The REtipster Podcast | Land Investing & Real Estate Strategies

113: Back in the summer of 2018, I started working with Jaren Barnes. He was the first person I had ever hired as a full-time employee for REtipster. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/113) He was a special find for someone like me because he had a lot of specialized experience, not only in the world of content creation but also as a land investor and house wholesaler. He had all kinds of great insights t...

Today I'm talking with Mike Marshall about land entitlements. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/112 ) Believe it or not, I didn’t know hardly anything about the concept of getting land entitlements until about a year ago because, for most of my land investing career, I had never done any improvements or development with any of the vacant lots I’d flipped. I just bought them for really cheap, did not...

111: Today we’re talking with Paul Moore. Paul has found great success in multiple domains as an entrepreneur, including but not limited to the real estate investing business. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/111 ) Paul has flipped over 50 homes and 25 high-end waterfront lots, appeared on HGTV’s House Hunters, rehabbed and managed rental properties, built a number of new homes, developed a subdivision,...

#110: Today we’re talking all about when, why, and how to hire VAs for your real estate business (or for that matter, any business). (Show Notes: REtipster.com/110 ) Hiring VAs is one of these things people love to talk about as an easy solution to every business problem, but in my experience, it’s not quite that simple. First of all, you need to have the money to pay for one. A decent VA isn’t ne...

109: Several years ago, I wrote a blog post that blew up and became one of the most popular articles on REtipster. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/109 ) It was called The Truth About Land Investing: 21 Warning Signs to Look for When Buying Vacant Land and the reason I wrote this was because after years of buying and selling land, I recognized there were a lot of tricky due diligence issues with every p...

108: Not long ago, I met a guy from my church named Caleb VanTimmeren. We got connected because one of the pastors here knew that both he and I were active in the real estate space, and figured we should meet up and get acquainted. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/108 ) I had lunch and with Caleb and he told me his story, and I was kind of blown away because he and his business partner Kyle Aho have bee...

107: Reid Kurtenbach has been a member of the REtipster community for some time now, and he has been funding land deals across the US for land investors since 2019, using both his self-directed Roth IRA and his own personal capital. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/107 ) We thought it would be interesting to bring Reid on the show because this idea of funding land deals has grown to be pretty popular in...

106: In this episode, we’re catching up with our old friend Danny Johnson. Danny is a house flipping veteran, a software developer, a serial entrepreneur, and has many years of experience in the real estate investing business. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/106 ) Not surprisingly, Danny had a ton of wisdom to impart to us and we covered all kinds of thought-provoking questions that every entrepreneur...

104: In this episode, I’m talking with a guy named Ryan Chaw. Ryan is an interesting guy who has been featured on BiggerPockets and a number of other podcasts over the past year because he’s got a cool thing going. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/104 ) By most people’s standards, he’s a pretty normal guy, working a normal job and pursuing the American Dream like the rest of us. He’s got a lot in common...

Jaren got into his latest house hack about a year ago, and he has quite the story to tell. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/103 ) In this episode, we're going to dive into the nuts and bolts of how he found this deal, what the numbers look like, what the experience has been like so far, and why it's the best property he's ever lived in. We're also going to cover some big news about t...

102: What exactly should someone do if they’re 6-12 months into their land investing business and things just aren't working? (Show Notes: REtipster.com/102 ) Whether you aren’t getting deals, you aren't able to get properties sold (or sold fast enough), you’re not profitable at all, or you haven’t reached the level of profitability you thought you would be at by this point… what are you...

In this episode, we're talking with David Richter of Simple CFO Solutions. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/101 ) David is a certified Profit First Professional. If you're not familiar with Profit First, this is essentially a financial management system for small businesses. Profit First was a groundbreaking book that was published back in 2017, and it’s one of those books I hear people refere...

We're hitting a big milestone today - this is the 100th episode of the REtipster Podcast! (Show Notes: REtipster.com/100 ) We’ve had a lot of great conversations with great people and I think every episode we’ve has brought immense value to the table. In this conversation, Jaren and I are going to reflect back on where the show has been, how it all started, some of the highs and lows, some of...

