Gamal Harding is a financial services industry veteran who led multiple teams for Fortune 100 companies and left his job to pursue real estate. He is now a property management executive and co-founder of Dream Living Homes and 10x Property Management in the Columbus, OH metro markets. I enjoyed hearing about his entrepreneurial spirit and how he balanced his side hustle with his main hustle before ultimately having to choose a path.
Gamal has a had twenty plus year career in the corporate world, serving the financial services industry in a variety of capacities. Some of his professional experiences include a myriad of roles in the banking and insurance industry where he has provided leadership to financial service teams, financial advisory to small businesses, program, and process engineering consulting as well as corporate strategy consulting.
In the community development space, he has served on the property advisory committee for
Homeport, consulted with the Homeport leadership team in revamping their mission and vision and currently serves as a board advisor to the Community of Caring Development Foundation. Gamal is a native of Jamaica, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics & Management and an MBA in Finance. After migrating from Jamaica, he lived and worked in New York City for 15 years and has made Columbus home with his wife and 3 children for the past 8 years.
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Connect with Gamal Harding on LinkedIn and at 10x Property Management
Key topics discussed (Time Stamps):
03:10 Gamal describes some of his professional passions over the course of his career.
05:30 Gamal describes his entrepreneurial journey, even getting a chance to pitch to Daymond John from Shark Tank.
09:53 How did the pandemic affect you?
13:24 Why Gamal left his job and how the pandemic enabled his shift to fully run and scale his business.
17:01 How taking the plunge affected him and the role fear has played.
20:00 What is Dream Living Homes and 10x Property Management.
22:40 A 5-step framework for listeners to think about if they’re looking to transition roles.
27:48 Impact of Gamal’s work for the future.
30:13 Closing thoughts & resources
30:48 Thankful to Brian for his efforts in creating this forum.
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