Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast

My guest grew up in St. Louis on The Hill, the Italian neighborhood of the city. He now lives in the Dallas area and does some really creative deals. He started doing this in 2011 when the market was emerging from the big recession. Nick’s company buys, fixes and sells. No big deal, right? However, sales are not retail. They finance the home for the seller. They underwrite the buyers, which transl...

I really believe your mind will be blown by this episode. We’re talking about flipping properties you find on the MLS. That may sound like a no-brainer, but I can just about guarantee you’ve never heard of this strategy before. I have 2 guests, Jack Sternberg and Stacy Kellams, and I have to thank Stacy for encouraging me to have Jack as a guest. Jack and Stacy have been working together for 20 ye...

You may recall that I’ve had a few guests lately who responded to an email I sent asking people who are doing lease options if they would like to be on my podcast. Today’s guest is another investor who got back to me, and he’s done very well with lease options. Rob bought his own home via lease option a while back. He’s had several mega-dollar successes with lease options over time… one that yield...

Hey! You can sign up online to get my new book, REI Secrets–Daily Nuggets of Real Estate Investing Wisdom. It contains short, informative and inspirational articles pulled from some of my ‘In My Car’ podcasts. My guest is Blair Halver who’s known as an outstanding marketer. His favorite part of the process is finding leads, so he decided to start a business to generate leads for other investors. H...

Hey folks. I’m driving around in my neighborhood now. I’m opening the window because it’s such a beautiful day. I want to remind you that there’s a lot of opportunities out there for real estate investors. On social media, there’s been a lot of complaining lately that states just the opposite. Please be careful and limit your exposure to that kind of negativity. People who have time to be on socia...

Hey, glad you’re listening. I’m in my car driving around on this beautiful day. I just took my dog to a training session. The family gets trained after the dog completes the course, which should be fun. Some of you may be discouraged because you think you’re getting started in real estate investment too late. You think too many people are already doing it; there’s too much competition. But that’s...

My new book is finally here: REI Secrets–Daily Nuggets of Real Estate Investing Wisdom. The book is a compilation of short pieces from Joe’s podcasts that are meant to be inspirational and educational. Joe is charging only shipping and handling and selling it only via his website. He wants the book to go to his friends that are his listeners… people like you.

The Transaction Engineer, Eddie Raymond, is my guest today. Listen and find out why he has that name. Eddie lives in Atlanta and has been working in real estate since 2005. He took a chance and quit his job before he made his first deal. Eddie had to decide whether to attend 5 days of real estate training or keep a job driving forklifts. Quitting was the right thing to do. He’s never looked back....

I teach people interested in pre-foreclosures to go in and offer cash. Frans Calderon answered a call I put out on social media to find people doing lease options who might want to appear on my show. When I learned what Frans does in the pre-foreclosure space, I jumped at the opportunity to interview him. His approach is so totally contrary to my thinking that I had to have him explain. Frans is o...

Chris Kleewein has been a real estate investor for a long time. His first buy was a duplex in which he lived in one side and rented out the other. Chris lives in St. Louis and once shared an office with me. Chris worked for a while in the corporate world, but always knew he wanted to be in real estate. He remembers watching Carlton Sheets in an infomercial when he was in high school. Chris is a bi...

I met Ryan Enk a couple of years ago at an internet conference. He’s been doing lease options and that’s what we’ll talk about today. He lives in New Orleans on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Ryan was a teacher there when Hurricane Katrina came through. He knew he needed to do something else to make more money for his growing family that now includes 5 boys…

This will be a short episode… think of an ‘In My Car’ podcast. I’m actually in my car anyway. But really, this is a brief intro for a Q&A video on YouTube about Z-Code, my new course. Z-Code teaches students how to find leads on Zillow, which means finding truly motivated leads. Why would anyone list property there if they weren’t ready to sell?..

I’m happy to be introducing my new course, Z-Code. This is the 2 nd podcast about it and we will address another question we’ve received from students who’ve already taken this exciting marketing class. Z-Code teaches how to find leads on Zillow. It’s easy to get leads and Zillow leads are free. You’ll have a steady supply of leads to market to and follow up with, so you’d better be closing some d...

I worked with a few friends to develop a simple marketing course called the Z-Code. The Z-Code teaches students how to find leads on Zillow, and Zillow leads are free leads, right? Some students have already taken the course and are very enthusiastic about what they learned. Z-Code questions… what are they? They’re questions that have been asked by students who’ve taken the course. You’ll hear som...

Today’s podcast is my attempt to help you get prepared for the market changes that are coming. I went to Los Angeles last night to speak about lease options and am driving home from the airport now. The reason this is coming up now is I had time to talk some of the investors at the Los Angeles event. Things are already changing there. Houses take longer to sell and values aren’t going up…

The topic of apartment investing scares some people, but please stay with this episode because you will learn how an easygoing guy, Tim Bratz, approaches this lucrative business. Listeners can ask Tim questions during the show and we’ll get to as many as we can…

When I heard that Justin Lee was flipping properties in California while lounging at the beach with his family in Panama, I knew we had to get this guy on the podcast.  You are going to enjoy this interview. And you know what?  It doesn’t matter if you have no desire to flip properties remotely.  You can do exactly what Justin is doing right in your own back yard.  That is the...

Brian Page is our guest today. He’s been on several times talking about Airbnb, which is a game-changer. Some folks who’ve learned about lease options from me are turning those properties into Airbnb units. Brian lives in Charleston, SC. He has a course that teaches people how to make money with Airbnb. And he still acquires properties himself and turns them into Airbnb units…

Our guest today truly is the BEST with systems for real estate investors. I’ve learned so much from Kent about systems over the years. He’s been in the business a long time and has helped a lot of people. Kent has real estate investments, computer systems, an education arm with 50,000 students and 10,000 students using his software. He’s about to introduce Kribbz, which is an online buyer/seller e...

I’m heading home from another two-day workshop with private clients. Gavin and I did some teaching, but mostly just worked along with students. We set up systems, made offers, worked on contracts, etc. One of the students set up a lease option deal while there that will bring her $10 to $15k. It’s so helpful to these people to leave with leads, VAs, systems, and everything else they need to take a...

Today’s podcast is a little different. I’m going to talk about asking God for wisdom. I believe my success in life comes through God’s grace for me. It seems like lately I am facing more and more situations in which I have absolutely no idea what to do. Some of this relates to my children getting older, but it’s also in business situations….

We have people watching and listening on Facebook and YouTube as well as folks who pick podcasts up from Real Estate Investing Mastery website and various podcast providers. Glad to have you with us. This is the 9th year of the podcast, and I’m proud of that. I enjoy doing it and am happy to see it expanding. Today’s guest is Ross Hamilton of Connected Investors, and who better to talk with about...

Today’s podcast is coming to you from my Nissan Maxima. I’m going to buy another big SUV soon. Miss the big car. I’m trying a new microphone today… let me know what you think. My students ask me a lot of questions, and I try to keep up to date with answering them. I’ve noticed that a similar question comes up a lot so I thought I’d share answer with everyone..

Gavin is joining us from England… the Midlands where he grew up. This episode is a free coaching call. Some people submitted questions ahead of time and we’ll start with some of those. If you have a question, you can submit it during the show. And if you would like to have us work with you to jump-start your business, apply to attend one of our two-day implementation workshops. The workshop sets y...

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