Teacher
→ sales
→ insurance
→ business
→ real estate
→ private capital.

Where he comes from

Dan grew up the only child of a single mother who, in his words, did unbelievable for herself: Section 8 housing first, then a double-wide on three acres down a country road outside Port Orchard, Washington. His best friend's family had a house with a view of the Olympic Mountains, and a kid who described himself as a B student decided he would have a house with a view someday.

He earned a degree in education and taught fourth grade. Then outside sales, then insurance, then business ownership, and along the way a master's degree in theology and Christian leadership.

What he built

For more than twenty years Dan has built businesses in Spokane through relationships, referrals and trust. Today they include an insurance agency, a general contracting company with two crews, a bookkeeping company, and the real estate operation through which he and his partner buy distressed, off-market properties in Spokane and Kitsap County, restore them and resell them.

Private and accredited investors participate in those opportunities through the DanCan Private Investor Network. The properties come through the network Dan has spent two decades building: realtors, wholesalers, attorneys, contractors, neighbors, and family. One house was sourced by his 17-year-old son. Another by his wife, Lisa.

What he believes

Before you can effectively invest in businesses, real estate, notes or other people, you first have to learn how to invest in yourself. Your faith. Your family. Your health. Your mind. Your relationships. Your work. Your money.

That conviction is the whole premise of The Invested Life, and the reason this website leads with questions instead of returns. Dan would rather you understand a private real estate opportunity well enough to explain it to your CPA than take his word for it.

It is also why he tells the hard stories on air: the auctions that went 0-for-5, the projects that ran long, what he learned from each. Risk isn't something to hide. It's something to understand and manage.

What he is not

Dan says it at the top of every episode: he is not a licensed real estate agent, a registered financial adviser, an attorney or an accountant. He is an entrepreneur and a deal finder. Nothing on this site is advice, and any actual opportunity is described only in its own offering documents.

Beyond real estate

Dan also teaches small business owners how to build referral systems through Build a Lead Machine, speaks to business and campus audiences on stewardship and leadership, and mentors young men in Spokane.

Protect. Provide. Promote. Teach. Connect. Multiply. Love well. Do good.