Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever
3,532 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 961 ratingsWelcome to the world's longest-running, DAILY commercial real estate investing podcast hosted by Joe Fairless. Joe went from buying $35,000 single-family homes to controlling over $1,900,000,000 worth of large apartment communities in under a decade.
Commercial real estate is a compelling investment option, but knowing where to look and who to listen to can be overwhelming — especially when your money and legacy are on the line. The Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever Show provides commercial real estate expert insights, education, and timely information to our community of active and passive investors looking to succeed in commercial real estate. Build wealth, build a legacy, and do more good in the world.
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JF1224: How To Raise Over $1 BILLION For Real Estate Projects with Jared Rogers
January 08, 2018 16:36 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBJared has done a little bit of everything in his lengthy real estate career. His forte is raising money for investors and developers, but he also has a ton of experience in construction. Having knowledge in both those area allows Jared to work very efficiently, and take some risks that others may not take. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I think you can learn a lot from chasing the shiny new object” - Jared Roger...
JF1223: How To Professionally Generate & Convert Leads #SkillSetSunday with Scott Corbett
January 07, 2018 17:57 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBAs the owner of a marketing agency that works exclusively with real estate investors, Scott knows a thing or two about getting leads for investors. More importantly his company, Lightmark Media, will also work with investors on optimizing their conversions from those leads. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Learn from experience” - Scott Corbett Scott Corbett Background: - Owner of Lightmark Media, a market...
JF1222: Pivoting From Development To Private Money Lending with Bobby Montagne
January 06, 2018 16:36 - 27 minutes - 19 MBHe has over three decades of residential property development, finance, and sales. After 2008 Bobby saw that banks were not able to lend on projects that previously had never been an issue. With capital drying up, he decided to pivot. He created Walnut Street Finance to provide capital to companies doing what he just pivoted from. Now his company is a full fledged private lender that understands the product (construction & development) better than most, which allows them to lend when a lot o...
JF1221: Your Guide To Evaluating An Apartment Community Before Making An Offer #FollowAlongFriday
January 05, 2018 15:09 - 36 minutes - 24.7 MBFollow Along Friday is back for the New Year! Today Joe and Theo tell us mistakes they have made when evaluating deals and what they do differently now. If you’re in the market for any property, especially apartment buildings or communities, this is definitely an episode you want to listen to. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We always have a property management partner tour the property with us” Mentioned I...
JF1220: He Took His Money Out Of The Stock Market To Syndicate Self Storage & Mobile Home Parks with Hunter Thompson
January 04, 2018 18:42 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBHunter was always an entrepreneur. He started as a high schooler selling parking spots out of his backyard when there was an event going on. His first venture into investing was in the stock market. Hunter didn’t like that some many variables that were out of his control, could determine how much money he made or lost. Enter real estate. Now Hunter and his team syndicate opportunities, most notably self storage and mobile home parks. Today we’ll hear higher level tips and suggestions for inv...
JF1219: Renting To Owner Occupants In Higher Tax Brackets & Providing Turnkey Investments with John Larson
January 03, 2018 18:19 - 26 minutes - 18 MBJohn and his company American Real Estate Investment provide turnkey investment opportunities for investors. One thing that sets them apart from other providers, they focus on Class A properties that rent to people making over $100k a lot of times. They also have your more typical investments of B and C class, but they like to focus on the class A properties with higher level tenants. Hear why they take this approach and how it has benefitted them and their investors over the years. If you e...
JF1218: Using Algorithms & Data To Find Great Deals with Daren Blomquist
January 03, 2018 18:03 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBAnother great episode to set yourself up for success in 2018. Daren works for ATTOM Data Solutions, a company that tracks real estate data for their customers to use however they wish. The major take-away from this episode (besides knowing how to access and use their data) is that their data shows we are still in an upcycle, with high demand for more supply. Daren says that this may be a great time to sell if you have property you have been holding for some time. We’ll hear more specific mar...
