A young man stabbed to death on a night out was a high-flying entrepreneur who taught other young people how to achieve financial success.
Jason Bentley-Morrison, 25, was stabbed in the stomach in a fatal attack in Digbeth, Birmingham, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
He had just left a nightspot when he was knifed in the stomach on Oxford Street.
Jason, who had built a property portfolio of nine homes at the age of just 23, advised "young black landlords" how to follow his path.
The popular entrepreneur taught financial literacy and investing in property to those struggling to see a path forward, Birmingham Live reports.
Floral tributes have been left at the scene for the much-loved young man, while his family described him as "irreplaceable and forever missed."
Inspirational Jason had been part of workshops where he shared his property knowledge with young people all over the UK.
He spoke at an event about his success in property investment in 2019 and how work had since become an "option."
He said he started an apprenticeship at 18 and revealed he was dealing with nine properties by the age of 23.
"I was looking for a way out so got an apprenticeship," he said.
"I saved up for my first deposit and bought a residential mortgage and converted to a buy-to-let mortgage.
"Since then rent-to-rent has been a big part of why I've scaled so quickly. You joint venture with people. You acquire properties and build up.
"I've been in HMOs, service combinations, combinations of the two, single lets for my own portfolio."
Asked how it had changed his life, he said: "It's good. It makes work an option. It's not a thing that you have to go there. If it gets too stressful I can just go.
"It's not when you realise, it's if you realise with this whole property stuff and when to invest.
"So you could have worked in a job until you're 50, but if you've saved up money you've got deposits...You have to make that realisation sooner or later."
He said things that lose you money, like holidays and cars, are "nice liabilities".
"You can buy your liabilities, but first buy your assets," he said. "We're dealing with about nine properties at the moment.
"It's rent to rent. You don't own them - you rent them off landlords. There's three that I've acquired myself."
Police have not yet arrested anyone over Jason's death but say they are "following a number of lines of enquiry" as they try to trace his killer.
An address on Esher Road, Kingstanding, has been visited as part of West Midlands Police's enquiries.
Officers continue to appeal to the "many" people in the area at the time who filmed the incident, saying they could clearly have caught the offender on camera.
An appeal from West Midlands Police said: "We remain keen to speak to those who were in the area and were filming what happened on their mobile phone.
"Similarly we're asking taxi drivers, or other motorists, who were in the location to check dash-cam footage to see if they have recorded the disorder or the offender making off."
Anyone with information is asked to message West Midlands Police on Live Chat via the website or call 101 quoting log 424 from 22 August.
Alternatively call the charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
