REI Network with Gavin Timms
194 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -REI NETWORK with Gavin Timms is an exciting Real Estate Investing coaching podcast where you will get an inside look at the systems and processes used to create a successful real estate investing business. Learn how to gain Financial Freedom and the ability to do What You Want, When You Want, and with Who You Want. Learn directly from someone who has achieved this and continues to grow his business. REI allows for Gavin Timms to travel the states in his RV and across the pond enjoying life while still working his proven methods for a successful business.
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#022: The Best Way to Scale Your Real Estate Business
December 10, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBSome people come into this business to create a job for themselves. They’re out there everyday working this business just like they did when they had a W-2. If this is you, I suggest you take a step back and ask yourself: what are you actually trying to do? Create a vision for you and get your foundations down so that you can prepare to scale. The foundations we put in place for your business will be determined by the vision you have for the kind of real estate life you want to live. But yo...
#021: The Best Way to Follow Up on Leads
December 01, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBThe three parts of your real estate business that you need to have in place are: marketing, talking to sellers, and making offers. Once these are in place, that’s when then the fourth one kicks in: follow up, follow up, and follow up. It is the most important part of your business. If you’re following our marketing system, you know that we recommend that you have five conversations a day, plus you need to be making three offers a day. When you are consistently putting in the work to make o...
021: The Best Way to Follow Up on Leads
December 01, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBThe three parts of your real estate business that you need to have in place are: marketing, talking to sellers, and making offers. Once these are in place, that’s when then the fourth one kicks in: follow up, follow up, and follow up. It is the most important part of your business. If you’re following our marketing system, you know that we recommend that you have five conversations a day, plus you need to be making three offers a day. When you are consistently putting in the work to make o...
#020: I Need Systems
November 24, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBEven though I offer a coaching program, I know that some of you don’t need a coach. What you really need is someone to help you set up your systems so that you can plug yourself into it and take off. I’m taking half of what I do for my one-on-one clients and offering it as a standalone program. If you’re looking for a better system or any system at all, let’s connect. We can hash out where you are and where you want to go, so I can help you fill in the missing pieces to get your real estate...
020: I Need Systems
November 24, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBEven though I offer a coaching program, I know that some of you don’t need a coach. What you really need is someone to help you set up your systems so that you can plug yourself into it and take off. I’m taking half of what I do for my one-on-one clients and offering it as a standalone program. If you’re looking for a better system or any system at all, let’s connect. We can hash out where you are and where you want to go, so I can help you fill in the missing pieces to get your real estate...
#019: Understand Why You Chose That Path
November 18, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWhat is it that you want your life to look like? What’s your ultimate outcome? When you have this vision fixed in your mind, it’ll help you push through the mental barriers you and maybe even the people around you will try to throw up constantly. Deciding on your ultimate “why” is also going to help you fix on a strategy that moves you toward your goals. Some real estate investors want that huge team all set up in a swanky office, and others want to stay lean and mean throughout their whole...
019: Understand Why You Chose That Path
November 18, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWhat is it that you want your life to look like? What’s your ultimate outcome? When you have this vision fixed in your mind, it’ll help you push through the mental barriers you and maybe even the people around you will try to throw up constantly. Deciding on your ultimate “why” is also going to help you fix on a strategy that moves you toward your goals. Some real estate investors want that huge team all set up in a swanky office, and others want to stay lean and mean throughout their whole...
#018: How to Stay Focused Using Time Management with Harry King
November 11, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBNo stranger to real estate, Harry King hooked up with us when he realized that we had the missing piece in his knowledge. As a purchaser of short sales, he’d never had to do his own marketing before, but with our marketing plan, he was able to jump in headfirst with us. This commitment to taking action has really propelled Harry’s early success in wholesaling. He has an unbelievable 60 offers to follow up on, so we talk through the strategies that have yielded the best success for him. He w...
018: How to Stay Focused Using Time Management with Harry King
November 11, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MBNo stranger to real estate, Harry King hooked up with us when he realized that we had the missing piece in his knowledge. As a purchaser of short sales, he’d never had to do his own marketing before, but with our marketing plan, he was able to jump in headfirst with us. This commitment to taking action has really propelled Harry’s early success in wholesaling. He has an unbelievable 60 offers to follow up on, so we talk through the strategies that have yielded the best success for him. He w...