JF1217: 2018 Market Predictions From An Expert Economist with Peter Linneman
January 01, 2018 18:23 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBPeter is with us for the first episode of 2018, and that is not by coincidence. An economist by trade, we get a TON of great advice when it comes to how we look at the economy and markets. Some of his best advice is to take a step back and look at the bigger picture, don’t just focus on your business or you’ll never see the full picture. At the end of the interview Peter gives us a 2018 economy prediction. You don’t want to miss this one! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe ...
JF1216: Secrets Of Getting and Maintaining Very Good Credit #SkillSetSunday with Doc Compton
December 31, 2017 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBDoc is here to tell us all about credit today. He’ll share many great tips and secrets that banks and credit companies use to get you to spend. There are many deep psychological tricks they will use to make spending money or credit seem normal. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The poor investment that standard college strategy is” - Doc Compton Doc Compton Background: Owner of Doc Compton Company - the cons...
JF1215: Lessons from over $2 Billion In Commercial Real Estate with Brian Hennessey
December 30, 2017 18:04 - 26 minutes - 18 MBWow! Today we have a major commercial real estate investor dropping knowledge. Brian literally wrote the book(s) for commercial real estate investing. Not only will he give us actionable advice for commercial investing, but a lot of the advice applies to any form of real estate investing. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Make sure you’re scrutinizing the leases carefully” - Brian Hennessey Brian Hennessey Ba...
JF1214: Why Building A Small, Loyal Brokerage Has Worked Better Than A Massive Brokerage with Billy Rose
December 29, 2017 17:11 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBComing from representing high net worth and celebrity clients as a lawyer, representing them as their realtor was a natural transition. Now he is one of the top agents/brokers in the country, and does it by building a small, loyal, and high quality brokerage. Billy only takes in people who are performing at a high level already, rather than trying to get in as many agents as possible and charging them for everything possible. Hear why he prefers to build with quality over quantity. If you en...
JF1213: Using IRA’s & 401k’s To Invest In Real Estate with Expert Bernard Reisz
December 28, 2017 16:35 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBBernard is here today to tell us how we can use our, or other people’s, retirement accounts to fund real estate transactions. Not only does that help us get deals done, but also helps people earn better returns with their retirement money. We’ll learn about the tax advantages, as well as what is not allowed by tax law. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Over $25 Trillion is sitting there in retirement accounts” - Be...
JF1212: Leaving A Comfortable Job To Pursue Investing Full Time with Pat Flynn
December 27, 2017 16:49 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBWith the birth of his daughter, Pat needed a change. He didn’t want to miss out on his daughters life and with an offshore job, he would have missed 8 months per year. After weighing pros and cons, Pat took the leap, quit his job and began investing full time. Tune in to hear an inspiring story of chasing a goal, and succeeding while improving your life. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Every single property for s...
JF1211: Good Deals Are Made NOT Found with Eddie Lorin
December 26, 2017 16:13 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBEddie recently launched a brand new crowdfunding REIT, with an emphasis on vision. Eddie and his company take apartment communities and completely overhaul them into super nice communities, from C+ to B+. They want people to wish they could afford living at their communities, only to find out they actually can! We’ll hear a lot of higher level commercial and residential investing tips today, including how to set up a crowdfunding REIT. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in ...
JF1210: Wholesaling With Integrity - The Key To Starting Out Strong with Garth Kukla
December 25, 2017 14:56 - 24 minutes - 17 MBMerry Christmas! Today we hear from a wholesaler who takes a different approach to how he deals with all potential sellers and buyers. He was in sales for 20 years, eventually leaving his full time job to pursue wholesaling full time. Now about a year into wholesaling, Garth has been averaging 2-3 deals per month. Surprisingly, he says that his real estate knowledge is not the biggest factor to his early success. Tune in to hear why Garth says that operating with integrity is the single most...
JF1209: The Interview On Negotiation Real Estate #SkillSetSunday with J Scott
December 24, 2017 09:50 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBJ Scott earned over $1 million on his first 50 flips. He literally wrote The Book On Flipping Houses. His most recent book, The Book On Negotiating Real Estate gives us expert tips to negotiate like the professionals. If you want to learn how to get better deals on properties and get an edge on your competition, bring pencil and paper when you listen to this one! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Building rapport i...
