Bryan Chavis

Bryan M. Chavis is a dynamic speaker who is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs. His sincerity, humor and hard-won success touches, inspires and motivates listeners.

What makes Bryan unique is that he has overcome some major obstacles to achieve his goal of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Bryan at the age of five was diagnosed with a severe learning disability, which included dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. Early on as a child in grade school Bryan sat with his desk placed in the back corner of the classroom, a used refrigerator box was placed over him and his desk with a hole cut out in the front. It was said to his parents that this was the only way that Bryan could stay in school because of his attention deficit disorder. He was very hyperactive and couldn't pay attention in class and therefore could not be taught like the other students. So for many years Bryan remained in that box. Bryan has been quoted to say "For a long time I began to believe what the teachers told me, that maybe something was truly wrong with me, but one day my thinking changed and I began to think maybe there's nothing wrong with me, maybe something is wrong with them" Fortunately for the real estate world and countless others, Bryan did not allow his disability to control him or his future. Bryan recalls being told by a teacher in high school that, because of his disabilities that college was not a realistic goal. Each time Bryan was knocked down he dusted himself off and got back up. Currently his Landlord training materials are being taught in colleges across the country.

Bryan, as founder of The Landlord Academy and AIA Investments, has trained investors, real estate professionals, government Section 8 programs, city economic development teams, and colleges for the past 8 years. Bryan's talent for creating such a dynamic business was currently praised in the November issue of the Maddux Business Report. He and the Academy were also credited in the March 06 issue of the Maddux Business Report for helping former New York Yankee's, Gary Sheffield learn the business of real estate investing. Bryan is the rental investing consultant for NFLs Ray Lewis, MLBs Gary Sheffield, Boxings Winky Wright and the NBAs Chucky Atkins.

Investors, entrepreneurs and real estate investors alike are motivated and empowered by this true story depicting where one man can succeed, so can another. One of Bryan's favorite quotes is "Your actions can be no wiser than your thoughts and your thinking no wiser than your understanding."