#017: Podcast with my VAs
November 03, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBAs I drive across Arizona, I want to show you exactly how I make a virtual wholesaling business work even when I’m on the road. So today, I’m talking with my VAs LJ and Ralph about the marketing work they do for me. Using different tools, including Podio, REI Simple, text messaging, and Mojo, my virtual assistants work their way through lists looking for sellers. I really believe that everything is in the follow up, and that’s why we put a lot of effort in tracking our calls and keeping goo...
017: Podcast with my VAs
November 03, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBAs I drive across Arizona, I want to show you exactly how I make a virtual wholesaling business work even when I’m on the road. So today, I’m talking with my VAs LJ and Ralph about the marketing work they do for me. Using different tools, including Podio, REI Simple, text messaging, and Mojo, my virtual assistants work their way through lists looking for sellers. I really believe that everything is in the follow up, and that’s why we put a lot of effort in tracking our calls and keeping goo...
#016: The Money Is Sitting in Your CRM...Do You Agree?
October 27, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIn theory, you need to spend more time on follow up than on leads. In reality, a lot of wholesalers have a one-and-done approach. They make that first initial contact with a lead, and then never circle around to build a relationship and stay on the radar of a seller. I want you to tap into that money by making following up a bigger part of your marketing. In 2018, I did a study that examined how many of my sales came from follow-ups. 54 out of 58 deals in that year were because I called a s...
016: The Money Is Sitting in Your CRM...Do You Agree?
October 27, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBIn theory, you need to spend more time on follow up than on leads. In reality, a lot of wholesalers have a one-and-done approach. They make that first initial contact with a lead, and then never circle around to build a relationship and stay on the radar of a seller. I want you to tap into that money by making following up a bigger part of your marketing. In 2018, I did a study that examined how many of my sales came from follow-ups. 54 out of 58 deals in that year were because I called a s...
#015: How a Coaching Client Smart Flips His First Deal
October 20, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBMy coaching client Brian Blanders hopped on a call to talk to me about his new virtual market. After realizing that his own market in Utah was just too high to make any sense, he turned to his hometown market in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and had to create a partnership with local folks to make his wholesaling business viable. Your goal is to find motivated sellers, but your seller’s particular motivations are going to affect the kind of deal they agree to. Listen to how one of the four pillars of a ...
015: How a Coaching Client Smart Flips His First Deal
October 20, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBMy coaching client Brian Blanders hopped on a call to talk to me about his new virtual market. After realizing that his own market in Utah was just too high to make any sense, he turned to his hometown market in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and had to create a partnership with local folks to make his wholesaling business viable. Your goal is to find motivated sellers, but your seller’s particular motivations are going to affect the kind of deal they agree to. Listen to how one of the four pillars of a ...
#014: Benefits of Virtual Wholesaling
October 13, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBCreating your best life begins with designing your real estate business around your lifestyle, but you can’t build out a broken system. So today I’m going to share some of the strategies I’ve used to create a virtual wholesaling business that lets me travel and live my best life while still making money. One of the most amazing benefits about virtual wholesaling is that you never need to visit the properties that you’re purchasing. In fact, I’ve visited less than five properties in my entir...
014: Benefits of Virtual Wholesaling
October 13, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBCreating your best life begins with designing your real estate business around your lifestyle, but you can’t build out a broken system. So today I’m going to share some of the strategies I’ve used to create a virtual wholesaling business that lets me travel and live my best life while still making money. One of the most amazing benefits about virtual wholesaling is that you never need to visit the properties that you’re purchasing. In fact, I’ve visited less than five properties in my entir...
013: Accountability Is a Must If You Want to Succeed in Business
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MBWho is going to hold you accountable when you don’t have a built-in accountability system as you did at your 9-5? Making that jump into the entrepreneurial life is awesome and amazing, but without a boss standing over your shoulder, many entrepreneurs just struggle to accomplish anything. We’ve set up a few systems for our coaching students to help them stay on track: time blocking and scorecards. Just having someone standing behind them, calling them up, and reminding them to take action h...
