Investing In Real Estate With Lex Levinrad

On this podcast episode I interview Fernando Angelucci, the Senior Managing Partner of Titan Wealth Group, about investing in self storage. Fernando has a very interesting background. He first read Rich Dad Poor Dad when he was only 16 years old and started his first real estate investing business (wholesaling) when he was just 19 years old. After graduating college with an Ag-Bio Engineering degree in 2013 he started working for a Fortune 500 Company. Fernando continued investing in single family rental properties, and by the age of 23, he was able to quit his job and focus full time on investing in real estate. At the age of 24, Fernando began investing in value add self storage facilities. He focused on buying facilities at a massive discount to market value where the facility could be purchased for very little money down (and in some cases no money down). Fernando and his company own, manage and operate self storage facilities in 7 different states. He has also wholesaled and flipped self storage facilities to other investors. His strategy is to buy at a high cap rate and sell at a lower cap rate to another investor. On this podcast we talk about investing in self storage facilities, cap rates for self storage, what to look for in a self storage facility, as well as demographics, population growth and job growth. Fernando shares some tips and secrets for self storage investing including how to "underwrite" and evaluate potential self storage investment opportunities, and how to find self storage facilities at massive discounts. He also shares how to market to older self storage facility owners and how to use seller financing to buy self storage facilities from older investors that are looking to retire. Great interview and lots of meat and potatoes in this podcast episode. Take lots of notes! Enjoy the podcast! If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/wholesalingwebinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I talk about being efficient with your mailing list by scheduling your mail in bulk and by using list stacking software. This is episode 5, in a multi part series about getting back to the basics of Wholesaling Real Estate. The first episode was called "Wholesaling Real Estate 101". Make sure you go back about 6 or 7 podcast episodes, and listen from the beginning to part 1 of this back to the basics series. Part 1 was called "Wholesaling Real Estate 101". Part 2 of this series is "Motivated Sellers and How Sellers Become Motivated to Sell". Part 3 of this series is "Types of Motivated Seller Lists". Part 4 is the episode before this one, where I talk about "Purchasing Motivated Seller Lists" and where to purchase these lists. On this podcast episode (part 5) I talk about being efficient with your mailing list by learning how to pay the least amount possible for your mailing list and your postcard mailings. Make sure you get the lowest possible cost per lead, and the lowest possible cost for mailing. You can achieve this by bulk scheduling your mailings and by buying your lists in bulk. This is cheaper than buying small lists periodically since you pay based on the number of records or mail pieces. We have two great resources for our students to get lists at a discount. One is at www.lexlevinrad.com/listability which allows you to pull absentee records for as low as 2.5 cents a piece. The other is a feature for our students where we can pull lists for you at just 3 cents per record. This is a subscription based service that costs just $97 per month but we can pull records for you at 3 cents per record for as many records as you need. We only offer this to existing students of ours. When you purchase your lists, make sure you save your lists for future use so that you can load these lists into a list stacking software program. If you are using a list stacking software, you will know which of your sellers are showing up on multiple motivated seller lists. You should be marketing more frequently to these people and using higher quality mail pieces. You should also consider cold calling and text messaging these individuals as well. These are your most likely to sell candidates. Another great feature about list stacking software is that you can run any list through the US Postal Service Vacancy list and then extract that list of vacant properties and then market to those vacant property lists. This fact alone makes the subscription price worth it because none of your competitors are marketing to vacant properties (since they are hard to get). We use this software for list stacking: www.lexlevinrad.com/propertylistmanager If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/wholesalingwebinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I interview Jason Hartman who is the founder of the Creating Wealth Podcast which is one of the top rated podcasts in the Investing Category on iTunes. Jason has completed thousands of real estate transactions, and his company helps real estate investors find and acquire income producing properties throughout the U.S. In this interview, we talk about investing in income properties, and how to pick the most suitable and sensible markets to invest in. Jason talks about the differences between cyclical, linear and hybrid markets and what that means. He also discusses