Flipping America

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Flipping America 375 "How to Make a Million Dollars and NOT Pay Taxes" Jul 30, 2020

Show notes

They say there are two inevitabilities in this life: Death and Taxes. We won't tell you that you can completely avoid taxes, but you can minimize them with the right strategies and there are some cases where you can avoid taxes all together. The Self-Directed IRA is our topic for tonight and in a few moments we are going to show you how you can make a million dollars or even more in your Self-Directed IRA and not pay taxes. Mike Ventry is joining us. He is the Director of Business Development for American IRA, one of our sponsors. We are joining the call in just a moment and will proceed with limited commercial interruption as we cover this important topic.

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Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don't mind.

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American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

Bay Mountain Capital, lending in the southeastern region

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

The online course "Show Me the Money" bit.ly/dealfundingcourse 56firedome

Coaching Course: Six Months, begins July 8, reg $5967, use code hopflipjump for 50% off for a limited time.

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

Topic: Investing with Your Self-Directed IRA News:

Motivational Thoughts for the day "One of the secrets of growing wealth is compounding interest. With a Roth IRA, you can compound the return on the money that would have otherwise been sent to the IRS. This is brilliance." – Roger Blankenship

Flipping America 374, You've Got This! Jul 06, 2020

Show notes

Imagine standing in front of someone you need to impress (a date?, investors, potential clients, home-sellers?) with complete confidence. We're not talking about false bravado or an over-inflated ego disconnected from reality. We're talking about confidence that comes from preparation, skill development, knowledge, experience, and a thorough understanding of your weaknesses and what you have done to address them.

Confident people do better in business and in life. They generally report a higher level of happiness and life satisfaction. Some people just seem to be brimming with natural confidence. It's tempting to think they have always been that way, but life experiences and choices shape each of us into the person we are. No one is born more confident than anyone else. The good news is you can gain confidence at any stage in your life. It's never too late to learn the skills, begin the behaviors, and see results. Realistic confidence is not necessarily connected to your looks, your weight, your brains, but very much connected to a realistic self-understanding and awareness. If you are lacking a little bit of confidence we are going to help you tonight.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

Bay Mountain Capital, lending in the southeastern region

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

The online course "Show Me the Money" bit.ly/dealfundingcourse 56firedome

Coaching Course: Six Months, begins July 8, reg $5967, use code hopflipjump for 50% off for a limited time.

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

Topic: Confidence News:

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Motivational Thoughts for the day It is confidence in our bodies, minds, and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures. — Oprah Winfrey If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. – Lucille Ball Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will. – Venus Williams

Flipping America 373, Get to Yes, Part 2 Jul 04, 2020

Show notes

We continue today in our conversation about Creative Deal Structures with Don Derosa. As we left off last time we were about to have a pile of wisdom and experience laid on us. In a few minutes I'm going to start the recording up again - I'll back it up a little bit so you have some context, but Don is going to share some key principles with you about getting these deals done.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

Bay Mountain Capital, lending in the southeastern region

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

The online course "Show Me the Money" bit.ly/dealfundingcourse 56firedome

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

Topic: Creative Deal Structuring News:

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Motivational Thoughts for the day "Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising." John Stuart Mill, English philosopher and economist

Flipping America 372, "Getting To Yes" Part 1 Jul 03, 2020

Show notes

In the coming months we are going to see a bump in the number of distressed homeowners who need an offer "right now." Many homeowners do not have enough equity or the ability to discount their houses low enough for there to be an opportunity for an investor to make money. Unless you know how to creatively structure deals to minimize your cash outlays. That's the topic for the next couple of episodes. Don DeRosa buys a dozen or more houses every year and most of the time he buys using a creative deal structure. He's joining us today and next time to talk about how this is done.

We will be talking about subject-to, mortgage wraps, lease sandwiches, and other options that will allow you to not only say yes to more deals, but get more sellers to say yes to your offers.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

Bay Mountain Capital, lending in the southeastern region

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

The online course "Show Me the Money" bit.ly/dealfundingcourse 56firedome

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

News:

The data behind the rebounding housing market. https://www.housingwire.com/articles/is-the-housing-market-already-rebounding-from-covid-19/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=88519514&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OlEbOlgHJcSWCTHkpfY4T7P7snHTuJ5kEX4fG__LG7ZoLE3A-RYuoduQeX62Q6B5A97gjnsMYbb0jPV6-WN92d4QIC2yBWtC2yfatOpofvk9eFW4&utm_content=88519514&utm_source=hs_email

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Elwood, Knoxville, TN "Would you recommend a person start out with single family homes and move up to apartments?"
Patrick, Pittsburgh, PA "How do I buy one of those ten thousand dollar houses I hear you talking about. Where do you find them? bit.ly/rogersbuyerslist
Carmen, Long Beach California, "How is the real estate market even surviving? No one is allowed to look at homes or show them. I don't think people are going to buy their next home without having set foot in it first. But from what I hear, the real estate market is doing ok. How is this so?"

