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349: Multifamily Flipping and Due Diligence Tips to Save Thousands with Nathan Tabor Sep 26, 2019

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Apartment flipping from one of the best in the biz!

On today’s show, Brandon and David sit down with Nathan Tabor, a well-known multifamily investor who has done 26 multifamily flips in less than 10 years! You will love this informational and oftentimes hilarious episode, where Nathan shares some fantastic advice on how to flip apartments for big returns, what to look for in a deal, and which five incredible pieces of due diligence every investor needs to know.

You’ll also love his straightforward direction regarding questions to ask the county zoning department, great advice for raising money, and some mind-blowing insight into who actually owns fire hydrants!

This show is a very fun listen with tons of talk about dealing with rejection, finding the niche that’s perfect for you, and applying information you already know. Nathan's story is sure to change your mindset and confidence when it comes to taking action in your life. Make sure you listen today!

In This Episode We Cover:

How title insurance works
How to check with the zoning department to make sure you don’t get burned
How to file a claim for title insurance
His fantastic advice for due diligence checklists
His advice for finding your niche
The benefits of niching down
How to find your passion and inner focus
How to handle the fear of rejection
The key to applying information you have in your life already
How to flip an apartment or apartment complex
Advice for raising money
How to understand what a cap rate is
Why multifamily may be less risky than single family
And SO much more!

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348: Full-Time Job, Full-Time Mom, and Full-Time Wealth From Rentals with Ashley Kehr Sep 19, 2019

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Today’s guest is proof rental property investing can be fun, rewarding, and—with the right systems in place—totally doable… even with a job and a family.

Ashley Kehr sits down with Brandon and David and shares some great advice for building a rental property portfolio without much hassle or headache! Ashley manages all her own rentals and discusses the top three apps she uses to do it with ease. She also shares how she structures her partnerships, how she pitches her deals, and how she’s finding deals in today’s hot market.

Ashley gives great advice for what most newbies get wrong about investing, which apps she uses to find off-market property owner info, and how she uses her children to help her find potential deals! Plus, you won’t want to miss how Ashley helped her sister buy a duplex (and spend just $45 a month to live there), as well as how she bought a property no one else wanted, pulled $6,000 more out of it than she put in, and created a cash flow of almost $1,000 a month!

Today’s show is fun, entertaining, and full of great advice for investors of all levels. Download this one today!

In This Episode We Cover:

3 apps Ashley uses to remove herself from the business
How she uses technology to systemize her rural business
How she structured her first partnerships (with ease!)
Where she's finding deals
How she used her current job and boss to get into investing
What newbies get wrong about the reality of investing
How she uses apps to find off-market deals
Using her children to find deals while driving in the car (a fun family game!)
How she helped her sister buy a duplex at 20 years old
How she bought a property for each of her kids
How she set it up to be paid off and refi-ed by college
How she uses a commercial line of credit to borrow money to buy new properties
How she finds properties on the MLS
Why she always tells everyone she buys rental properties
What her favorite parts of the business are
How she bought a property no one else wanted for $35K, pulled out $6K more than she put in, and cash flows almost $1K/month
And SO much more!

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347: Using Multifamily Syndication to Reach 5,000 Units with Mark and Tamiel Kenney Sep 12, 2019

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On today’s show, a married couple who scaled to 5,000 units together!

Brandon and David interview Mark and Tamiel Kenney, a husband and wife team who buy large apartment complexes through the power of syndication. This mighty couple shares some great insight into how to find the right partner, how to set expectations with your agent (or team member) in the beginning, and how coming up with strict criteria helped them overcome their fear of getting started.

You’ll love their advice on what they learned in the first 12 months to help them land their first deal, how they split profits with investors, and which are the most important fundamentals for any multifamily investor to learn. You DO NOT want to miss their advice on following up after meeting with brokers or investors. Plus, they reveal the most common trait successful syndicators share.

Mark and Tamiel go on to share how they’ve struggled with—and overcome—the difficulties of balancing a demanding business while still carving out valuable family time.

Don’t miss this episode, and subscribe to the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast so you won’t miss the next!

In This Episode We Cover:

- What to look for in partners

- How to have conversations with brokers and managers to set expectations

- What they learned in their first year that allowed them to land their first big deal

- The importance of strict criteria

- Mistakes they made that prevented them from being successful

- How they find deals their investors will want to invest in

- How to provide clarity to help investors feel comfortable moving forward

- How to use social media to build your database of partners, investors, and brokers

- Advice for standing out from other buyers when interacting with brokers

- How they split up the various tasks of their business

- How a typical syndication split looks in their deals

- What success looks like in their family and business

- Why learning the fundamentals is more important than complicating your business

- And SO much more!

