Okay, I’ve got a must-read book recommendation for you, written by the one and only Ron LeGrand:The Less I Do, The More I Make: Automate or Die Ron is one of the first titans in our industry to begin teaching and sharing knowledge and information.This book is a good foundational book ... [View Post]
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I did NOTHING to earn this $5k
This is so cool...I got a notice that $5k had been wired to my bank account. :-)Now, when you’re in the wholesaling business, that’s certainly not unheard of. The interesting thing about this deal was that I knew nothing about any of the details. None. It was all done without my ... [View Post]
Ask Qs
So, I recently wrote about how important it is to ask questions… and listen to the answers.I said you should be listening more than you’re talking. 3x as much, actually.If you aren’t… you have to learn how to be a listener. (I even gave some awesome book recommendations in that email to help ... [View Post]
Listen 3x MORE than you talk
I’ve got one word to focus on today: LISTEN.Look, this is really a super simple concept…When you're talking with sellers, you’ve got to ask a lot of questions and, more importantly, you’ve got to listen more than you talk.When you ask questions and actually listen, the seller is going to ... [View Post]
Are you running a scam?
So I want to talk about something that I hear A LOT in this business…You’ll hear people saying: “You can’t do this. REI is illegal. It’s a scam.” Or, “you can’t do the deal that way, you have to do it this way.”This happens so often in the real estate investing world… mostly because just ... [View Post]
Dig your well before you’re thirsty
Okay, I have a quick but powerful concept I want to share with you today:Dig your well before you’re thirsty.What does that mean?Follow along with me here…Well, you start marketing—let’s say direct mail and text messages. Then leads come in and you talk to some sellers. So far so ... [View Post]
Strategy is just as important as operations
Okay, I’ve been thinking about something I learned while getting my MBA…It’s about strategy versus operations. We need both, right?Oftentimes, we get so involved in the day-to-day operations of work... that we forget to step back and lay out our strategies.Strategy is just as ... [View Post]