Best Of 1000Houses.com Podcast

Now more than ever, we see the importance of social media marketing to our business. If you are not online now, then you may find yourself lagging behind in the future. In this episode, Mitch Stephen is joined by Shayne Hillier and Matt Cramer, co-founders of  Real Estate Marketing and Conversion Academy.  Working together, both Shayne and Matt took advantage of technology and adapted to the new n...

Parking spaces are an effective piece of investment in real estate. Although a parking space can theoretically produce an attractive return on investment, the investor still needs to purchase it at the right price. On today's show, Commercial Real Estate Entrepreneur  Sam Wilson  sits down with host Mitch Stephen as he shares how he fell for real estate and development for parking spaces and how h...

One of the biggest struggles of people who veer away from real estate is not having enough knowledge about the industry. Thus, realtors can take advantage of dabbling into content marketing to help others deal with this doubt and turn them into clients. Josh Culler , President at Culler Media , sits down with Mitch Stephen to share his own content marketing strategies, from focusing on answering f...

There will always be a limit to what you can do and give when working for others. Sometimes, to grow, we have to go on our own journey and discover the things we can do more of.  Tracy Z. Rewey  is well-familiar with this story. Working for a big institutional investor, Tracy found that she can’t invest for herself. After working for ten years there, she decided to pursue her own real estate inves...

Are you looking for some strategies to add to your toolbelt in commercial real estate investing? Active investor Terry Hale  sits down with Mitch Stephen to give us a peek into his e-book, The 2 Best Strategies to Profit with Commercial Real Estate. Together, they discuss some strategies to profit in commercial real estate, Terry’s partnership program, and how he ended up buying one of Mitch’s sto...

In this fast-paced world, we all become so accustomed to wanting fast results. Because of that, we opt for doing things for the short-term instead of the long-term. Seeing this problem, Damion Lupo  created a unique tool that can help free a million people from financial bondage, the Enhanced Qualified Retirement Plan strategy (eQRPs). In this episode, he joins Mitch Stephen to tell us all about i...

Some of the successful products out there come from someone’s attempt to solve a problem for themselves. This is how the software DealMachine was born. Struggling to get his first rental property, David Lecko  started DealMachine  that later on became the app for investors with the same struggles. In this episode, he joins host Mitch Stephen to tell us more about it. They also talk about how drivi...

If you do not challenge your comfort zones and try new things, success may have a hard time finding your way. The same goes for investors, and going out of their zip code is one thing to consider to discover the best possible deals. Sean Pan  shares with Mitch Stephen how he managed to do this exact endeavor by going beyond expensive California and acquiring properties in more reasonably-priced Fl...

Time is a priceless resource, and unfortunately, we don't really have much of it to go around. To maximize this, why not try monetizing your passions and do what you love while earning money at the same time? Radio show host, executive coach, and author Dom Faussette  strongly believes in this mantra, emphasizing that one of the signs of strong leadership is embracing where you truly excel. He joi...

Getting terms in a seller’s market is a real art. Mitch Stephen shows an easier way by introducing us to real estate entrepreneur and chairman at Global Publishing Inc ., Ron LeGrand . Here, he shares with us some secrets, hints, tips, and hacks to get the terms of business. He talks about seller financing, qualifying leads, and how best to approach your seller to have your best shot to get the te...

The credit system has changed dramatically in the past years, and now people are finding new ways to maximize their credit score range. What if you can fund more deals even if you don’t apply to lending agencies or consume a huge amount of time? This is what Mike Banks aims to do, helping people start more investments in the most convenient and fastest way possible. Mitch Stephen is joined by the...

There are not that few women in real estate, but the fact that their successes are seldom written down or celebrated makes it seem as if there were less of them in the industry than there really are. In a world where the gender wealth gap remains a tangible reality, women need to have more successful war stories of their own to inspire them to achieve even more. That’s what Ashley Wilson  is going...

