He has a fascination about every aspect of the construction process. Rick’s deep faith permeates his personal and business life. They have three adult children: Emily, Jack and Annie. Today Rick lives in Austin with Carrie, his high school sweetheart and wife of 35 years. In 2011 Rick teamed up with Preston Graham and renamed the company Villani & Graham. Rick wrote the book with his friend Clay Davis and Keller wrote the forward. McGraw-Hill published it and FLIP: How To Find, Fix, And Sell Houses For Profit became a New York Times and BusinessWeek Bestseller. In 2007 Rick became a national bestselling author after Gary Keller (founder of Keller Williams Realty) encouraged him to write a book documenting his real estate investing experiences. In 2003 Rick received the National Contractor of the Year Award from HomeVestors Corporation for his innovative construction process which enabled exceptionally-remodeled homes to be completed quickly and affordably. Rick started in construction after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in the 80s, working for Dell Computer in the 90s, and leaving Dell in 2001 to pursue a dream of buying, fixing and selling houses. Rick contends that his passion for real estate, construction and architecture comes from his mother-an artist and interior designer and his father who owned a real estate brokerage firm, taught real estate classes at the community college, and whose drafting table was the prize possession in his office.
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