7 Figure Flipping

There’s a big difference between doing deals and owning a business. Most investors never make the jump. They grow deal volume… and somehow lose time, margin, and sanity in the process.  Every new deal adds pressure. Every hire feels risky.  Vacations feel impossible because nothing works without you answering texts, approving ads, and fixing problems in real time. That’s the pain no one...

You can flip 100 houses a year, you can build a rental portfolio… You can make multiple 6 or 7 figures… And still accidentally build a business that feeds the IRS more than it feeds your family. I’ve seen it happen. One of the best operators I know, flipping 180 houses a year, got hit with a $500,000 tax bill only because he was reactive instead of proactive. That’s why I brought my personal CPA,...

What would you do if you saw a $500,000 house listed for $210,000? One of my team members brought this to me last week. Brand-new construction neighborhood.  Homes selling for $400K–$500K. Then… a few were listed for literally half price. So we dug in. And what we found is something every real estate investor needs to understand. So this episode isn’t just about whether you should “buy half a...

A lot of investors talk themselves into believing their market is “too competitive” or “dried up.” I don’t buy it. In every city, there are a few operators quietly closing deals while everyone else complains there’s nothing left. That usually means the market isn’t the problem. Activity is. Lindsay and I break down how to actually diagnose your market, how to tell when an area is truly tight versu...

You’ve probably seen headlines claiming big investors are about to be blocked from buying homes. Posts flying around social media. Articles saying institutions are getting shut out.  People wondering if the entire housing market is about to change overnight. And if you’re an investor making decisions off headlines instead of facts, that’s how you get caught flat-footed. But when I dug into wh...

Most real estate investors think their retirement is “handled” because they’ve got money sitting in a 401(k) or IRA. That’s exactly what Carter believed… …until his family lived through a nightmare that changed how he sees money forever. In 2008, his mom was just 18 months from retirement when nearly $1 million inside her retirement accounts disappeared during the crash. She’d done everything righ...

Doing 2-3 flips a month sounds like winning. Until you realize you’re losing money on 25% of your deals. Because your systems never caught up to your growth. That’s the cold, uncomfortable truth I unpack in this episode. Today, I will walk through why volume alone isn’t scale, how some operators quietly push to 200–300 deals a year, and why others stall even with good markets and strong...

Here’s a reality most flippers learn the hard way… You can be rich on paper but broke in the bank. That’s the “cash conversion cycle” problem. Dr. Sheri was carrying 8-10 active projects… With lender payments hitting every month… And profit, still months away. You typically need 107–115% capital coverage on your deals. This is how you survive the squeeze. Scaling isn’t about more deals.  It’s...

Most people think they have a marketing problem. I showed someone our direct mail ROI last week. They didn’t believe it. So I pulled up the spreadsheet, calls, deals, and profit. 12,000 pieces. $6K spend. 4 deals. $300K+ in profit.  That's a 50x return. So what’s the difference between a 50x winner and a total dud? Lindsay and I pull back the curtain on the actual numbers behind our marketing...

Real estate isn’t full of overnight success stories. It’s full of people who quietly decided to rebuild when no one was watching. Ted Sherratt was one of them. At 40 years old, he packed everything he owned into a Toyota Corolla and started over from scratch in Indiana with no job, no plan, and zero real estate experience.  2 years later?  He's flipped over 20 houses and banked a quarter...

Some of the best leads never turn into deals. We all have access to the exact same leads.  You can buy the same list, run the same ads, and cold call the same people as every other investor in your market. So why do some investors close 30 deals a month while others struggle to get 3? The difference isn't the leads. It's what you do with them. Lindsay Arko and I are breaking down why "bad lea...

Last week, we shut everything down and locked ourselves in a room for four days straight. We had only one focus.  How do we help our 7 Figure Flipping community win more in 2026? There were some tough conversations. Missed targets. Things we built that nobody used. But also, there were a ton of things I’m really proud of. I’m pulling back the curtain on exactly how we reflect, plan, and execu...

One call changed everything for Carter. After losing his mom, the real shock wasn’t just the loss. After the 2008 crash, nearly a million dollars, her entire retirement fund, vanished. Your retirement account wasn’t built to make you rich. This is why traditional retirement advice fails investors, what’s really happening inside IRAs and 401(k)s, and how Wall Street wins while you carry all the ris...

