Investing In Real Estate With Lex Levinrad

On this podcast episode I talk about opportunities in today's real estate market. The current inventory situation in the real estate market is the tightest that I have ever seen (in 17 years). There is such a huge shortage of inventory and there is simply no supply. Investors are having a very hard time finding wholesale deals at wholesale prices. I discuss one strategy that we are employing which...

On this podcast episode I talk about how to create a life of financial freedom. The first step is to establish what your freedom number really is. Your freedom number is simply the amount of money that you need per month to live your current lifestyle without having to work or have a job. If you have enough money coming in from your investments to cover your overhead and all of your bills, then yo...

On this podcast episode I talk about creating wealth in real estate, by building wealth one house at a time. The example that I use on this podcast came from our Fixing and Flipping Coaching event this past weekend. I was reviewing potential fix and flip deals with my coaching students and we were evaluating deals together to find houses that would make good fix and flips. The specific house that...

On this podcast episode, I interview Nathan Trunfio, who is the President of Direct Lending Partners. Direct Lending Partners is a direct lender for fix and flip and investor loans and operates in multiple States. We discuss private lending for fix and flip loans, underwriting loans and what lenders are looking for from investors. We also talk about how lending has been affected by the recent Covi...

On this podcast episode I interview Chris Chico who is a good friend of mine, about marketing to motivated sellers. We discuss all forms of motivated seller marketing, including direct mail which is how Chris started out marketing to sellers. We discuss in depth how he markets to motivated sellers with Facebook Ads (which is his specialty). Chris has over 17 years of experience as a real estate in...

On this podcast episode, I interview Trevor Mauch who is the founder and CEO of Investor Carrot. Investor Carrot is the #1 Real Estate Investor Website Platform for real estate investors and is used by thousands of real estate investors, wholesalers and flippers. I personally use Investor Carrot websites in my real estate business and have multiple cash buyer and motivated seller websites with Car...

On this podcast episode, I talk about the impact of corona on real estate and how this will affect real estate investors, wholesalers and flippers. The great pricing reset of 2020 or what I like to call the "Covid 19 Effect" is related to how pricing in the real estate markets has been immediately reset for wholesalers, real estate investors and lenders. Cash buyers for wholesale deals are cautiou...

On this podcast episode I interview Fernando Angelucci, the Senior Managing Partner of Titan Wealth Group, about investing in self storage. Fernando has a very interesting background. He first read Rich Dad Poor Dad when he was only 16 years old and started his first real estate investing business (wholesaling) when he was just 19 years old. After graduating college with an Ag-Bio Engineering degr...

On this podcast episode I talk about being efficient with your mailing list by scheduling your mail in bulk and by using list stacking software. This is episode 5, in a multi part series about getting back to the basics of Wholesaling Real Estate. The first episode was called "Wholesaling Real Estate 101". Make sure you go back about 6 or 7 podcast episodes, and listen from the beginning to part 1...

On this podcast episode I interview Jason Hartman who is the founder of the Creating Wealth Podcast which is one of the top rated podcasts in the Investing Category on iTunes. Jason has completed thousands of real estate transactions, and his company helps real estate investors find and acquire income producing properties throughout the U.S. In this interview, we talk about investing in income pro...

On this podcast episode I talk about purchasing motivated seller lists and where and how to purchase these lists or get access to them. The smartest real estate investors know that if you are marketing to motivated sellers then knowing how to get the best lists is extremely important. Motivated seller lists are broken down into many different categories. You can purchase many different types of li...

On this podcast episode I interview Dan Schwartz who is the founder of InvestorFuse. InvestorFuse is a very powerful tool for real estate investors that functions as both a CRM and an automated follow up system for leads. InvestorFuse integrates very well with Carrot (real estate websites) and Call Rail (call tracking for phone numbers). If you use the Carrot integration, any lead that is created...

