You might occasionally feel overwhelmed with your business, and start thinking that is the right time to stop self managing your properties; however, have you considered if this decision is going to really align with your lifestyle, business and aims? In this Minisode, Liz and Andresa enlighten us with useful tips that will help you to clear up all doubts and questions you may have regarding managing your business or hiring a third party company to do it for you. If you would like to discover wh...
Feb 22, 2022•14 min•Ep. 245
Do you want your next project to go so smoothly you’ll look back and say, “Wow, that was easy?” Well, that never happened to Andresa but it takes a couple of fundamental shifts to go through this process with "ease" according to her. Andresa is a skilled developer and asset manager with extensive experience in full gut renovation projects, new construction, and commercial development. She is the “go-to person” for all things processes for scalability. Andresa is the co-founder and CEO of The Rea...
Feb 18, 2022•54 min•Ep. 244
Sometimes we just keep going in life, working, pushing and growing, but we rarely take the time to see the amazing things we have achieved in our business. In this Minisode, Liz and Andresa highlight the importance of making a pause and celebrating successes, in this case, one of their community members. They will provide you with some tips and strategies so you can also have something similar. Success does leave clues, and you will discover it by understanding the value of getting advice from t...
Feb 15, 2022•13 min•Ep. 243
In this episode, Liz and Andresa tackle a different asset class than usual, RV Parks! There's no better person to give us valuable insights than the queen of RV investing herself, Heather Blankenship. With over 11 years of experience in the industry, Heather has supported nearly $300M in transactions and has over $30M in real estate assets with no partners. She currently manages more than 30 workers and has scaled her business while raising 3 kids as a single mom! She currently serves as a board...
Feb 11, 2022•46 min•Ep. 242
You’re building your business, you’re scaling, and seeing results - it’s time to stop doing it all yourself and build a team! That said, whom you hire as your team member can have a massive impact on your business. So today, Andresa will break down what you should consider before hiring that person. How do you know if they’re the right fit? How do you find out who they are outside of work? Oh, how about getting your team members trained?! All this and more in today’s episode. Let’s jump right in...
Feb 08, 2022•14 min•Ep. 241
When you’re thinking of jumping into the market, you tend to hear all the voices saying, “you have to do this first,” or, “No, if you do that, it won’t work.” Today’s guest is going to obliterate those fears and help you start seeing things from a new angle - your angle! Kaydee Smith Myers is a real estate attorney and investor who has owned long-term rentals for over ten years now. She holds seven doors in her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. After stepping back from her legal career, Kaydee put he...
Feb 04, 2022•51 min•Ep. 240
It's not always about the big wins; sometimes, the best lessons we learn are the ones we learn from our biggest mistakes! In this episode, Liz gets transparent and pulls from her story of how she and her husband got in and out of debt. She'll give us the lessons she learned along the way: how to leverage debt correctly, good debt versus bad debt, and the importance of building out your exit plan! When you're in this business, people trust you to manage both your money and your investors' money. ...
Feb 01, 2022•15 min•Ep. 239
Are you held back by imposter syndrome, believing you don't deserve recognition for success or even deserve it? Susan Harrow is here today to give life-changing tips that will help you beat imposter syndrome and carry yourself with authority! Susan is a world-renowned media coach, marketing strategist, and author of a best-selling book. For over 32 years, she's helped thousands of CEOs and business innovators alike shine on Oprah, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Marketplace, NP...
Jan 28, 2022•52 min•Ep. 238
No one said managing an Airbnb would be easy (At least they shouldn’t!). Several things can go wrong, and it’s super important you identify and address them before they become problems. In this Minisode, Andresa takes the reigns. She breaks down 3 critical things that can go wrong and follows them up with the best practices you can put into action today to fix them. With experience in the Airbnb space, Andresa has discovered the best ways to mitigate the problems that can arise so that they don’...
Jan 25, 2022•13 min•Ep. 237
To grow, as so many of us want to do, you have to slow down and get connected to what's important to you. Let’s explore this important concept with today's guest Julie Holly. Starting in single-family homes and house-hacking before it had a name, she managed properties from 1k miles away and currently invests passively in nearly 300 doors. In this episode, Liz and Andresa dig deep into Julie's experience as an educator, her ability to relate with people, and how she's helping people reframe the ...