JF1208: How To Find The BEST EVER Commercial Loans with Austin Peek
December 23, 2017 16:35 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBToday we will get a breakdown of commercial loans and lenders. Austin has originated over $60 million in commercial mortgage loans since founding RiverStone RECAP four years ago. He’ll tell us the difference between a bank loan vs. CMBS (commercial mortgage backed security) and CMBS vs. life insurance companies. We also get great advice on vetting your mortgage broker. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “There’s a lo...
JF1207: Ultimate Guide To An Ultimate 2018 #FollowAlongFriday
December 22, 2017 21:05 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBToday Joe and Theo discuss a concept that Joe learned after attending the Tony Robbins Unleash The Power Within. We’ll also hear business updates and how they can be applied to us as listeners and our businesses. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: Either you dictate the changes in your life of life will dictate the changes in your life Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors: Are you looking for a way ...
JF1206: He Doubled His Business In 18 Months After Losing $30 Million In Contracts with Carl Banks
December 21, 2017 14:10 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBAfter a very successful career in football, Carl continued his success trend in business, launching G-III Sports. With his new business, he made outerwear for the NFL. Until one day when reebok bought the licensing rights to make the outerwear. Rather than giving up, cutting costs, and downsizing, Carl and his team hustled working with smaller shops and in return only lost about 10% of his business. Carl Knew that reebok could not make the outerwear as good as they could, and in 18 months G-...
JF1205: Lessons On Raising Money For Any Venture with Victor Menasce
December 20, 2017 12:23 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBVictor literally wrote the book on raising money for any venture. As an active real estate investor, he raises money for that business, but got his start in the technology field. Currently Victor lives in Ottawa, Canada and invests in Philadelphia. Hear how he is able to raise money and invest in another country. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “That’s our formula” - Victor Menasce Victor Menasce Background:...
JF1204: How To Operate Properties More Efficiently Through Energy Audits with Jason Delambre
December 19, 2017 12:31 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBJason helps investors free up some cash flow but minimizing energy bills. He’ll look at everything within the building, and how the building is utilizing its current utilities. From small commercial properties to large industrial projects, Jason does it all, and can help property owners find government grants to pay for part of the upgrades up front. To hear how he can help you save money on energy bills, be sure to tune in! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and ...
JF1203: Richard Schulman Runs The #2 Keller Williams Team In the World
December 18, 2017 12:22 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBRichard tells us how he has been able to climb the ranks to becoming the leader of the #2 team in Keller Williams worldwide. Richard is also an active investor as well as helping a lot of other investors find and buy cash flowing properties If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You need money to invest” Richard Schulman Real Estate Background: - Real estate broker at Keller Williams, one of their top producing...
JF1202: How A Direct Mail Specialists Says RE Investors Should Utilize Direct Mail #SkillSetSunday with Craig Simpson
December 17, 2017 13:40 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBCraig started his direct marketing business when he needed a way to market his fake rocks. He did well there, and sold the business to go work for a large operation and learned more about direct marketing. Now he has his own company again, and he helps many different types of businesses and investors market through direct mail. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Response dictates how frequent I mail to someone” - Craig ...
JF1201: Turn Key Real Estate Investing In Detroit with Al Beahn
December 16, 2017 13:09 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBAl runs a business that finds cash flowing properties for other investors in Detroit. He’ll tell us that most of the negativity associated with Detroit is exaggerated media driven information. About 90% of the clients that come to Detroit to see some properties are surprised ina good way and end up investing with Al. Find out how to set yourself apart from other turn-key providers. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “My...
JF1200: 4 Money-Raising Lessons from $265 Million in Apartment Syndications #FollowAlongFriday
December 15, 2017 11:39 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn this episode of Follow-Along Friday, Joe breaks down his investor database and the four ways apartment syndicators can raise money in ANY market. Joe also explains the lessons he learned from the gratitude seminar he attend this past weekend and Theo provides an update on his move to Tampa and how that will impact his Cincinnati rental portfolio. Finally, Joe and Theo announce a new feature on the Best Ever Blog. Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors: Are you looking...
