About RealWealth | Meet Our Founders & Team

Meet the Team

Kathy Fettke

CO-FOUNDER
Kathy specializes in teaching people how to build multi-million dollar real estate portfolios through creative finance and planning. She is passionate about researching and then sharing the most important information about real estate, market cycles and the economy. Author of the #1 best seller, Retire Rich with Rentals, Kathy is a frequent guest expert on such media as CNN, CNBC, Fox News, NPR and CBS MarketWatch.
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Rich Fettke

CO-FOUNDER
Rich oversees the marketing and business development at RealWealth. He is passionate about developing our team and our systems, and is always looking for new ways to bring good people to the network. As a licensed real estate broker, experienced investor, and Master Certified Business Coach, Rich specializes in helping our team stay aligned and inspired to fulfill our company’s purpose, mission and values.
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Kelley Pecoraro

DIRECTOR, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Kelley Pecoraro's Bio

We love having Kelley on the Real Wealth Team because she expertly handles the back office and financial details — so we can focus on serving you. Kelley has worked with RealWealth since early 2008. As sole proprietor of SmartBooks, she also works with other clients, and real estate portfolios are one of her favorite projects.

Prior to starting SmartBooks, Kelley worked in Hotel and Commercial Property Management as well as Program Management in the software industry. A long time Walnut Creek resident, Kelley enjoys time with her husband and their two sons — one in high school and one in college.

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Amy Searcy

DIRECTOR, MARKETING

Amy Searcy's Bio

Amy helps keep our website looking good and working right. For over five years she’s been developing websites and says she’s proud to be working with RealWealth. Amy’s had several fun careers — including working as a video game producer and as a production manager for an art studio. She has been teaching yoga, qigong and tai chi for over 13 years and is a certified Zen Wellness Medical Qigong director.

She is also certified in Bikram and Barkan Yoga. Amy has a 1st degree black belt in Kung Fu and is working on her 2nd degree. She also loves to act and has been in numerous films and plays in the Phoenix area. She enjoys traveling, hiking, sword-fighting and spending time with her family.

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Leah Collich

DIRECTOR, REALWEALTH REALTY

Leah Collich's Bio

Leah began investing in real estate in 2010 and became a RealWealth member in 2017 in order to expand her portfolio into five new markets while living overseas. While she enjoys the creative outlet of flipping, she strongly believes buy-and-hold investing is the path to real wealth. Before joining our team, she worked in program management and benefits education for a national economic initiative of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

As an Investment Counselor, Leah is passionate about discussing real estate investment strategies that create a clear path to real wealth and helping our members realize that retirement might not be as far away as they think.

Leah is a native Texan and is the spouse of an active duty Army officer. The Army has afforded them with the opportunity to see the world and live in Asia, Europe, and South America. Leah enjoys learning Spanish, Peloton, and long nature walks with her rowdy Golden Retriever.

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Joe Torre

INVESTMENT COUNSELOR

Joe Torre's Bio

Joe has been investing in real estate since 2004 and has a track record of successful investing in both up-and-down markets. A RealWealth Investment Counselor since 2016, Joe helps his clients build real estate portfolios to meet their financial goals.

Before joining RealWealth, Joe worked as a data analyst for tech companies in Silicon Valley, and before that served in the US Marine Corps. He holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University Business School in New York.

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Aristotle Kumpis

INVESTMENT COUNSELOR

Aristotle Kumpis's Bio

Aristotle received his real estate license in 2007 and has since helped hundreds of investors acquire cash flow property in emerging markets nationwide. As an investment counselor, he helps our members develop a unique investment plan based on their personal goals. As an investor himself, Aristotle is able to share his knowledge, experience and insights with new and experienced investors.

He regularly visits the various markets promoted by RealWealth to keep the pulse on various teams and economics in those areas. Aristotle grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended UMSL and then moved to Southern California in 2002. His interest in real estate was inspired by his parents, who own income property in the St. Louis area. He likes writing music in his free time and enjoys spending time outdoors — especially with his family.

