Real Estate Sales & Investment
Residential and commercial real estate sales, investment, and property management backed by more than 20 years as a licensed real estate professional, investor, and property operator.
Start a conversationENTREPRENEUR • INVESTOR • ADVISOR
Experience built
across industries.
Perspective built through it.
I'm Brian Urlage—an entrepreneur, real estate professional, automotive industry veteran, investor, and advisor. After more than 25 years of building, operating, acquiring, and selling businesses, I'm focused on using that experience to create opportunities, solve problems, and help others move forward.
BASED INOHIO
25+Years in business
30+Years in automotive
20+Years in real estate
MultipleCompanies built & sold
A builder's perspective
I've never been just one thing.
My career has spanned automotive sales, service, and wholesaling; real estate sales and investing; niche food businesses; brand building; and consulting.
Those ventures may look different from the outside, but they have always shared the same foundation: a belief that exceptional customer service comes first, recognizing opportunity, building strong teams, solving real-world problems, and creating lasting value. I believe experience matters most when it's put to work.
What I do
Experience that moves between industries.
I bring the same practical, operator-minded approach to each new opportunity.
Automotive & Operations
Three decades of hands-on automotive experience spanning dealerships, service operations, acquisitions, leadership, and growth.
Start a conversationEntrepreneurship & Advisory
A builder’s perspective shaped by starting, scaling, acquiring, and successfully selling companies across multiple industries.
Start a conversationLife, Travel & Overlanding
The personal side of the journey—vehicles, travel, time outdoors, and the experiences that continue to shape what comes next.
Start a conversationRIGHT NOW
What I'm focused on now.
Today, I'm building a software company designed to help not just the thousands of people I served through my independent auto repair shop, but hundreds of thousands of vehicle owners through a system I've spent years developing. It will be launching soon. I'm also actively working in residential and commercial real estate sales, investment, and property management.
Ideas & experience
What I'm thinking about.
Practical perspectives on business ownership, automotive operations, real estate, leadership, and what comes next.
What comes after building and selling a company?
Thoughts on identity, purpose, and deciding where decades of experience can make the biggest difference.
The operational details that quietly shape customer loyalty
Why strong fixed operations are built on trust, communication, consistency, and accountability.
Looking past the asking price
A practical approach to evaluating opportunity, risk, and long-term value in an investment property.
Let's connect
Good conversations are usually where the next opportunity begins.
If you're working through a business challenge, evaluating an opportunity, or simply think our experience and interests overlap, I'd be glad to hear from you.
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