102 » You Need Systems and Documentation to Do More Deals and Make More Money – Here’s How » Frank Curtin

Summary: In this episode, Alex and I are talking with the king of all things systemization, Frank Curtin. Frank shares his awesome knowledge with us about the importance of having systems in place and documenting those systems. In this episode, he tells us why you need systems (here’s a hint – to help scale and grow your business efficiently); why you need to be documenting; how to document; why it’s a constant process; actionable steps to get you started today; what ‘chunking it down’ means; and more good stuff. Listen – systems and documentation are your friends. Your best friends. Your BFFs. Get the goods on documenting from this episode, trust me, you want this info. Get goin… Listen and enjoy: What's inside: 0:37 – Joe’s recent HUD deals 12:55 – Frank tells us how he got started in REI 16:32 – Why systems are so important 28:05 – How to actually do the documentation process 39:06 – Why you should document 46:48 – Where to get started in your business today Mentioned in this episode: Alex and Joe’s <a href="http://www.realestateinvestingmastery.com" target="_blank">Fast Cash Survival Kit</a> Frank’s site <a href="http://www.thesmartguides.com" target="_blank">The Smart Guides</a> <a href="https://docanddo.com/" target="_blank">Doc and Do</a> <a href="http://www.RealEstateInvestingMastery.com" target="_blank">Real Estate Investing Mastery</a> <a href="http://www.sweetprocess.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Process</a> <a href="http://www.infusionsoft.com" target="_blank">Infusion Soft</a> <a href="http://www.podio.com" target="_blank">Podio</a> <a href="https://www.zoho.com/" target="_blank">Zoho</a> Tweetables: [Tweet "Documentation is like the brain in the body. Documentation is a process and every process has purpose"] [Tweet "Documentation is literally some form of digital communication or on paper; something to show"] [Tweet "For documentation: Start w/the purpose, then the initiating event/goal, then tactic/actionable steps"] Transcription: <a href="http://www.realestateinvestingmastery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/REIM-102-You-Need-Systems-and-Documentation-to-Do-More-Deals-and-Make-More-Money-%E2%80%93-Here%E2%80%99s-How.pdf" target="_blank">Download episode transcript in PDF format here...</a> Intro:   Welcome, is the Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast. Joe:      Welcome everybody to the Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast. I'm glad you are here; we got an exciting show today as always. Alex:    As always. Joe:      Alex how are you doing? Alex:    I'm good man, how about you? Joe:      Awesome, awesome, been wholesaling some HUDs lately. Alex:    Really, actually getting some HUDs under contract? Joe:      Yeah, you know it’s crazy our friend Sean Terry, I did the course webinar series with him, probably it's been four years ago now on HUDs. Alex:    I remember that. Joe:      It was, I said, uh, okay, I need to stop saying umm; that's-- I was talking to the guys before we did this podcast. I'm going to try real hard to stop saying uhh or umm, but let me say this, it was like four years ago that I did this webinar series with Sean Terry on flipping HUDs and I learnt a lot of great information on how to flip pods, but I just never did it. I have always been real comfortable doing what I've always been doing right. Alex:    Do as I say, not as I do. Joe:      I never was, this is the truth, I never was saying on there that I am regularly flipping HUDs, I was kind of like the co-host. I was just helping Sean. I was hosting the webinars, helping him out, doing the technical stuff of recording it and asking him the questions and setting it all up and packaging it at the end and putting it on a website, all that kind of stuff. So I never did say I was flipping HUDs but I just never, I thought it was great, I thought man this is really cool. I was telling people, hey, you should go to Sean Terry's HUD flipping webinar and get his course,...