Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever With Joe Fairless

Today we welcome back Greg Rand who has told us about investment markets before on the show (link to that episode is below). Now he is the CEO of a platform that has an abundance of deals for single family investors. At the time of recording, they had $200 million in assets for sale on their website. Hear how they find all these deals and take notes to use for you own deal searching, or buy something from their site. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The country is in demand and the population is growing” - Greg Rand Greg Rand Real Estate Background: CEO of OwnAmerica Focusses on the SFR investor entrepreneurial class, helping investors build their portfolio Currently, OwnAmerica has $21 billion total assets on the platform, $200 million assets for sale, $490 million total assets sold Based in Charlotte, NC Say hi to him at https://ownamerica.com/ Listen to his previous episode: JF300: Why Every Market You Invest in Is Essential

As a Podio expert, Jordan is constantly working with investors and property managers to help them scale their businesses. He specializes in helping others automate some aspects of their business so they can concentrate on the activities that are most important to their business. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Guys who are at the top take the emotion out of decision making” - Jordan Fleming Jordan Fleming Real Estate Background: CEO of Gamechangers, one of the top Podio partners in the world Builds systems for investors to help investors automate tasks, tack data and KPI’s, and accelerate sales Over 50 investors are using their SmrtPhone phone system for Podio (https://www.smrtphone.io/) Say hi to him at http://wearegamechangers.com/en/main/ Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get da

Happy New Year! Joe and Theo are back for the first Follow-Along Friday of 2019 to talk about how they approach setting goals.We’ll hear three strategies to make your real estate business better in 2019 than it was in 2018. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: What are other people doing who are achieving success that I can do better? Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack traveled to the US to finish school for a year and go back home. That plan fell through however as he met his future wife and started investing in real estate. Starting with raw land, trying wholesaling, tax liens/tax deeds, eventually moving into commercial and multifamily properties. Hear how he grew from nothing to a very successful investor and apply the lessons to your own business! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Let’s not even look at houses anymore, the land deals are working so well” - Jack Bosch Jack Bosch Real Estate Background: German immigrant, in 1997 he came to US with 2 suitcases and a bunch of student debt Has negotiated, bought, sold, rehabbed, as well as owned and managed over 3,800 properties since 2002 Currently he holds a large portfolio of properties in land, single family, commercial, and large multi-family properties Based in Phoenix, AZ Say hi to him at http://orbitinvestments.com/ Best Ever Book:

Peter got into the real estate industry around 2005 and hasn’t looked back. He has a way of finding the hot spots and upcoming hot-spots in neighborhoods and capitalizing, as well as helping his clients capitalize on the upswing. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I thought Los Angeles was terribly undervalued” - Peter Lorimer Peter Lorimer Real Estate Background: Real estate agent for 13+ years Started his career as Rookie Agent Of The Year with Keller Williams In 2009, was the #1 Keller Williams agent in the entire LA region Based in LA Say hi to him at https://www.plgestates.com/ Best Ever Book: The Virgin Way Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lee has been a real estate investor for well over a decade. He prefers to invest in single family homes, and has bought and sold over 7,000 properties since 2004. As he says, he’s done everything you can do in the single family space. If you want to learn how to scale to a huge investing business, listen to this episode and take notes. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Ask lots of questions even if they seem stupid. They’re not stupid if you don’t know” - Lee Kearney Lee Kearney Real Estate Background: Single family home real estate investor Since 2004, he has bought/sold 7,000+ properties, and is known as the expert in leveraging real estate market cycles Based in Tampa, FL Say hi to him at http://www.spincompanies.com/ Best Ever Book: Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get

