We are Birmingham investors.
We are local property managers.
We are interested in YOUR success.

As far as Birmingham rental investing, we’ve been there and done that!
Some of it good and plenty of bad. We survived The Great Recession of 2007/’08 
and learned a lot of lessons along the way. If you are interested in a local take
on Birmingham rental investing, give us a listen and let us know what you think!

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Our Experience

2003

The year we started investing

300+

Houses bought and sold

60+

Rentals owned over the years

70+

Team members

1,500+

Clients

2,600+

Properties managed

Our audience – Anyone interested in the Birmingham, Alabama rental market

Your Hosts

Matthew and Spencer have known each other and been investing in Birmingham since 2003. Both survived The Great Recession of ’07-’08 (barely) and lived to tell about it. Now they are both passionate about investor education and are a part of the leadership team of gkhouses, a property management company based in Birmingham and with offices in Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Colorado.

the birmingham rental investor
Matthew Whitaker

Founder, Director of Market Development
Matthew is a student of the book Good To Great and is passionate about building gkhouses to become the best property management company on the planet; and maybe even the universe if Elon Musk will hurry up. To do that, he spent the first seven years of gkhouses in the trenches but now focuses most of his time facilitating growth in other markets. Entrepreneurship runs in the family. His wife runs a successful business called Engaged. You can usually find Matthew at the baseball field with his son, at a dance recital with his daughter or at his favorite restaurant with his wife, when he’s not in the office. And if you can’t find him any of those places, it probably means he’s traveling. Hometown: Vestavia Hills, Alabama

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Spencer Sutton

Director of Marketing
Spencer wakes up with Google and Facebook on his mind. His passion is all things marketing and lead generation – both new owners and new tenants! Having bought and sold over 150 homes in Birmingham (even making money on SOME of them), he gets a kick out of helping new and seasoned investors navigate the mistakes he made as an investor. Spencer is also passionate about his love for Michael Jordan and does his best to explain to the Millennials (who never saw him play live) how much better he was than LeBron. Spencer has traveled to some of the most remote parts of the world with Neverthirst (India, Sudan, South Sudan, Nepal, Central African Republic, etc..) but mostly loves to hang out with his wife, kids, and the world’s best black lab, Jett. Hometown: Mtn. Brook, Alabama

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