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For this episode, I am thrilled to welcome the President and CEO of McCormick National Holdings , Joe Mendoza . Joe has more than twenty years’ experience in the real estate and investment industry and is the host of two successful podcasts and a YouTube show . He has regularly appeared on television news and radio shows for his professional knowledge and insight. Joe is a licensed California Real...

For this episode, I welcome fellow 7 Figure Flipping Mastermind members, Luc & Jess Boiron . Jess and Luc are a real estate investing couple from Toronto, Canada, and both are lawyers who also hold MBAs . Luc had been investing in RE since 2007 on a small scale, and in 2016, Jess and Luc founded Bliss Realty Inc. to flip houses. Since then, they completed over $50m in real estate deals before...

For this episode, I am excited to have Dan Rochon on the show. As a real estate sales agent, Dan and his team are consistently top producers in their marketplace. Through their investment company, Dan and Traci Rochon have been investing in residential and commercial real estate for more than a decade. Dan‘s purpose in life is to help people achieve greatness through his teaching, coaching, and me...

For this episode, I am excited to welcome Stephanie Cabral , who is a buy-and-hold real estate investor and former attorney from Connecticut. Stephanie has built a portfolio over $2.25m and began investing while working at a law firm as the sole member of the probate department and also working as one of the top commercial real estate firms in the world. Stephanie now owns and operates 15 units pl...

For this episode, I am happy to welcome Rachel Richards on to the show! Only 27 years old, former financial advisor Rachel Richards has made a name for herself in the personal finance realm. In 2019, Rachel quit her job and retired, with over $10,000 per month in passive income! She is the bestselling author of Money Honey and Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement . Rachel is also a real estate in...

For this episode, I am excited to welcome fellow 7 Figure Flipping Mastermind group member, Waylon McCulloch . Waylon started his career as a professional dirtbike racer , but after too many injuries moved on to running used car dealerships for the last 15 years. He is now the owner of Discount Realty , a real estate wholesale company located in San Antonio, TX . Along with building and growing hi...

In this episode, I’m joined by Kirby Atwell , host of the popular podcast, Living off Rentals . After serving as an officer in the US Army from 2005 – 2011, Kirby left the military to pursue his passion as a full-time entrepreneur , launching and scaling two different real estate investment companies in succession. Kirby holds a BA from United States Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA in r...

In this episode, I am excited to welcome on fellow 7 Figure Flipping member , William Morgan . Will is the owner and founder of Penny Lane Equity , a rapidly growing Real Estate flipping and wholesaling company in California’s Central Coast . Will grew what was once a hobby into a thriving business with 7 figure revenue while also having a full-time job . Will has since “cut the cord” and now lead...

In this episode, I am pleased to welcome Sean Morrissey to the show. Sean began as a buy and hold real estate investor in 2003 with a two-bedroom condo in Hanover Park, IL. Having earned his Illinois real estate broker license in 2007, Sean survived the market crash and assisted homeowners throughout the Chicagoland area and opened Chicagoland Realty Group Partners LLC in 2011. Since that time, Se...

This is going to be kind of a different episode today as I present my recent interview with my friend, Danny Johnson , on his show, the Flipping Junkie Podcast . Danny wanted to have me on specifically to talk about Flip Hacking Live and what attendees of this event could expect. In the interview, I share my own experiences with being involved with this event and the benefits of making the investm...

In this episode, I have the opportunity to interview fellow 7 Figure Flipping member , Sheri Duignan . Sheri has been involved in real estate investing since 2004, beginning with the rental of her own home when she was called to move across the company for her job. Over the next few years, having experienced both the highs and lows of real estate, she decided to self-educate through reading and at...

Ok guys, thank you for joining me, thank you for being here on Just Start Real Estate ! I’m excited to have you and I’m excited to be with you for another Thursday show . This is the Thursday show that didn’t exist a month ago as we just started doing two shows per week and I am psyched about it! I am trying to turn about the volume on the value that I am offering you on these shows and the Thursd...

