Harun Nawzadi, a first-generation immigrant of Afghan-American decent, is an individual who is not afraid of stepping outside of his comfort zone. Being an entrepreneur was not a decision he made in the spur of the moment; on the contrary that “fire and urge” lived in him since a young age. Harun is grateful to a specific moment which he claims gave him the push he needed, changing the entire trajectory of his life.
Harun was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and before he was even a year old his family migrated to Soviet Russia due to the Russian-Afghan war. After living 10 years in Soviet Russia, at the age of 11 Harun with his family moved to the U.S., the land of opportunity; Harun yet had to realize those opportunities. It would take him 7 more years and many small jobs later to decide that he wanted to live the life of an entrepreneur. He says alongside school and his regular job, he started side hustles. His first being buying and selling phones at the age of 16 to fund himself through his high school days. He continued with his efforts for a year and a half and eventually saved enough to purchase his first car, a 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
It was this moment and this car that pushed him into entrepreneurship and changed his life forever. With a still newborn spark in his eyes Harun stated, "alright so I purchased my first car, a black on black manual Mitsubishi Eclipse with my own money, paid in cash. I didn’t even know how to drive a manual…bringing that thing home was an experience in itself. Anyways, that same week I was at my bank job and a customer came to my office and asked if the black Mitsubishi parked outside was mine and jokingly asked if I would sell the car. Still being in love with the car and having absolutely no desire to sell it, I entertained the conversation and asked what he would pay and his offer came in at $3,000 more than what I purchased it for. Have you ever seen in cartoons when a a pretty girl would walk by and everyone’s eyes spring out of their heads? I think that is exactly what happened to me when I heard that number. All the love and attachment I had for my first car literally disappeared. In that moment all I wanted was to make that profit. So later that day and with $3,000 more in my bank account I called my brother and asked him to pick me up from work, because I had just sold my car. The taste of that profit is what started it all. It was that moment in time involving my 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse that started it all for me.”
At this point, his motivation was more alive than ever and he started to flip cars full-time, which he bought and sold privately out of his home office. Less than a year later, he rented space from a local car dealer and then opened up his own dealership out in the DMV (Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia) area. “Buying and selling cars was great for the moment,” he said, “and it was amazing to have a different car every week; however, I knew I had to scale my business. I had read somewhere that you aren’t really successful until you make money while you sleep and the only way I could think of doing that was to get into real estate. My cars weren’t going to sell themselves, but having rental properties would create positive cashflow 24/7, ‘cha-ching’.”
Today, Harun Nawzadi is a well-known name in the world of flipping real estate and his journey is inspiring to say the least. He has made it his personal goal to help others realize their passions. He holds no-cost coaching sessions with high-school and college students educating them on the world of investment and real estate, “I want them to find their spark, their 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse.”
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