Real estate looks clean in a spreadsheet. ‍ Numbers feel safe. Predictable. Controllable. ‍ But that’s not how deals actually work. ‍ Deals fall apart because life happens. ‍ (You should hear about the week we’ve had at Blackjack Real Estate.) ‍ Seller change their mind. Your kid’s school calls in the middle of a negotiation. ‍ Your plan is constantly getting thrown out the window. ‍ Chaos runs th...

It’s the end of the year, and deal flow is crunched. ‍ Lindsay and I break down why deal flow feels harder right now and the real numbers behind what’s actually working at scale.  ‍ We’re talking 10–20 off-market leads a day, 22 deals closed this year, and $1.3M projected from just one lead channel. ‍ And how 7 Figure Flipping member, Sarah, went from 2 break-even flips to 20 profitable ones...

Most people spend 20 years chasing a salary they could make in 12 months with the right system. That’s the $300K/year lie corporate America feeds you. Meanwhile, guys like Esteban are replacing their income in 2 years and building equity while they sleep. He’s dropped $9K on ads that turned into 24 deals. He went from a corporate cubicle to running 2 multi-million dollar companies, serving some of...

It's that time of year. A time to slow down and acknowledge how far we’ve come and the people who helped us get here. I went from an 18-year-old kid with two options…  Jail or the military… To a millionaire by 36 and a multimillionaire by 37. None of it happened because I was “self-made.” Everything I’ve built came from the rooms I fought to get into, the mentors who raised my standards… And...

Morgan and Kala Pepper are flipping properties to acquire rentals with no debt . For the past few years, they’ve been doing 1 flip a year. Now they’re aiming for 7 flips this year, plus 3 to 5 rentals. They’re doing this in a market where they can buy a house for $20K, put in $24K, and end up all-in at $48K. (That’s less than the price of a kitchen in some cities.) Here’s how they scaled faster in...

If you’re struggling to close deals right now, the problem probably isn’t money, leads, or the market. It’s the #1 deal killer over bad numbers or trying to negotiate with a crazy seller. If you don’t get this one thing under control, you’ll keep tripping over the same problems.  Fix this first, and you’ll close more deals. Closing more deals is useless if you’re handing half your profit to t...

Everyone is talking about 50-year mortgages right now. Half the takes are fear, the other half are nonsense. Because a 50-year mortgage can be the smartest move you make… …or the biggest financial trap of your life. In this episode, I break down what changes homeowners can expect, what investors need to pay attention to, and the one metric that matters more than the mortgage term itself. While eve...

James Lascara spent 15 years leading men into combat. Now he’s head of a multi-8-figure real estate company in Tampa. At our 10th anniversary mastermind event, he dropped one of the most powerful talks I’ve ever heard. He didn’t talk about deals or marketing. He shared his 10 non-negotiable rules for elite leadership… …and the brutal truth about what happens when you keep low performers around hig...

Something powerful happened last week. Over 200 investors packed the room in Clearwater Beach for our 10th Anniversary Mastermind. In 3 days, we raised $111,000 for the 7 Figure Foundation, handed out First Deal, 7 Figure, and even 8 Figure Awards. We shared strategies from some of the biggest names in the game, like Phil Green, one of the top flippers in the country. The energy was insane. Today,...

What if you could turn a $100K lot into a $1.4 million asset in under 6 months? My buddy Lyle Spann did exactly that. (He also graduated from the 7 Figure Altitude program this year!) We dig into the numbers behind the deal and how he built a machine flipping 20–25 houses a year before shifting into long-term wealth assets like this one. Lyle didn’t start with $1.4M storage deals. Five years ago,...

I just dropped $13,000 in one week on direct mail. ‍ That sounds like a lot until you see the results… ‍ For every 8,200 letters we send, we get a signed contract.  ‍ Every single drop. ‍ It’s the same system I break down in this week’s episode of The Bottom Line. ‍ And Dr. Sheri reveals how she uses thoughtful gestures to close deals. ‍ Now, here’s the thing… ‍ Direct mail works. I've sent m...

When we rebuilt our business model last year, the goal was simple…  Make more by doing less. The result? $833,000 in revenue on just $90,000 of marketing. (That’s a 6.5x return on spend.) Lindsay, Adam, and I sat down in person to talk about what it really takes to build a profitable flipping business. We break down how we turned Blackjack Real Estate into a lean, 45%-profit machine, what sep...