why real estate is hyper local and why choosing where to invest is so important. We talk about mortgages, debt, interest rates and inflation and why having a rental property with a mortgage that pays down over time is one of the best strategies for beating inflation. Jason explains his term "inflation induced debt destruction" to illustrate this point. We talk about the benefits of buying and holding real estate for the long term. And why you shouldn't wait to buy real estate, but instead you should buy real estate and wait. I had a lot of fun interviewing Jason for this episode, and the topics that we discussed are very thought provoking and should help guide you in the right direction towards buying your first income producing investment property. Enjoy the podcast! If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I talk about purchasing motivated seller lists and where and how to purchase these lists or get access to them. The smartest real estate investors know that if you are marketing to motivated sellers then knowing how to get the best lists is extremely important. Motivated seller lists are broken down into many different categories. You can purchase many different types of lists including foreclosure lists, absentee owner lists, probate lists, inheritance lists etc. Some of these lists can be located for free on the county or city website. Some cities and counties make locating this information more difficult than others. List brokers are able to provide some of these lists for a fee. Some of the hardest to obtain lists require you to physically go down to the court house. Those are the best lists since the least amount of investors actually bother to do that. The worst lists are the ones that are the easiest to purchase. The best lists are the ones that your competitors don't know about. The big question I get asked all of the time by my students is WHERE and HOW to purchase these lists. This podcast episode will help you with that. Generally speaking you can break out your motivated seller lists into different groups (some of which are listed below). This list is NOT all inclusive. There are many lists that are not listed below. COURT SYSTEM Probate Judgement Divorce Eviction Bankruptcy Foreclosure COUNTY OR CITY Code Violations Tax Delinquent Water & Sewer Liens Utility Shut Off LISTS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED Vacant Properties Recently deceased Pre-probate Probate Reverse Mortgage Medical Conditions Inherited Pre-foreclosure 30,60,90 Day late Guardianships Fire Damaged Incarcerated/Arrested Bail Bonds/Liens Absentee Free and Clear High Equity No Equity Negative Equity Unknown Equity Foreclosure Medical conditions Vacant Houses Financial Distress Likely to move low income/bad credit MLS Expired Listings Listings with many days on market MLS Search of keywords like "fixer upper" MLS Search for REO's, Short Sales FOR SALE BY OWNER FSBO Zillow So the question is where does a real estate investor go to buy these motivated seller leads? Here are some of the resources that I personally use, or have used in the past which may help you narrow down your choices: Pioneer Data Exact Data Agent Pro 247 Melissa Data Listsource Listability US Lead List Successor's Data Foreclosures Daily REIFax.com Rebo Gateway If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I interview Dan Schwartz who is the founder of InvestorFuse. InvestorFuse is a very powerful tool for real estate investors that functions as both a CRM and an automated follow up system for leads. InvestorFuse integrates very well with Carrot (real estate websites) and Call Rail (call tracking for phone numbers). If you use the Carrot integration, any lead that is created online via a web form on your cash buyer or motivated seller website becomes a lead inside your InvestorFuse account. If you use the Call Rail integration, any lead that is created from an incoming phone call or text message, becomes a motivated seller or cash buyer lead inside your InvestorFuse account. This makes it really easy to follow up on all calls and messages including missed calls. It also makes it easy to take notes of all conversations and to add links and file attachments from conversations with motivated sellers and cash buyers. Considering that it can take 3 to 6 months to close a real estate lead, it becomes crucial to have a central place to take notes and keep track off all phone conversations. It is also imperative to have an automated follow up process. InvestorFuse excels in this area of automated lead follow up. If you listen to this podcast episode you will know why. Dan is obsessed with building systems. If you are doing any kind of marketing for motivated sellers, you will not be able to keep track of all of your seller leads without having a software tool like this. If you have cash buyers calling you every day you need to be tracking that too. We use InvestorFuse in our office to keep track of all of our seller and buyer leads. We have our Acquisition Managers, Lead Managers and Disposition Managers all using InvestorFuse. We have every incoming phone call routing through Call Rail and every one of those phone numbers is tracked in InvestorFuse. That means than anytime a seller or buyer calls our office (or even sends us a text) there is a notification made inside our InvestorFuse