JF1199: Creating Success From The Start by Utilizing an Experienced Mentor with Joseph England
December 14, 2017 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBJoseph is an active duty service member, and active investor. He found someone who was having success house flipping, and use him a as a mentor to help him get his feet off the ground. Now Joseph is on his own and still doing a great job with his investing. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you’re not embarrassed by your offer, it’s too high” - Joseph England Joseph England Background: - Active Real Esta...
JF1198: Tax Lien & Tax Deed Investing Nationwide 101 with Ted Thomas
December 13, 2017 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBTed lost everything early on in his real estate investing career. After that he wanted to find a way to continue investing in real estate, but minimize the risk. That’s when he discovered tax lien and tax deed investing. Now he still invests, but he also teaches others to do what he does. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “There is an abundance of properties available” - Ted Thomas Ted Thomas Background: - O...
JF1197: 90% Of Her Business Comes Through Referrals - What’s Her Secret? With Trish Williams
December 12, 2017 15:03 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn just two years, Trish has sold over $10,000,000 in real estate volume. Her biggest source of referrals is Facebook. She posts at least every other day, and never in a “infomercial” type of way. Rather she posts normal things like what she is doing everyday, and just shares with her friends. She is able to stay in people’s minds when they need a realtor with this strategy. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You ca...
JF1196: From The NFL To The Cannabis Space - Hard Work And Self Reflection The Keys To Success with Marvin Washington
December 11, 2017 14:34 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBMarvin had an 11 year NFL career, 7.8 years longer than the average NFL career (3.2 years). Now a successful businessman in the cannabis space, Marvin says that his work ethic and self reflection is what separates himself from the average NFL career and entrepreneur. We’ll not only hear tips on how cannabis can and does help people everyday, but how we can separate ourselves from other entrepreneurs and investors. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a ...
JF1195: How To Effectively And Efficiently Brand And Promote Yourself #SkillSetSunday with Amber Renae
December 10, 2017 15:09 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBAmber was a civil engineer, and didn’t like it. She started her first business shortly after she quit that job. What followed was a dark time as her first business went bankrupt. Amber turned that around in four short years with two very large contracts in her new business. Amber will share with us how to keep your head held high in tough times, as well as how we should be branding ourselves as entrepreneurs, such as leveraging other people's’ platforms to promote. If you enjoyed today’s epi...
JF1194: CPA Quits His Job To Be A Real Estate Investor with Brian Adams
December 09, 2017 15:39 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBBrian was seeing his clients make all this money with great tax benefits through real estate. He started taking action, eventually leaving his CPA job to be a full time investor. Now Brian has a portfolio of single family homes as well as small and large multi-family apartment communities. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “At the end of the day, I want to work with people who want to work with me.” - Brian Adams ...
JF1193: Pros And Cons Of Active Vs. Passive Investing #FollowAlongFriday
December 08, 2017 14:08 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBToday Joe will dive into the differences between being an active investor vs. being a passive investor. Joe is mostly referring to being an apartment syndicator vs. passively investing in an apartment syndication, but they’ll also touch on other forms of actively investing such as fix and flip, buy and hold, and BRRR. We’ll get updates from Joe and Theo on their businesses and how their lessons learned this week can help us. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and ...
JF1192: How A NASCAR Champion Stays One Step Ahead Of Everyone Else On And Off The Track with Kurt Busch
December 07, 2017 13:55 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBOn the track, Kurt is a champion, he’s always calculating many different variables and factors to beat his competitors. Off the track, he applies the same mindset and work ethic. Kurt gives us a very specific example of a small variable on the race track that most drivers may not factor into their driving, that allowed him to break the speed record at Texas Motor Speedway. This kind of thinking is what separates the extraordinary apart from the ordinary. If you enjoyed today’s episode rememb...
