Ryan Schroder is the co-founder and owner of Fuze Real Estate. Real Estate is his passion, and has led him to what has been a very fun and interesting career. He started as an assistant to his father, a local business broker, where he got his first taste of the brokerage business and investing. From there, he took a position as a hotel broker, which amplified the stakes and his overall knowledge of investment real estate. In 2010, Goran Vejzovic and Ryan formed a property management company called “Vejzovic Schroder Management,” which they promptly renamed “VSM Real Estate” due to the difficulty of pronouncing Goran’s last name, it is now known as “Fuze Real Estate”.
Starting a business during a down economy was viewed as crazy by some of their friends and family, but Ryan would argue there is no better time. They were able to help hundreds of home owners in the Twin Cities with whatever solution worked best for their situation. Sometimes it was to rent, sometimes it was to sell, and sometimes they would buy their property from them on a contract for deed. As they developed the business and their skills along with it, they started adding more related services. They’ve bought some of the most distressed homes imaginable, made significant investments to polish them into diamonds, and either rented or sold them.
Part of why Ryan loves real estate is that it is ever-changing, and he gets to adapt to and with it. The new challenges faced in the market have made the last 12 years an exciting ride. Ryan loves to talk about real estate, but when he is not working, he enjoys outdoor sports and cars!