Shane has multiple successful strategies he uses in his real estate investing career. Hear the sacrifices he made to grow his business to where it is today, and how he is able to divide his focus across multiple strategies and businesses. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You’re never gonna win on the sidelines, you can analyze all you want, but you eventually have to pull the trigger” - Shane Connor Shane Connor Real Estate Background: Leader of Red Rock Capital, a private investing group providing access to opportunities in MF/Senior Living/ Storage and MHP He’s also a part owner with ACM Senior Living Based in Atlanta, GA Say hi to him at https://www.redrockcapitalgroup.com/ Best Ever Book: 168 Hours   Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about yo

As real estate investors, we love real estate! Tyrone had a different experience with real estate investing, not a good one. He fell in love with the stock market after that and never looked back. Now Tyrone not only helps his own portfolio and wallet, he helps others learn how to invest in the stock market, with a lot of real estate investor clients that just want to diversify. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You can buy shares in these companies as they’re rising” - Tyrone Jackson Tyrone Jackson Background: Known as The Wealthy Investor, Tyrone is a stock market trader and best selling Amazon.com author, You Should be Rich by Now He has a unique ability to simplify stock trading and investing Has been trading and investing for 20 years and teaching others for 10 years Based in Los Angeles, CA Say hi to him at https://thewealthyinvestor.net/ Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashbo

Jason and Carrie are partners in life and partners in real estate. Together they have built a big portfolio of real estate, comprised of mostly small multifamily buildings. They have also been able to acquire a lot of them through seller financing. Hear how they are able to find and close on so many seller financed deals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We were improving the value of the property and increasing the income, so we could absorb a higher monthly mortgage and still cash flow” - Jason Harris Jason and Carrie Harris Real Estate Backgrounds: They control around $11M in real estate with $1M in gross scheduled income They own 75 units, most bought through creative financing Based in Lindon, Utah Say hi to them at www.creativegainsrealestate.com Best Ever Book: Tax Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense

You may have heard of Stessa before, they’re only our current show sponsor. You’ve heard what I have to say about them in the intro, today we will dive in deeper and learn more about what Stessa is and how it can help you with your real estate investing business. From seeing investment performance at the press of a button, to tracking income and expenses, Stessa can help us see performance and make informed decisions. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We have the ability to make the product free” - Heath Silverman Heath Silverman Real Estate Background: Part-time real estate investor and full-time technology entrepreneur Actively maintains a portfolio of 10 multifamily buildings comprised of over 60 units across the US Co-founder and CEO of Stessa, a software platform that lets property owners track, manage and communicate the performance of their investments Based in San Francisco, CA Say hi to him at https://www.stessa.com/ Bes

Now we have found our investors, had a phone call, and have sent them a deal. Now we’ll have to conquer their objections. Theo will discuss what are common objections and how to handle them. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You need to have alignment of interests" Free document for this episode: http://bit.ly/2VdxYmn Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ready for some more apartment syndication knowledge? Lucky for you, Theo has plenty more knowledge to drop on us today. We’ll be learning more about raising the money we need to complete these deals. Specifically, we’re discussing how to “court” the passive investors that you have found through the methods discussed in the last two Syndication School episodes. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Raising money is all about building trust with someone and if you actually care about them and remember them, it makes raising money easier” Free document for this episode: http://bit.ly/2VdxYmn   Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Terry has a very extensive background in both real estate and general investments. Along with his own real estate investing, he helps other people invest in real estate and other investments through their Self Directed IRA’s. Hear a different investing strategy and learn what you can and can’t do with your Self Directed IRA. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The individual hasn’t educated themselves enough to know how to avoid doing prohibited transactions” Terry White Real Estate Background: President and CEO of Sunwest Trust Over 35 years of experience in the real estate and investment world Based in Albuquerque, NM Say hi to him at https://www.sunwesttrust.com/ Best Ever Book: Invest In Debt Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choice