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BiggerPockets Forums

BiggerPockets Webinar

Monkeypod Kitchen

Pacific North West Real Estate Wealth Expo

BiggerPockets Podcast 189: 500 Deals, the $100,000 Wholesale Paycheck, & the Systems That Make it Work with Tarl Yarber

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346: 34 Units & Six-Figure Wholesale Fees (at 20 Years Old!) with Josiah Pott Sep 05, 2019

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Attention: this is a must-listen show! Whatever you’re doing, stop and download today’s episode!

Brandon and David sit down with Josiah Pott, a real estate investor/wholesaler who is doing six-figure deals at 20 years old, using nothing but old fashioned cold calling. Josiah shares just how he puts houses under contract and wholesales them for big profits—then converts that money into cash-flowing rental property.

You will love hearing how he found his first mentor (and got paid $20K to do so), why he dropped out of college to invest in real estate, and what his five tools are for finding off-market property owner info. You’ll also love hearing how the power of compound interest changed his life, how he uses a calendar to manage his lead follow-up, and how he handles questions regarding his young age.

Josiah has done several deals where he’s made well over six figures and will tell you exactly how he did so.

Don’t miss out on this game-changing info. Download this show today!

In This Episode We Cover:

His five tools for finding off-market property owner info
How he wholesales and turns that into rentals
Why he won’t miss out on seller financing in the future
Why he wants things to be “hard”
How he found a mentor (and got paid $20K by them)
Why he dropped out of college to invest in real estate
How the power of compound interest changed his life, mindset, and approach to building wealth
How he’s accumulated a very impressive portfolio at 20 years old
Why he uses cold calling to build wealth
How he made $127K on one deal
How he made $355K on a deal with his partner
How he organizes his business so he doesn’t lose deals
Why he keeps a personal touch in his business
How he handles questions about his young age
How he and his wife work together on their business
And SO much more!

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345: “Vivid Visions” and 90-Day Sprints—Brandon’s Approach to Mobile Home Park Investing (and Life!) Aug 29, 2019

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Today, Brandon Turner’s on the other side of the microphone.

J and Carol Scott, co-hosts of the BiggerPockets Business Podcast, recently interviewed him… and the result was so epic we wanted to share it here, too!

In this episode, Brandon reveals why he chose mobile home park investing (hint: NOT necessarily because it’s the “best” investment) and describes the method his team used to get hundreds of pads under contract in just a few months. (It's an approach YOU can apply using the new BiggerPockets Intention Journal.)

But this show is about much more than real estate. It’s about avoiding that all-too-common pitfall where you set an ambitious goal only to see it buried under an avalanche of more urgent (but less important) responsibilities.

Brandon shares the tools he’s used to break that cycle and how he’s applied them to other challenges—like moving to Hawaii, improving his personal health, and spending more meaningful time with his family.

You’ll hear how Brandon’s first business venture failed, how he got into real estate investing for cash flow, and how he discovered a way to bring BIG value to BiggerPockets as Employee #2, despite not owning a computer the year before! Oh, and you’ll learn the meaning of “M.I.N.S.” and the role they play in moving your business forward (ESPECIALLY when the going gets tough).

Brandon also shares why writing out a “vivid vision” of your future might be the best thing you can do to move yourself closer to your ideal life; why he asks, “What would be awesome?” and then works backwards; and why he and his wife organize a goal-setting retreat together on the same day every year.

This is an amazing episode that lays out a battle plan for getting WAY more done while setting aside quality time for friends, family, and fun.

Download this one, and subscribe using your favorite podcast app so you won’t miss any future shows!

In This Episode We Cover:

Brandon's mobile oil change business plan (that he didn't execute on)
How he flipped a house and spent all the money
Brandon's very first house hack
How he “got into the business of collecting units” and quit his job
How a cold email led to him working for BiggerPockets
The strategy he used to write 50 blog posts in a year for BiggerPockets
Brandon's thoughts on the path to 100 units
Why you should ask yourself, “What would be awesome?”
How to ask, “What if it was easy?” and work backwards toward your goal
How to balance family life and health with business
Why he chose mobile home park investing (hint: not because it’s the “best” asset)
How to "have it all" (as long as you’re focused and tracking everything)
Tips for setting goals as a couple
How to identify the “Most Important Next Step” (M.I.N.S.) and then time block it
The 90 Days of Intention Journal
The importance of writing down goals every day
And SO much more!

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344: “No Money” Real Estate Investing with Gabriel Hamel Aug 22, 2019

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Over 25 seller financed deals in a few short years! Today’s guest, former service member (and diamond pushup world record holder) Gabriel Hamel, sits down with Brandon and David to share how he built a portfolio of over 140 units (in an expensive market) using creative methods and seller financing to make deals where other investors miss them!

Gabriel shares how he started investing in a tough market and used sub-prime lending (successfully) to house hack his first few properties. He gives some awesome advice on approaching sellers with seller financing proposals, structuring the offers, and showing them how it’s a win-win. He also gives great advice on finding gentrifying markets, walking away from closings with money in his pocket, and applying a mindset to real estate investing that helps him succeed in all aspects of life! Gabriel has very practical, down-to-earth, useful advice and shares it willingly.

