The DealMachine Real Estate Investing Podcast

Zaman Pasha runs sales and acquisitions for a wholesaling business in Austin that went from 30 deals a year to 130 in just two years. In this episode, he breaks down the manual dialing strategy his team uses to track down sellers who won't answer the phone, calling relatives and other family connections instead. He explains why these messy title and curative title deals turn into some of their big...

AI can now underwrite a deal from nothing but a property address, and this episode shows exactly how. Devin Robinson, a real estate investor who runs his wholesale company on AI, walks through his full setup step by step. He breaks down why AI skills beat prompt engineering for consistent results, how Claude Cowork handles due diligence and closing coordination, how his follow-up system worked a f...

Most investors spend thousands on marketing to find their next deal. Jay Mirando does about 30 deals a year in Las Vegas, and his best ones come from real estate agents who bring them directly to his desk. In this episode, he breaks down how he built a referral network of probate agents, why hosting one simple recurring event made realtors want to send him business, and the type of property he ref...

Rhen Bartlett closes 20+ real estate deals a month wholesaling and flipping houses in Alabama, in a market where thin margins force most investors to get creative or get out. In this episode, he breaks down why he added a flipping arm instead of staying wholesale-only, how he structures partnerships after learning the hard way, and the AI assistant he built to keep his operation running lean.   KE...

Tiffany High breaks down her SCALE framework for reverse engineering a revenue goal into the exact leads, calls, and contracts needed to hit it. She walks through the real math behind a direct mail campaign, showing how the same monthly spend produced a 3X return for one investor and an 8.5X return for another, just by converting leads better. If you're pouring money into marketing without trackin...

Kostika Xhurka and Camiren Dalrymple have been fixing, flipping, and wholesaling in Las Vegas for years, and when rising interest rates slowed the market down, they didn't wait it out. They fired every outside marketing vendor, brought everything in house, and built a system that's generating deals across Google, Meta, direct mail, and more. In this episode, they break down their full marketing st...

Luke Slapa is doing 50+ deals a year out of Midland-Odessa, Texas, a market of just 300,000 people, and he did it by making one decision most investors resist: stop chasing multiple markets and own one. In this episode, he walks through how he built local brand awareness, why going deep in a small market gives him less competition and stronger margins, and how fix and flip real estate works differ...

Most real estate investors struggle with cold calling scripts that actually convert leads into deals, but Brent Daniels breaks down the complete conversion process in this episode. Brent is a seasoned real estate investing coach who has trained thousands of investors across the country. He covers the four pillars of successful cold calling, tonality techniques, lead follow-up strategies, and how t...

Most real estate wholesaling business owners struggle to scale beyond their first year, but the right systems and team can change everything. David sits down with Kyle Eisenbarger and Joe Ientile from Sunflower Home Buyers, two entrepreneurs who scaled to 181 deals last year and are looking to continue expanding rapidly. They discuss their direct mail marketing strategy, the critical hiring mistak...

Most real estate investors overlook short sales as a profitable strategy, but they're actually thriving in competitive markets like NYC. David Lecko sits down with Carlos Fontanez and his partner Mike on Collective Genius to explore why short sale real estate has become essential for savvy investors. They dive into how short sales work, why sellers choose them over auctions, the art of negotiating...

Most real estate professionals don't realize how AI is fundamentally changing where leads come from online. In this episode, Trevor Mauch breaks down real estate SEO with AI and shows you exactly how to adapt your visibility strategy for this new landscape. He covers AI search behavior, optimizing your Google Business Profile, implementing proper schema for faster indexing, and using online consis...

Most wholesalers miss the profit potential hiding in wholetail real estate, but one entrepreneur cracked the code by closing 45 deals before turning 24. David sits down with Ben Busha, a real estate wholesaler who has scaled to over 60 deals annually, to break down his proven strategies on this episode. They explore the B2B agent model versus traditional wholesaling, the specific profit breakdown...