#013: Accountability Is a Must If You Want to Succeed in Business
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.9 MBWho is going to hold you accountable when you don’t have a built-in accountability system as you did at your 9-5? Making that jump into the entrepreneurial life is awesome and amazing, but without a boss standing over your shoulder, many entrepreneurs just struggle to accomplish anything. We’ve set up a few systems for our coaching students to help them stay on track: time blocking and scorecards. Just having someone standing behind them, calling them up, and reminding them to take action h...
#012: Cashing Out $60,000 on a 4-Year Lease Option with Shaun Young
September 29, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWhen you talk to sellers, you have to remember the number one rule about wholesaling: we’re solutions-oriented people. We’re trying to help people find solutions to their real estate problems. Orienting your thinking about finding solutions is really going to help you approach conversations with sellers in a positive way. Before I’d even met Shaun Young, he’d managed to snag himself a fantastic sandwich lease option on a beautiful house in a gated community in Atlanta. But he didn’t have an...
012: Cashing Out $60,000 on a 4-Year Lease Option with Shaun Young
September 29, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBWhen you talk to sellers, you have to remember the number one rule about wholesaling: we’re solutions-oriented people. We’re trying to help people find solutions to their real estate problems. Orienting your thinking about finding solutions is really going to help you approach conversations with sellers in a positive way. Before I’d even met Shaun Young, he’d managed to snag himself a fantastic sandwich lease option on a beautiful house in a gated community in Atlanta. But he didn’t have an...
#011: How to Position Multiple Offers
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBWhen you’re talking to a seller and you’re trying to understand what’s driving them to sell, while also waiting for just the right moment to make your offer, it’s pretty normal to make some mistakes. I’m going to help you to see what you need to look for in a seller, and give you some examples of how that might play out in conversation. If there’s no motivation on the part of the seller, you need to get your offer out quickly. So, the first question is: What does a motivated seller look lik...
011: How to Position Multiple Offers
September 22, 2020 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MBWhen you’re talking to a seller and you’re trying to understand what’s driving them to sell, while also waiting for just the right moment to make your offer, it’s pretty normal to make some mistakes. I’m going to help you to see what you need to look for in a seller, and give you some examples of how that might play out in conversation. If there’s no motivation on the part of the seller, you need to get your offer out quickly. So, the first question is: What does a motivated seller look lik...
010: “The Struggle is Real”....Be Inspired with Chris and Joe
September 07, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBWhen you start with $120,000 in credit card debt, how are you going to turn that around? Joe and Chris are new business partners and my new coaching clients in the Denver market, and the amount of success they’ve had in the short time we’ve all been working together has just been incredible. But it didn’t start out that easy for them. Joe McCall and I have said for years, “Show me a wholesaler that has a great CRM, and we’ll show you a bright one”. Chris and Joe had a great system in place...
#010: “The Struggle is Real”....Be Inspired with Chris and Joe
September 07, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBWhen you start with $120,000 in credit card debt, how are you going to turn that around? Joe and Chris are new business partners and my new coaching clients in the Denver market, and the amount of success they’ve had in the short time we’ve all been working together has just been incredible. But it didn’t start out that easy for them. Joe McCall and I have said for years, “Show me a wholesaler that has a great CRM, and we’ll show you a bright one”. Chris and Joe had a great system in place...
#009: How to Have the Perfect Work/Life Balance with Gigi!
August 31, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 20 MBYou’re going to be inspired by Gigi today. As one of our coaching clients, she has such a positive mindset about her new passion hobby. A doctor by day, Gigi never dreamed how fun and exciting things could be for her. This year, she’s already made more as a real estate investor than she’s made doctoring. Because Gigi already had a demanding career, as her coaches we made sure to help her tailor her real estate business around the week on/week off schedule that rules her W-2. But her positiv...
009: How to Have the Perfect Work/Life Balance with Gigi!