Jan 21, 2022•48 min•Ep. 236
What markets should you get involved in? What are the best markets to move to? While these are valid questions, it’s time to challenge our thinking a bit. Liz and Andressa start the episode by flipping these questions around. Where are you investing right now? How many markets are you in? It’s not so much about getting to the newest, hottest market; it’s about you. The power lies in where you decide to put your entire focus. Liz will talk about why focusing on one area is so essential and break ...
Jan 18, 2022•14 min•Ep. 235
As a social entrepreneur, Aline Bender unites the passion of a social mission with the actions of business-like discipline and innovation. Part of her mission is to take her keys to success and pass them down for other women to do the same. Aline is the co-founder and CEO of Kama'aina Mortgage Group Inc., author of The 60 Second Sale, and a wonderful mother. Aline is truly a master at scaling. She brought her business to closing over $175M with a team of 16, and she’s here today to share her sto...
Jan 14, 2022•55 min•Ep. 234
Sometimes, the topics people want to avoid the most are some of the most important ones they need to confront. This episode is going to tackle one of these issues, ‘locker room talk’! Locker room talk isn’t just a woman’s problem, it is everyone’s problem. Andresa and Liz discuss the negative effects of locker room talks, and how having empathy and taking responsibility can help shut down misogynistic conversations at the workplace. If you want to learn how to make your business a better, safer ...
Jan 11, 2022•15 min•Ep. 233
There are so many incredible benefits in passive investing, but in this episode, we’re going to dig a little deeper into how to find success in the people-side of the business with our very own co-host, Liz Faircloth! Liz co-founded the DeRosa Group in 2005, with her husband, Matt, with one mission in mind: to “transform lives through real estate." DeRosa now holds over $60M of residential and commercial assets throughout the east coast. To scale her mission to help women in Real Estate to live ...
Jan 07, 2022•44 min•Ep. 232
With us ladies jumping from project to project, our goals can sometimes get lost in the chaos. We know this feeling all too well: going, going, going, but not feeling like the needle is really moving forward! While you’re growing and expanding your business, it’s only natural that we experience this feeling of being overwhelmed. In this episode, we are going to get rid of all that anxiety and frustration with a step-by-step approach that has helped us feel like we’ve achieved our goals. With eac...
Jan 04, 2022•16 min•Ep. 231
The vacation market is booming, and our guest, Avery Carl, will teach you how to capitalize on it while creating passive income opportunities for yourself. Avery Carl was named by Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 100 and by Newsweek as Top 500 agents in 2020. She and her team at The Term Shop focus exclusively on Vacation Rental and Short Term Rental Clients, having closed well over 1 billion dollars in real estate sales. Since 2017, Avery has sold more than $300 million in short-term/vacat...
Dec 31, 2021•51 min•Ep. 230
Welcome to your 10-minute guide to getting one step closer to financial freedom! In this episode, we want to take a look at an important scenario for your investing: How do you go about evaluating syndicators like an expert? For over 16 years, vetting syndicators has played a major role in our business strategy. So I want to break down a bit of my experience and expertise here and give you the most important questions to ask yourself and your syndicators, as well as some hard to find tips you ca...
Dec 28, 2021•14 min•Ep. 229
Imagine being told you’re crazy and your market will never make any money but then swooping into it anyway right before it explodes into a thriving industry! Sandra Williams is a construction manager, entrepreneur, and investor. She has been Vice President of Northstar Construction and Development, LLC for the past 6 years. What’s super fascinating is she went from custom home builds to flipping, and now she's doing reuse projects, new builds, and a heap of construction projects that are all ali...
Dec 24, 2021•48 min•Ep. 228
There are a ton of skills that we need to have in the real estate space for sure. But today, we’re going to hone in on the NUMBER ONE skill every single real estate investor needs to have to crush it: problem solving! If you are an investor who is learning, scaling, and growing, then you either are facing - or will face some massive problems on your journey. Throughout the whole process, you have to continue to train your problem solving muscles. So in this episode, we’re going to break down how...
Dec 21, 2021•16 min•Ep. 227
Is self-management a buzzword for you? If so, you’re not alone. So many people run from it like the plague! But in this episode, we’re going to break down the uncertainties with one of the best real estate tech innovators in the space! Dana Dunford is the CEO of Hemlane, a technology-enabled property management platform. The best properties are not always the ones in our own backyards, which is why Dana is a strong advocate of purchasing properties anywhere. She empowers real estate investors to...
