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The All New Flipping America Network is LIVE and online at FlippingAmerica.net. I invite you to check it out, but in a little while. Please indulge me by allowing me to talk about it a bit before you go look. The Network is designed with you in mind. Real Estate Investing involves a lot of moving parts and some complexity. Our systems and training remove the mystery and make it a straightforward p...

He was a hospital CEO at 26 years old. Then he walked away for something he thought was better. What? Yep. We will speak with Mason McDonald in just a few moments. Mason has a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University and Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience from Baylor University. He was a hospital CEO at 26 but left that corporate career to pursue his passion for real...

He's a developer and home builder by day and a SuperHero by design. You'll meet him in a minute. Ace Hagerty is a structural engineer in Nashville, TN who is now buying raw land and building new homes and building new AirBnB rental units. He experienced a life-changing event on a men's retreat and has a challenge for you today. He's written a book about it, called "SuperHero By Design." We are goi...

In my way of thinking, perhaps the best thing you can do for a living is to make a living while also making things better for others. This often happens for us as real estate investors, providing real solutions to deep problems. This is illustrated perfectly today in my conversation with Phillip Vincent. Phillip Vincent is a Senior Transition Specialist and right away some of you are thinking, "wh...

When I saw the title, "World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet" I was immediately intrigued. I happen to think mine is pretty good. Then I downloaded and looked it over. And wow. I might just have to agree. So I found the guy who wrote it and I'm going to talk to him today. James Orr is a real estate investor and broker who resides in Loveland, Colorado. He has been married to Tammy...

Life is full of choices. One of them is to make enough in real estate investing to quit your day job, let your wife quit her day job, live off of the passive income and travel somewhere monthly. Yes my friends, that IS one of your possible choices. My guest today, Jesse LeBlanc did just that. And we are going to talk about it in just a couple of minutes. Jesse is the founder of Wholesalers Transac...

Our guest today is living proof that you can invest in real estate as a side hustle without ever giving up your day job. David holds a Bachelors degree in Finance and a Master's in Business Administration from Liberty University and is a veteran of the Army National Guard. David has personally invested in real estate since 2015 and now owns and manages a multi-million-dollar real estate portfolio....

It's a bit of a milestone today - this is episode 600 of the Flipping America show. For this episode I'm bringing back John Durham who first appeared on Episode 3. John is one of the top realtors in Atlanta and has sold something more than 400 houses for me over the years. Along the way we have become good friends and I've had the privilege of watching his real estate career take off. John Durham...

Can you do more than one thing? Of course you can, even if you are a man! My guest today is a true entrepreneur - with a technology company, multiple real estate investments, and his own podcast. In just a few minutes, you will meet Matt Shields and I think you'll want to hear his story. Matt has always had a passion for innovation and transformation. Over the past 14+ years, he's been on a one-ma...

When you make more than one offer to a seller you increase your chances of getting one accepted. Today we are talking about the triple offer. In 2016, David Pupo left the corporate world, saved 3 months of expenses and bet on himself to pursue his passion for entrepreneurship and real estate. He and his team have sold over 300 properties while simultaneously building a portfolio of rentals. But th...

Never trust the Zestimate. But maybe trust the Canary. The House Canary. Could we finally be getting automated valuations that we can trust? Let's find out, today on Flipping America. People will sometimes ask me for my top 3 or 5 pieces of advice on becoming a real estate investor. Somewhere in the top 5 is this one crucial piece of advice. "Never trust the Zestimate." But after today, it might a...

Today we feature one of the great rags to riches stories in real estate. My guest today lived in poverty with his mom but watched his neighbors buy rentals and lift themselves up. In his late teens he bought his first property and never looked back. Lou Brown is one of the best known names in real estate investing. Shortly after this show launched in 2017 I heard Lou speak at a convention in Miami...

