Flipping America

Welcome to show number 300! Today marks a milestone for us with the Flipping America show. Thanks to all of our sponsors for making it possible and thank you to YOU for making the show a big hit! It's not a college football game coming down to the last few seconds, but for a real estate show, it's pretty exciting! Making money YAY! Financial freedom YAY! Purpose, meaning, legacy, YAY! Wait, isn't...

Where do you want to be? In a few years? In 20 years? The future is a funny thing. We are simultaneously on the way to it while preparing for it. And if you don't watch out, we spend so much time in the preparation, we forget to enjoy the little things along the way. Today we are going to talk about retiring. I'm going to share with you how to plan for your later years with on-going income and enj...

Today I finish reading my new eBook: "Stop Being Poor: Yes, It IS a Choice." I will discuss what to do about poverty, the poverty mindset, and present a different way of thinking about your money that can set you on the road to success. How to contact us www. RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018,...

I did a show last year that was a bit controversial but not nearly as much as I had anticipated. In fact the overwhelming response was more than 98% positive so ultimately I decided to turn that show into an e-Book. The topic is poverty and the title is Stop Being Poor: Yes, it IS a Decision. This book will hit the presses around the first of December and will be available for pre-order in a few w...

Four years ago she was freshly divorced, broke, homeless, and in a new city 2000 miles away from her hometown. She decided to pick herself up and get busy buying property. Today she owns 60 rental properties in her newly adopted hometown of Jackson, MS and she is on a mission to help others follow in her footsteps. Her name is Vicky Schettini. She's coming on in a few minutes to share her incredib...

Imagine being a basketball fan. Now imagine growing up and BUYING your hometown's NBA franchise.  Tilman Fertitta is the star of his own reality TV show "Billion Dollar Buyer" on CNBC, and sole owner of the NBA's Houston Rockets, Golden Nugget Casinos, and 600 other properties under Fertitta Entertainment. He is a Houston Native, accomplished businessman, and recognized as a world leader in the di...

Larry Goins is back on the show today.  Larry has been investing in real estate for over 30 years. Previously, Larry served as president of the Metrolina Real Estate Investors Association in Charlotte NC, a not-for-profit organization that has over 350 members and is the local chapter of the National Real Estate Investors Association. Larry is an active real estate investor and travels throughout...

As you know I hold a meeting every Thursday night at the City Tap in Atlanta GA. A couple of months ago there was some confusion at the host stand because there was another real estate meeting taking place in the restaurant that evening. Well, I'm not the shy type of guy so I went over to introduce myself. That's where I met Justin Landis and I was simply blown away by what he is doing. I told him...

If you know me you know I'm not all about the hype. Real estate can be lucrative, but I reject those who try to get people excited by showing them pictures of cars, boats, and other things that go along with the lifestyle. In the end, this is a business and can sometimes be hard work. I don't want to sugar coat it. So I don't. But here's the fact, Jack. You can make really good money in this busin...

Today's show is for anyone who is looking for a social media strategy. We all know we need to have a presence, but some of us (I'm looking at you baby boomers out there) don't have a natural instinct for or even interest in social media. For me, I'm just not that interested in what my friends are having for summer or where they are currently on vacation - letting the whole world know they are out...

Recently I finished up another eBook, "How to Put Skin in the Game When You are Running Thin on Skin." In it I show you how to do a real estate deal using none of your own money. I'm not just talking about the occasional "no money down" deal you might come across. I'm talking about doing a full fix and flip with none of your own money. People want to know how I've done 700 or more of these, so I w...

Recently I finished up another eBook, "How to Put Skin in the Game When You are Running Thin on Skin." In it I show you how to do a real estate deal using none of your own money. I'm not just talking about the occasional "no money down" deal you might come across. I'm talking about doing a full fix and flip with none of your own money. People want to know how I've done 700 or more of these, so I w...