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Jessica Conflitti Willens

ACQUISITION & ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Jessica Conflitti Willens's Bio

Jessica manages content creation, PPC and SEO for RealWealth. She joined our team part-time in August of 2015 and quickly moved to a full-time position to write for the blog and to oversee our independent researchers and analysts that help keep RealWealth on the cutting edge of investor education. In her free time, Jessica enjoys writing music, baking, meditating, and spending time with her friends and family.

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Dallin Chase

DEV OPS MANAGER

Dallin Chase's Bio

Dallin manages the development of web systems and operations including RealWealth's websites. Dallin has over 10 years of experience working with web systems and CRMs including extensive experience with WordPress.

Dallin specializes in creating scalable systems that help RealWealth succeed online. He loves spending time out doors and off roading and is the proud father of two handsome boys.

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Rebekah Anderson

Rebekah Anderson

PROPERTY TEAMS MANAGER

Celia Christensen's Bio

Rebekah has joined RealWealth as the Property Teams Manager, together with her husband Grant. They bring many years of real estate investing experience having bought and sold (and 1031 exchanged) their own single-family rentals, short-term rentals, and fix and flips.

Rebekah has worked as a Realtor for several years with her own real estate brokerage, helping investors buy and sell their properties and flips, as well as helping retail clients.

In 2017, Rebekah and Grant moved from Sacramento, CA where they grew up to Indianapolis, IN in order to start a new life adventure and be closer to their real estate investing business. In 2021, they got a new travel trailer and have been traveling all over the country while renting out their primary residence via short-term rentals.

Rebekah loves traveling with Grant and their little mix dog, Poppa Fox, including sight-seeing, bike rides, hiking, baseball games, and enjoying great food and drinks. She’s also a Certified Life Coach, Human Design Guide and loves reading, yoga, and fun with family and friends.

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Grant Anderson

Grant Anderson

PROPERTY TEAMS MANAGER

Grant Anderson's Bio

Grant has joined RealWealth as the Property Teams Manager, together with his wife Rebekah. They bring many years of real estate investing experience having bought and sold (and 1031 exchanged) their own single-family rentals, short-term rentals, and fix and flips.

Grant started investing in 2001 while in college. He bought his first house and rented the rooms to friends. Since then, Grant has bought many other rental properties using the Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat method. He understands property management, as he manages his own rental properties. He has done numerous rehab to sell homes as well. He enjoys helping others reach their real estate goals.

In Grant’s free time, he enjoys working out and competing in triathlon events. He has completed three Ironman 140.6 triathlons. He also enjoys traveling in his RV with his wife and little mix dog Poppa Fox.

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Celia Christensen

REALWEALTH REALTY MANAGER

Celia Christensen's Bio

Celia joined RealWealth in early 2017 as member support staff and is now working on the Investor Relations team. She's also managed to sneak her way into editing many of the articles on our website because (as she puts it) she's "a total weirdo and likes grammar" (she earned her degree in Technical Writing from Utah State University -- old habits die hard). When she's not on the phone with RealWealth members, Celia teaches private music lessons (piano, violin, and viola) to students in her hometown of Bozeman, Montana. Although these two jobs keep her plenty busy, she also manages to find time for her other loves: baking, running (to offset the love of baking), and spending time with her husband and four kids, two dogs, and their desert tortoise, Esteban.

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Krista Fettke

Krista Fettke

SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST

Krista Fettke's Bio

With possibly more hours of social media practice than anyone else on the RealWealth team, Krista is highly qualified to understand and manage our social media channels. Plus, as the daughter of our company’s co-founders, she’s had the experience of being part of the Network for as long as she can remember. To further strengthen her skills, Krista also earned the designation as a Certified Social & Community Manager through DigitalMarketer’s week-long course and final exam.

When she’s not managing our social media, studying for school, or volunteering at Operation Smile, Krista enjoys going to the beach with friends, dancing, rock climbing, slacklining and skiing.

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Jill Benes

DIGITAL EDITING & EVENT SUPPORT

Jill Benes's Bio

Jill is masterful at making RealWealth's webinars, videos and podcasts look and sound amazing. She edits both The Real Wealth Show and the Real Estate News for Investors podcasts, as well as our Market Overview videos and our weekly educational webinars. Jill grew up in Southern California and attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco where she majored in Computer Arts.