Dec 17, 2021•50 min•Ep. 226
Today we're going to talk about two things that are potentially ruining your team culture. Number one is not having specific roles, and number two, having very rigid roles. These two things are not just detrimental to your team but to your finances and scalability as well! Team development is a muscle you need to strengthen over time. Like any relationship, it’s ok not to get it right at first as long as it’s improving and getting better. So we’re going to break down the issues that stem from th...
Dec 14, 2021•15 min•Ep. 225
Women play vital roles in investment, and it’s Kim Kiyosaki’s mission to create a world of women who reach financial freedom by leveraging financial literacy to pursue their dreams. Kim is an internationally-renowned speaker, author of the titles Rich Woman and Good Deal Bad Deal, an entrepreneur, real estate investor, radio show host, and the founder of RichWoman.com. Through her book and work with her ex-husband, Robert Kiyosaki at the Rich Dad company, she helps women take control of their ow...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 224
We know, first-hand, how scary and overwhelming it can be investing out of state. It’s just so outside of the comfort zone of being in control of your own backyard. Little by little, you begin to realize that you need to move with the market, and sometimes that market may go beyond your own state. There’s no need to lose out on opportunities because of fear. That’s why we want to tackle this topic today. Not only should you be able to build an out-of-state team to manage your projects, we believ...
Dec 07, 2021•14 min•Ep. 223
Stephanie Betters “eats problems for breakfast,” her words! This mindset fueled Stephanie to create her business, Better Path Homes, a single-family residential wholesaling and new build company in Charlotte, NC. For her, everything boils down to taking care of people and helping to solve their problems. Stephanie is also the founder of SocialMediaREI, a Facebook Marketing company specializing in finding motivated sellers, and the founder of Left Main, a CRM for Real Estate Investors via a partn...
Dec 03, 2021•59 min•Ep. 222
The work we do comes with so many rewards, right? But with those rewards inevitably come risks. No matter how good you are, you will come face to face with a big fat lawsuit at some point. Yuck! I know! Not the sexiest topic in the world, but these things happen, and when they do, we need to handle them powerfully and intelligently. How would you handle lawsuits? In this episode, we'll break down a couple of ways you can look into it, how it can affect you either positively or negatively, and wh...
Nov 30, 2021•19 min•Ep. 221
When you get into the real estate space with no experience but tons of determination, it’s a recipe for some incredible lessons to be learned along the way if you can adjust and move forward. Originally from Albania, Arvi Carkanji started investing in real estate right out of college after finding out about it, and no matter the missteps never looked back. She bought her first flip in 2019, renovated it, sold it and broke even. She then got a 2nd flip and a 3rd one, in which she ended up house h...
Nov 26, 2021•51 min•Ep. 220
Are you looking to scale from that Duplex to something bigger? That 10 Unit to a 100 Unit? You’re not alone! For those who want to scale, you need to learn how to take the strategic shifts from small to large Multifamily. This is a massive topic, but I promise you that you’re going to walk away from this episode with some powerful takeaways that you’ll be able to put into action right away! With that, we’ll start by honing in on the three buckets of Multifamily: small, medium, and large. We’ll d...
Nov 23, 2021•16 min•Ep. 219
Sandhya Seshadri is an absolute powerhouse in the multifamily space, but it didn’t get like that overnight. Sandhya’s started with only having $8 a week for food to her name. Three years later, she began generating millions in multifamily investments! Sandhya’s strengths lie in acquiring cash flow positive and value-add multifamily assets in low crime neighborhoods. She increases property value, improves communities, and maximizes ROI for her investors by focusing on value-add in Dallas, Fort Wo...
Nov 19, 2021•51 min•Ep. 218
One of the three pillars we hold nearest and dearest to our hearts is the pillar of self-care. We need to be taking care of ourselves as women. Duh, right?! We all know that. But the more I continue down my journey through independence, the more I realize that there is a gap between the ‘knowing’ and the ‘doing.’ It’s something we all know we need, but it’s not that simple. To have a healthy ‘self-care life,’ it takes creating habits that stay with us even when we’re not thinking about them. In ...
Nov 16, 2021•16 min•Ep. 217
Wouldn’t it be amazing if when your customer avatar thought of the word “real estate” your name would be the first to pop in their mind? THAT is the power of digital marketing, and in this episode, you will get the strategies that will help you leverage it and set your business up to explode! So dive into this episode as we get real, raw, and authentic on how Krista is building her marketing channels and how you can establish authority through digital marketing. This is a powerful tool that can ...
Nov 12, 2021•49 min•Ep. 216
