Humans as we are, we outgrow so many things in our lives, most especially our jobs. The longer we are with it, the less it seems to accommodate us not only financially but emotionally as well. If you are thinking of taking that next step and starting your own business, let Jen Du Plessis of Kinetic Spark Consulting push you in the right direction. With a 35-year career in mortgage lending helping investors through multiple challenges, Jen takes you through the process from being in a part-time j...
Aug 01, 2019•35 min•Ep. 307
As the internet penetrates our everyday lives, it has become an expectation for any business to have a website. That is also true when it comes to real estate. Todd Heitner of Apartment Investor Pro and Done Deal Website discusses the importance of a website when you are out there trying to buy and sell real estate. With so many information online, creating one may sound simple, but don’t be fooled because while there are so many things you can do right with it, the same also goes for the things...
Jul 25, 2019•41 min•Ep. 305
Going to the bank may seem like a daunting task for many real estate investors. For starters, choosing one to go to is already quite confusing. Doing a lot of legwork for us to make it easier is Brecht Palombo, the Founder of DistressedPro – home to BankProspector, the fastest and easiest way to find banks and bank contacts with non-performing loans and REO. We have to open up our limiting beliefs against the notions of dealing with banks and talk directly to them to find some killer deals. Brec...
Jul 23, 2019•35 min•Ep. 304
Passive apartment investing can offer you a lot of income when you know the important nooks and crannies to look at. In this episode, Mitch Stephen interviews notable real estate investor/syndicator Lane Kawaoka about how he started on the rental business, going in with REIT, and buying more homes. Lane gives some great advice to first-time investors, especially in doing apartments. Hitting a certain critical mass, he shares the importance of building relationships and networks as well as doing ...
Jul 18, 2019•41 min•Ep. 303
A lot of people turn to real estate as a part-time hustle to get their money moving. However, for those who want to pursue it as full time, when can you actually jumpstart and leave your career? Michael Zuber tells his story of how he went from being an executive to retired using long-term rentals as a side hustle. In his book, One Rental at a Time, he shares his fifteen-year journey from a single house on Norris Drive in Fresno, California to financial independence and ultimately retirement. Th...
Jul 16, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 302
Many people used to have pensions, but the pensions are going away and folks are forced into 401(k)s which creates a difficult situation for a lot of people. Tye Glover was in a similar difficult situation, but he learned to increase his property’s value through partnership. In 2011, Tye had to sell his home as part of his divorce settlement. Realizing that, from experience, the homeowner and the actual flipper are the ones that are adding value to the property, he took what he learned and start...
Jul 11, 2019•25 min•Ep. 301
Coming from a corporate job and transitioning into the note investing space can be difficult, most especially with the nuances involved in it. That is why it helps to know your way around it, and what better way to do that than to learn from a professional. In today’s show, host Mitch Stephen talks with note investor and author Martin Saenz about his journey from the corporate world to becoming an investor and entrepreneur. Circling down to his methods, Martin shares his knowledge on buying non-...
Jul 09, 2019•55 min•Ep. 300
Knowing more about real estate and its complex details may seem hard, but it can be easier when two professionals explain it to you. Real estate investor Brad Smotherman recounts his humble beginnings, his light bulb moments, and how he succeeded in the real estate industry. In this episode, host Mitch Stephen compares notes with Brad to see the differences between their owner finance strategies. They also get into their successful and bad deals, emphasizing the need for having the right mindset...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 299
There is so much learning you can find in real estate, especially in finding and closing deals. It is a tough job to be in, but it is undoubtedly rewarding at the end of every final agreement. If there’s one thing that can assist the daily tasks of real investors, it would be a search engine that would take them to euphoria. Kosta Apostolou, owner of the BirdDogBot, dives into the value of automation in finding houses and deals, deal-crunching systemization, and motivated sellers. As he goes ove...
Jun 27, 2019•45 min•Ep. 298
Doing more of what you want, doing less work, and making the money you need all at once is everyone’s goal. This was something that Justin Wilmot was able to do. What’s his secret? The creator of Mobile Wholesaling shares the tool to flipping real estate contracts, not houses, using any mobile device and none of your cash or credit. With a surfer’s analogy, he believes in grabbing opportunities like waves – it will always be worth the wait. Learn everything you need to know to become a virtual w...