JF1191: This Is How A Financial Planner Invests In Real Estate with Brent Sutherland
December 06, 2017 12:48 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBAs a full time financial planner, Brent had a good W2 income to show the banks. With financing easily attainable, he bought 8 houses in his first year! He’ll give us great tips on how to use our savings/retirement accounts to buy real estate. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You just have to jump in” - Brent Sutherland Brent Sutherland Background: - Owner of his own CPA firm, Ntellivest - Certified Finan...
JF1190: Protect Yourself By Not Piercing Your Corporate Veil with Patrick Camuso
December 05, 2017 16:33 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBPatrick specializes in real estate taxes and tax planning/advice. He’ll give us multiple strategies that we can use to grow our wealth as real estate investors, and pay minimal taxes LEGALLY. We’ll learn a good amount about what the corporate veil is, why it’s important, what it means to “pierce the corporate veil", and how to avoid doing that. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “All of the costs will be outweighed s...
JF1189: Starting Small Leads To Quick Success & Leads To Bigger Success with Dan Lesniak
December 04, 2017 16:18 - 23 minutes - 16 MBDan is a real estate broker, developer, and author who got started by selling other condos in the building he was living in. According to him, that was a key part to his success, by starting small and building a reputation, he was able to leverage and scale to more places, doing more business quicker than had he started by going bigger. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you let that get in your way, you’ll alway...
JF1188: Taking A More Human Approach To Sales #SkillSetSunday with Michael Maher
December 03, 2017 17:53 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBMichael has a different way for us to be able to attract sales leads. He never asks for referrals, but he generates over 500 referrals per year. Michael attracts his referrals through love, generosity, and appreciation. He actually wrote the outline for his bestselling book and system in intensive care directly after he flatlined for 37 seconds. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I attract referrals through love, ge...
JF1187: Using An Algorithm To Help Diversify Your Passive Real Estate Portfolio with AdaPia D’Errico
December 02, 2017 17:46 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBAlphaFlow has a new way of doing things vs. your typical crowd funding platform. If you’ve been involved in crowdfunding before, you can relate with having to try to log in and invest in the newest or best loans before other investors beat you to it. AlphaFlow has an algorithm that automatically balances your portfolio for you. Not to worry though, their team of experts are the ones choosing all the loans personally, the algorithm just assists in building a balanced portfolio for every inves...
JF1186: How To Talk To Private Money Investors BEFORE You Have An Apartment Deal #FollowAlongFriday
December 01, 2017 16:22 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBToday’s topic is based mostly around a listener question, that Joe will answer. The whole idea is to continue the conversation after meeting someone for the first time. Rather than having an “elevator pitch” Joe will take an authentic “want to get to know you” approach to his new relationships. The only time he’ll get into specifics about his business when first meeting someone new, is if they are asking about it. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a ...
JF1185: Trading Long Term Tenants For Short Term Guests Through Airbnb with Sue Hoyuela
November 30, 2017 14:10 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBSue has created a system for landlords to be able to easily switch from having tenants to having Airbnb guests. Many investors are having great success by renting with Airbnb, often times seeing 2-3 times the income they normally see by being a traditional landlord. Sue will break down her system for us and explain how anyone could switch to an Airbnb model, regardless of location. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: ...
JF1184: The Science And Psychology Of Connecting With People with Dr. Richard Shuster
November 29, 2017 14:18 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBAs a clinical psychologist, Dr. Shuster deals with patients that have a variety of mental health issues. Even still, his focus when working with them, is helping them to the best of his ability. He tells us that by adopting that mindset, and putting others first, we will inevitably achieve whatever it is we are trying to achieve. We’ll also get some tips on how to connect with people, and why it feels good to help other people succeed. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in ...
JF1183: How Relationships Are The Driving Force Behind Crunch Fitness’ Success With Founder And CEO Ben Midgley
November 28, 2017 14:45 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBRather than have 400 owners and 800 franchises, Ben envisions having 40 owners and 800 franchises. He says that relationships are the key to any business, and the better your relationships are, the better you will do. Crunch fitness has a strong emphasis on building communities with owners, staff, and club members. Hear how Ben has been able to grow Crunch Fitness into the fastest growing gym chain in the country. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a ...
