The Art of Passive Income

Joining Mark this week are: Erik Peterson Scott Bossman Mike Zaino Mimi Schmidt Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Listen in as they discuss if wholesalers should charge a documentation fee when cutting a deal and if it is bad to negotiate a wholesaling deal on a property. The Land Geeks also gave an update on how their businesses are performing in this pandemic.  TIP OF THE WEEK Mimi: My tip of the week...

Our guest, Nir Eyal, says the key to becoming Indistractable is to control your attention and today, he is going to show us just how to do that. Nir writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, "The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology." Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford...

Joining Mark this week are: Erik Peterson Scott Bossman Mimi Schmidt Mike Zaino Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Listen in as they discuss: How they manage their buyer’s list The strategies they use for excellent email marketing Segmenting and optimizing their lists The platforms they use for email marketing And more! Tune in for an update on how their land businesses are performing during this pandemic...

Our guest today is going to tell us how she went from a negative net worth to building up a multi-million dollar empire in multifamily rentals.  Join us as we talk with Anna Kelley, the founding partner of Zenith Capital Group, Apex Multifamily and REImom.com .  Anna’s a former top ranked financial relationship manager for a private bank and began investing in real estate 20 years ago. Since, she...

Joining Mark this week are: Scott Bossman Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Land Geek Community Members Listen in as Tate takes over the question and answer series and the Land Geeks share advice and  give solutions to:  Excellent internet marketing  How to handle the inquiries of prospective land buyers  Proper social media management  How to deal with internet trolls and troublemakers And...

Need money for a real estate deal? There’s an easy button for that and today’s guest, Matt Bell of Easy Button Lending , is going to show us how it’s done. Matt is a real estate investment strategist and certified fund manager who partners with CEOs, executives and solopreneurs across the country to grow both net worth and cash flow in order to accelerate their path to retirement.  Working initial...

Joining Mark this week are: Scott Bossman Mike Zaino Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Tune in to hear about their successes and hurdles with land investing. Plus listen as they share advice on getting started, joining Flight School, and the support of the Land Geek coaches and community.   TIP OF THE WEEK : Mimi: My tip is link to Airtable's trainings, sign yourself up and get...

Has the infinite banking concept piqued your interest but you can’t quite grasp how it works?  You’re not alone, it even has Mark & Scott feeling a little perplexed…but today’s guests are going to educate us on how it all works. Returning to the podcast to give us the 101 on the infinite banking system are Russ Morgan and Joey Mure, the Wealth Without Wall Street guys!  Listen in as Russ & Joey gi...

Joining Mark this week are: Mike Zaino Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Scott Bossman Listen in to hear advice from The Land Geek team on what it takes to get started, stay consistent, overcome hurdles, and achieve tremendous success in the land industry.  TIP OF THE WEEK Mimi : Mimi: This tip is from a couple different articles, Facebook has changed their desktop inner face,...

Our guest today, Brandon Webb , is going to help you conquer your entrepreneurial fear like a Navy SEAL. And he knows a thing or two about the mindset of a SEAL, because he is a former U.S. Navy SEAL sniper.  In 1997, when Brandon’s SEAL training package was approved, he joined over 200 students in class 215, and went on to complete the training as 1 of 23 originals. Throughout his career he compl...

Joining Mark this week are: Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Scott Bossman Listen in as we go around the table and discuss the effectiveness of training documents for virtual assistants in the land business, plus how everyone approaches dealing with customers who are late making payments, especially in these tough times.  TIP OF THE WEEK Mimi : My tip of the week is from Zapie...

Pam Goodwin is an expert in commercial real estate, more specifically, single tenant leasing. And today, she gives us an inside look into her specialty—retail and restaurant pad site development. Pam is a speaker, a number one bestselling author, trainer, success consultant and media personality in the Dallas Fort Worth area.  She is the principal and founder of Goodwin Commercial, a boutique comm...

Joining Mark this week are: Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Listen in as we go around the table and discuss the current market and if now is the time to call it quits and get maybe a stable J.O.B.? TIP OF THE WEEK Mimi:  Great sales recording training HERE Isn’t it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want? Are you...