Jun 20, 2019•43 min•Ep. 297
Belize is a small country on the Eastern coast of Central America that has been one of the highest recipients of tourism growth in the region over the past several years. Real estate investor, developer, and agent Will Mitchell gives more information about investing in Belize. Will tells why should we consider investing in Belize as he shares the advantages like ownership rights, secure banking system, and lower tax rates, to name a few. He also gets to share his book, The Investors Guide to Bel...
Jun 13, 2019•38 min•Ep. 296
Real estate wholesaling is not your regular wholesaling. It is a tedious and challenging concept to begin with. Marco Romero, co-owner of Hilco Homes, teaches us how to make wholesaling less complex and more exciting. As any real estate agent, Marco also had a life-changing first deal which led him to starting his own wholesaling business. He shares the right and the wrong lessons he learned about the industry and what can be taken out of the middle of a deal. With his leadership skills, Marco h...
Jun 06, 2019•45 min•Ep. 295
With massive strategies presented from growing audience to attracting investors, meetups and networking are two of the most proven effective. The host of Creative Real Estate Podcast, Adam Adams gives away the hacks to growing your meetups and getting the message out there to keep them posted. A firm believer of creating engagement to appeal to more audience and investors, he reveals how to spot certain pockets of people potential to pitch deals on. On top of that, learn more about Adam’s Raisin...
May 30, 2019•52 min•Ep. 294
Being an entrepreneur always entails wearing different hats. Sometimes, the secret sauce to effectively manage your time and business is through hiring a professional virtual assistant. Daniel Ramsey, the Founder of MyOutDesk, breaks down the many reasons why hiring professional VAs is time-efficient and cost-effective. He reveals the ideal country source for virtual assistants and how he picks from the pool of applicants to bring out the professional ones. As he touches on the work culture in t...
May 23, 2019•35 min•Ep. 293
A mobile home park is a fantasy for a lot of people out there. Although the industry is still fragmented, mobile home parks will eventually be recognized as an asset. Kevin Bupp, CEO of Sunrise Capital Investors, is all in for this as he talks about how mobile home parks is the best cashflow vehicle for him. He shares some of his deals – from the best victories he had where he had a park that was beyond his wildest dreams, to the one that hurt him the most. He also talks about the importance of ...
May 16, 2019•53 min•Ep. 292
The real estate business is about being in front of sellers, making offers and raising money, building a better team, and then going into the next market. Real estate investors got into this business for passive income, wealth building, and freedom of time. However, everybody gets stuck in the muck by going into all these directions just to make things happen and close some deals. In this episode, Gary Boomershire introduces the concept of joining forces with a pro that’s going to take some of t...
May 09, 2019•41 min•Ep. 291
Nothing happens without a great deal from a seller. Knowing how to generate those kinds of deals is a good place to start. Danny Johnson of FlippingJunkie guides us in succeeding at our real estate venture by exposing the top three mistakes people do when dealing with seller leads. He talks about house flipping paired with the good use of technology to help with your business, particularly on having an online presence. Giving us a look into his book, Flipping Houses Exposed, Danny also shares th...
May 02, 2019•32 min•Ep. 290
Establishing a small business requires time and effort. Aside from talking with clients and answering endless emails, you also need to be the social media manager, the accountant, and the marketing officer. With the emergence of virtual assistants, more and more business owners are able to focus on more important things. But should you follow the herd? Bob Lachance is a retired professional hockey player who has been an active real estate investor since 2004. He owns and manages several business...
Apr 25, 2019•42 min•Ep. 289
Karen is a Master Financial Coach that has coached people with a variety of money issues; from just $500 in debt to $800,000 in debt. She has coached folks with up to 86 credit cards and taught them how to pay down and pay off those credit cards in record time. Karen’s mission is to inspire others to rid themselves of debt and build wealth. She encourages others to break the shackles of debt and gives valuable insight into building wealth so they can experience financial freedom! Karen has purch...
Apr 19, 2019•48 min
One of the key elements in finding houses is driving for dollars – a term real estate investors use for a technique for finding great deals on houses where you drive slowly through a neighborhood looking for distressed properties. Single-family investor Nate Pummel created a cutting-edge app that rivals driving for dollars and has added abilities at a lower cost – the DriveBuy REI. He joins us to describe its applications and why he created it.
