Brick by Brick - Wealth Building Conversations
Oct 16, 2026 · 53 min · 14 segments
**He was a pharmacist. By 31, he'd retired. His strategy? Renting houses by the room.** Dr. Ryan Chaw, PharmD, built a 14-property portfolio with student housing. In this episode he walks through…
Ryan ChawGuestLoren WernetteHost
So I started pharmacy in 2016 and then basically in August of 2023, I left pharmacy and haven't worked a pharmacist shift since then.

where it talked about buying assets and building passive income and additional income streams that will basically make money in your sleep, right? So I totally got radical about that.

And so I just tried to buy as many properties as possible because I knew I didn't want to work a pharmacist job until I was 65 or anything like that.

And I would have retired years ago, but I have to, I guess he had like three divorces.

So he's like, I'm basically a slave and working to pay for all the divorces, pay my ex-wives.

And yeah, the unfortunate part about That pharmacist, he did retire around his 60s.

And then he, I guess, after three months of retiring, he passed away from a sudden massive heart attack.

So I started pharmacy in 2016 and then basically in August of 2023, I left pharmacy and haven't worked a pharmacist shift since then.

where it talked about buying assets and building passive income and additional income streams that will basically make money in your sleep, right? So I totally got radical about that.

And so I just tried to buy as many properties as possible because I knew I didn't want to work a pharmacist job until I was 65 or anything like that.

And I would have retired years ago, but I have to, I guess he had like three divorces.

So he's like, I'm basically a slave and working to pay for all the divorces, pay my ex-wives.

And yeah, the unfortunate part about That pharmacist, he did retire around his 60s.

And then he, I guess, after three months of retiring, he passed away from a sudden massive heart attack.
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