by Chris Momongan

Stories on Real Estate, Strategy, and Building a Business with Intention

Welcome to Built From the Field — a journal of real-time lessons I’m learning as a real estate investor, entrepreneur, and content creator. This space captures the mindset, moves, and missteps that go into building something from the ground up — rooted in game theory, relationships, and systems thinking.

🧭 What This Is

In 2022, I left the security of a 9–5 to go all in on real estate. Since then, every win, setback, and pivot has shaped how I think about ownership, business, and life.

This isn’t a highlight reel. It’s a collection of stories and strategies from the field — Airbnb builds, mindset shifts, and what I’m learning in real time as I scale a portfolio and a lifestyle without a blueprint.

You’ll find posts on everything from poker theory applied to investing, to how I bootstrapped our first fixer-upper into a long-term wealth plan.

Follow along here — or on Instagram @chrismomongan — to see how it all unfolds.

🧠 This Week’s Featured Post

Books That Built Me: 10 Titles That Rewired My Mindset, Money, and Mission

These 10 books didn’t just inspire me—they helped me get unstuck, build real momentum, and rethink how I show up in business and life. From burnout to breakthrough, here’s what rewired my mindset (and helped me build from the field).

🔄 Latest Posts

1. I Can’t Control Everything—And That’s Okay
2. When I Knew I Was Done Working for Other People
3. How a $155K Fixer-Upper Kickstarted Our Path to Financial Freedom
4. How Game Theory, Poker, and Catan Changed the Way I Think About Business and Relationships
5. 🔧 The First Time I Thought in Systems
6. The Idea That Changed Everything
7. 🔁 The King of Starting Over
8. I’ve set up 5+ Airbnbs. Here’s everything I systematized so I never have to overthink it again.
9. Brick by Brick: How Incrementalism Became My Survival Strategy
10. Books That Built Me: 10 Titles That Rewired My Mindset, Money, and Mission

🧩 Topics I Explore

• Emotional Discipline
• Origin Stories & Career Pivots
• Financial Freedom
• Systems Thinking & Business Strategy
• From Augusta to Atlanta

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