August 31, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 20 MBYou’re going to be inspired by Gigi today. As one of our coaching clients, she has such a positive mindset about her new passion hobby. A doctor by day, Gigi never dreamed how fun and exciting things could be for her. This year, she’s already made more as a real estate investor than she’s made doctoring. Because Gigi already had a demanding career, as her coaches we made sure to help her tailor her real estate business around the week on/week off schedule that rules her W-2. But her positiv...
#008: Everything Can Change On a Dime, Even the Weather!
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.21 MBIt’s a little wild in this episode as I record this while on the road in my RV, but the sound of thunder is the perfect backdrop to get my message across. One deal can literally change the entire trajectory of your business, so I want you to hang in there and keep trucking away. We just finished walking through a deal that would’ve paid the sales guys, the dispositions, and me, plus it would’ve rebuilt the marketing budget. The sellers wanted it. We wanted it. Everyone was on board. But the...
008: Everything Can Change On a Dime, Even the Weather!
August 24, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.21 MBIt’s a little wild in this episode as I record this while on the road in my RV, but the sound of thunder is the perfect backdrop to get my message across. One deal can literally change the entire trajectory of your business, so I want you to hang in there and keep trucking away. We just finished walking through a deal that would’ve paid the sales guys, the dispositions, and me, plus it would’ve rebuilt the marketing budget. The sellers wanted it. We wanted it. Everyone was on board. But the...
#007: How to Stay in Control of the Conversation with Rob Steers
August 17, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBOnce you’ve prescreened your leads through your VA, it’s time for you to get on the phone and find out a little more about the property so you can lead into your offer. But sometimes it’s hard to not give away too much information or to steer the conversation in the direction it needs to go into. I’m talking through some conversations with my coaching client Rob Steers to help him improve his selling persona and make more offers. First of all, you have to remember that the VA isn’t going to...
007: How to Stay in Control of the Conversation with Rob Steers
August 17, 2020 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBOnce you’ve prescreened your leads through your VA, it’s time for you to get on the phone and find out a little more about the property so you can lead into your offer. But sometimes it’s hard to not give away too much information or to steer the conversation in the direction it needs to go into. I’m talking through some conversations with my coaching client Rob Steers to help him improve his selling persona and make more offers. First of all, you have to remember that the VA isn’t going to...
#006: Stop Focusing On the Outcome & Start Focusing On Today
August 10, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.9 MBWhen you get started on a course, you’re super excited. You’ve got big goals, and you sit down and start watching all the modules or reading all of the material, and before you know it, you are absolutely, completely overwhelmed. All of this information is coming at your head and you don’t know where to start. I’m going to be talking to you about how to settle down on your “why”, and some strategies to help you break your goals down into manageable pieces. There’s a lot of noise out there ...
006: Stop Focusing On the Outcome & Start Focusing On Today
August 10, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.9 MBWhen you get started on a course, you’re super excited. You’ve got big goals, and you sit down and start watching all the modules or reading all of the material, and before you know it, you are absolutely, completely overwhelmed. All of this information is coming at your head and you don’t know where to start. I’m going to be talking to you about how to settle down on your “why”, and some strategies to help you break your goals down into manageable pieces. There’s a lot of noise out there ...
#005: The Importance of Building Momentum
August 03, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.34 MBIt can get overwhelming real fast when you’re starting out in real estate investing. Like: —Do I just start talking to sellers? —How do I make offers? —How do I comp properties? —How do I follow up? —Which tools do I use? Which systems? There are a lot of things crowding around in your brain trying to compete for space. On top of all of these worries you might have, you might also be juggling a full-time job and family responsibilities. Today, I want you to focus on a strategy that will he...
005: The Importance of Building Momentum
August 03, 2020 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.34 MBIt can get overwhelming real fast when you’re starting out in real estate investing. Like: —Do I just start talking to sellers? —How do I make offers? —How do I comp properties? —How do I follow up? —Which tools do I use? Which systems? There are a lot of things crowding around in your brain trying to compete for space. On top of all of these worries you might have, you might also be juggling a full-time job and family responsibilities. Today, I want you to focus on a strategy that will he...
