The REtipster Podcast | Land Investing & Real Estate Strategies

138: I met Jon Farling in 2019 at the first-ever BiggerPockets conference in Nashville. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/138 ) At the time, I was just beginning to learn about self-storage investing, and Jon had just purchased his second facility. His storage business was still in its infancy, and he was still working his W2 job, but I could see he was going places fast. A few months later, we started a...

137: Rich Fettke is a huge influencer with an amazing life story. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/137 ) Rich has been featured in USA Today, Entrepreneur Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Extreme Success, Momentum, and his most recent book, The Wise Investor: A Modern Parable About Creating Financial Freedom and Living Your Best Life. RDA Press, his publisher, lists him as a Ri...

136: Today, we’re talking with our friends, Howard Zonder and David VanSteenkiste. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/136 ) Howard and David have both been interviewed on the podcast in two separate episodes. Howard was in episode 9, and David was in episode 36. Howard and David are now business partners and work together on a joint venture called Land. MBA that we’re going to hear more about in just a mi...

135: I discovered Doug Smith about a year ago when I heard his interview with Austin Peek on Millionaire Interviews.  (Show Notes: REtipster.com/135 ) Doug has a fascinating story because he has succeeded in a BIG way in multiple domains, but his journey hasn't been easy. Doug started as a house flipper, then transitioned into an online business, and now he’s a land investor who bought and so...

134: Today, I’m coming to you with a true story about a scam involving identity fraud, money laundering, and other white-collar crimes. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/134 ) In May of this year, someone posted an article about identity thieves using fraudulent deeds to steal people’s property in Florida. Then someone else posted another article in the comments about how a couple in Florida was arrested...

133: By now, you've probably heard it on the news and amongst your friends and colleagues. There has been a lot of talk about the U.S. heading into a recession . (Show Notes: REtipster.com/133 ) How did we get here? What does this mean for real estate investors at large and how will it impact people in the land investing business? It's a tricky subject to tackle because nobody knows exac...

132: Callan Faulkner runs a company called REI Optimize, a high-end, done-for-you - CRM and technology implementor for land investors. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/132 ) I met Callan earlier this year at a real estate investing conference. As we were standing around in the same circle, I listened as she talked about her ideas and experiences, and I kept having all of these “WOW” moments. It hit me t...

131: Matt Peterson has found his stride as a land investor. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/131 ) Matt started as a part-time land investor back in July 2016 and, in his first year, bought 72 properties and sold 54 of those, half for cash and half on terms. In January 2019, he pulled the plug on his corporate job in project management for a Fortune 20 engineering & consulting firm in Houston to tak...

130: Today I'm talking with John Casmon of Casmon Capital Group. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/130 ) I first met John a couple of years ago when he had me on his podcast and he struck me as a great guy, very down-to-earth with a lot of knowledge to share from the world of commercial real estate. John is a real estate entrepreneur who has partnered with busy professionals to invest in over $100 m...

129: I met Adam Carroll at a conference earlier this year, where he was one of the keynote speakers. When I talked to him at lunch, he was telling me about this thing called The Shred Method that struck me as a fascinating way to destroy personal debt much faster than most of us realize is possible. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/129 ) Adam has spent the past two decades teaching people how to eradica...

128: This past month, I met Casey Inman at the Real Estate Wealth Builders Conference. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/128 ) As I got to talking with him, I discovered something very interesting about his approach to the land investing business. This guy doesn’t rely on direct mail at all. It literally plays no part whatsoever in his process of finding deals. I found this fascinating and it struck me t...

127: Land banking is something I’ve always had a basic understanding of, but there are certain aspects of it that have always confused me (like how to predict what the value of land will be 10 years from now) and other parts of it have turned me off (like the idea of just sitting on a property for years). (Show Notes: REtipster.com/127 ) I’m definitely not an expert in this sub-niche of land inves...

126: Today we’re talking with an acquaintance that we often run into at most of the real estate conferences we attend, his name is Alexander Scott Felice . (Show Notes: REtipster.com/126 ) Alex is a real estate investor, Army Veteran, and online content creator who does a great job of detailing all of his deals on his website at brokeisachoice.com . In this conversation, we're talking about w...

125: Have you ever gotten into something with a certain set of expectations, only to find that there were some ugly, inconvenient truths nobody told you about how it really works? (Show Notes: REtipster.com/125 ) In this episode, Jaren and I are going to cover all of the things we wish we had known about how the land business works. Some of these things are negatives that will apply to everyone wh...

124: Tim Krause is someone I've been paying attention to for the past couple of years. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/124 ) I got to know him after he started posting some vlog-style videos about his land investing business in our Facebook Group. Tim is a guy who seems to defy all odds with the growth he's seen in his land business. He has clearly found his competitive edge and he's goi...

John Fedro is someone I've followed since 2013. John is a mobile home and manufactured home investing aficionado who has been running mobilehomeinvesting.net for many years now. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/123 ) I discovered John through BiggerPockets and I’ve followed his YouTube channel for a long time. He’s got some fascinating content about this niche of real estate and if you have ANY int...

122: Today we’re talking with some I've wanted to get on the podcast for a while, Travis King. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/122 ) Travis and I first traded emails way back in 2014 when he had some early questions about the land investing business. Ever since then, this guy has become a powerhouse land investor. He’s introduced me to some really important people over the years and he’s the kind...

Rob Hytha is a diversified investor who specializes in buying distressed mortgage notes. He was voted real estate investor the year in 2017 by Connected Investors and since starting in the industry over a decade ago, Rob has helped thousands of homeowners come to win-win resolutions on non-performing loans. Rob has analyzed, acquired & liquidated over $500MM of debt and he has conducted resear...

120: Dustin Heiner and I have known each other for a few years now and he’s been a great person to know in the real estate blogging space. (Show Notes: REtipster/120 ) Dustin reached out to me a couple of months ago to let me know about a new real estate investing conference he’s putting together called the Real Estate Wealth Builders Conference . Dustin’s going to tell us what this conference is...

119: Today we’re talking with Jesse Marchand. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/119 ) I first got connected with Jesse a couple of years ago when we started the REtipster Facebook Group and he volunteered to be our moderator and he has been hugely helpful in helping us keep that community on track and thriving. As I’ve paid more and more attention to this guy, I’ve found that he’s actually got a wealth o...

116: Today we’re talking with Kathy Fettke of the Real Wealth Network. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/118 ) This is our second conversation with her (you can hear the first one back in episode 80 ). Kathy is the host of the Real Wealth show, which was one of the first podcasts on iTunes with thousands of episodes and millions of downloads. She’s a well-established name in the real estate industry. She...

117: Today I'm talking with Paul Moore of Wellings Capital. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/117 ) Normally, I wouldn’t be interviewing the same person again so soon, but I heard back from a lot of people who LOVED our first conversation with Paul in episode 111 . And interestingly enough, I just heard that Paul is putting out a book with BiggerPockets about self-storage investing. Self-storage has...

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115: One of the big values that members of the Land Investing Masterclass get access to is the free "Office Hours" group coaching calls we do each month. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/115 ) Not long ago, someone suggested that I take one of these members-only calls and publish it as a podcast episode. I thought it was a great idea, so I put together a sampler of some of the various question...

114: Earlier this year, I stumbled across another YouTuber who was putting out some fascinating videos about a topic that I've been interested in for a long time. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/114 ) The channel is called Robuilt and it's run by a guy named Rob. Rob runs an Airbnb business that allows visitors to stay in tiny houses and glamping sites that provide a unique experience. This i...