From the lab to rental ownership.

Andrew Sweeney earned a BS in Chemistry from Virginia Tech and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Utah. After graduate school he worked in the startup world and later as a management consultant, advising large companies on intellectual property strategy and acquisitions.

Alongside that career—and while raising two young children—he began buying rental properties. Over 11 years he has acquired, improved, and operated investment properties, with particular depth in seller financing and creative acquisition structures.

Andrew started Professor Properties because he saw how completely academic careers consume time and attention. Many professors have the analytical skill to invest well but not the hours to find, analyze, and negotiate deals. Professor Properties brings that work—and a researcher's rigor—to faculty who want to build a rental portfolio alongside their careers.