Apr 18, 2019•35 min•Ep. 288
Greg Winteregg is an internationally recognized speaker, management consultant, and now author. After retiring from his first career at age 38, he went on to become a partner at one of the top management training firms in North America, where he was able to help increase revenue 18X over. Greg has presented over 2,000 lectures to tens of thousands of professionals and business owners – and has a unique ability to teach management, leadership, and sales in a way that produces real results in the ...
Apr 10, 2019•42 min
What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Beverly met Ron when he was still in high school in 1965, while she was on a date with Ron’s friend How Ron and Beverly’s first date ended in the back seat of his car, when the concrete block holding his front seat upshifted and the seat collapsed When Beverly realized that she wanted to marry Ron, how they got married after six months of dating, and how they grew their family How their early years together were difficult, always struggling for enough...
Apr 03, 2019•24 min
Fuquan Bilal, the company’s CEO, founded NNG in 2012 with the principal mission of capitalizing on the growing supply of mortgage notes in the interbank marketplace. Mr. Bilal utilizes his 19 years of residential and commercial real estate success to identify real estate opportunities and capitalize on them. His financial acumen and proprietary set of investment criteria enable him to purchase under-performing real estate assets at a deep discount of face and market values, thereby increasing th...
Apr 03, 2019•40 min•Ep. 286
Claudia Loens is the Founder of Wordflirt a global digital marketing company located in Northern California. Prior to diving into the social media world, Claudia had a successful career as a High Tech Recruiting Consultant in Silicon Valley. For over ten years now, she has been providing web design, social media content, blogging and LinkedIn lead generation for businesses. One of her specialties is working with Realtors and Mortgage professionals to provide done-for-you social media content ser...
Mar 28, 2019•37 min•Ep. 285
My name is Jay Conner…and let me tell you: I CAN RELATE to all these feelings and frustrations of losing out on so many deals. When I started out investing in Real Estate, I did it ALL THE WRONG WAY! Like so many other Real Estate Investors, I was taken to the slaughterhouse. I went to my local banker and was able to do a few deals…but you know what happened: I had to come up with Big Down Payments, pay origination fees, and most importantly…play by their rules. (Including signing personal guara...
Mar 26, 2019•48 min•Ep. 284
Ty Crandall is an internationally known speaker, author, and business credit expert. With over 16 years of financial experience, Ty has become the authority in business credit building, business credit scoring, and business credit repair. Ty Crandall has become one of the most well-known speakers regarding business credit building and scoring. Ty has been booked for speaking engagements in many states across the United States. Ty has also been booked for international speaking engagements as far...
Mar 21, 2019•29 min•Ep. 283
Tom Dunkel has been investing full time in alternative assets since 2006 completing over $40MM of transactions. He specializes in fragmented, dislocated markets such as distressed debt and multifamily. Tom has more than 25 years of real estate and investment experience. Tom is a trusted mentor and educator for investors and entrepreneurs. He teaches a real estate and mortgage note investment class at the CAMA Academy with his business partner, Joe Downs. Tom attended the University of Delaware a...
Mar 14, 2019•42 min•Ep. 281
Carl Scaramuzza founded his company, Credit Blueprint in 2011 with one simple goal: to help people use their credit to build real wealth and increase their net worth. He’s coached thousands of people and business owners on how they can leverage their credit, get access to other people’s money to multiply their assets, grow their net worth and ultimately, create a thriving financial future. Carl is more than just an entrepreneurial success story. His path exemplifies the principles he teaches his...
Mar 12, 2019•53 min•Ep. 280
Rodrick Long is a professional real estate investor who has sold multiple commercial and residential properties. He has created sustainable wealth through real estate and has helped countless others do the same by using his unique approach to the business. He started Wholesaling while working as the “neighborhood lawn guy”. Rod bought and sold over $3,000,000 in real estate in just 3 years and his top 3 students made over $25,000 on their first real estate deal. Rod has been featured in multiple...
Mar 07, 2019•45 min•Ep. 279
Todd Dexheimer and his companies have purchased, renovated and sold well over 200 properties, ranging from single family homes, duplexes, multi-family properties, mobile homes, raw land, and a ski resort. His focus is on value-added Multi-family purchase and syndication in emerging markets. Todd and has a team have purchased Multi-family buildings in 5 states and holds over $15 million of real estate. Todd has raised over $10 million in private equity and provided his private investors with doub...
Mar 05, 2019•43 min•Ep. 278
