Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast

“You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.” - ‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭16‬ ‭NLT‬ FutureAndHope.org

Last episode, I interviewed fractional CFO David Richter, and we talked all about profit first. Here, Deana from Relay joins me to chat about how to work with a bank that will help you implement profit first. If you know my story, you know how important profit first is to me. It helped me out of a really tough tax situation and I’m a huge fan of the strategy. Working with a profit first bank could...

“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him, even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because I did it in ignorance and unbelief. Oh, how generous and gracious our Lord was! He filled me with the faith and love that come from Christ J...

" After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." - 1 Thessalonians 4:17 NIV FutureAndHope.org

Part seven of my masterclass series with Jerry Norton dives deep into selling your vacant land. In this podcast, I talk a lot about how to think of things with the end in mind. When you're pricing and selling land, you've got to think about it in terms of what would make this property as attractive as possible to an end buyer. That means you have to know who your end buyer is. You need to know wha...

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death." - Romans 8:1-17 NIV FutureAndHope.org

“Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlas...

I owed a debt I could not pay. He paid a debt He did not owe.  “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NLT‬ “He canceled out every legal violation we had on...

If you’ve been following along, we’re now on part six of my masterclass video series with Jerry Norton. In this one, we talk all about analyzing vacant land deals. I thought this was really important, especially for my audio listeners, because it's just important to understand that it's different from houses. In some ways, land is more difficult to comp than houses, but once you learn it, you...

Day 12 Jesus challenge: what’s that following me?! “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life...” Psalm 23:6 ESV FutureAndHope.org

He’s the God of your 2nd chance, 3rd chance… etc. He never leaves or forsakes you. He’s got your back - and your front - and both sides - and top and bottom too! His love is eternal. FutureAndHope.org

Jay Conner is known as the “private money man”. We’re talking about how to raise all the private money you could ever need for your deals. Whether it’s a house, vacant lot, commercial property—you name it—Jay is your guy. Here, we dive deep into how to raise private money because it’s a skill. It’s very easy to do, but it’s both an art and a science. Jay shares his story of how he became a real es...

“In those days and at that time, I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. In that day, Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this will be its name: ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’” Jeremiah 33:15-16 NLT FutureAndHope.org

Day 9/30 Jesus Challenge… Jesus helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath heavy loads.  “The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation. All of your works will thank you, Lord, and your faithful followers will praise you. They will speak of the glory of your kingdom; they wil...

This will be one of the most important podcasts that you've ever listened to in terms of real estate investing and understanding your numbers. Here’s the deal: if you don’t know your numbers, you don’t have a real business. When I was in a mastermind around seven or eight years ago, I heard a guy say that, and it hit me. I had a business, and I was making money, but I also kind of wasn’t. If you’v...

A simple baseball in my hands is worth about $5. A baseball in Jackie Robinson‘s hands is worth $5 million. A football in my hands is worth about $10. A football in Tom Brady’s hands is worth about $10 million. Some bread and fish in my hands can feed one person a lunch. The same bread and fish in Jesus’s hands can feed 5,000 people. A few nails in my hand could maybe build a birdhouse. The same n...

Day 7 of my 30 Day Jesus Challenge - things I love about Jesus. He took a crown of thorns to give me a crown of righteousness. Then we get to throw our crowns at His feet! We get the grace. He gets the glory. Matthew 27:29-30 TPT Then they braided a crown of thorns and set it on his head. After placing a reed staff in his right hand, they knelt down before him and irreverently mocked him, saying,...

Jesus forgives ALL our sins. “Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault. All glory to him who alone is God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time, and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.” - Jude‬ ‭1‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭NLT‬‬ h...

David Lecko is responsible for bringing the popular driving for dollars app DealMachine front and center in the real estate world. It’s an amazing tool, one of the best out there. Here, David joins me to talk about how artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the real estate game. David’s developed one of the most successful real estate software platforms in the industry, and he’s an expert in tec...

Jesus is my joy… And the joy of the Lord is my STRENGTH (Nehemiah ‭8‬:‭10‬) “And Nehemiah continued, “... Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!”” - New Living Translation “... and be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold.” - Amplified Classic Get more cool info on Jesus & why He gives us joy: https://www.futureandhope....

“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”” - ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭30‬ ‭NLT‬‬ https://www.futureandhope.org/

Zack Boothe is a good friend of mine, and he’s a beast when it comes to driving for dollars. Here, we talk about why driving for dollars is one of the best ways to do real estate deals. Zack has also been getting into land deals. He’s made $60,000 in profits over the last six months, flipping just five lots of vacant land. He’s built a team and outsourced most of the process to everyone he’s hired...

Having just gone through major open heart surgery to replace my calcified aortic valve, I have a lot of appreciation for Jesus being a healer.  ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭12‬:‭13‬-‭15‬, ‭17‬-‭21‬ ‭NLT‬‬: “Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored, just like the other one! Then the Pharisees called a meeting to plot how to kill Jesus. But Jesus knew what...

Part five of my masterclass series with Jerry Norton is all about how to make offers, one of my favorite topics. I talk about some of the tools we use to systematize this part of the business, and we really spend a lot of time talking about how to talk to sellers. We cover how to have a simple conversation by asking questions and a simple formula to overcome objections. We also get into role-playi...

Welcome to Day 2 of my 30 day "Jesus Challenge"... One thing I love about Jesus is that His mercy is new every morning - no matter how much I screw up. Lamentations 3:21-24: "Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;...