Patrick Kavanagh

Patrick has been in the rental real estate market for over a decade. He personally owns and manages his own rental property in the Saint Louis area. He holds a broker’s license, not your standard/entry realtor license. A broker’s license requires a minimum level of experience, as well as additional testing. As a broker, he's more than happy to help investors with their success in the Saint Louis market – a market he believes is one of the best-suited (if not the best) markets for rental real estate in the country.

Prior to being a full-time broker, Patrick worked in the tax department of Wells Fargo Advisors for seven years. He also maintained a private tax preparation practice of nearly 40 clients at its height (now currently just for close friends and family). The result is a complete understanding of investment property from purchase to ownership to eventual divestment, and compliance throughout. He also has a strong passion for leveraging technology to find and implement efficiencies in everything he does. As a one-man operation for most of his career, this has been as necessary as it has been fruitful.

For clients who need them, Patrick connects and refers the same vendors for lending, title, inspections, and repairs etc. he uses for my own investments. All of whom he trusts to perform their role timely and effectively. This, aside from finding and choosing the right property, is perhaps the most important and overlooked part of any real estate transaction.

Currently (as of 2023), Patrick is learning the “builder” trade as he resurrects a 3-story four family from a fire requiring demo down to brick and joists. This has led to a growing interest in ‘building science’ and the potential returns an efficient building can attain via tax credits (both historical and green energy), and lower utilities etc.

Patrick's other passions include sports (soccer in particular), guitar, space/rockets, and travel – he loves to travel. It’s one of the main reasons he entered this market – the rent is always due, no matter where you are!