After losing all at the 2008 RR crash, it took 10 years for Abe to pay back all defaults in the Real Estate crash, as he promised himself that he wouldn’t buy properties before everyone had been paid back. The first transaction was finally purchased, with a goal that every location in John To Go and in the other companies he owns should be housed in a property owned vs rented, starting with Homestead FL, and Spring Valley NY. The next few years saw a strong partnership with banks such as Cross River Bank, SBA, Polaris Funding, and others to add on to the portfolio properties in Orangeburg, NY, Ringwood, NJ, Ft Myers FL, Raleigh NC, Houston TX and others, a diverse portfolio of warehousing, manufacturing, retail and residential.