Real estate direct mail is one of the most consistent deal sources for investors who want to control their own pipeline, and Ryan Saldanha has proof. Ryan does 50+ deals a year in the Tampa market using a direct mail and cold calling system he built after relying on wholesalers left his deal flow inconsistent. His direct mail marketing for real estate runs on the same list he cold calls, and going...

Cold email is one of the most underrated lead generation strategies in real estate, and in this episode David Frizzell breaks down exactly how to build a compliant, scalable system from scratch. You'll learn how to set up your sending infrastructure, build a high-quality list using DealMachine data, and run automated email marketing campaigns that generate inbound seller leads while you're focused...

If your direct mail marketing isn't producing deals, the problem is probably volume. Joseph Austin of Next Step Real Estate is sending over 7,000 real estate direct mail postcards a month across the greater Philadelphia area and currently has 16 fix-and-flip projects in motion. In this episode, Joe breaks down his direct mail real estate marketing approach, why mailing 500 pieces a month isn't eno...

Most wholesalers skip over sellers who won't take a deep discount, but Rich Wonders built an entire nationwide novation real estate business out of exactly those leads. Rich is the Novation King, and he's got hundreds of wholesalers closing novation deals with an average fee around $35K using his step-by-step novation real estate process. In this episode he walks through his full three-phase novat...

Cost per lead is going up, sellers are harder to convert, and the wholesalers who aren't adapting are getting left behind. Steve Trang, founder of Objection Proof AI, breaks down the exact systems the top operators are running right now to stay ahead. You'll learn how AI is handling lead follow-up with zero burnout, why speed to lead under five seconds is the new standard, and how his clients are...

Blake Yarborough started acquiring rentals in 2009 when everyone else was running from the market, and built his way to 100+ properties and $40 million in real estate. In this episode, he breaks down the leveraged financing strategy he used to scale fast, how he structured 15-year notes to protect himself against rate resets, and why he self-manages instead of handing things off to third-party pro...

GSP Homes is closing over 50 off-market deals a year plus 15 to 20 flips, and they're doing it with a system that converts in-person appointments at a 50% rate. Cannon Wilson is their acquisitions manager, and he walks through how they give every seller three options: a cash offer, a private listing to their network of 3,500 buyers, or a full MLS listing. He also covers how they use DealMachine to...

Liz Faircloth scaled from a single duplex to close to 1,400 doors across multiple states, and the secret had nothing to do with finding more deals. In this episode, she breaks down the three things that actually make scaling work: leadership, systems, and team. She covers how to identify your core genius and stop wasting time on everything else, how to build a bookkeeping process that protects you...

Tim Warner first appeared on the DealMachine Podcast as Timmy Triumphs, documenting his journey to his first wholesale deal on Instagram. Now he is back with a $23,000 assignment fee and the full story of how he got there. In this episode, Tim breaks down how he found the lead, how the deal almost fell apart the next day, and how four months of follow-up brought it back to life.   KEY TALKING POIN...

A popular YouTuber bought a rental property in Plano, Texas, lost money on cash flow, and walked away calling it a regret. David and Ryan watched the video live and pushed back hard. The problem wasn't rentals. It was buying at retail, managing from 2,000 miles away, and skipping the upfront repair analysis. In this episode they break down what went wrong and what to do instead, from buying off ma...

Most real estate investors focus entirely on outbound lead generation and never build the online presence that captures sellers who are already searching. In this episode, SEO expert Glen Petersen walks through the full playbook, from setting up your website and Google Business Profile to building backlinks and free directory listings that grow your credibility over time. Glen also covers the AI s...

Avion Hunter got four wholesale deals under contract early in her career and watched three of them fall apart. In this episode, Ryan diagnoses exactly what went wrong, from buyers walking to sellers who won't budge on price, and breaks down when to have the hard conversation and when to cut your losses and move on. If deals keep unraveling before the finish line, this one's worth your time.   KEY...

Raphael Johnson has been in real estate for 20 years, and he says AI changed his business more than anything else in the last decade. In this episode, the Kansas City investor and licensed agent breaks down how he uses Claude and AI agents to automate his wholesaling operation — treating them like trained employees, not search engines. He also gets into his deal criteria, how he's doing 2-to-1 off...