Motivational Thoughts for the day "Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate." Andrew Carnegie – Scottish businessman and philanthropist

Flipping America 371 "Some Like it Hot, Part Three" Jul 02, 2020

Show notes

Today we conclude the conversation with Ramon Tookes and John Durham on the topic we titled, "Some Like it Hot". We are looking for hot markets, hot products in those markets, and hot deals. We also took a number of questions from the audience during the call and we are sharing it all with you here. The first two installments from this call were part of the previous two episodes. You'll want to listen to Episodes 369 and 370 at some point. We will join the conversation in a few moments. Then we have some news updates and some of your questions, which we will address.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

News:

The data behind the rebounding housing market. https://www.housingwire.com/articles/is-the-housing-market-already-rebounding-from-covid-19/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=88519514&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8OlEbOlgHJcSWCTHkpfY4T7P7snHTuJ5kEX4fG__LG7ZoLE3A-RYuoduQeX62Q6B5A97gjnsMYbb0jPV6-WN92d4QIC2yBWtC2yfatOpofvk9eFW4&utm_content=88519514&utm_source=hs_email

Questions:

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Motivational Thoughts for the day "Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it." Warren Buffet

Flipping America 370, Some Like It Hot, Part 2 Jun 29, 2020

Show notes

We are continuing the conversation today with Ramon Tookes and John Durham on the topic we titled, "Some Like it Hot". We are looking for hot markets, hot products in those markets, and hot deals. We also took a number of questions from the audience during the call and we are sharing it all with you here. We will join the conversation in a few moments. This part two of three parts. If you missed the beginning of the conversation be sure at some point to go back and listen to Episode 369.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

Topic: "Hot Markets, Hot Products, Hot Deals" Questions:

Send your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com

Shamika, Knoxville, TN, "Where do I need to start to get $1000 month cash flow?No previous real estate experience Want to start building a portfolio. Desired- Buy n hold In a Class B neighborhood ( Knoxx county) Farragut /North Knoxville Ideal-Multi family 4x unit. My hubby is retired. I work overseas 80k year.We own our property Credit is 700+ Please advise." Thks Shamika (Knoxville, Tn)
Grady, Jacksonville, FL "I've been laid off due to the coronavirus. I've been delivering food for grubhub and uber eats but this is not a career path. How can I get started into what you do?"

Motivational Thoughts for the day "The major fortunes in America have been made in land." John D. Rockefeller

Flipping America 369, Some Like It Hot, Part 1 Jun 26, 2020

Show notes

I believe every meeting we hold and every call we conduct provides great information that you need and want. We almost always, in my humble opinion, we hit that mark. I take pride in the fact that this show is carefully researched, thoughtfully constructed, and reasonably presented to add incredible value to the life of anyone interested in real estate investing. But occasionally we move the needle from really good to amazing. And that's what happened on a recent call with Ramon Tookes and John Durham. The topic was "Some Like it Hot". The conversation was informative, inspirational, entertaining, and long. The call went on for a record two hours - the longest in the brief history of the Flipping America REIA. There's so much content here I think it will fill most of the next three episodes of Flipping America. Brace yourselves America, we are going to hear a quick message from our sponsor Civic Financial and then it's on to the call.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

Topic: Hot Markets, Hot Products, Hot Deals Questions:

Send your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com

Motivational Thoughts for the day "The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work." Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Flipping America 368, Real Estate Recovery Part 2 Jun 17, 2020

Show notes

We continue today the conversation we started last time with Mark Dolfini and Tom Zeeb. We are talking about the recovery after the coronavirus shutdowns end and where we think real estate will be. Mark is a buy and hold investor in Indianapolis and Tom is a wholesaler in Washington DC. It's tough to predict outcomes from something unprecedented like this, but we are going to try anyway.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

News:

Further evidence that we are NOT going to see a spike in foreclosures. https://www.housingwire.com/articles/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-borrowers-in-forbearance-can-defer-all-missed-payments-until-the-end-of-their-loan/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87898438&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--TOyf49q9tKoSRwCQZhMjj8FrtTlEy1a1l29czCyewXxduD53BdaAcgjom3a15E4Oa1liBWTxCLZRzdD4XXZ5LTujqNx28dRCXynXQS9Do2798-fY&_hsmi=87898438

Questions:

Send your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com

Motivational Thoughts for the day "In any market, in any country, there are developers who make money. So I say all of this doom and gloom, but there will always be people who make money, because people always want homes." Sarah Beeny

Flipping America 367, The Real Estate Recovery, Pt 1 Jun 16, 2020

Show notes

The economy can't stay closed forever. And when it reopens it might not open all at once everywhere. Many experts now are beginning to believe that real estate will lead a resurgence that could impact the entire economy. What shape will it take? We are joined today by my good friends Tom Zeeb and Mark Dolfini. These are high volume investors from Washington DC and Indianapolis respectively and they will weigh in on this important topic.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

News:

Further evidence that we are NOT going to see a spike in foreclosures. https://www.housingwire.com/articles/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-borrowers-in-forbearance-can-defer-all-missed-payments-until-the-end-of-their-loan/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87898438&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--TOyf49q9tKoSRwCQZhMjj8FrtTlEy1a1l29czCyewXxduD53BdaAcgjom3a15E4Oa1liBWTxCLZRzdD4XXZ5LTujqNx28dRCXynXQS9Do2798-fY&_hsmi=87898438

