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051: How Mike Wagner Made $750K Flipping a Self Storage Facility (Part 1)

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Over the past year, we’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to learn and understand the business of self-storage investing. It’s one of those businesses that seems pretty simple at first glance (because there are no tenants living at the property, no toilets, the capital expenditures are pretty predictable and easy to forecast), but like any real business out there, when you start looking for deals, crunching the number and working the day-to-day, you’ll probably find that it’s a little more complex than meets the eye. In my own personal quest to learn more about this business, I’ve done a lot of searching on Facebook and YouTube to find others who are doing this stuff and talking about it, and in the process, I came across this guy named Mike Wagner with a website, YouTube Channel and Facebook Group called the Storage Rebellion . A few months ago, he posted a 3-minute video on YouTube talking about a recent deal he did where he made $750K (425K in cash and another $325K in homes...

How Land-Specialized Real Estate Agents Can Change the Game for Land Investors

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Today I’m going to share with you a powerful discovery that has propelled my land investing business forward by leaps and bounds. Are you ready for it? Keep reading. It’s no secret that real estate agents are oftentimes perceived negatively in the world of land investors, but today I believe this is going to change, and let me explain why. Over the last few months I have sold over 10 vacant land properties exclusively through real estate agents and after seeing these results, I have been building my entire company around strategic relationships with them. Not only have I sold properties without having to service any buyer leads, or fuss with any online listings, or answer that time-worn question, “Is this still available?” on Facebook Marketplace, but I have also had agents save me from getting stuck with SEVERAL troublesome properties that I would have otherwise been stuck with. …and the best part about all of this is – I only have to pay the land agents if/when the agent actua...

050: This Guy Quit His Job With His Land Business! Here’s What You Need To Know.

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A few months ago, I saw a forum post in the REtipster Club from a guy named Jay Thomason . Here’s a quick excerpt of what he said (this wasn’t the full forum post, but enough to convey the gist of it): When I saw this, I thought a couple of things: “That’s amazing!” “Hmmm… I bet there are some people in our crowd who would love to hear more details on how he did this.” So, we reached out to him, and he was happy to come on our podcast with his business partner Daniel Earhart, to talk about how their business works, how they were able to speed-grow their operation in just a few short years, and the role both of them played in taking a HUGE step towards financial freedom. Links and Resources Royal Land Co (Jay and Daniel’s website) Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Parlay Mapping Software Mossy Oak Properties GeekPay REI Landlist How to Build a Land Selling Website With WordPress Tim Ferriss RELATED: How Land-Specialized Real Estate Agents Can Change The Game For...

20 Clever Pieces Of Advice To Help You Win Big In Business And Life

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For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been on the lookout for wisdom . The funny thing about wisdom is that it comes in many different forms, it can be gleaned from all kinds of situations and you’ll hear it in all kinds of places. One unexpected place where I’ve found MANY such examples of this is from LifeProTips on Reddit . There is some CRAZY good advice here! After several months of collecting the best nuggets of wisdom I could find, I decided to compile 20 of them here on the blog, because I think they’re all worth taking to heart. 1. The Spent Giftcard Trick via Reddit 2. Change the Locks via Reddit 3. Pay Full Price via Reddit 4. The 10-10-10 Rule via Reddit 5. Taking Unsolicited Advice via Reddit 6. When You’re Approved for Credit via Reddit 7. When People Make Mistakes via Reddit 8. You Get What You Negotiate via Reddit 9. Find Your Dream Job via Reddit 10. Buy a Book Instead of a Card via Reddit 11. If you have something nice ...

049: The Truth About Making It In America – Interview w/ Diego Corzo

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Today we’re talking with Diego Corzo . Diego is, by anyone’s standard, a smashing success in the real estate investing business. He runs a real estate chain that sells around $20 million per year, he owns over a dozen rental properties that cover his monthly living expenses and he has been financially free since the age of 28. There are PLENTY of successful people we can talk to on this show, but Diego is different than most. Something interesting about Diego is that even though he’s achieved the American Dream in America, he’s not a citizen of the United States . He’s one of the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. and he’s one of the 800,000 dreamers protected under the DACA program . Diego came to the U.S. with his parents as a child and has overcome incredible odds to survive and thrive in America. Part of what I love about Diego’s story is not only the challenges he overcame but the way he built something that most people struggle to do, even when they don’t...