On this podcast episode I talk about the different types of motivated seller lists. On the previous episode we spoke about the types of situations that would cause someone to be motivated to sell. On this episode I talk about those motivated sellers and the types of motivated seller lists that they could be listed on based on their specific situation. Types of Motivated Seller Lists Probate and Pr...

On this podcast episode I talk about motivated sellers and how sellers become motivated to sell. The key thing to understand is that NOT all sellers are motivated. In fact, most sellers are not motivated at all. My mentor Ben told me: "Buy houses from people that HAVE to sell, not from people that WANT to sell". A motivated seller needs to sell their property and they need to sell now. They HAVE T...

On this podcast episode, I decided that being that it's a new year, and a new decade, it would be great to do something new. I have a brand new Wholesaling Real Estate Course Outline, which I have been working on for awhile, and I thought it would be a good idea to use each section of this outline as a podcast episode. Essentially I will be walking you through all of the components of wholesaling...

On this podcast episode I talk about how to get started investing in real estate. I see so many people that want to learn how to get started investing in real estate, but don't know what to do to get started. I find that it helps if you can break down your ultimate goal (financial freedom) in order to create a process of workable steps that can help you achieve your vision of where you want to be...

On this podcast episode I talk about how to create wealth by investing in real estate. Every day, I speak to new students that want to learn how to create a life of financial freedom. This podcast episode addresses how to create wealth by explaining that in order to have financial freedom, you first need to create wealth. And the surest way to create wealth is by buying rental properties. On this...

On this podcast episode I talk about wholesale real estate versus retail real estate. This podcast episode topic is an important concept to understand. This episode topic came about based on a question by one of our listeners. There question was "why pay 10% interest if you can get a 4% mortgage? That's a great questions and I thought it would make a good topic for a podcast episode. I called it W...

On this podcast episode, I interview Jason Nickel who is the founder of Lead Sherpa. Lead Sherpa is a text marketing platform for real estate investors, that lets you send text messages directly to motivated sellers. The first step to text marketing is to purchase a motivated seller list (for example an absentee list). The next step is to skip trace this list which can be done with any skip tracki...

RENTAL PROPERTY INVESTING FOR BEGINNERS Do you want to get into rental property investing because of the positive cash flow? Many new real estate investors are first attracted to the idea of investing in rental properties because of the passive income and cash flow benefits. But when you actually buy your first rental property, you are more likely to break even or make only a few hundred dollars a...

WHOLESALING REAL ESTATE 101 On this podcast episode I talk about wholesaling real estate, what wholesaling is, and the four basic steps of wholesaling. The Four Steps Are: *Finding a House That Would Be A Good Flip *Making An Offer To Buy That House *Getting The House Under Contract *Selling That House For A Profit To An Investor I discuss a lot of meat and potatoes stuff about wholesaling on this...

Are you new to real estate investing? Do You Know How To Recognize A Wholesale Real Estate Deal? If you do, then you should be willing to act (very quickly) when you see it. The first step for new real estate investors is to make sure that you know how to tell a good wholesale real estate deal from a bad one. Too many beginners don't the difference. Knowing the difference between a wholesale real...

On this podcast episode, I interview John Martinez who is the founder and CEO of Midwest Rev. John created the "Online REI Sales Academy" to help new and seasoned real estate investors learn how to get better at negotiating with motivated sellers. If you want to learn what to say when you talk to sellers, what scripts to use, and how to convert and close more motivated seller leads then you should...

On this podcast episode, I talk about the key components that you need in order to get started fixing and flipping houses. THESE KEY COMPONENTS ARE: *Finding A House To Fix & Flip *Estimating After Repair Value *Estimating Repairs & Materials *Calculating Your Profit Margin *Finding a Private or Hard Money Lender *Having a Contractor To Fix The House On this podcast episode, I dig deeper into some...

On this podcast episode I talk about how to buy houses with no money down. This strategy works really well when there is not enough equity in the deal for you to make a cash offer to buy the house. You will find that many of your competitors and wholesalers will walk away from these deals because they don't know how to structure them. This will give you a competitive edge if you do! The biggest be...