In her free time Jill enjoys surfing, skiing, songwriting, and taking road trips up and down the California coast.

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Donna Behrens

PODCAST PRODUCER & WRITER

Donna Behrens's Bio

Donna brings 25 years of top market TV news experience to our operation. As a podcast producer and writer for The Real Wealth Show and Real Estate News for Investors, she manages content and keeps listeners up-to-date on the most relevant industry news, events, trends, and forecasts. She also provides digital content for our blogs and articles. Donna is a UC Berkeley graduate who, after many years of renting in the San Francisco Bay Area, recently purchased her own home in Southern California. She enjoys anything related to real estate, latin music and dancing, learning Spanish, working remotely, and traveling as if you “live there.” She has a great affinity for small dogs, especially the Australian Silky Terrier.

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Madison Haynes, Property Team Coordinator

Madison Haynes

PROPERTY TEAM COORDINATOR

Madison Haynes' Bio

Madison began working for RealWealth in 2017 when she was hired as a contractor to work for the Rental fund. Quickly thereafter she was hired to be Tim Horvath’s Executive Assistant. In 2018 she decided to also become a sales agent, because she wanted to learn even more about the real estate industry. But soon after she realized that her true passion was to fully immerse herself into the world of investing.

She became a full-time employee of RealWealth in June of 2020 as the Property Team Coordinator. In this position, her responsibilities include communicating with all current and potential property teams, scheduling webinars and live events, and acting as the “Middle Man” between property teams and all RealWealth departments.

When she's not working, she's usually spending time with her family and friends, her dog and playing outside in the sun!

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Ann Triplett

SYNDICATION & MEMBER SUPPORT

Ann Triplett's Bio

Ann Triplett worked with Kathy Fettke when they were both in the mortgage industry years ago. She joined RealWealth as a member in 2006 where she deepened her education in real estate investing. Today she owns rentals nationwide and has participated in several RealWealth syndications. That's why she's a perfect fit to now be assisting other RealWealth members who attend our events and tours, and wish to invest in our syndications.

Prior to investing, Ann established other successful businesses, always with a passion to develop passive income. She is a long time resident of Livermore, and enjoys the outdoors, sports (Go Giants & Dubs!), Livermore's wineries & concerts, and spending time with family and friends.

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Tonya Allen

Executive Assistant

Tonya Allen's​ Bio

Tonya is the newest member of our RealWealth team. She was a contractor for two years before joining our team permanently in January of 2021. Tonya is the Executive Assistant to Rich and Kathy Fettke. She has been an Executive Assistant for over 18 years. In the past she has worked for CEO’s of companies, served Board of Directors, and Heads of Schools of elite private schools in Manhattan, NY.

Before joining RealWealth, Tonya was a nomad. She and her husband Keith left NYC in 2018 in an RV and traveled the country full time! Tonya is an avid traveler—born an Army brat— it’s in her blood! She has a former background in acting, teaching, and directing summer camps. She has a BS in Communications and Cultural Diversity and an MBA Certificate in Graduate Studies in Human Resources. Tonya and her husband Keith have two adorable ginger rescue cats, and in their free time love going to theme parks, watching movies, and swimming. Tonya currently resides in Orlando Florida…..for now.

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Kathy McBride

INVESTOR RELATIONS MANAGER

Kathy McBride's Bio

Kathy has been a RealWealth member since 2009 before joining the team as our Investor Relations Manager. Kathy's role is to talk (and does that a lot ) with our investors to establish relationships about their investing needs. With a BA in Mass Communications/Marketing and 30+ years in customer service she is a natural at her job. Kathy is passionate about real estate and holds a California Real Estate license.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she now lives in Folsom (Sacramento area) with her husband and has two sons; one who attends college, the other a 82nd Airborne Paratrooper. In her free time, Kathy likes to hang out with family and friends, is a wine enthusiast, likes to travel, watch college football, and is always game to try new things!

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