How Losing Everything in 2008 Led to a Multi-Asset Investment Fund
When “Diversified” Still Means Risky
Do you ever feel like you’re doing everything right… only to watch it all crumble anyway?
That was Jonathan in 2008.
After years of real estate experience, sales, and investing, he thought he was set. Multiple properties. Rental income. Teams in place. On paper, it looked like diversification.
But it wasn’t.
Because when all your money lives in one asset class, it’s not true diversification.
And when the real estate market crashed, so did everything he built. Seemingly overnight, he went from abundance to collapse, from managing a large portfolio to wondering how he’d recover.
It felt like the end. But looking back now, it was the beginning of something far greater.
When Losing It All Becomes the Best Financial Lesson of Your Life
Here’s the thing about losing everything financially: it strips away illusions.
It forces you to see where your trust really lies.
For us, it exposed three things:
- Our security wasn’t in God, it was in our portfolio. We said we trusted Him, but our confidence was really in cash flow.
- Preservation isn’t the same as multiplication. We were busy protecting what we had instead of asking how God wanted us to multiply it.
- Failure can be God’s reset button. What looked like devastation was actually God redirecting us to something bigger than real estate: a Kingdom vision for stewardship.
Lessons We Learned the Hard Way
If you’re navigating financial stress, loss, or fear right now, here’s what our collapse taught us:
1. True security comes from God, not assets. Markets shift. Jobs change. But God’s provision isn’t bound to Wall Street or the housing market.
2. Multiplication beats preservation. God’s first command was “be fruitful and multiply.” Playing it safe with your resources is not Kingdom stewardship, investing them for impact is.
3. Loss can launch legacy. Losing what we thought was everything opened the door for God to teach us stewardship, legacy, and faith-driven responsibility.
Hear the Full Story on Mandate to Multiply
In Episode 9: How Losing Everything in 2008 Led to a Multi-Asset Investment Fund, we open up about:
- The collapse of Jonathan’s real estate portfolio in 2008.
- Why “diversified” wasn’t actually diversified at all.
- The difference between just preserving money vs multiplying it.
- How God used financial loss to redirect us toward true stewardship.
- The lessons we carry into every financial decision today.
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Final Encouragement
If you’re walking through financial loss, remember this:
What feels like the end might actually be the beginning.
God can use failure as fertilizer for your future. He can take the ashes of financial collapse and turn them into wisdom, stewardship, and legacy that multiplies far beyond what you lost.
So don’t lose hope. Don’t get stuck in shame. Let God rewrite your money story.
Because with Him nothing is wasted, not even financial failure.
And share this episode with someone who needs hope after financial loss.
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