Jarrett "JT" Thomas Shares a Major Career Update: "A New Business Is Born"
The Southern Charm cast member felt a sense of "relief" once the big news was confirmed.
Jarrett “JT” Thomas is celebrating a career milestone that was four years in the making.
Fresh off the Southern Charm Season 9 finale, the Virginia-born real estate expert took to Instagram to share an update on one of his properties. JT posted a closed-eyed selfie in which he showed off legal paperwork related to The Inns Clubhouse, an upscale event space that was prominently featured on Southern Charm. One of the documents appeared to be a Certification of Occupancy, which confirms the building’s compliance with all regulations and municipal codes.
“After 4 years of just.. the most frustration I’ve prob ever felt in my adult life in business.. finally.. relief.. a new business is born,” he captioned the January 24 Story, which tagged The Inns Clubhouse. “The private event space to compliment the airbnb collection in DT Charleston. The relief I feel today is just…”
Jarrett "JT" Thomas takes fans inside his exclusive Charleston clubhouse
Viewers got a look at The Inns Clubhouse in Southern Charm Season 9 Episode 7 when JT hosted an intimate get-together for his castmates. JT teased the venue during a phone call with his mom, an interior decorator who helped put the clubhouse together.
“I gotta tell you, the event space, it’s pretty much done, and what an incredible mommy-son project,” he said. “Couldn’t have done it without you.”
He expanded on the partnership in an episode interview, saying his mother played a big role in his real estate career.
“My mom’s a top interior designer in the D.C. area. She renovates properties,” he explained. “She showed me the ropes, and now I invest in real estate, I develop real estate, I renovate real estate.”
Jarrett "JT" Thomas reflects on his real estate career
The Inns Clubhouse is a members-only space located in Downtown Charleston, where JT owns more than a dozen Airbnb properties collectively known as “The Inns.” In the January 25 episode of Side Piece with Melissa Pfeister, he spoke about his real estate portfolio and explained how he found success Charleston's real estate market.
“I own maybe 10, 12, 15 businesses, there’s a lot of LLCs, right?” he said during the chat. “But the only one that was shown — and I’m not complaining because any press is good press, but this event space (The Inns Clubhouse) that I’m sitting in is just the tip of the iceberg… I don’t have a wife or kids, so my businesses are my babies.”
Jarrett "JT" Thomas says he isn't a "trust-fund guy"
JT said he spent years working in finance and eventually built enough wealth to start buying properties. He also made it clear that he didn’t receive any monetary handouts, but got a lot of support from his parents and loved ones.
The Southern Charm-er specifically recalled being in his early 20s and having only $100 in his checking account while he worked at a bank branch. He said he would be in the office from “7 in the morning to 11 at night, Sunday through Monda,y” making cold calls and taking meetings.
“Finally I just made it in finance and built a pretty unbelievable wealth management practice that I was very proud of,” he continued. “I’m not a trust-fund guy. I wish to a certain extent I was because it would’ve made my life a lot easier. At the same time, I feel like not having a trust fund and starting from scratch out of college, it kept me from getting robbed of the feeling of doing it myself and having that confidence that comes from being hardworking.”
