Flipping America

FAR 273 Nick Raithel Opening: Nick Raithel is the creator of the 7-Hour Book. This proven system allows any real estate investor to get their own professionally-published book while spending only 7 hours of their time on it. With the 7-Hour Book, Nick is on a mission to help investors and others in real estate finally get the recognition they deserve. Time and again, he's seen those in nearly ever...

I was asked about three years ago if vacation rentals were a good idea and my answer was based on the numbers at the time. My answer was "only if you want a vacation home and want a little help defraying some of the expenses." I did not believe it to be a money-maker. That all changed - probably within the next 18 months as short-term rental sites such as VRBO, HomeAway and AirBnB took over. AirBn...

Three years ago he was a Management Consultant who wanted to get involved in real estate investing. Two and half years ago he dove in, and now he's already done 100+ deals and not one of them in the town where he lives. His name is Steven Pesavento and we are going to tell his incredible story today. Stay tuned to find out how he did it and how he's doing it.    Just to prove that Americans do not...

He was a Civil Engineer who wanted to be in real estate. So he went right out and bought a multi-family in one of the toughest neighborhoods in town, on a street filled with drug dealers, crime, and decay. But he turned his building around. Then used his influence to turn the street around. All without the use of force, without confrontation, and with dramatically positive results. You have to hea...

FAR 269 Mark Kenney Think Multi-Family Opening: One of the best ways to own income producing property is to own multi-family.  Increased Cash Flow Easier Property Management Multifamily Properties Hold Their Value Tax Breaks Better Loan Opportunities Multifamily REITs Demand Projected to Increase Over the next couple of weeks we are going to do some segments on multifamily investing and I have a s...

FAR 268 Notes Rich Munroe AirBnb Opening: Short Term rentals are a hot topic right now. Today we are doing the first of a two part series on them with a focus on AirBnB. Our guest is Superhost Rich Munroe of Diamond Edge Properties. He has his own properties and manages properties for other AirBnB hosts. He's coming along shortly to discuss the ins and outs of short term rentals and help us unders...

FAR 267 Information Overload Opening: It's time today to catch up on the news and some of your questions. Breaking news isn't exactly an every day experience in real estate, but that can be a good thing. I've got some updates today on foreclosure rates around the country, a pretty good article on why we aren't seeing many foreclosures, where to expect a bump in foreclosures over the next six month...

FAR 266 Seth Williams, REI Tipster Opening: Today we are being joined by Seth Williams of REI Tipster. Seth is a land investor and has a compelling argument for investing simply land. Land can create income as you flip it and passive income as you sell with owner financing. There is a world of possibility awaiting you as you dive in to this topic. Our conversation with him is coming up shortly. Bu...

FAR 262 Know your Why Nots! A lot ot talk, several books, and valuable minutes of nearly every self-help seminar conducted in the past 10 years have been devoted to the topic of "Knowing Your Why." It's a trend for a good reason. It's important to know your Why and it's important to get beyond trivial things like "money" and "the stuff you buy with money." I value and salute the idea of "knowing y...

FAR 265 Opening: Show me the MONEY! Of course this is one of the more famous movie lines ever from Jerry Macguire. I know many people get involved in real estate after listening to late night infomercials about "no money down" investing and how you can buy real estate with no credit, none of your own money and so on. These deals do exist but you might have to stumble over 100 good deals to find on...

Today we are talking Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in our Market Focus. Coming up we are going to zero in on the Pittsburgh market and I talk to four of the movers and shakers getting it done in Steel City USA. The economy is roaring, the real estate market is hot, home prices are up and continue to increase, everything is looking rosy in Pittsburg. If you have the Flipping America app, you'll have acce...

Lauren Kingsbury is a current senior at Hampton University. She will be graduating in December 2019; She attained her real estate license at 18 years old and affiliated with Keller Williams Preferred Properties in 2017. Currently, Lauren is a full-time student and a part-time real estate agent; she currently is working full-time real estate for the summer to acquire her first investment property i...

