Cory B. George is a real estate investor and entrepreneur from Evansville, Indiana. He built his career from the ground up, starting with a single rental property he bought in 2009. That first home taught him how to manage risk, handle repairs, and understand the numbers behind every deal. Over the next fifteen years he grew that one property into a portfolio of more than one hundred rental homes across the Midwest.
Cory also completed many single family flips, learning how to spot value and improve homes in a cost effective way. These projects helped him sharpen his eye for real estate and build long term confidence in his investment strategy. He became known for his practical approach, stable growth, and strong understanding of tenant needs.
Before working full time in real estate, Cory served as General Manager at Town and Country Ford in Evansville. He developed leadership skills, team management skills, and customer service experience that still guide his work today. His time in the automotive industry taught him how to make decisions under pressure and keep operations running smoothly.
Cory is now preparing to launch Titan Atlas Capital, a real estate investment fund focused on private student housing throughout the Midwest. The fund reflects everything he has learned about operations, long term value, and market demand. His goal is to build safe, well managed, and high quality student rentals that serve both tenants and investors.
Outside of business, Cory creates content around gambling culture with a fun and self aware style. It shows his personality and his ability to balance hard work with humor.
Q&A with Cory B. George on Success
When you look back at your career, what first shaped your idea of success?
Success first came into focus for me in 2009 when I bought my first rental home. It was a small property that needed paint, flooring, and a long list of repairs. I remember sitting at the kitchen counter with dust everywhere while trying to run numbers on a notebook. Nothing about that house looked like success. But finishing that project showed me that success is the result of steady effort. It is not a single moment. It is a long series of small choices that build into something bigger. That first house gave me a sense of direction.
You went from one rental to more than one hundred. What helped you scale in a sustainable way?
I scaled by keeping things simple. Every property had to meet three standards. It needed to cash flow, it needed real value potential, and it needed to be manageable for a small team. I also made a habit of buying homes that required light or moderate repairs because I understood the process well. Most of the growth came from staying focused on operations. I tracked maintenance, tenant turnover, and costs with the same care on property number fifty as I did on property number one. People often want fast growth, but steady growth gave me fewer surprises and fewer mistakes.
What is a mistake that taught you something lasting about success?
One early mistake still guides me today. I bought a home that looked perfect on paper. After closing I found serious plumbing problems and a failing roof. The repairs nearly wiped out my budget. It forced me to learn the importance of reserves and deeper inspections. It also taught me to look past the numbers and pay attention to the physical condition of a property. Success is not only about picking the right deal. It is also about protecting yourself when a deal goes wrong.
You also worked as a General Manager at Town and Country Ford. How did that job shape your approach to success?
Working in the automotive industry gave me structure. Managing a dealership means dealing with customers, employees, training, inventory, and daily problem solving. It taught me that success comes from consistency. You cannot hide from the numbers in a dealership. If something is off, you find out fast. That pace forced me to become a better communicator and a better decision maker. Those skills carried over into real estate and gave me a foundation for managing people and properties with a clear plan.
You built a playful content brand called Degenerates. How does creativity fit into your idea of success?
The Degenerates content lets me show a different side of myself. It started as a fun project but taught me something useful. Creativity can make serious work feel lighter. It can help you take risks in a healthy way. Running that account made me more comfortable being myself in public. It also taught me how people respond to humor, honesty, and self awareness. Success does not always come from the polished version of yourself. Sometimes it comes from the side that feels most natural.
What habits helped you stay successful during the years you managed more than one hundred rentals?
I kept a simple routine. I visited properties often, even if nothing seemed wrong. I kept detailed notes on every repair. I talked directly with tenants so I could understand what they needed. I reviewed numbers weekly instead of monthly. I also set aside time to drive through college towns in the Midwest to study rental patterns. One niche habit I developed was tracking how many porch lights stayed on at night in student neighborhoods. It sounds strange, but lit porches usually meant responsible tenants and safer areas. That small detail helped me pick stronger markets long before online data caught up.
As you move toward launching a student housing fund, how do you define success today?
Success today is about building something stable and long lasting. I want to use everything I have learned from managing rentals at scale. I want to create student housing that is clean, predictable, and well managed. Success also means building trust with investors and partners. It means staying focused on operations instead of chasing hype. If the fund can create quality housing and steady returns over time, that is what I would consider a real win.
If you had to give one practical piece of advice about success, what would it be?
Track everything. Success comes from knowing your numbers and knowing your patterns. When I started in real estate, I wrote every repair and every expense in a notebook. Today everything is digital, but the habit is the same. When you understand your data, you stay grounded. You make better decisions. You avoid emotional choices. Success becomes less about luck and more about systems you build and follow.