson, co-founders of the Wealth Juice brand and podcast. These two long-time friends and partners share their inspiring journey from college roommates to building a real estate portfolio, launching a top-performing media platform, and now mentoring others on the path to financial freedom.

Corey and Cory pull back the curtain on how documenting their real estate journey in real time—not after reaching the mountaintop—opened unexpected doors and landed them interviews with Brandon Turner, David Greene, and other major figures. They reveal how starting with just a few properties and staying radically consistent for five years helped them grow a real estate and education business that is now scaling toward seven figures.

The conversation touches on key topics like navigating the 9-to-5 while building your dream, managing partnership dynamics with trust and clarity, and why mentorship, room selection, and mindset are the true multipliers. Ruben, Corey, and Cory also explore how reverse charisma and deep curiosity have helped them grow their influence by amplifying others—an underrated skill in business and life.

If you're building something from scratch, struggling with impostor syndrome, or dreaming of turning your passion into a full-time pursuit, this episode is a playbook for showing up, building intentionally, and trusting the long game. Tune in now to learn how Corey and Cory built momentum, overcame self-doubt, and turned a simple idea into a real estate and media brand with lasting impact.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE:

20:47 Cory talks about the value of finding people that are on the same path.

33:40 Ryan talks about reverse charisma and making others feel good, heard, and seen.

KEEPING IT REAL:

06:36 – From college friendship to real estate and brand building

11:53 – Impostor syndrome and documenting the journey in real time

17:04 – Getting in the right rooms and the power of proximity

23:45 – Reverse charisma and building trust through curiosity

30:58 – Navigating W2 life while scaling a business

38:56 – Full-time entrepreneurship and redefining success

47:00 – Scaling mentorship through ads, systems, and intention

1:05:20 – Legacy, gratitude, and building something worth remembering