#004: 6 Deals This Month With Coaching Client Ester Telles
July 27, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBEster Telles came to us with an extremely successful real estate business, but even though she’d made six figures in the last year, she hadn’t paid herself a single penny. This absolutely blew my mind! Improving her mindset and her systems pushed her into the next level, and reignited her love for her business all over again. Sometimes what we do with a coaching client is just improve on the awesomeness that they bring to the table. Ester already had a system set up in Podio, and she alread...
004: 6 Deals This Month With Coaching Client Ester Telles
July 27, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBEster Telles came to us with an extremely successful real estate business, but even though she’d made six figures in the last year, she hadn’t paid herself a single penny. This absolutely blew my mind! Improving her mindset and her systems pushed her into the next level, and reignited her love for her business all over again. Sometimes what we do with a coaching client is just improve on the awesomeness that they bring to the table. Ester already had a system set up in Podio, and she alread...
#003: 4 Deals In Closing During COVID (Steve & Coco Zimmer)
July 20, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBSome of our favorite coaching clients, Steve and Coco Zimmer, show you that it’s possible to change your mindset about real estate investing at any stage in your life. Joe McCall and I love working with Steve and Coco because their positive energy drives their business forward, and we love being a part of that. Before hiring Joe and me as their coaches, Steve and Coco tried to go it alone in real estate, but they really struggled. They lost some money in fix and flips, and it was just discou...
003: 4 Deals In Closing During COVID (Steve & Coco Zimmer)
July 20, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBSome of our favorite coaching clients, Steve and Coco Zimmer, show you that it’s possible to change your mindset about real estate investing at any stage in your life. Joe McCall and I love working with Steve and Coco because their positive energy drives their business forward, and we love being a part of that. Before hiring Joe and me as their coaches, Steve and Coco tried to go it alone in real estate, but they really struggled. They lost some money in fix and flips, and it was just discou...
002: How To Renegotiate To Maximize Your Profit
July 13, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBWhen what might’ve seemed like a good deal suddenly looks like a terrible deal, how do you renegotiate to regain your advantage? Chris Arnold, one of our coaching students, found himself stuck on a recent deal when the condition of the house told a different story after he’d already agreed on a price. If you’ve given yourself enough breathing room to account for a change in the condition of a home, then negotiating a more fair price isn’t too hard. But what if you just can’t agree to meet i...
#002: How To Renegotiate To Maximize Your Profit
July 13, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBWhen what might’ve seemed like a good deal suddenly looks like a terrible deal, how do you renegotiate to regain your advantage? Chris Arnold, one of our coaching students, found himself stuck on a recent deal when the condition of the house told a different story after he’d already agreed on a price. If you’ve given yourself enough breathing room to account for a change in the condition of a home, then negotiating a more fair price isn’t too hard. But what if you just can’t agree to meet i...
002: How to Renegotiate to Maximize Your Profit
July 13, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBWhen what might’ve seemed like a good deal suddenly looks like a terrible deal, how do you renegotiate to regain your advantage? Chris Arnold, one of our coaching students, found himself stuck on a recent deal when the condition of the house told a different story after he’d already agreed on a price. If you’ve given yourself enough breathing room to account for a change in the condition of a home, then negotiating a more fair price isn’t too hard. But what if you just can’t agree to meet i...
#001: How We Did $100K During The Pandemic
July 06, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWhen people understand what makes real estate work, that’s when the magic starts to happen. After Melissa got dragged into real estate by her husband Carey, she ended up being the marketing person for their operation. And because of her persistence in following-up on leads, I knew I had to partner with her. Melissa just gets what real estate is all about! I’m a systems-oriented person, and that’s what I bring to the table as a real estate coach. I help my clients create a system that lets t...
001: How We Did $100K During The Pandemic
July 06, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBWhen people understand what makes real estate work, that’s when the magic starts to happen. After Melissa got dragged into real estate by her husband Carey, she ended up being the marketing person for their operation. And because of her persistence in following-up on leads, I knew I had to partner with her. Melissa just gets what real estate is all about! I’m a systems-oriented person, and that’s what I bring to the table as a real estate coach. I help my clients create a system that lets t...