"I thought it was a temporary thing to get into real-estate when I first started, to be honest with you," he said in an exclusive interview with Business Insider. "I was just kinda worn out from playing football, and tired.
With no prior experience in real estate, Carson figured he could add value for others by sniffing out deals. Today, almost all of Carson's deals today are financed this way. He says that what started as a necessity grew into a preference.He continued: "That was the very, very beginning. When I first got out of college, I had $1,000 and my car."