account. That makes it easy to keep track of everything. During this podcast interview we also dive deep into talking about systems and scaling and what it takes to develop a 7 figure wholesaling business. Dan has an incredible vantage point, being that he manages the software that runs hundreds of very successful real estate investor teams. Dan offers some great insights into what it takes to create systems that work and how to scale your wholesaling business to 7 figures. Here is a link for you to check out InvestorFuse: http://www.lexlevinrad.com/investorfuse If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I talk about the different types of motivated seller lists. On the previous episode we spoke about the types of situations that would cause someone to be motivated to sell. On this episode I talk about those motivated sellers and the types of motivated seller lists that they could be listed on based on their specific situation. Types of Motivated Seller Lists Probate and Pre-Probate Inheritance Lists Foreclosure and Pre-Foreclosure 30, 60,90 Day Late Notice of Default Tax Delinquent Lists Absentee Homeowners Out of State Owners Free and Clear Homes Homes with High Equity Divorce Lists Vacant Houses For Sale By Owner Code Violation Lists Fire Incidence Reports Water Shut Offs Expired MLS Listings Evictions Financial Distress Lists If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I talk about motivated sellers and how sellers become motivated to sell. The key thing to understand is that NOT all sellers are motivated. In fact, most sellers are not motivated at all. My mentor Ben told me: "Buy houses from people that HAVE to sell, not from people that WANT to sell". A motivated seller needs to sell their property and they need to sell now. They HAVE TO SELL and do not have the luxury of time on their side. Sellers may be motivated to sell because of property damage, financial hardship, or life circumstances. Damage to their property, divorce, a death or disability, foreclosure, job loss, relocation and many other reasons could cause a seller to be in a financial situation where they suddenly find themselves needing to sell their house fast. When they are in this situation if you are marketing to them via direct mail, cold call, Facebook Ads, Google, Text marketing etc. then you have a better chance of buying their house at a discount than from a seller that is not motivated to sell. The key is finding these motivated sellers. To qualify a seller as motivated they need to meet two main criteria: 1. They have to sell their house fast 2. They have to sell their house for cash If your seller does not need to sell quickly or does not need to sell for cash then they are not really motivated enough to sell at a discount. Many sellers want market value for their house and we refer those to a realtor. But when a property is damaged, or the seller is motivated to sell fast for cash (at a discount) then we have an opportunity to buy those houses. That is why it is so important to market to these types of sellers. On the next podcast episode I will cover types of motivated seller lists and how to find and purchase motivated seller lists. If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode, I decided that being that it's a new year, and a new decade, it would be great to do something new. I have a brand new Wholesaling Real Estate Course Outline, which I have been working on for awhile, and I thought it would be a good idea to use each section of this outline as a podcast episode. Essentially I will be walking you through all of the components of wholesaling real estate from start to finish. We will start with Acquisitions (buying houses) and I will cover all of the topics related to buying houses and acquiring houses including (in order) Why motivated sellers are motivated to sell Buying houses from motivated sellers Types of motivated seller lists Where to purchase motivated seller lists Utilizing your list efficiently Skip tracing your list Marketing to Motivated Sellers Buying houses on online auction sites Buying houses from retail real estate sites Buying houses from Government Entities Buying houses from Banks Buying houses at the County Auction Buying houses from wholesalers Buying houses from realtors Buying houses from bird dogs Each podcast episode will dig deeper into the topics above. When we have completed all of them we will move on to the section about selling houses (dispositions)

On this podcast episode I talk about how to get started investing in real estate. I see so many people that want to learn how to get started investing in real estate, but don't know what to do to get started. I find that it helps if you can break down your ultimate goal (financial freedom) in order to create a process of workable steps that can help you achieve your vision of where you want to be in the future. On this episode we speak about the financial freedom number of $10,000 per month in passive income. I have found many of my students mentioning this number of $10,000 as the amount of money that they would need per month in order to live comfortably without having a job. That is why we call it the financial freedom number. It's the amount of money you need per month to be free of a boss and a job and to be able to live your life on your terms. That is the ultimate goal. If