“I talk about all the things most people do not want to talk about. I hid who I was for decades of my life but not any more...”
Hi, I'm Candi Rose. I'm a college dropout with a criminal back ground. I was the victim of extreme bullying in high school for 2 years. At 19 years old, I was arrested by the DEA. At 23, I was arrested for a second time by the DEA, thrown into jail for 30 days without bond and was facing 20 years in prison and received a conditional felony charge. I was a stripper, had a huge drug problem and dated drug dealers. I survived an abusive relationship and a massive house fire and I've raised my daughter on my own since she was 1 and she's 12 now. That's the condensed version.
Through it all, I've started 3 businesses. Come to find out, I'm a really good real estate investor. I started that business in 2007, built and flipped 100's of homes(through creative financing strategies-wholesaling, subject to's, I had a short sale negotiating business for 4 years during the Great Recession, probate, REO's , courthouse steps and online auctions, section 8 rentals, STR's, I built 3 $1M+ new builds, the last one I sold for $2.6M) and I'm still in it. Actually, I started that business twice, again when my daughter was 1, in 2011, when I was left to raise her own my own. I'm an entrepreneur at heart and I LOVE talking about WHY people should chase after their dreams and start their own business.
In 2019, I moved my daughter and I to Spain. Unfortunately we had to come back in 2020 but we did learn spanish and it was an AHHHH-MAZING 9 months over there! While in Spain, I started writing my autobiography N A K E D. Its a very explicit book about my life of overcoming extreme adversity(I have a ton of more stories). I recently completed it along with an audio book/e-book and program and I'm now I'm trying my best to connect with podcasters and event hosts to get my message out.
I never had a community when I went through all my struggles. I felt alone, isolated and depressed. So much so, I contemplated suicide after leaving my abuser. I also struggled with toxic shame for decades of my life because I was so afraid of the possible rejection from others- if anyone were to find out about my past because I felt like such an awful person. I felt like such a failure and I cringed at the thought of anyone knowing what I really did behind closed doors. I tried desperately to cover up who I was and because of that, I could never truly be myself and that caused a ton of issues in all areas of my life.
So I share my story with others because I want them to know they are not alone and there is always hope so long as they never give up. I also want them to know that just because we "did bad things" doesn't mean we are bad people. Our pasts do not define us and we can always start over- no matter our age.
I also share how I found the strength to keep moving forward even when it looked like all hope was lost. I share what I focused on every single time I got knocked down and the steps I took to pull myself up out of rock bottom(on 4 different occasions) with others and this is something they can apply immediately to their lives.
So thank you for taking the time to read this. I love meeting like minded people so lets connect!
Candi