Double digit returns on your money……. Now that I have your attention, we have a guest on the show today who says he can show you how to do that. Rick Howell joins us today on Flipping America. Rick has a background in the construction trades. He joined one of the national real estate investing coaching programs and later became a coach for them. Now he's got his own coaching program and you can ge...

We continue today with the fantastic conversation from last Thursday night with Rod Khleif and Kathy Fettke. The topic is "Don't Just Survive, Thrive." We will conclude that conversation on this episode of Flipping America. Plus I have some news updates for you and a couple of great questions from you.

Over the past few weeks we have all become familiar with terms like "flattening the curve" and "self-quarantine." These sudden additions to our lexicon are necessary in order to ensure survival. Our hearts and our sympathy go out to all who are suffering during this difficult time. The vast majority of us however can't help but wonder when will life get back to normal, what will "normal" look like...

I hear it everywhere I go, like the constant drumbeat of the real estate Chicken Littles: "The Sky is Falling! The Real Estate market is going to crash again. And it's going to happen soon! The logic seems to be that real estate must be cyclical and we must have a major market shake up every ten years or so. That means it's time. We are going to talk about this today and for an informed an credibl...

What's going on in housing? Are we in a bubble? Which way are prices trending? We have a little bit of everything today. We have some great questions from our listening audience and some news you can use. The year-end housing reports are hitting and I have the latest from Case-Schiller, HousingWire, and Attom Data. And I am going to talk a bit today about whether we are in a bubble. All this and m...

Today's show is for those who want to invest passively in real estate. My new friend, Victor Bell, is coming along in a few minutes and he's going to talk about some possibilities and answer my questions about returns. Victor has been buying multifamily assets for the past two decades in Hawaii and California. He specializes in low cap rate acquisitions and he will explain why during our conversat...

We are continuing today with our technology series, focusing on consumer-facing websites that help us research neighborhoods and communities. Last time we considered eleven of them and today we are looking at ten more. Some of them are very interesting and some are a waste of time. I'm doing this research so you don't have to. So stay tuned for that. Coming up, WeWork is back in the news and it's...

He's created one of the most comprehensive house flipping software packages on the market today. And he's going to join us in just a moment. Kuba Fietkiewicz is one of the founders of REIkit.com and I have to tell you, if I were getting into this business today, this is one platform I would seriously consider. In fact, it's only because of what I call my "resistance to shiny object" discipline tha...

Want to make money passively in real estate? Keep your job or stay retired but put your money to work for you. If so, consider investing in a real estate syndication. Today on Flipping America. When I was a kid the Syndicate was a euphemism for organized crime or the bad guys. I couldn't remember specifically why I thought that so I turned to ChatGPT for some help. I simply asked, "Why do I associ...

I would bet you've seen a billboard or something advertising HomeVestors. You might not know that name, but you know the phrase, "Ug buys ugly houses." That's HomeVestors and today we have a HomeVestors investor joining us to talk about what it's like. You might want to do this! Dean Bendall has been a friend of mine for at least 15 years. A few years ago he called me and asked about HomeVestors....

He's been diagnosed with cancer - two different types over the past 15 years. He's endured more than his fair share of the trials and tribulations life can bring. Yet over the past 30 years he has had zero bad days. In fact, he's so skilled at having "No Bad Days" he just wrote the book on it. His name is Jeff Holst, and he's coming your way today on Flipping America. Jeff is a former lawyer turne...

You're not in business until you've made a sale. Until then, you're just spending money on an expensive hobby. Marketing is the heart and soul of every business. It is directly connected to your business success and can overcome many other problems, including in some cases, products that were not the "best in category." In fact many of the best products worldwide do not win the day because others...

They are not just for vacation any longer. Short Term rentals serve a variety of purposes for both business and personal travel. But regardless of the purposes, short-term rentals have one thing in common - they can cash-flow like a river after a dam burst. Elizabeth Maora Sickels had no idea she'd hire a team and build an entire business that focuses on short term rentals. Elizabeth started like...