you can achieve that goal then you will be free. I discuss how you can easily achieve this goal by putting together a 15 year plan to own 5 houses free and clear in 15 years. If each one of those houses rents for $2,000 per month then you will have $10,000 per month in passive income. I then talk about the steps that would be necessary for you to take to make this goal achievable. We talk about how you would need to learn how to find houses at a deep discount of at least 20% to market value in order to capture equity on every purchase. And how you would need to market to motivate sellers in order to find these types of houses at a discount. And why to get started, your best bet is to FIRST LEARN HOW TO FIND THESE HOUSES. And the best way to learn how to find these houses is by learning how to wholesale. If you are willing to look at the big picture (financial freedom), then you are able to understand that the small steps are building blocks that you will need to take to achieve your goal. STEPS 1. learn how to find houses at discounts 2. make money wholesaling these houses 3. Build up your capital by saving this money until you can buy rental properties 4. Find rental properties at 80% or less (all in) 5. Buy, repair, rent and refinance these houses 6. Keep the houses until you own them free and clear with no mortgage If you do the above, you will be very wealthy! If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

On this podcast episode I talk about how to create wealth by investing in real estate. Every day, I speak to new students that want to learn how to create a life of financial freedom. This podcast episode addresses how to create wealth by explaining that in order to have financial freedom, you first need to create wealth. And the surest way to create wealth is by buying rental properties. On this episode, I talk about a house that I recently purchased which is being refinanced this week. Here are the details on this house: My purchase price was 102k Rehab cost was 15k currently rented for $1,300 per month Current appraisal value 160k When I purchased this house a few months ago, I borrowed 90k from a lender and put down the other $12,000. I then spent $15,000 of my own money to remodel the property. After the renovations were complete I rented the property for $1,300 per month. Now that the property is stabilized I want to put long term financing in place. I like 15 year mortgages since they pay down in half the time (compared to a 30 year fixed) and the rates are better. My mortgage broker offered me this loan: $100,000 loan 15 year fixed rate mortgage at 3% interest Monthly payment of $691 Property taxes are $116 per month Insurance is $108 per month Total monthly payment is $915 per month Current rent is $1,300 per month Positive cash flow is $385 per month If the property appreciates at just 4.8% appreciation rate, then the value of the property doubles in 15 years to $320,000. And after 15 years, the mortgage will be paid off and I will own the house free and clear (with no debt). If rents also increase at just 4.8% per year, then the rent will also double in 15 years to $2,600 per month (which is $31,200 per year in income). And with current tax law, you can get a tax deduction for depreciation of as much as $16,000 if you do a cost segregation study (consult with your CPA on this accelerated depreciation method). If you want to create wealth, all you need to do is buy houses, fix them up, rent them out and get 15 year fixed rate mortgages. This is the surest way to create wealth for you and your family. Enjoy the podcast!

On this podcast episode I talk about wholesale real estate versus retail real estate. This podcast episode topic is an important concept to understand. This episode topic came about based on a question by one of our listeners. There question was "why pay 10% interest if you can get a 4% mortgage? That's a great questions and I thought it would make a good topic for a podcast episode. I called it Wholesale Real Estate Versus Retail Real Estate because this is really the essence of you understanding why as cash investors we need to use private lenders. If you are buying wholesale real estate then you are paying all cash and you cannot use a regular mortgage. The reason you cannot use a regular mortgage are because either the seller will only accept all cash or a mortgage company would not offer a mortgage (for example on a damaged property). Situations where you would have to make an all cash offer include: BANKS Banks do not accept mortgages when they are liquidating properties so any offer on an REO, Short Sale, Foreclosure or Pre-Foreclosure would have to be all cash AUCTION SITES Auction Sites like Hubzu, and Auction.com will only accept all cash offers and will not take offers with a mortgage DAMAGED HOUSES Houses that have any kind of damage from water, flood, mold, or fire cannot be purchased with a mortgage BUYING FROM MOTIVATED SELLERS If you are buying a house from motivated sellers where you say "we buy houses for cash" or you are using postcards, yellow letters, Facebook Ads etc. to market to motivated sellers then you have to pay all cash. On all of the above scenarios you would need to make an all cash offer which means you need to either have the cash yourself or you need to use a private lender or hard money lender.

