Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! One thing that's not up for debate is that real estate has stood the test of time. Everyone needs somewhere to live and there are different types of real estate all around us. Noa Lawton (Episode 67) and Justin Green (Episode 98) talk about why they decided to pursue real estate, the value of mentorship and how they got their first investments. This is an episode that you don't w...
Jun 23, 2022•18 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode with Brian Grimes was powerful! Inspired by a friend in college who was already finding success in the game at a young age, Brian went to work on his very first deal right after graduating. Brian purchased his first property via FHA and never looked back. From living purely off of commission checks via his daytime job to sleeping in the basement of his first rental p...
Jun 20, 2022•54 min•Ep. 123
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Marion Lee talks about how to raise private capital, how to work with hard money lenders and answers questions from the group. Creative Financing can take your real estate i...
Jun 18, 2022•13 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Two things that real estate investors should consider is if they want to self manage their properties and use the BRRRR method to scale their portfolio. Before making any decisions in general you should consider learning from investors who have done what you want to do. Charles Oglesby III (Episode 2) and Mark Higgins (Episode 86) talk about self managing rental properties, long ...
Jun 15, 2022•16 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! In this solo episode, I give a 6-month update on how my personal real estate investing is going. I recently repaired the HVAC system and had some other minor repairs. In this episode I talk about how I found people to make the repairs from 2,000 miles away and general reflections on investing in 2022. Learn how to invest out of state- https://www.outofstatemoney.com/ Access all o...
Jun 13, 2022•13 min•Ep. 122
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Mark Jones II talks about the NACA program. This is a program that lets buyers purchase properties with minimal money out of pocket, specifically no closing costs or down pa...
Jun 11, 2022•16 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! One of the most powerful things we can do as real estate investors is invest in our communities. There are many examples of people who have done this, including our guests on this episode. Reginald Jordan Sr. (Episode 49) and Torrance Reed (Episode 64) talk about the importance of buying real estate near HBCUs, providing low/moderate income home buyers with affordable options and...
Jun 09, 2022•18 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode with Kevin Phillip was inspiring! Kevin began his journey renting two houses with his wife after upgrading their residence to accommodate their growing family. Unfortunately, those properties were rented out at losses. After a string of evictions under the same property manager, Kevin and his wife knew they had to make a change. Their eventual success was a matter of...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 121
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Kendra Barnes talked about how to get into Travel Nurse rentals as well as her strategy. This is a real estate strategy that isn't talked about much and it can be a great al...
Jun 04, 2022•16 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! In real estate, everyone starts somewhere and learns lessons along the way. The important thing is to get started and to learn creative financing strategies that will help you to grow your portfolio. Rashauna Scott (Episode 29) and Jeremy Taylor (Episode 22) talk about the importance of getting started with what you have and using all of the creative strategies at your disposal t...
Jun 01, 2022•16 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today, we sit down with Vernon Beckford, CEO at Diversified Lending Solutions, a mortgage loan advisor which helps real estate operators that are looking to scale their operations to obtain debt financing. Vernon and his partner were inspired to start Diversified Lending Solutions in order to bridge the gap between budding small businesses and larger, well-established companies. ...
May 30, 2022•54 min•Ep. 120
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Dionte Chantel talked about how she got into real estate development by building modular homes and answered questions from the group. As an investor, it's important to learn...
May 28, 2022•16 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Whether you want to invest in short-term rentals, long-term rentals, large apartment buildings or simply want a few rental properties, you need to know what you're doing. You also need to know why you're doing it and it's important to avoid comparing yourself to others. Jimmy Woodard (Episode 97) and Maurice Philogene (Episode 68) talk about the importance of analysis regardless ...
May 26, 2022•19 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today, we sit down with Nasar El Arabi, an investor and wholesaler known as the Real Estate Doru. The success that Nasar enjoys today is something his 24-year-old self could only dream about. It was at that exact age when he did his first deal—a fix-and-flip—right as the crash of 2008 rolled around. He invested $14,000 and lost it all. But being, in his own words, “too stupid to ...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 119
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show. Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Dé Ewetusa talked about how to analyze a real estate market. As an investor, it's important to find the right location for your investment. If you don't know how to do it, y...
