'I Like To Look for Pigs': Investor Explains How Buying Ugly, Overlooked Properties Made Him Millions

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. In a market where polished listings command attention and inflated prices, one Utah investor built a multimillion-dollar real-estate portfolio by chasing the opposite. Jeremy Barker doesn't look for trophy buildings or trendy developments. He looks for what he calls "pigs." "I like to look for pigs," Barker recently told Business Insider. "We could put lipstick on it and make it look really pretty." Don't ...