Questions:

Send your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com

Motivational Thoughts for the day "Real estate is an imperishable asset, ever increasing in value. It is the most solid security that human ingenuity has devised. It is the basis of all security and about the only indestructible security." Russell Sage, American Financier and Politician

Flipping America 366 Master the Tech Jun 15, 2020

Show notes

We sometimes take technology for granted in our world. I'm not going to turn this into your daddy's talk about how he had to walk to school every day 5 miles, uphill each way in rain or snow. But I will tell you that when I started in this business TVs were not flat and phones didn't take pictures or send emails. Yes things have come a long way and this is not just to tell you that I'm old or I've been at this a long time. Both of those are true, but the point is, technological advances make it easier for us to do our jobs as real estate investors. I hope i don't get to the point (as I know some of my friends have) where I say "I just don't want to learn another new technology." That statement ultimately deprives us of conveniences and advances. Besides, one way to fight dementia is to keep learning and keep the brain active. So there.

Today we are joined by technology whiz Nick Baldo. Nick started young - just out of college in his hometown of Buffalo, NY and hit the ground running with today's tech. In time he realized that not everyone made the best use of the technology and seeing a need, he created a niche and another income stream. This my friends is how you do it. Add related businesses and generate income. But this isn't the Multiple Income Streams show - this is the Real Estate Technology show, so we will get to that in just a few minutes.

How to contact us

www.RogerBlankenship.com. Leave a voicemail right from the home page!

Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia

Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica

Call our National Comment Line: 877-55-ROGER (76437) ext 1. Leave your message or your question.

Sponsors

American IRA: www.americanIRA.com

Civic Financial: bit.ly/CivicFinancial

FlipStarter Online! www.flipstarteronline.com

Announcements:

The Flipping America REIA meets every Wednesday from noon to 2 and Thursday from 7-9. You can join the REIA and learn real estate investing from the comfort of your own home, or get together with a few friends and form a chapter in your area. Learn more at flippingamericareia.com.
Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It's a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think.
FlipCalcs allows you to enter one data set about a property and consider up to six deal possibilities .
"Real Estate Investing Quick Start" Fifteen lessons to start your real estate investing career. Study from the comfort of your own home. I give you 8 action assignments in lesson 1 and show you how to complete them while holding your feet to the fire over the next 15 lessons. bit.ly/requickstart.

News:

The shut-downs continue across the country blamed on the corona virus, but now I see an element of politics being injected into the process. Please be a part of what makes this country great. Be a risk-taker. Get out there - do your business. After the initial sheltering worked to keep our hospitals from being overwhelmed, we should assume the mantle of courageous Americans that has forged our incredible history and get this country back to work. Let's continue to protect the medically fragile, but let us never give in to fear or to the taking away of our freedoms because of someone else's fear. Ultimately, there is a good chance we will all contract the virus. There's also a good chance you already have and had no symptoms. Did you know this will be the case with 99% of people who contract the virus? 1% of those people exposed will show some type of significant health problem and of that 1%, 10% will die. It is tragic when anyone's life is cut short. But it happens tens of thousands of times every single day. You have more risk going anywhere in a car. Since when did our great country become a people who cower in fear? Since when did our people let industries fail and the economy crash because they are too afraid to get sick? The odds of dying are still 100% and if that scares you to think about, I invite you to think about it hard. You and I are going to die someday - maybe soon - maybe a long time from now. It is a blessing that we do not know exactly when. But it also behooves us to prepare now for that one undeniable certainty that comes with this life. Get ready. Now - that's the worst that can happen. The next worst is to starve and suffer a slow death because you were too frightened to provide for yourself. "Ah but the government has money," you say. "And the government will help me." you say. The government has run out of our money. The first stimulus package borrowed from our children and grandchildren. The next one will be borrowing from our great grandchildren. We may dig a debt hole so deep we can never as a nation escape. What will happen then? The government will ultimately have to break some of its promises. We are not in danger of becoming another Greece or Venezuela in the next year or so, but why engage in behavior that leads down that path? Let's just stop. Face our fears, get back to work, maybe we get sick, maybe we die. But let's live while we live in joy and purpose not cowering in our homes in fear.

Questions:

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Rodel, Atlanta, GA "Do you know a hard money lender that will let the homeowner carry a second mortgage?"
Anthony, Macon, GA "How do you find comp values?"
Suzanne, Lakeland, FL "What do I need in order to start a Flipping America REIA group here?"
Margaret, Maryville, TN "There is already a group called Flipping Knoxville that is a part of your REIA. It's too far for me to drive for a meeting. Could I start a group here in Maryville?
Daniel, Atlanta, GA "What are the territory rules for the Flipping America REIA? I want to start a group, but I bet you already have a group in Atlanta."

Motivational Thoughts for the day "If you don't own a home, buy one. If you own a home, buy another one. If you own two homes, buy a third. And, lend your relatives the money to buy a home." John Paulson, investor and multi-billionaire

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