When you watch our show, you might get a little bit of a glimpse of how we find properties, but that’s about it. While this part of the house flipping business isn’t very TV-friendly, it’s definitely important to the process. Christina and I spend a lot of time researching leads on flip houses, and that means talking with all types … Read More
3 Ways Successful Real Estate Investors Think Differently
If you’re like a lot of the new real estate investors that Christina and I have coached over the past few years, then you’ve probably already done your research and you know on some level what it takes to start making money flipping houses. But if you’re being honest with yourself, you just aren’t sure if you want to take … Read More
Student Success Stories: Tim and Melody
We love featuring our talented students on the blog, and this month we are sharing Tim and Melody’s story. Here’s the Texas couple’s amazing story and why they decided to become real estate investors. WHY DID YOU START REAL ESTATE INVESTING? I can’t say that our original plan was to be real estate investors. We did know that we were … Read More
4 Reasons Millennials Should Love the Real Estate Investing Business
If you’re in your 20s or early 30s, you might think that real estate investing is something that older people do when they’ve saved up some extra cash and they want to keep making money after retirement. That might be true for some people, but there’s nothing holding you back from getting started in the real estate investing business now. … Read More
Habitat for Humanity: Olivia Davis-Benjamin
4706 Farmer Street, Houston, Texas Olivia Davis-Benjamin has lived in her home in the Fifth Ward of Houston since the 1970’s. Having lived in this neighborhood since she was two-years old, she raised her five children here and could not imagine living elsewhere. Now a retired widow, she is blind and lives on a fixed income. Though she loves her … Read More
The Components to a Successful Real Estate Transaction
As I have analyzed each student who has had a pay day, here are the standards they have in common. Successful students/new investors do the following: 1. Follow the formulas and steps recommend by the coaching team. a. The student/new investor are coachable. b. They follow the direction of the coaching team and not the commission driven real estate agents … Read More
Habitat for Humanity: Isiah and Matilda Davis
Isiah and Matilda Davis have lived in their home in Houston’s Fifth Ward for many years and even raised all 8 of their children there. Mr. Davis used to enjoy working on his home, but due to his pending Alzheimer diagnosis, he would often start projects and then be unable to finish them. Mrs. Davis is now her husband’s full-time … Read More
3 Ways to Do More with Less Stress
When I first started designing the renovations for our fix-and-flip houses, I would get really overwhelmed with how much there was to do. I’d walk into a disgusting house that was falling down around my shoulders, and I’d think, “Oh my god, there’s so much to do… Where do I even start?” When I actually got started, though, and I … Read More
4 Easy Ways to Improve Your Home Selling Skills
When you work in the real estate investing business—especially in house flipping—it’s easy to start to think that houses sell themselves. In a way, they do. People buy our flip houses because they have beautifully designed floor plans and a bunch of updates, all for a fair market price. However, if we weren’t there to point out the improvements and … Read More
What is the Difference Between Wholesaling and House Flipping?
A lot of people will tell you that you can dip your toes into real estate investing by starting out as a wholesaler. And, when you first look into it, it seems like a good idea. It’s a lot like flipping houses, but instead of doing all the rehab work and taking all the time to get the house in … Read More
