MINNEAPOLIS _ When Timberwolves forward Anthony Tolliver first walked into a $1.45 million, 6,500-square-foot home in Wayzata, Minn., earlier this year, he stood in the middle of the living room and said: "I can already envision it. I already know what it's going to look like."
Months later, the home is completely different _ from a rustic relic out of the 1970s with wood paneling all over to a clandestine retreat with an all-white kitchen, a new gray paint job and a bathroom in each of the six bedrooms.
Tolliver also helped add another touch _ a second washer-dryer in the home, located in the master bedroom.
"Whenever you talk about a million-plus-dollar house, you want as many amenities as possible," Tolliver said on a tour of the property in November. "Sometimes you overdo it, but to me it's better to have too much than not enough."
But the home isn't for Tolliver. It's not for anybody in his family. Instead, he bought it, renovated it and will sell it, with the help of some friends and business partners.
"The entrepreneurial spirit has always been a part of who I am, the makeup of who I am," Tolliver said.
However, Tolliver's business acumen goes deeper than just flipping houses. In addition to the hours of work that go into practice, traveling and keeping himself in shape as an NBA player, Tolliver is constantly keeping tabs through email, phone calls and texts on a stout business portfolio that includes a variety of ventures designed to help the 33-year-old keep growing his wealth after game checks stop coming.
In addition to real estate, Tolliver helps run Active Faith (a Christian sports apparel brand), a group fitness brand and, most intriguing, he is invested in two unique companies: Big Blanket Co., which is self-descriptive, and Kid Casters, which makes fishing gear for children.
"I don't even fish," Tolliver said. "That's what's crazy."