On this podcast episode, I interview Jason Nickel who is the founder of Lead Sherpa. Lead Sherpa is a text marketing platform for real estate investors, that lets you send text messages directly to motivated sellers. The first step to text marketing is to purchase a motivated seller list (for example an absentee list). The next step is to skip trace this list which can be done with any skip tracking service or directly inside your Lead Sherpa account. Once you have your list skip traced and you have all of the mobile numbers, then you can start marketing to potential sellers by sending text message to them. This is a very unique way of reaching motivated sellers. There is a lot of buzz in the real estate investing world around new marketing platforms like text marketing. On this podcast Jason discusses text marketing in general and particularly using Lead Sherpa. We also discuss the legality of text marketing (to sellers only) and why text marketing is legal and compliant. We discuss lead acquisition costs, cost per lead and cost per deal and compare it to other marketing platforms such as direct mail, pay per click and Facebook Ads. What we have found in our business is that the cost per lead with text marketing is substantially lower. For example, our average cost per lead in text marketing is $10 to $20. We count a lead as someone that is interested in selling their house. That cost compared to other marketing methods is very low. For example we spend $50 on Facebook Leads and $300 on Pay Per Click Leads for a cost comparison. You should learn how to add this marketing tool to your budget and start marketing directly via text to motivated sellers. Enjoy the podcast Disclaimer: The above commentary and anything mentioned in this podcast should not be construed as a legal opinion. We are not attorney's and we cannot give you legal advice Please consult with your attorney if you are going to employ text marketing in your business. You should do your own research and due diligence, and consult with an attorney that specializes in this area of marketing since telecommunications regulations and laws change and vary from State to State. If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

RENTAL PROPERTY INVESTING FOR BEGINNERS Do you want to get into rental property investing because of the positive cash flow? Many new real estate investors are first attracted to the idea of investing in rental properties because of the passive income and cash flow benefits. But when you actually buy your first rental property, you are more likely to break even or make only a few hundred dollars a month in positive cash flow on your rental properties. When you realize that you have to pay for maintenance and repairs, and that not all tenants pay their rent on time, you can easily find your positive cash flow turning into break even (or even negative cash flow). This is very common, and unfortunately it is also the main reason why new investors get out of rental properties. If you are going to invest in rentals, then you need to understand the bigger picture of why you are buying rental properties and this bigger picture needs to be more than just your currently monthly cash flow. Keep in mind that I am not suggesting that you EVER invest in a property that is negative cash flow. What I am suggesting is that your first rental property is more likely to be break even or only moderately positive. If you don't understand the bigger picture of why you are investing in real estate with rentals, then when the maintenance bills and evictions come, you will not have the fortitude to stick it out for the long term. That is why I made this podcast. To show you the long term benefits, and why you HAVE to invest in rental properties even if your initial year is only moderately positive cash flow. On this podcast, I use an example of a house that you can purchase for $70,000 that has an after repair value of $100,000. We call that a wholesale deal. Assume that you are my student, and I am willing to loan you $60,000 of my own personal money to buy this house (I do this with my coaching students all of the time). In this scenario, you only need to put down $10,000 and I give you a personal loan for the other $60,000. Let's assume that this house is in pretty good shape and needs only $5,000 to be rent ready (clean and paint and some minor repairs). Your out of pocket cash on this house would be $15,000 (I am not including closing costs, insurance etc in order to keep this example simple and easy to follow). So you buy the house, clean it up and rent it out. And then you go to your mortgage broker and tell them you want to refinance to pay off the $60,000 loan that you owe me. The appraisal comes in at $100,000 which is the initial ARV Estimate that you figured the house would appraise for. The bank is willing to loan you 80% of the appraisal value ($80,000). Let's assume fees to refinance are $5,000. You are left with $75,000. You take that $75,000 and you pay me back the $60,000 and you are left with $15,000. This is the same $15,000 that you put into the property. At this point you have effectively purchased a property with no money down. Remember that you would have paid closing costs, insurance etc to get into the house so you would really be out of pocket by a few thousand dollars. Now you own a $100,000 house and you owe the bank $80,000. Your equity in the property is $20,000. By purchasing this property (which was at a wholesale price) you have increased your net worth by $20,000. You now own an asset. But this asset comes with headaches (tenants and repairs) and benefits (tax deductions). Let's talk about the tax deductions. The interest, property taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance are all deductible. So is the depreciation. By buying a rental property, even if your cash flow was break even, you would make money from the tax deductions. This means less money would be taken out of your pay check. But it gets better. If you get a 15 year mortgage, and you are able to endure the tenant, the repairs, and the maintenance, then 15 years from now you would own this property free and clear (with no