There is not much inventory to go around in 2020 and probably for a good part of next year, but you can still find incredible buying opportunities if you know where to look. Mom’s House  co-founder, Phillip Vincent  joins Mitch Stephen in today’s episode to discuss how he found the senior living industry to be the best source of great leads. It’s a wholly different market than most of us would be...

Most real estate investors pay attention to the property's aesthetic and price. However, not everyone gives that much love to its level of energy efficiency. Dave Holman  joins Mitch Stephen in discussing how concentrating on real estate's less sexy aspects such as insulation can drastically cut costs and increase a property's value. Dave also shares a few tips for newbie realtors, his experiences...

Thanks to the vast power of the internet, almost anything can be accomplished online these days, and doing business is certainly one of them. However, many people still ignore this opportunity, missing a huge chunk of virtual income they could be building right now. Mitch Stephen explores this topic with eCommerce entrepreneur Ann Sieg , discussing how putting out products on online platforms, par...

There is a popular misconception that Facebook is a poor platform to generate quality leads for any business. Facebook ad expert, Luke Shankula  disagrees. A self-taught marketer with a fair number of years of experience in mortgage lending, Luke owns his own business, which helps mortgage marketers dramatically increase their leads through Facebook ads. In this conversation with Mitch Stephen, he...

In this day and age, you cannot expect to be competitive in real estate without using some sort of software to optimize your processes. Seeing a real need in this regard, Sharad Mehta  created RESimpli , a simple CRM software that gives real estate investors the benefits of real-time data and automation without going through a steep technical learning curve. After all, CRMs are built to make your...

There is wide room for creativity in real estate, but we must never forget the importance of staying in your lane where the learning curve is not as sharp. Real estate lawyer  Johnny Merritt  shares this sentiment with Mitch Stephen. In this conversation, Johnny shares his journey into corporate and real estate law – a career he has been in for almost 30 years. Having done pretty much everything i...

There are many ways to make money in the real estate industry that, sooner or later, one grabs your attention. For  Gene Guarino , it was the residential assisted living model. Gene is the Founder and President of  RALAcademy , America’s number one source for senior care home investment and business education. He has over 30 years’ experience in real estate investing and business and now focuses o...

Over $18 trillion worth of home equity is sitting in single-family homes in the US. That’s $18 trillion worth of untapped wealth that Americans simply cannot access without going to debt. But is the debt path really the only option? Join Mitch Stephen as he interviews Matthew Sullivan , founder of QuantmRE , who introduces an ingenious alternative financing scheme that allows you to unlock your ho...

Wholesaling is a good place to start when you’re new to real estate, but is it easy? There are a number of wholesaling strategies you can look into, but you definitely have to work with someone who has been there and done that several times a year. That person is Shaun Young , the brains behind Adventures in Wholesaling , a one-on-one coaching and mentorship program that teaches you how to take ad...

Marketing is one of the most important parts of a business. However, if we are honest about it, this is also one of the costliest. But what if there is someone who can help you get seven-figures business to business income without spending a diamond in advertising? Mitch Stephen introduces you to Josh Elledge , the founder and CEO of UpMyInfluence.com . Just as the name of his company, Josh is her...

Learning is fun, but learning with others is a whole new experience. In this episode, Mitch Stephen flies solo to talk about the power in group coaching. Hosting his own personal group coaching question and answer sessions every week, Mitch has seen the great benefits and advantages of learning with a group. He shares what those are with us and talks in-depth about what you can get from it, what t...

Sometimes the only thing holding you back from living your best life is yourself. It's a fine art to learn how to get out of your own way and let yourself progress to the next level. The first thing you got to do is to recognize this self-sabotaging behavior. Joining Mitch Stephen on the podcast today is  Amira Alvarez , the Founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman®, a global coaching company help...

Success comes easier when you do things with a mentor’s guidance and it can never be truer in the world of real estate. Joining Mitch Stephen in this episode is one of his rockstar students, Jose Luis Hinojosa , a real estate investor from Dallas, Texas. Starting off in the industry without knowing the first thing about real estate, Jose invested in his learning and eventually teamed up with Mitch...