Steeve was like a lot of real estate investors, started buying properties to hold and was self managing. He grew tired of all the work he was having to do, a full time job almost. He started passively investing in apartment syndications and never looked back, even performing his own syndication deals now. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I realized that managing all these units was a full time job” - Steeve Breton Steeve Breton Real Estate Background: Founder of Velocity Capital, focus on large multifamily syndications Partner in over 14 apartment syndications totaling over 1,700 units - 1,100 as LP, 608 as GP Based in Boston, MA Say hi to him at https://velocitycap.com/ Best Ever Book: The One Thing by Gary Keller Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn mo

Brian is a true entrepreneur, has started and ran numerous businesses, all on the backs of good reviews. He’s had over 10,000 great reviews over his career that has helped his businesses grow. Today he’s here to share how we an get a lot of great reviews for our businesses as well. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I’ve seen businesses have to change everything because of bad reviews” - Brian Greenberg Brian Greenberg Real Estate Background: Has founded businesses in e-commerce, marketing, and financial services. Author of The Salesmen who Doesn’t Sell He has generated over $50 million in revenue from his businesses and collected over 10,000 reviews and testimonials from customers. Based in Scottsdale, AZ Say hi to him at https://www.brianjgreenberg.com/bestever Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get you

Tyler always knew he was an entrepreneur, wasn’t interested in college, so he took a car salesman job. As he was doing well there, he still wasn’t doing something to utilize his entrepreneurial skills. Enter real estate. He took a REI course and never looked back, purchasing a $1.5 million multifamily property right off the jump. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “A lot of things from the states don’t work here in Canada” - Tyler Hassman Tyler Hassman Real Estate Background: Co-Founder and President of M & H Real Estate Investments INC Built a $12 Million Dollar Real estate portfolio with over 86 units by the age of 21 Based in Regina, Saskatchewan Say hi to him at https://www.facebook.com/younggunsofrealestate   Best Ever Book: The One Thing Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at ste

For those that don’t know, cost segregation is a way of deferring taxes, usually reserved for larger, multi-million dollar properties. However, Alan and his firm perform the studies on smaller properties - even single family homes, if it makes sense for the investor. Find out why and when a cost segregation study would make sense for you. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Alan Goldstein Real Estate Background: CPA and has been working with cost segregation studies for over 20 years Also a GC, mortgage broker, real estate broker, and an IRS enrolled agent Based in Miami, FL Say hi to him at http://www.cashflow179.com/ Best Ever Book: The Millionaire Real Estate Investor Best Ever Tweet: “You wanna start dealing with people at higher levels because they will cut your time to get to that level and show you things that you’re not aware of” - Alan Goldstein Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard repor

Yesterday Theo gave us six ways to find passive investors for our apartment syndication deals. Today we’ll hear six ore ways to find our limited partners. If you’ve been following along with this series, you know how important raising money is for this process. These 12 ways to find investors are tested and proven to work by Joe himself. These tactics and strategies have raised enough money from passive investors to close on over $460,000,000 in apartment communities. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “People are more likely to buy or do something when someone we know has bought or done it” Free document for this episode: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wca7zbnpq5p0g23/Money%20Raising%20Tracker.xlsx?dl=0 Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices.

Now we know why people will invest with us, and which entity to use for the capital raise. Now it’s time we talk about finding the actual people and investors that will be investing with you. Theo gives us six great ways to do it today. And we’ll hear six more ways to find our passive investors tomorrow. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Having a thought leadership platform will help you be perceived as an expert” Free document for this episode: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wca7zbnpq5p0g23/Money%20Raising%20Tracker.xlsx?dl=0 Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael had early success with real estate, retired at 45, and then grew bored. He was sitting around and had to figure out what to do now. He’s using his time to help other people do the same as him and obtain financial independence so they can live the life they want. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Sellers are usually hiding some cards” - Michael Zuber Michael Zuber Real Estate Background: Buy and hold investor, spent 15 years buying one rental at a time Now focusing on helping other busy professionals earn financial independence Based in Mountain View, California Say hi to him at mzuberATonerentalatatime.com   Best Ever Book: Principles by Ray Dalio Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices