Flipping Junkie Podcast with Danny Johnson

No one thought Mark Evans would graduate from high school. Even his teachers thought he should probably just try to pass and then get a minimum wage job. But Mark had different plans for his life! He did his first two real estate deals before he turned 19… and that changed everything. Today, he's called " The Deal Maker " ( The DM ) and " The Digital Nomad " ( The DN ) because he owns a massive re...

In today's episode, I'm sharing my favorite 11 books that I read in 2017.   I read more but, these are the books that ended up with tons of dog-eared pages.   Melissa also shares a bonus book she wanted me to recommend for the ladies. Learn a little about each book and why it is recommended.   At the end of the episode you will learn a process for getting the most out of these books.   Find out ho...

Paul Del Pozo is an ex competitive bodybuilder turned real estate investor and entrepreneur. The last 2 years for him have been about personal and business evolution. He has learned to use his unique ability, his gym mindset, to drive and push forward through business failures to success. Listen in to hear about his journey flipping houses. When Paul got his first deal from knocking on doors, he r...

Steve is the author and founder of Lifeonaire.   Teaching thousands of people how to live and experience abundant lives.   He has flipped over 500 houses in his investing career and helps investors to transform their businesses from life sucking to life giving ventures. As a teenager, Steve was building his own businesses. At the age of 21, Steve bought a restaurant and bar as his first real estat...

We'll be hosting a webinar about online lead generation once a week! Reserve your free seat to discover the secret to online lead generation at LeadPropeller.com/webinar! Joni Yates Joni has an extensive career in administration working with Fortune 500 companies and small businesses alike.   Her career has spanned sectors including retail, automotive, and the legal field.   She has been working w...

Justin Williams had a conference, Flip Hacking Live 2017, that Danny spoke at that got him thinking about the kind of growth he needed to take for his business to grow too. In 2016, Justin asked Danny to speak at this year's event, so this was a long time coming. Between doing the Flipping Junkie podcast, and the videos, and being in front of people online, speaking in front of people in live even...

This is basically just a review of a book that I re-read for the second time. Grayson (on our house flipping team) suggested this book to me, and it's really been helping me deal with feeling overwhelmed with everything. Sometimes you read a book at one point in your life, but don't get all of the advice and actionable material. This book is called "Essentialism" by Greg Mckeown, and it's just gre...

Kyle Burnett asks:   I've been full time in the flipping business for about a year and I feel like I need to get over the hump.  I've done 4 deals in the last year and am behind on my goals.  My wife and I have our first kid due in December and I have to ramp this business up to support our family. Danny Johnson replies: I've thought about this a lot and recently gave it more thought as I moved of...

Mike is brand new in the investing world but brings a construction engineering degree, and 10+ years of construction background, knowledge and business sense. Alongside him is his beautiful wife, Sarah, and loving father, Jim, who have helped get their real estate investing company, Newbyginnings, off the ground and now full steam ahead. They have big dreams for the company and hope to help thousa...

Chance started getting serious about real estate around 2 years ago. He did 16 flips last year and has been doing 2-3 a month this year. He gets around 30% of his deals through wholesalers and market for the others. Chance and Danny were talking at the Mastermind class about deal sources and where their deals come from. Chance had mentioned to Danny that about 30% of his deals were coming from oth...

Kyle is a founder and managing partner at H L Homes, a Houston based real estate investment company, founded in 2011. He and his partner, Eric, formed their LLC to start flipping houses as a side gig. In 2014, though, the business expanded into a larger business to grow it and make it official. When Kyle first quit his job, the situation became "how do I monetize this and start making money quickl...

This is the answer to a Flipping Junkie Podcast #Just Ask question.   Erik Drentlaw asked what my exact direct mail strategy is. While I think it's true that you need to become an expert at one thing before moving on to another is a great strategy, with highly specific things like online marketing, it's best to let the experts take over. If you need to focus on becoming the expert at direct mail,...