AirBnB is big business and our guest today has created a formula for building a scalable AirBnB business by leveraging other people’s properties. Brian Page became a millionaire in his 20’s as a residential real estate investor only to lose it all in the historic crash of 2008. Starting over with no credit or ability to purchase property, Brian discovered a way to use other people’s properties to...

In this week’s Round Table discussion—the Land Geek's discuss how and or if they use an option strategy to help them lock up properties with a land seller.   Joining Mark this week are: Scott Bossman Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Listen in as we go around the table for to get option strategy wisdom And what about people who have options expire to do they continue to market...

Today’s guest always leaves you feeling a bit smarter after having a conversation with him and today was no exception. Join Mark & Scott as they welcome Todd Tresidder, founder of FinancialMentor.com , back to the show. Todd previously appeared on the Best Passive Income model about 4 years ago which you can find here: Todd Tresidder on Wealth Building Equation in Life . Todd is a former hedge fun...

In this week’s Round Table discussion—first, we talk business and where we are in the current state of the economy. Then, the claws come out as the team gets into a colloquy over the Netflix Documentary, The Tiger King.  Joining Mark this week are: Scott Bossman Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Listen in as we go around the table for a business update during the current state...

Today’s guest became a financial planner at the worst time possible, in the midst of 2008 during the financial crisis, but it was watching the CPA he worked for at the time tell client after client that they lost half of their retirement that was the pivotal moment for him.  Mark Willis is a Certified Financial Planner, a #1 Best Selling Author and the owner of Lake Growth Financial Services , a f...

Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic with millions of people losing their jobs, and that’s in the U.S. alone, how is the land business faring? Joining Mark for this week’s Round Table discussion are: Erik Peterson Mimi Schmidt Mike Zaino Tate Litchfield Scott Todd As Mark goes around the table and asks the team how their businesses are holding up during this pandemic crisis, there were a few things tha...

Our guest, who is known as The Pitch Whisperer, came armed today with examples, case studies, and methods on Better Selling Through Storytelling … which so happens, is also the name of his best-selling book!  John Livesay is a sales keynote speaker and shares the lessons learned from his award-winning sales career at Conde Nast. In his keynote “Better Selling Through Storytelling,” he shows compan...

With all of the uncertainty in the market today, how do we know when to adjust our pricing (buy & sell) in an area and what steps do we take? Joining Mark for this week’s Round Table discussion are: Erik Peterson Scott Bossman Mimi Schmidt Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Today’s topic—flexible maneuvers in the current marketplace, was brought to the discussion table by Erik Peterson.  Join the team as...

Paul Moore joins us on The Art of Passive Income to share valuable insight on which real estate investments make the most sense. Paul graduated from Ohio State with an Engineering degree and an MBA and after working at the Ford Motor Company for five years, Paul left to start a staffing company with a partner in which they had scaled and then sold to a publicly traded firm five years later. After...

Get ready for another Grill The Geek episode on this week’s Round Table discussion! Listen in as the team puts the spotlight on an old school ‘OG’ geek who bought the Investor’s Toolkit back in late 2015 and has been chiseling away at his business ever since. Joining Mark for this student Q&A are: Erik Peterson Mimi Schmidt Scott Bossman Tate Litchfield Scott Todd ...and our special geeky guest, D...

Our doppelganger guest today is all about helping people get out of solo-economic dependency—if you’re not working, you’re not making money. Even though her target clientele may not be the same, she sings from the same songbook. Join us as we welcome Sylvie McCracken to the show. Sylvie helps hard-working health professionals harness their drive and take back the wheel to get more out of their pra...

Erik Peterson hijacks this week’s Round Table and he brought along a special guest who happens to be a former Flight School student and current coaching client. Joining Erik for this special Grill The Geek episode are: Scott Bossman Mike Zaino Mimi Schmidt And last, but not least, we welcome Sid Christensen to the show!  “ I ended up breaking my leg on a snow bike and I work construction so it’s v...