In this episode, we’ve got a unique opportunity to chat with a well-known real estate attorney named Clint Coons . (Show Notes: REtipster.com/99 ) Clint is one of the founding partners of Anderson Law Group . He has grown this legal and tax firm to hundreds of employees by assisting real estate investors in creating and implementing solid entity structuring plans. Clint is also an active investor...

Today we’re talking with a land flipper named Luis, who sells most of his properties through double closings and assignments . (Show Notes: REtipster.com/98 ) This is where an investor lines up both the original owner and the end buyer to close on the same day, a few hours apart. For example, let’s say Luis found a motivated seller willing to sell their property for $5,000. Luis will sign a purcha...

097: Not long ago, I did a little experiment where I attended over a dozen different tax deed auctions in my home state. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/97 ) After spending a lot of hours picking out the properties I wanted to bid on and assessing what I thought they were worth, I spent weeks participating in these auctions, and I didn't have much luck finding any amazing deals there, but I took s...

096: Kevin Rockwood has been in the REtipster Community for about a year now. He came through our coaching program working with Jaren, and he’s been able to make some pretty good headway in this business. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/96 ) Kevin is also a software developer who is one of the driving forces behind Pebble , which can handle direct mail management and lead tracking for properties in the...

095: Today I’m talking with Daniel Bear and Quinn Bilodeau. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/95 ) Daniel was one of the early members of the Land Investing Masterclass and has been an active member of our forum for a long time. I’ve seen him post all kinds of interesting stories, ideas, and suggestions for the community to mull over. He’s someone who, I can tell, generally puts a lot of thought into wha...

094: In this episode, I'm talking with Federico Pomi, Co-Founder and CEO of Fabrica . Fabrica is a startup that aims to make real estate closings simpler than they've ever been. This is particularly useful to people who self-close (if you’re a land investor, you know how slow and time-consuming this process can be). (Show Notes: REtipster.com/94 ) With Fabrica, you can close a transactio...

093: Today we’re talking with Devin Redmond, who is the Head of Customer Success for a company called Stessa . (Show Notes: REtipster.com/93 ) Stessa is free software that allows landlords to automate their rental property financials. We actually did a pretty detailed review of how it works in this blog post . I also wanted to talk with Devin and get a bit of input from him about his own rental pr...

092: Alicia and Matt invest in U.S. real estate... but they're both located in Australia. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/92 ) How are they able to manage this from the other side of the world? With all the challenges inherent in a different time zone, with currency transfers, banking logistics, notary obstacles, and more, there are plenty of problems they've had to iron out. Let's find...

091: In today’s episode, we’re talking with a long-time member of the Land Investing Masterclass , JT Olmstead. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/91 ) JT is an IT Engineer-turned-land-investor who has been pursuing real estate for more than ten years. During the time JT has been involved with the REtispter Community, I've heard him offer a lot of good input and helpful feedback for others in the bus...

090: J Scott is a bonafide legend among online real estate communities. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/90 ) Over the past decade, J has bought, built, rehabbed, sold, lent-on, and held over $60 million dollars in property all around the country. He was the first to author a book published by BiggerPockets, namely, The Book on Flipping Houses, and shortly thereafter, The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs....

089: Anton Ivanov is a US Navy veteran, real estate investor, and entrepreneur with a 40-unit rental portfolio spread across 4 different states. His portfolio generates over $12,000 per month in passive income and requires less than an hour per week for him to manage. (Show Notes: REtipster.com/89 ) We have a lot of questions for Anton about how he managed to build this, how long it took him, why...

088: The process for buying and selling real estate notes has always been somewhat arduous, because of communication challenges, trust between the buyer and seller, due diligence, and money transfers (among other things). (Show Notes: REtipster.com/88 ) In recent years, a new website called Paperstac has been making things a lot easier than they used to be. In this episode, we're talking with...