JF1182: Answering Your Clients Questions Before They Ask Them with Nancy Braun
November 27, 2017 13:54 - 24 minutes - 17 MBNancy started a brokerage at a very strange time, in 2008 right before the market shifted. Luckily for her and her team, she had a great niche and system already in place, which made it easy to expand to a new niche when the shift occurred. Nancy says one of the most important things for her brokerage to stay successful is staying top of mind with her clients, even after their transaction is completed. When she is in the middle of a transaction with a client, Nancy and her team work to proac...
JF1181: How To Build Great Relationships #SkillSetSunday With Jason Treu
November 26, 2017 15:19 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBClients will come to Jason to make themselves better leaders, coaches, or whatever it is they feel they are “stuck” in. Jason says that the root of the actual problem oftentimes stems from experience when the client was younger. Most of the work he does, is working from the inside out, not the other way around. Jason tells us exactly how we can build great relationships with people even if we are feeling “stuck”. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a r...
JF1180: Having A “Revolving Door Policy” And Serving Your Clients Every Need with Len Giancola
November 25, 2017 14:53 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBIn another life, Len was responsible for a $16 billion trading portfolio on Wall St. When he realized that he was not fulfilled, he moved his family to Florida with no real plan. Fast forward to today, and Len is the owner of multiple successful companies, including his most profitable business, vacation property management. Hear how he was able to build these companies and how his story can relate to you. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! ...
JF1179: How To Get Started In Real Estate Investing And Eventually Leave Your Job #FollowAlongFriday
November 24, 2017 14:59 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBJoe and Theo base today’s Follow Along Friday on a listener question. The listener wants to get started in real estate but doesn’t know how to do that. Joe has some solutions, but ultimately it comes down to what is best for you. We’ll also get the usual business updates and a Black Friday discount code for the 2018 Best Ever Conference in February. Best Ever Tweet: “It’s up to you” Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsors: Fund That Flip provides short-term fix an...
JF1178: From $600k In Debt To Successful Agent And Investor with Clayton Gits
November 23, 2017 10:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBClayton and his wife were in severe debt, and rather than sit around let it get worse, they took action. Fast forward to today, and they are both successful separately and together. Clayton is an agent as well as a real estate investor. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I believe that anyone can do this thing, but not everyone will” - Clayton Gits Clayton Gits Real Estate Background: Owner/agent with EXP Rea...
JF1177: An Engineer Is Refining The House Flipping Process To Factory-Like Efficiency with Geremy Heath
November 22, 2017 14:10 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBWhen he came to America for work, he shortly realized he was here for good. Geremy almost immediately started looking for ways out of the corporate world. He enjoys house flipping, he has flipped over 250 houses and knows where in the process each house is at any time, thanks to the system he uses to keep track of everything. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “It’s enabled me to build out systems in every single fun...
JF1176: Tax Planning Strategies For Flippers, Landlords, And Commercial Investors with Bruce Jones
November 21, 2017 14:39 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBBruce has over 47 years of experience in financial services, with an emphasis on real estate. Today he’ll share case studies with us on how he has been able to save his clients a lot of tax money. We’ll hear how a client who is a flipper is able to take his gains from a flip, use them to buy another flip, deferring the taxes until he doesn’t want to buy anymore properties. We’ll also hear about an alternative to 1031 exchanges that defers paying taxes, but does not force you to buy more real...
JF1175: He Buys For Appreciation vs. Cash Flow with Tim Shiner
November 20, 2017 13:42 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBTim specializes in high end SFR rentals, and contrary to popular belief, he prefers to buy his properties for the appreciation. He’ll even lose $200 to $300 per month if he believes the property will appreciate and be worth more in the long run. He also has another different strategy for when his tenants lease comes to an end. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Buy quality, you’re never gonna regret it” - Tim Shiner...