Flipping America

You have achieved financial freedom when your passive investments pay for your lifestyle. You can take a week off - a month off - or the rest of your life off. Today, we're going to talk about how to get there.  How's the daily grind going for you? You get up, get the kids up and ready, off to school. Then you head to work. Deal with the tasks and some of the drudgery, sit in traffic to get home,...

Real estate comes in all shapes and sizes. Last time we talked about buying a hotel, today we will talk about buying a car wash.  Our Guest today, Steff Boldrini, started her investing career when she bought a car wash. That's pretty cool, but she's found something else she likes even better. Today she's going to tell you about it. Steffany grew up in Brazil, but her family ended up in Silicon Val...

It's no secret that we make our living in single family houses. But I've often wondered if I couldn't translate the skills I have acquired in this business to something bigger - and maybe easier. Spoiler alert - the answer is YES. And today we're going to talk about something bigger - MUCH bigger. On this episode of Flipping America. I had Nate Barger on the show not too long ago to talk about the...

What If you could double your money... even triple it without the headache of being a full time landlord? Stay tuned, because I have a guy who will tell you how he brings in more money in less time, with minimal hassle, and little to no maintenance repairs. How to contact us www. RogerBlankenship.com . Leave a voicemail right from the home page! Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instag...

Would you buy land halfway around the planet? Today I'm going to talk with someone who not only does it, it's her primary source of income. Here's a pretty cool idea. Alicia Jarrett lives in Melbourne Australia but she makes her living investing in land in Texas and Florida in the US. Let's start this mental exercise by thinking about where you would like to live. Because we now know you can live...

Have you been thinking about adding probates to your investing portfolio? Well today is your chance to get started. We are going to hear how to get leads and add probates to your list of deal sources. How to contact us www. RogerBlankenship.com . Leave a voicemail right from the home page! Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 877-...

I can't find any deals! How often have you heard that lately? How often have you SAID that lately? Well, if you're looking for rentals, after today you will have no excuse. Norada Real Estate is an award winning turn-key rental housing provider. Now to be clear, they do not provide the housing to the renters, they sell the properties to landlords. Norada does their homework, targets good markets w...

Do you run your business or does your business run you? If the latter is true, this show is especially for you.  Mark Dolfini is the author of the best selling "Time Wealthy Investor." He is also a trainer and coach in the real estate space. He has observed that success in this business depends on the state of your mental health and processes. I'm giving him the floor to share a presentation on ju...

Summer is over - Fall is upon us. The nights are getting chilly. It's time to break out the BRRRR method. Wait - is that a cold weather investing strategy? We will set the record straight today. The BRRRR method is cool. Pun intended. I was doing this long before I knew it had a name. But it's still cool. You can buy unlimited rental houses with the same pot of money over and over again - if you d...

Want to get started Wholesaling? You have to hear what we are about to bring you.  David Olds is joining us in a few minutes to talk about wholesaling, dispositions, and real estate in general. He's a smart guy who can help you go from starting up to financially comfortable in a hurry.  How to contact us www. RogerBlankenship.com . Leave a voicemail right from the home page! Facebook.com/flippinga...

It's not often I hear something new to me in real estate. Today for the first time I'm going to share with you how real estate novations are used by investors.  We have all heard of innovation. By definition it is the introduction of something new. Innovations are not inventions. They may use existing technology in a new way, or they may combine existing ideas. The focus is on the newness or novel...

Welcome to Show number 500. It's a bit of a landmark for us. Today we are flipping the script - Starr is going to interview me and ask about where Flipping America came from, what we are up to and what we plan for the future. Coming up now.   How to contact us www. RogerBlankenship.com . Leave a voicemail right from the home page! Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAm...

Real Estate Investing is the Game. And today we are going to talk about coaching. Hello America! We don't encourage you to drop what you are doing and start flipping houses like you do on TV, but we do encourage everyone to consider real estate as a part of a balanced investment portfolio. And to that end, we intend to bring you the very best news and information, statistics, demographics, how-tos...

Today we are going to talk about "No Money Down" deals. And my guest Henry Washington has a source that took me a little bit by surprise. His inspiration to become a real estate investor was born from a panic at night. He married his wife Jessica Washington after knowing each for just one year, and he knew that he couldn't afford the future that he felt his wife deserved. This is after they had co...

"One who never asks anything either knows everything or knows nothing." You've asked, and today we answer your questions.  We do this from time to time. As the questions build up, we just take a moment to answer them.  Email your questions to questions@flippingamerica.net . Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out ab...

Passive income is the key to your financial freedom. And passive income in real estate is achieved by owning income-producing properties. Today, we are going to get you one. You hear me say it all the time. We don't encourage everyone to drop what you are doing and start flipping houses like you see on TV. We DO encourage everyone to consider including real estate in a well-balanced investment por...

If you know how to put together a creative deal structure, you'll be able to say "yes" to a lot more opportunities. Today we are going to share some secrets with you that will let you do that.    We will be joined in a little while by Scott Ulmer and Tan Michell. They appeared recently on a Flipping America REIA live event to talk about Subject-To Secrets. Scott is one of the principles at Little...

How do you compare dissimilar deals?  Would you rather make $50k 70 miles away or $35k right around the corner? Would you rather make $70k on a $200k project or $50k on a $135k project? How about $60k in 4 months on a $250k investment or $75k in 7 months on $300k? What if you could make $60k in profit on two light rehabs OR you could make $80 on a "pop top" rehab deal? What if the property looks v...

One of the top questions I get here at Flipping America goes something like this: "I want to keep my day job but I want to invest in real estate on the side. You have several options and today we are going to talk about them.  The REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) is one of the first passive real estate investment vehicles created. The REIT raises capital from ordinary investors who purchase sha...

We all have our various procedures we follow with our properties, which together are referred to as our system. But did you know there is a larger system that can be used not just with your properties, but with your entire business? That's what we are talking about today on Flipping America. The Entrepreneurial Operating System is a set of common-sense, field-tested, proven principles that govern...

In case you didn't know this, I am a man. And as a man, I find it difficult - if not impossible - to see and experience life from a woman's point of view. According to my beautiful and loving wife, one of the smartest things about me is I realize I don't understand women at all. But there is a need for women to understand real estate, real estate investing, and financial literacy. But what can I -...

The number 2 largest issue we hear about here at Flipping America is problems with contractors. For busy house flippers, it can be the very bane of our existence. Today - we take big steps toward solving this problem.  Fixing and Flipping homes is a business with a lot of moving parts. For that business to function properly, everyone must do their job. The biggest determiners of your profitability...

Just the other day I interviewed Marcus Carter, entrepreneur, author, real estate investor and creator of the website theblackwealthbuilder.org. I ended up having a frank and refreshingly positive conversation about racial issues and real estate investing.  I don't really think about issues of race all that much. The color of a person's skin is such a silly thing to worry about in my humble opinio...

"I'm broke and have bad credit. What can I do to start investing in real estate?" This is the number one question we get here at Flipping America. I just interviewed a guy who gave me the best answer I've ever had for that question. Steven Libman is coming up today on Flipping America. Steven Libman is a multi-family investor and syndicator from Bluffton, SC. He spent several years as a realtor an...

I've been getting a lot of questions about how to get started as a real estate investor. Today I'm going to talk about how to do that. There is a wealth of free information available to you if you have internet access. Google "learn how to flip houses" or "learn real estate investing" and you'll get hundreds of thousands of results instantly. You can do the same searches on YouTube and get similar...