In this episode, I have the opportunity to interview Roofstock CEO, Gary Beasley . Roofstock is a leading real estate investment marketplace that he co-founded in 2015. Gary caught the entrepreneurial bug while earning an MBA at Stanford, and spent most of his career building businesses in the real estate, hospitality, and tech sectors.   We began as we often do by diving into Gary’s backgrou...

I have for you today an awesome, handpicked presentation. These are like the best of the best presentations that we had at past Flip Hacking Live and I just want to show you what you are missing out on if you are not going. If you are going, it is something to look forward to because I have a presentation today that my friend, Adam Rae, did a couple of years ago and it is all about wealth accumula...

In this episode, I have the opportunity to interview Avery Carl , who bought her first rental property at age 26 on a $37,000 salary. Through strategically investing in short-term rental properties in mature vacation rental markets , she was a millionaire by the age of 31. She now owns a portfolio of 28 properties and is the CEO and founder of The Short Term Shop , a real estate team that helps in...

Today, I have another great presentation from a past Flip Hacking Live in our Thursday Flip Hacking Live Rewind series where I share a little glimpse of what you can expect to experience at this event. If you already went ahead and got your ticket, you are going to love it and I am just going to prove it to you by showing you past events; people who spoke, people who will be speaking again this ye...

In this episode, I have the honor of interviewing my good friend Danny Johnson , who does a great job of introducing himself as we start things off a little bit differently for this show. Danny started flipping houses in 2003, made it successfully through the housing market crash in 2008, and started scaling his business up about 5 years ago. As a software developer prior to flipping houses, Danny...

The first Thursday installment of Just Start Real Estate in several years features someone I am really proud to call a friend and who has had more influence over my real estate growth in the last five years than any other human being on Planet Earth. That is because he is someone who is not only highly successful , but he also does it the right way as he is a good person . He is someone I look up...

In this episode, I get the chance to interview fellow 7 Figure Flippers Rob Badhorn and Ernie Vargas . Rob lives in Arizona, but performs flips and owns rentals in Ohio. He worked in corporate America for 23+ years, handing $1.5B in revenue for Sales Teams Across USA. He is constantly building multiple streams of income , especially during these challenging times, as he considers himself a serial...

In this episode, I get the chance to interview fellow 7 Figure Flipper Darren Smith . Darren is a residential and commercial real estate investor in multiple markets across the country. After being in the Army and working in the computer industry, he tried his hand in real estate but unfortunately lost his earnings in the housing crash . This experience took Darren out of real estate for a few yea...

In this episode, I am joined by Carla Reeves, who is known for her compassionate, direct, and truth-telling candor. Carla Reeves has coached hundreds of executives, CEOs, and other ambitious leaders over the past ten years. She  is committed to guiding individuals to clarity about the real stumbling blocks that stand in the way of their growth and equip them to experience profound shifts in t...

In this episode, I am excited to interview Mark Podolsky , who, armed with only $3,000, gut-wrenching fear, and absolutely no real estate experience, bought his first few parcels of raw land in 2001. Today, Mark is the author of Dirt Rich , the ultimate guide to helping you build a passive income , and owner of Frontier Properties , a very reputable and successful land investing company. He is als...

In this episode, I am joined by super-successful Karen Briscoe , who is the principal owner of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Group (HBC) with Keller Williams. The HBC Group has been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the 250 Top Realtor ® teams in the United States. Since 1977, HBC Group has sold over 1,500 homes valued at over $1.5 billion. The team consistently sells over 100 residenti...

In this episode, I am thrilled to interview Michael J. Maher , who is CEO of REFERCO, the world's foremost authority in business referrals. In just his third year in real estate, he did 187 transactions and over $40 million, entirely from referrals. For the next 8 years, he received over 500 referrals every single year and netted over $1 million. Michael is an internationally bestselling author an...

In this episode, I am excited to interview Justin Silverio , who is the owner of JS2 Homes and Open Letter Marketing . Justin has been investing in real estate since 2011 with extensive experience in rehabbing, new construction, wholesaling, and multi-family rental properties in and around the Boston area. Justin founded Open Letter Marketing in 2016 with a focus on providing real estate investors...