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JF308: How To Be A Social Media Marketing Expert Jul 07, 2015

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Today’s Best Ever guest, shares with us how he was WAY ahead of the curve with social media marketing. He has used social media to market his company since the beginning and shares with us some awesome information about how YOU can do the same!

Best Ever Tweet:

Understand that for the most part, you are a marketer.

Ross Hamilton’s real estate background:

- CEO of Connected Investors– aggregator of crowdfunding portals – about 250,000 investors

- Nominated by Entrepreneur Magazine as Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011

- Based out of Wilmington, North Carolina

- Wrote the book “Real estate investing in your 20s”

- Used to compete in BMX Freestyle

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JF307: Your Guide To Making $97,000 in 97 Days Jul 06, 2015

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Today’s Best Ever guest isn’t a guy to be messed with, however his investing advice is invaluable. We discuss how he gets deals from ‘raggety’ houses, what he uses to evaluate deals and the best ever way to comingle funds.

Best Ever Tweet:

Cash flow is king-not cash.

Elvin Ames’ real estate background:

- Real estate investor at Golden Eye Investments LLC

- Currently in NYU Masters program for Real Estate Development

- Done over 70 fix and flips and is a licensed real estate broker in NJ and Relator in NYC

- Former US Marine Infantry Sergeant and 5-time Marine Corps Rifle expert

- Based in Newark, NJ

- Owns 12 rental properties as buy and hold investments

- Originally from Barbados, West Indies – came to US when he was 17

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JF306: The THREE Hidden Closing Costs YOU Need to Know About #skillset Sunday Jul 05, 2015

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JF306: The THREE Hidden Closing Costs YOU Need to Know About #skillset Sunday

Ever think you’ve found an incredible deal only to inundated with closing costs? Well, today we discuss the THREE main closing costs you need to begin looking at.

Best Ever Tweet:

If you have a multi-family property, you need to look at all the deposits you have on file.

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JF305: Why You Should Look at the Numbers LAST When Evaluating A Deal Jul 04, 2015

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Today, we have an incredible conversation about acquiring and underwriting deals. Our Best Ever guest today, shares with is TONS of value regarding how to determine a viable market, how you actually need to use a cap rate and why you should look at the numbers LAST when evaluating a deal

Today, we have an incredible conversation

Best Ever Tweet:

Aligning myself with the right people can grow my business larger than I could have ever imagined.

Brian Burke’s real estate background:

- Based in Santa Rosa, California

- Co-Founder and Managing Director of Praxis Residential

- Flips 25 to 30 houses a year and is buying a 276 unit property

- Say hi to him at http://www.praxcap.com/

- Focuses on single family and multifamily acquisitions

- Purchased nearly 700 properties with combined value in excess of $200 million

- An avid aviator who loves flying airplanes, helicopters, and stunt planes

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JF304: Why You Should Take a 15 Year Loan Instead of a 30 Year Loan Jul 03, 2015

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It was today’s Best Ever guest, with a 15 year loan, at the bank! Sound like a game of Clue to you? Well, it’s no mystery why today’s Best Ever guest has made a career out of real estate investing! Today, we discuss the different real estate cycles she has seen in real estate,

Best Ever Tweet:

You’re either living for now or living for the future.

Sandra Musslewhite’s real estate background:

- 45 years as an investor primarily in income-producing residential property

- Strong advocate of 15 year loans vs. 30 years

- Based in Virginia Beach, Virginia

- Avid reader of murder mysteries

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JF303: How to Become a MASTER Marketer in Creative Real Estate Investing Jul 02, 2015

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Today, we have an incredible conversation about lease-options and ALL you need to know about them. Our Best Ever guest shares with us his motivation for going into lease-options, why they are beneficial and what he does to be a master of marketing.

Best Ever Tweet:

He who asks the most questions, always wins.

Joe Bodek’s real estate background:

- Third generation real estate entrepreneur who is born and raised in Philadelphia, PA

- Has run 7 apartment communities (3,000) units, developed land and built single family houses

- Guitar player and played with local groups

- Lease options is what he specializes in now

- Say hi to him at www.realestatementoringusa.com

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JF302: The KEY Things You Need To Know About an FHA Loan Jul 01, 2015

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Today’s Best Ever guest shares with us everything you need to know about an FHA loan, and just exactly what ‘wholetailing’ is, because it may be your new niche. Que Bueno!

Best Ever Tweet:

Your money can buy you equity instead of just throwing it away at rent.

Andrew LeBaron’s real estate background:

- Real estate investor for a year and a half years based in Phoenix, Arizona

- Focuses on wholesaling and “wholetailing”

- Say hi to him at www.helpfulproperties.com

- Full time job mortgage banking mgmt. at a large bank and has traveled to Chile as a missionary for his church

- He is fluent in Spanish

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JF301: The Questions YOU Need to Ask Yourself Before Investing in Single-Family Homes Jun 30, 2015

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Ever feel a gut feeling that you should or shouldn’t make an investment? Well, HERE are the questions you need to ask yourself about your potential investment. We discuss how to stay focused on what you’re trying to achieve and everything you need to know about buying single-family homes.

Best Ever Tweet:

If you’re looking to get into the industry, partner with someone who’s experienced.

John Gutman’s real estate background:

- VP of Sales and Acquisitions for MACK Companies

- Responsible for the strategic purchase of all residential properties as well as mgmt. of the sales and acquisition staff

- Headquartered about 20 minutes from downtown Chicago

- Sold over $315M worth of real estate

- Say hi to him at johng@ibuymack.com

- Went to boarding school in Connecticut and went to University of Oregon for college

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JF300: Why Every Market You Invest in Is Essentially the SAME Jun 29, 2015

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Today’s Best Ever Yankee/Southerner may not be able to decide what state he wants to be in, but he sure as heck knows a little something about real estate! Start paying attention, because we discuss the new tool you need to begin using to analyze deals, and why the market you invest in just doesn’t matter if you can find a good deal.

Best Ever Tweet:

Pick markets like you’re picking winners.

Gregory Rand’s real estate background:

- CEO of Own America and incoming president of Investability.com, the world’s first national investment search portal and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina

- Been advising investors for 30 years from institutional investment funds to individual investors

- Real estate contributor on FOX Business Network and author of the best-selling book Crash Boom: Make a Fortune in Today's Volatile Real Estate Market

- Moved from NY because he realized he was a southerner

- Here is the document we discussed on the show: Denver AQ.pdf

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JF299: The TREMENDOUS Advantages of Giving Back #skillset Sunday Jun 28, 2015

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You gotta give to receive. Today we discuss the different benefits you can receive from giving back and just how beneficial giving to charity can be for your entrepreneurial career. Plug in your earphones and learn the

Best Ever Tweet:

It’s all a win-win situation when you partner with a charity.

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