I'm the youngest of 4 daughters and I grew up in rural Pennsylvania.  Being the favorite child has given me an overabundance of confidence, which I use to my advantage quite often.  (My sisters will kill me for saying that, but only because it's true. :)). I've always been an exuberantly tenacious person, setting stretch goals and moving on to the next one. Looking back at my life I find certain e...

This is the answer to a Flipping Junkie Podcast 'Just Ask' question.   Steve L. asked: How do you avoid offending motivated sellers when making an offer. Great question! The biggest issue with real estate is that it's such an emotional thing for the sellers to be going through. It's a difficult thing to deal with. My first thought was, you've got the wrong mindset. If you think you're going into a...

Craig S. Cody is an ex-NYC cop and certified public accountant of 17 years, he's a certified tax coach and business owner in his own right. Here's a few things he can speak on (one sheet also attached). Cody has worked with a lot of businesses through out his life. The best practices he has seen, and the 3 practices that don't tend to be done right, are here. So let's take a look at the 3 Proactiv...

Focus, focus, focus. That's the key to success. You don't want to be distracted by your first ideas. You need to stay focused when it comes to growing your business so that you're on top of your game. The steps to staying focused isn't that difficult. Here's what we do to stay focused: Hunting leads can be difficult to find, we know. Searching on the MLS can be exhausting. The biggest mistake an i...

Danny and Melissa share the secret to the massive growth in their flipping business over the last year. The story begins several years ago when they were wearing all of the hats in their business. They were killing themselves trying to do it all. Danny shares how he met Justin and learned how to scale his business without having to do everything. This episode shares the story and shows how you can...

Jason and Pili have two beautiful children, two awesome bulldogs, one flipping and wholesaling business, a Multifamily Acquisition company, a Beer Company, and are the hosts of the REI Foundation Podcast.   Having met in New York, Jason and Pili got into real estate investing shortly after hurricane Sandy struck the east coast. Jason's family construction business had to help homeowners lift their...

Ted Thomas, best-selling author and publisher is best known as America's Tax Lien Certificate and Tax Deed Authority. Thomas has sat for more than 200 radio and TV interviews, most recently on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and he has been recognized in Newsweek, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. Ted Thomas is the go-to guy when people want to discover how to invest in secure government certificates t...

Just a few years ago, Cody was selling insurance and didn't know much about Real Estate. He heard about a little niche known as "Wholesaling" and got interested. He quickly decided to go "All in" on Wholesaling and generated over $500,000 in his first year and has since created a 7 figure Wholesaling business. After going to a seminar in Utah, Cody jumped in to wholesaling. He took on what advice...

Rob leads property acquisitions for Holdfolio, a real estate crowdfunding company headquartered in Indianapolis. Under the name Buy To Renew, Rob leads a team focused on purchasing properties and gentrifying neighborhoods. Since relocating to Indiana in 2015, Rob and his partners have purchased over 100 properties for crowdfunding and wholesale opportunities. For fun, Rob and his wife enjoy travel...

Jason has been in construction over 25 years.  He started out of highschool working with his dad on misc projects and went on to own and operate a cabinet company for 12 years.  After closing the company he started lending to rehabbers for Gap funding and learning about this thing called flipping and started flipping in 2010.  Jason has been flipping ever since and joined up with Peter in 2014 and...

What are some of the things you do before putting the finished product on the market? Re-run comps Final walk through Staging - where get staging stuff from   How to work with our Realtor Laura to get the property on the market? Docusign docs Take pics and upload - what kind of camera and lens? Agent sets up showing and feedback notifications   With the real estate market still going strong here,...

Melissa Johnson has been flipping houses for 14 years, and man have they come a long way. From brown (and one time green) carpet to sleek new tile, Melissa has been transforming the way she rehabs properties. But before you can make the houses look nicer, you have to have your team together. Start with a contractor you can trust. Melissa has been working with her contractor for a long time now, to...

This vlog, Danny talks about how important it is for you to do what needs to be done for your business even if you're afraid. Don't forget, all of the vlog episodes (and more) are available on the FlippingJunkie YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/FlippingJunkie Making big steps is scary for just about everyone. When Danny was working on getting his pilot's license, he would stop in the parking...