This is an episode for both newbies and experienced investors to download today!

Listen to the full episode here: http://biggerpockets.com/show344

In This Episode We Cover:

Started with sub-prime lending and it worked out
House hacked his first and second home
Owns 140 units now
How he got started buying properties in a scary market from 2009-2012
Why he began with seller financing
How he found his first off-market deals
Seller financing wizardry
What he looks for in improving neighborhoods
How he’s been able to walk away with cash at closing—better than no money
Why he focuses more on terms than just price
His advice for having a success mindset in ALL areas of life
What he looks for in a deal
How he scaled to over 100 units
And SO much more!

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343: Using Checklists and Systems to Get More Done in Less Time with Pilot/Investor Steve Rozenberg Aug 15, 2019

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Want to build a cash flowing portfolio while working a full time job?

Today’s guest did just that! Steve Rosenberg shares his incredible story of how he built a huge property management company (along with several cash flowing rental properties) while working as an airline pilot and travelling the country! Steve has a genuine, straight forward style and shares what he did wrong buying real estate, where he learned what his strengths are, and how he and his partner resurrected a dying business. Steve also shares how he learned why systems are so important, how he learned to build them, and which systems he uses in his own business to save time, make money, and scale! Steve shares some of the most painful lessons he learned through failure so you don’t have to learn them yourself.

This is an episode you definitely want to download today!

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342: From Duplexes to a 64-Unit and Self-Storage Millions with Kris Benson Aug 08, 2019

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From buying duplexes to a self-storage empire! Today’s guest Kris Benson sits down with Brandon and David to talk about his remarkable journey across all kinds of different real estate asset classes.

Kris began with a successful sales career and explains why he transitioned into owning real estate instead. You’ll love Kris’s story about how he built a 64-unit apartment complex (in a cornfield), how he found partners to bring the project to life, and how it all started with one phone call! He also shares why he now invests in self-storage, how he evaluates properties, and why he believes this asset is recession-proof!

Kris provides great advice for raising money and finding your niche, and explains his theory that “deals create deals” as he walks through his journey. This is a fantastic show full of great content.

Download today!

In This Episode We Cover:

Why he transitioned out of a successful sales career
How he got started with a duplex and built up to a large commercial real estate portfolio
How he acquired 20 small multifamily units—and hated it
How he built a 64-unit apartment complex from the ground up
How he got involved in a condo syndication project
How he began finding the right partners to build multifamily projects with
His theory on “deals create deals”
Why he now invests in self-storage
Where to find data on self-storage and REIT’s
Why he believes self-storage is recession-proof
How the best opportunities in his life have come from cold calls to property owners or friends
How he learned his skillset and why he sticks to it
His advice for raising money from others
And SO much more!

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341: Getting Started with No Cash to 30+ Deals Per Year and “Free Houses” with Jared Holland Aug 01, 2019

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Real estate flipper, broker, contractor, and more!

Today’s guest, Jared Holland, is doing 30 deals a year and profiting from all different phases of a flip-and he shares exactly how he does it! Today’s show gets into the nitty gritty of Jared’s business and how he grow from one wholesale deal to running an entire business in a short period of time. You’ll love Jared’s advise on using a multitude of methods to find deals, how he handled the transition of going from employee in his business to manager of his business, and how he got his first deal from a hedge fund! You’ll also find some fantastic advice about finding the right mindset in an employee/partner, how to find deals if you have no money, and why you should NEVER assume the person you’re talking to doesn’t want to work with you. Jared gives some great advice on why taking big action matters, as well as how to decide which actions you should start with.

If you’re looking to level up your investing, or take your business from successful to great, download this one today!

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340: How a Mom with a Full-Time Job Bought 10 Houses Her First Year with Whitney Hutten Jul 25, 2019

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Would you be interested in taking your retirement account and turning it into 22 cash flowing rental properties? What about doing it with someone else’s capital? Today’s guest did just that!

Whitney Hutten shares her incredible story of how she built a rental property empire off of a 401k account by leveraging the power of a team! You’ll love how she made 50k on one of her first deals (without paying a dime of the mortgage herself) and how she used Brandon Turners method known as “the stack” to keep building! She also shares how she got her start in turnkey houses and moved along a spectrum to get to fixer-upper BRRRR’s, how she bought 10 houses her first year, and why she invests out of state. Whitney goes DEEP sharing which parts of town she invests in, why she invests near hospitals, and how she netted a 30% ROI on a BRRRR gone wrong!

You do not want to miss this inspirational story of how an “average Jane” accomplished extraordinary results through real estate-including how she fixed a bus falling on one of her houses and survived a racoon infestation on another!

This show is hilarious, insightful, and content packed. Download today!

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