The REtipster Podcast | Land Investing & Real Estate Strategies

#37: Over the past year, I've become a lot more interested in finding legitimate ways to generate sources of truly passive income from vacant land. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/37 ) Now, to the average real estate investor, the words "cash flow" and "vacant land" do NOT go together, but if you know where to look and how to find these kinds of properties, there are ac...

#36: In today’s show, we’re talking with David VanSteenkiste. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/36 ) Who is this guy? He’s a name and face that has continually popped up in my social media feeds for years. In all of the various land-related conversations I see around the interweb - David always seems to be there , chiming in with his thoughts and suggestions for others about how to handle various...

#35: One of the most common questions I hear from people in the real estate business is, "Where can I get funding for my next deal??" (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/35 ) It doesn't matter what type of real estate investor you are, at some point, you're going to run out of cash . If you want to keep buying properties and grow your business, you'll need some other source...

#34: Most real estate investors rely on direct mail in a big way. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/34 ) While it's certainly not the only way to find great real estate deals, it's one of the most widely-used marketing mediums that delivers any kind of consistent, predictable results. In this episode, we talk with Brian Kurtz - an offline marketing expert (among many other things) who h...

#33: Perry Marshall is a lot of things. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/33 ) After starting his career as a trained electrical engineer, he transitioned into becoming a direct marketing expert, and ultimately, a massive contributor to the legacy and development of the 80/20 Principle . Perry has written several books , but probably the most well-known are 80/20 Sales and Marketing as well as Ev...

#32: Ben Leybovich is a veteran BiggerPockets member, massively successful real estate investor, apartment syndicator, author, speaker, and house-hacker. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/32 ) Sam Grooms is a CPA and is a partner with Ben in syndication deals (taskmaster, organization, etc). Needless to say, these guys know their stuff when it comes to real estate investing. Ben and Sam have been...

#31: If you've spent any time searching for free real estate investing education online, you've likely stumbled across BiggerPockets along the way. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/31 ) BiggerPockets is BY FAR the biggest single website for real estate investors today, and Brandon Turner is arguably the most influential voice behind this online platform. In this episode of the REtipste...

#30: Renee and I both learned about the world of land investing and land flipping about ten years ago when Jack Bosch launched his first course on the subject. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/30 ) After a lot of emails back and forth, we eventually joined a mastermind group with a few other people. Over the years, we have learned an absolute TON from each other, simply by acting as a sounding b...

#29: In this episode, we talk with Keith Weinhold. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/29 ) Keith is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, an International Best Selling Author, he owns apartments in Alaska, homes in Texas and Florida, Coffee Farms in Panama and Cacao Farms in Belize. He’s also the Founder of GetRichEducation.com , where he runs a blog and podcast, teaching readers and listene...

#28: In episode 28 of the REtipster Podcast, we get to interview one of the leading experts on self-storage units . (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/28 ) Scott Meyers is someone I've heard about for years, and he's one of the prominent names in the online education space for self-storage investing. This is a real estate investing niche I’ve had a TON of interest in for a lot of years,...

#27: In this episode, we sit down with David Sewell, the Founder of the International Coffee Farms, to discuss all the details on how this investment opportunity works, why it makes sense, and what type of investors it might appeal to. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/27 ) Aside from the solid, long-term prospective income that can come from this kind of investment, it also provides a good, hone...

#26: Clayton Morris is someone I've been following for the past few years in the online real estate investing space. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/26 ) If the guy looks familiar, you've probably seen him as the weekend anchor for Fox & Friends on the Fox News Channel. Aside from his network television gig, he's been running a website and YouTube channel for several years, w...

#25: In this interview, I talk with M.C. Laubscher, who is an expert in the Infinite Banking Concept. My goal with this conversation was to get more clarity on the pros and cons of this strategy and to figure out whether or not this was something that would fit into my financial picture. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/25 ) I always felt like I wasn’t being told the whole story by other “financ...

#24: Back in July, I enlisted the first full-time "employee" for REtipster.com. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/24 ) His name is Jaren Barnes, and if his name sounds familiar, it may be because you heard an earlier conversation I had with him on Episode 10 of the REtipster Podcast . Jaren is a pretty remarkable guy, and he's going to play a pretty significant role in the future d...

#23: In this episode, we talk with Lucas Hall , Founder of Landlordology and the Head of Industry Relations for Cozy.co . (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/23) Lucas has a plethora of experience and industry knowledge relating to rental properties - everything from property management to house hacking ideas, this guy has either done it, or he knows how it's done . Lucas has a wealth of knowl...

#22: In this interview, I sit down with Chad Carson and chat about his latest book, Retire Early with Real Estate , available through BiggerPockets. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/22 One of the things Chad discussed at length in this book is how real estate can be used to pave the way for an early retirement... but retirement isn't just about not working, it's about true and lasting...

#21: Brian Davis is a residential landlord and the Director of Education for Spark Rental . (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/21 ) Brian has contributed a number of blog posts to the REtipster arsenal over the past several months, and after noticing his clear expertise in the area of landlording and rental properties, I decided it was time for us to sit down and record and interview fo the REtips...

#20: Earlier this year, I had a chance to talk with David Denniston. Dave and I are both actively working in two very different worlds - land investing and podcasting, which means we had all kinds of interesting experiences and ideas to share with each other. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/20 ) Dave is one of those guys who doesn't waste time. Once he knows how a business works, he thrott...

#19: In today's episode, we're talking with Danny Johnson - Founder and Creator of Lead Propeller (among many other things). (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/19 ) This guy has a long and successful history as a house flipper and a software developer, and he has blended those two specialities together to help real estate investors create websites as quickly and seamlessly as possible. I...

#18: Over the past couple of years, one of the more helpful voices I've noticed in the various land investing forums and Facebook groups is a guy named Josh Brooks . (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/18 ) This guy is a 20-year Army veteran and a by all reasonable measurements, he's done very well in the land investing business. As it turns out, he's been following the REtipster Blo...

#17: The first time I heard Al Williamson explain the short term rental business - my mind was blown . (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/17 ) It's not often that I have a huge epiphany moment and recognize a whole new world of opportunity, but that's definitely what happened when I started to see the possibilities in this brilliant real estate investing strategy. In this interview, Al g...

#16: Of all the relationships I've had in my years as an entrepreneur, few of them were more important than the ones I developed in various mastermind groups. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/16 ) What is a mastermind group, you ask? While the definition can vary (depending on the context and goals) - a mastermind group is essentially this: A small group of like-minded people that gathers r...

#15: In this interview, I talk with Maggie Mendoza, who is relatively new to the world of house wholesaling. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/15 ) As an action-oriented, entrepreneurial-minded person, she has learned a lot of important lessons very quickly (and experienced some big success early on in her journey). She tells us what she did to find her first three deals, and how she was able to...

#14: My guest on today's episode goes by the name E.B. Farmer. I discovered him this past year when I learned about a book he wrote called “The Land Flipper: Turning Dirt Into Dollars”. (Show notes: https://REtipster.com/14 ) Initially, I picked up the book because I wanted to see how his approach was similar to (or different from) mine. I figured out pretty quickly that the strategy he uses...

#13: Land investing is like any other business, you need to take action if you expect to see any results. (Show Notes: https://REtipster.com/13 ) Every so often, I get emails from readers who tell me about the success they're having in the real estate business. One of those readers is a guy named Greg Srader . Greg has reached out to me on a number of occasions to let me know about some of th...