WHOLESALING REAL ESTATE 101 On this podcast episode I talk about wholesaling real estate, what wholesaling is, and the four basic steps of wholesaling. The Four Steps Are: *Finding a House That Would Be A Good Flip *Making An Offer To Buy That House *Getting The House Under Contract *Selling That House For A Profit To An Investor I discuss a lot of meat and potatoes stuff about wholesaling on this episode. I use an example of finding a house For Sale by Owner on Zillow, making an offer to purchase the house, and flipping the house to a cash investor. Using the example, I walk you through the inspection period and why that is important and how to use the inspection period to cancel your contract or ask for a price reduction. I talk to you about assignments of contract versus double closing and when you should use which strategy. We also cover cash buyers, building your cash buyers's list and why you should get your real estate license. I talk about why finding a house is the most difficult of the 4 steps above and why cash investors like me are always looking for more houses. I discuss different websites for finding houses, and bidding for houses on online auction sites like Hubzu, Auction.com and Xome. I also discuss marketing to motivated sellers with direct mail, Facebook, Pay Per Click, Text Marketing and Cold Calling. There is a lot of meat and potatoes about wholesaling in this episode. If you are new to wholesaling or want an intro to wholesaling then this podcast episode is for you! If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about how to wholesale real estate and flip houses then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: FREE WHOLESALING TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar FIXING AND FLIPPING TRAINING If you want to learn how to fix and flip houses I have a fix and flip training webinar at this link: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/fixandflipwebinar DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST TO BE NOTIFIED OF UPDATES SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/lexlevinrad?sub_confirmation=1 CONNECT WITH ME ONLINE http://www.lexlevinrad.com http://www.facebook.com/lexlevinradrealestate http://www.twitter.com/lexlevinrad http://www.instagram.com/lexlevinrad http://www.linkedin.com/in/lexlevinrad http://www.pinterest.com/lexlevinrad DOWNLOAD A FREE COPY OF MY BOOK ON WHOLESALING PROPERTIES For more real estate tips about property investment, investing in real estate, and how to start wholesaling, download a FREE copy of my best-selling book "Wholesaling Bank Owned Properties" at https://www.lexlevinrad.com

Are you new to real estate investing? Do You Know How To Recognize A Wholesale Real Estate Deal? If you do, then you should be willing to act (very quickly) when you see it. The first step for new real estate investors is to make sure that you know how to tell a good wholesale real estate deal from a bad one. Too many beginners don't the difference. Knowing the difference between a wholesale real estate deal and a dud is the basics of this business. You should learn what a wholesale real estate deal is for your market if you don't already know it. In this video I talk about the concept of "you eat what you kill" and having the "killer instinct". I learned both of these from my mentor. At the Wholesaling Real Estate Boot Camp, I use an analogy of a lion walking in the jungle that hasn't eaten in two weeks. If that lion were to see a deer, it wouldn't think about whether or not it should eat that deer. It would just eat it. As an investor you need to be like that lion. If you see a good wholesale real estate deal, then you should pounce on that deal just like that lion would pounce on that deer. You shouldn't hesitate for even a second. If you do, someone else will grab it. For example a student of mine wanted to go and look at a house. But they couldn't get off of work. Someone else bought the house that same day (an hour later). If you want the real juicy wholesale real estate deals then you are going to need to move quickly when you see them. You won't always have the luxury of time (most of the good deals you will need to make a split second decision - virtual wholesaling) If you don't act fast, your competitors will beat you out every single time. Would you pick up a $100 bill off the sidewalk? How about a $20 or a $5? What about a quarter? Well good deals could have YOUR ANNUAL SALARY in equity so you need to be aggressive and ACT FAST to grab the best deals. If you don't want that $30,000 or more in equity in your bank account someone else will. So when you see a deal, if it looks like a deal, and it is a deal them MOVE QUICKLY and have that killer instinct. In order to move quickly and pounce like this, you need to be able to recognize a deal when you first see it. You will need to know your target market (your city you are focusing on) very well. You will need to know prices per square foot for wholesale real estate and for retail real estate in your target market. You would need to know the after repair value (ARV) and what it would cost to repair the house. You need to know what investors would pay to BUY that house and you need to know what investors could SELL that house for after it has been fixed up. You should have a "buy zone" that other realtors and wholesalers know, so that you can have a constant stream of potential deals to look at. For example in the house in this video, in this city, my "buy zone" is $80,000 to $90,000 (for a 2 bed 1 bath) and $100,000 to $120,000 (for a 3 bedroom 2 bath). That's because I know I can sell 2/1's for $130,000 to $140,000 and I know I can sell 3/2's for $180,000 to $190,000. Do you know your target market city that well? If you do then start acting fast and learn how to take down deals before your competitors by having that killer instinct. This applies regardless of whether you want to wholesale, buy and hold or fix and flip houses. Here is the link to the boot camp that I referenced in the video: https://www.lexlevinrad.com/distresse... If you are brand new to real estate and want to learn more about wholesaling real estate and how to wholesale and flip houses, then please register for the free wholesaling real estate training at this link below: REGISTER FOR THE FREE TRAINING https://www.lexlevinrad.com/webinar SHARE, LIKE, COMMENT Please share, like and comment on this video. I will personally respond to all questions and comments