Today we are going to talk about failure. Most of us have been there - especially if you have ever launched your own business. According to Forbes 80% of all new businesses fail within 18 months. This is a bit concerning but it's not all bad. Some of the greatest businesses and business success stories were built on the ashes of a previous failure. I know there are some of you listening right now...

FAR 261 We have that Stats Opening: How good is that professional athlete? Well, let's take a look at his or her stats. What's the batting average? What's the shooting percentage? From 3-point range? Free Throws? What's the yards per carry average. What's the yards after contact average? What is the average air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? Be the first person to write in or call with that...

FAR 260 The University of Wealth Building Opening: Money isn't everything. Real Estate isn't the only thing you need to know about money. As I discussed on the last two shows, true life success is so much more than money. It's not enough to just create a profitable business. It's also how you live the rest of your life, connect your work with the people you love, the causes you support, and the li...

FAR 256 Opening: Today we are talking about Opportunity Zones. You may have heard about them. You might have even heard they are the next BIG thing in real estate investing. They represent a tax break for real estate investors as an incentive to bring economic development to underserved areas. I had a chance to speak with Jillian Sidoti and Nancy Tegeder of the law firm of Trowbridge and Sidoti ou...

A few days ago we got a question from Lamar asking, "What questions should new investors be asking?" We liked the question so much we decided to make an entire episode out of it. We conducted a survey online and got some interesting responses which I will share plus I will weigh in. Here's why this is important. If you are new, you need to make sure that your first project has the best chance of s...

Jeff is a recovering attorney who spends his time as a real estate investor. Jeff graduated early and with honors from Michigan State College of Law where he was the graduating class speaker. He also holds an M.B.A. At 30 years old, Jeff checked the last item off his personal bucket list by climbing Machu Picchu. He was on top of the world. As he stood looking down at the lost Incan city, he had b...

We are going to try and catch up with your questions today. So we will lead with that. Then we have more news than we have time to get to I'm sure. Redfin is in our news segment today and we are going to take a peek at three markets - Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Boulder, CO in our questions segment and I got asked a couple of really interesting questions in the past week - one of them has to do...

Today we are going back to my upcoming book, "Flipping Houses in Ten Days" and I'm going to read Chapter 4: Fund the Deal. What's the point of finding a deal if you can't pay for it. But on the other hand, I'm pretty sure that if you find a really good deal, you'll be able to put together the funding for it or at the very least, get it sold. Why do I say that? Because YOU my friend have access to...

FAR 246 Flipping Houses in Ten Days, Ch 3 Expected Air Date: 5/13/19 Opening: We are back to the book today - my upcoming book, "Flipping Houses in Ten Days." You won't be flipping a house in just ten days, but it's ten short chapters. You read one chapter a day for ten days. If you listen to this show regularly you will eventually get the entire book in audio form and here's a NOT secret for you...

Expected Air Date: 5/11/19 Opening: Zillow is changing direction and it could be HUGE. Plus the President has ordered a restructuring of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and renewed a huge debate. Do we need them? Can private companies fill the gap? What would mortgage lending look like without them? All that and MUCH more today as we do the news! How to contact us www. RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com...

Expected Air Date: 5/9/19 Opening: As many of you know my mother passed away on April 26th. I've been off the air since then and I thank you for your patience as we have run some reruns during that time. Today I want to read to you the tribute I wrote for her and sent out to friends across the country last week. My mother passed away Friday afternoon, April 26, 2019. She had been struggling will i...

Chapters 7-8 Expected Air Date: 4/25/19 Opening: Today we are going back to my forthcoming book, Flipping Houses in Ten Days. I call it this not because you can flip a house in ten days (at least not now) but because it's ten short chapters and you can pretty easily read it in ten days. Last week I read chapter 5 on the show and didn't quite get finished. I still had a couple of pages to go when w...