This past week at our Wednesday lunch meeting the topic of Self-Directed IRA's came up and that became the theme of our Facebook live presentation. If you hurry over to Facebook you   might still get to view that conversation before it disappears. If, however you missed it, you can make up for it today. In a few minutes I have an expert coming on the show and you are definitely going to want to he...

Guest EMCEE: "Live from Atlanta, GA, it's Flipping America!"   Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Flipping America Live. Thanks for joining us both on the radio, via podcast or via the Facebook Live Stream we have going right now. We have a little buzz going on right now on Apple Podcasts so would you do me a quick favor? Even if you listen to the show through some other means, would...

Today I'm going to share Seven Rules for Real Estate Investing. Why seven? Why not 23 or 4? Recently I was on Nick Raithel's show and he asked me to develop seven rules and only seven. I kinda like what I did so I thought I would repeat them here, although I do encourage you to find Nick's show at Apple podcasts and give him a listen. These seven rules provide a framework not only for your real es...

I've stated many times before that the key to wealth building in real estate is to develop passive income streams. Rental properties are not entirely passive as rentals and rentERS need managing. You can hire a management company but they you have to manage the management company. Sounds like a lot, but if you have an excellent management company it's like having an excellent contractor - life is...

I read a lot of books. I read a lot of books about real estate. One of the best books I have EVER read about real estate investing is "Crushing it in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate" by Brian Murray.    Brian started Washington St. Properties in 2007 when he acquired his first investment property. Without raising any outside capital, Brian bootstrapped his way from newbie investor to the own...

FAR 281 Anne Amagrande Opening: It's possible to live in one place and invest in many others - even if you're not a hedge fund! Our guest today, Anne Amagrande is doing just that. And with her success she's creating something she calls the Win-Win-Win Scenario. I've been referring to it at the Triple Win, but also thinking about Win cubed. That last one may be a little too nerdy though. I'm excite...

FAR 280 Daniil Kleyman, Rehab Valuator Opening: Daniil Kleyman is a real estate developer, investor and software entrepreneur out of Richmond, VA.  An immigrant from Russia at the age of 12, he worked hard in school, made it into a prestigious university and landed a string of jobs on Wall Street in NY only to realize that working for others, no matter the compensation or prestige, wasn't for him....

FAR 279 Michael Blank Opening: Michael's an entrepreneur through and through and passionate about helping people become financially free with real estate investing He's the author of the Amazon bestseller "Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing" and host of the popular Apartment Buildings Investing Podcast. He's helped investors purchase 5,000 multifamily units valued at $215M through his co...

FAR 278 Fantastic Deals and Where to Find Them pt 2 Opening: We are going to finish up today with part 2 of my new eBook, "Fantastic Deals and Where to Find Them". The ebook will be available in the Kindle store and as an audio book. But we have some questions piling up I need to get to and of course the news. I've also got a little math less review for you that will help us understand some of the...

FAR 277 Fantastic Deals and Where to Find Them Opening: I just finished up my new eBook, "Fantastic Deals and Where to Find Them" and today you are in for a bit of a special treat. The ebook will be available in the Kindle store and as an audio book. In the interest of maximizing time management and killing two birds with one stone I'm going to read the first half of the book on the show today and...

If you're going to be in this business you're going to have to spend at least a little time with some numbers. And if you want to do well with the numbers and work with any kind of volume at all, you would be well advised to learn how to use a spreadsheet. That's what I did. In fact I became quite the nerd with them. At one point several years back when I was single, I was teaching a team how to u...

Quick question: What is a property worth? Answer: What someone is willing to pay for it. That answer is truthful, but it doesn't always end up being "correct." That's because few people pay cash for real estate. When you borrow money the lender is going to protect their interests by ordering an appraisal. They will contact a licensed appraiser who will examine the property, compare it to nearby si...

A little over a year ago while going through the mix of show research I came across a story from a small local newspaper called the Flathead Beacon. My first thought was flathead as in the engine. My next thought was "fathead" which was an insult my brothers and I used to trade. But this must be a geographic area with which I was not familiar. So I clicked the link and introduced myself to a secti...