Flipping America

If I handed you $1000 what would you do with it? What if I could show you how to turn it into $10,000 in less than a year? That would be great right? In this episode, I describe TEN different ways to do this. That's "great" times ten, right? Is this a fantastic show or what?

Zillow published a quiz recently that asked questions about the NFL, certain celebrities and real estate. The sad fact is, Americans know more about the Kardashians than their own property. What can we do? We take a couple of steps in that direction today on the Flipping America show. Bill Gross is a licensed real estate broker and probate expert from Los Angeles. He's going to join us in a few mi...

If you're going to be in the real estate investing business you need an accountant who knows real estate. I have one for you today, on Flipping America. Matt Lents is a CPA from Jacksonville, FL and 40% of his clients are not in Jacksonville. Wherever you are, Matt can probably help you. We will talk to him in a few minutes, but first, we have some questions from you we need to answer.

No one knows everything, and no one knows what they don't know. Fortunately, success in real estate doesn't require you to KNOW that much. Today on Flipping America we will talk about what you MUST KNOW to be successful in this business. Look around online for training and education in real estate investing. You'll see a combination of complexity, jargon, and pseudo-intellect mixed with a healthy...

Death and taxes - Life's twin unavoidable realities. We are not going to talk about death today and not even taxes so much. But we are going to talk about something that will help you at tax time - better records. Learn how to use Quickbooks Online today with Nick Baldo. Nick Baldo is a cool guy with quite a portfolio of real estate in Buffalo NY. He is comfortable with a lot of the tech we use in...

Today we consider one of the most overlooked and underappreciated asset classes in real estate. 17.7 million Americans Live in Mobile Homes which is about 5.6% of the American Population. Frank Rolfe and his partner own about $700 million worth of mobile home parks. He has streamlined the process, refined the methods, written some books, and developed some courses. He will join us in just a few mi...

I've made nearly every mistake in the book. And over the years I've watched other people make all the other ones. Today we are going to talk about the Top Ten Newbie Mistakes and hopefully we will help you avoid them. This show could save you $100,000 in mistakes. It could keep you from bankruptcy, it could also ensure that your real estate career is successful. Wow. Or, it might be just another w...

We continue the conversation today with our panel. Moneeka Sawyer, Kim Kesterke and Mark Dolfini are millionaire single family investors and in this portion I ask them how long it will take to become a millionaire while owning single family rentals.

One of the standard and most common methods of real estate investing is the purchase of single family rentals. Today I'm going to visit with three single family investor millionaires who have a wealth of insight to share. I'm joined today by Kim Kesterke from Atlanta, GA, Moneeka Sawyer from Sacramento and San Francisco, CA, and Mark Dolfini, from Lafayette, IN. We enjoyed a fascinating conversati...

What's the point of all this anyway? I'd say "Financial Freedom" is most of it. Flipping houses can be lucrative, but passive income is where you want to end up. Today Chris Miles is going to start us in the right direction. Chris is the founder of Money Ripples and has an interesting take on financial freedom. I know you're going to enjoy the interview in just a few minutes. I promised we would t...

We've documented 85 possible careers in real estate and real estate investing. With all of the sub-branches and variations, it's likely there are more than a thousand ways to make a million bucks in real estate. Today we are going to talk about one of the best, on Flipping America. Bill Ham was an airline pilot who thought he had a nice life and easy money. Then he got into real estate, particular...

When a government declares war on an industry, guess who wins? It doesn't matter how big the industry is, the government has more guns and will always win. Coming up today we are going to talk about rising interest rates, why it's happening, why it NEEDS to happen and we are going to connect some dots between government policies and the situation in which we find ourselves. Today we are talking ab...

What the heck is a perceptual sieve and how would you use this in your real life? You have one - you use it all day every day - and you might not even know it. But today I'm going to share an insight with you that could profoundly affect the way you interact with others. On this episode of Flipping America.  How to contact us www. RogerBlankenship.com . Leave a voicemail right from the home page!...

I've done more than 2000 deals and on most of them I had at least one partner. That's a lot of partners and not all of them have been great. Today I'm going to help you sort out the whole partnership thing. You can't control who sits at the table where you are doing a deal. But you CAN control who is sitting on your side of the table. And you should. A bad partner can hurt you - can cost you and s...

Last time we talked a bit about investing in a foreign country. We will wrap up that conversation today and then take some of your questions We don't encourage everyone to drop what you are doing and start flipping houses like you see on TV, but we do encourage everyone to have real estate as a part of their investment portfolio. Today we are looking at an interesting possibility in another countr...

This show is called Flipping America, but what if we were talking about other places besides America? Flipping the World? Today we are going to talk about International Possibilities. We don't encourage everyone to drop what you are doing and start flipping houses like you see on TV, but we do encourage everyone to have real estate as a part of their investment portfolio. Today we are looking at a...

We don't get many breaking news headlines in real estate – much less in the real estate investing world. In fact the general public didn't notice this at all, but this week we had a minor earthquake in the investing world. Third party data providers lost access to failed listing and sold property data. What does it mean, who is affected, and how should you deal with this - today on Flipping Americ...

Today we are going to talk about how to engage in forward thinking. No… not the kind that will get your face slapped… the kind that will propel your business where you want it to be.  We have answers to your questions, we have forward thinking trends, we have issues, we have some messing around, and most of all, we have what you need to move your business forward. Welcome to 2022 everyone! I'm gla...

The Bad News is Time Flies. The good news is you're the pilot. -Michael Altshuler Another Year has flown by. So how did you do? We will talk about what and how we did here at Flipping America and make some predictions for next year.  What WE have done How many properties? Bought and/or sold 123 properties How many meetings? Did 45 live events How many shows? 143 shows / podcasts Sales numbers in $...

Location, location, location. Today we are talking about places - a LOT of places. The best places to live, work and invest for 2021, coming up. I'm going to go through a lot of articles you could easily find on the internet yourself. But what you won't find is my interpretation, comments, and insights into those articles. For that, you'll just have to keep it here for the next 59 minutes while I...

I've seen the 2021 House Flipping Report and some of you should be terrified. I'll tell you why on this episode of Flipping America.  It looks like we are going to finish 2021 with about 350,000 homes flipped nationwide. How does this compare to 2020? And what does 2022 look like? We will get into that today on the show. We won't know the actual numbers until about March of 22, but based on what I...

How do YOU define a top real estate market? And based on your criteria, what would your list of top markets look like? We are going to consider some expert opinions today. If you're new to Flipping America, this is a show about real estate. Although it's called "Flipping America," it's not just about flipping houses. We do not encourage everyone to drop what you are doing and start flipping houses...

Goal setting can be detrimental to your mental health. That's right. You heard it here. I have research studies that back that up. But the same study suggests that there is another approach that can indeed change your life. We're going to talk about that today on Flipping America. I've conducted a small informal survey of people asking the question, "what do you look forward to least about the beg...

From Starr Keels: Today I'm going to bring to you one of the most knowledgeable guys in real estate. On this episode of Flipping America I have always wondered just how this guy does what he does and knows what he knows. Over the years I have come to know Roger… and he is a walking, talking google for investing. Roger has a ton of experience and knowledge. He does alot of research and fact checkin...

For the past 3 years, finding that next deal has been the most challenging part of single family real estate investing. We are spending marketing dollars not to sell our properties, but to generate leads - people who want or need to sell their house in the next sixty days.    Chad has been doing Facebook marketing and Search Engine Optimization for local businesses, startups, and fortune 500 compa...