May 21, 2022•17 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about not giving up in spite of the difficulties you'll experience as a real estate investor. Markets may change over time, so it's important to be willing to adjust your strategy if necessary. Andre Harris (Episode 84) and Alex Kamunyo (Episode 85) talk about how they adjusted their strategies when the market changed and how they pushed past the unexpected ch...
May 19, 2022•18 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode with Alex Coleman was inspiring! Alex is a Baltimore-based real estate investor whose journey began all the way back in 2009. Alex takes us down memory lane, recalling his naïve introduction to flipping houses as a teenager with an entrepreneurial streak. From facing an embarrassing loss on his very first renovation project to struggling to keep his home improvement ...
May 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 118
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, George Pitts talked about how to buy land. So many people are interested in buying land but have no idea where to...
May 13, 2022•14 min
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about black women succeeding in real estate. Black women are thriving in the real estate business all over the country and their stories must be shared. Stephanie Assi (Episode 76) and Jeanine Searcy (Smith) (Episode 70) talk about how they got started in real estate, helping others learn how to inves...
May 12, 2022•16 min
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode was inspiring! In this interview, I sit down with Jamiel Strickland and returning guest Eric Friday (Episode 27). The two are the Co-Founders of Monopoly Bros. Our guests worked their way up from wholesaling to fix-and-flip to buy-and-hold. In this conversation, we dive into their biggest transaction yet: A ...
May 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 117
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Ogechi Igbokwe talked about the importance of setting goals and paying off debt while investing. So many people t...
May 07, 2022•16 min
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about simply getting started in real estate. So many people think it's too late to start and it's simply not true. Sometimes you need to get started with what you have. Eric Bowie (Episode 46) and Jimmy Woodard (Episode 97) talk about how they got started and some lessons they've learned. Eric made hi...
May 04, 2022•17 min
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This interview with John Casmon was powerful! John is a multifamily real estate investor and host of the Multifamily Insights podcast. His company has purchased hundreds of units all around the country over the years. John is a corporate escapee who enjoyed what he did for a living, but hated the lack of control he had o...
May 02, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 116
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Welby Accely talked about how to buy properties right. As an investor it's important to not overpay for a propert...
Apr 30, 2022•15 min
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about partnership and raising capital. So many people want to invest in real estate and don't have enough money. You can partner with others to invest or raise capital to invest. Markus Jackson (Episode 38) and George Gipson (Episode 21) talk about how they formed the right partnerships and raised cap...
Apr 27, 2022•17 min
Show Sponsor: Steadily Insurance- https://www.steadily.com/ Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today, we sit down with returning guest Kendra Barnes, founder of The Key Resource and a real estate investor. In today’s conversation Kendra speaks to us about her new book, Acres , which contains inspiring stories of 25 real estate investors who are normalizing Black wealth, one acre at a time. Part of her inspiration ...
Apr 25, 2022•45 min•Ep. 115
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Austin Smith explained 4 different types of partnership in real estate. There may be a point when there is only so much you can do on your own as a real estate investor. The...
Apr 23, 2022•14 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about jobs and real estate. So many people are debating whether or not they should keep their jobs or invest full-time. The truth is you can use your job as your first investor while you build your business. Andre C. Hatchett (Episode 54) and Michelle McAllister (Episode 28) talk about how they got started in real estate. Michelle strategically planned her exi...
Apr 21, 2022•16 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today, we sit down with returning guest Austin Smith, a real estate agent and investor from New Jersey. With property prices rising in the state, Austin recently decided to buy a property in Cleveland. He breaks down why he made that specific decision as well as the unique value proposition of the market. Austin goes on to offer his thoughts on the possibility of a market crash i...
Apr 18, 2022•44 min•Ep. 114
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. In this session, Marjorie McPike, CPA shared practical advice about real estate taxes and answered questions. She has many years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant and has helped...
Apr 16, 2022•13 min
