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Turning Eviction into Real Estate Success with Adrian Smude

Dec 30, 2024
38:01

Episode Notes

Virginia Purnell sits down with Adrian Smude, author of How to Buy Mobile Homes and an expert in mobile home investing. Adrian shares his transformation from hobby landlord to full-time investor after an eviction forced him to find creative solutions.

In this episode, Adrian shares:

  • His unconventional path into real estate investing.
  • How mobile homes provide a profitable niche in affordable housing.
  • Overcoming negative stigmas associated with mobile homes.
  • Strategies for scaling a mobile home investing business.
  • Tips for marketing yourself and networking effectively.
  • The importance of mindset, meditation, and morning routines for entrepreneurs.
  • How to take massive, imperfect action and learn from failures.

Adrian’s story highlights the importance of adaptability, problem-solving, and leveraging unique opportunities in real estate. Learn more about Adrian’s work at lifestyle-rei.com or email him at adrian@lifestyle-rei.com.

Key Questions

(00:53) Thanks for being with us. All right, so this entrepreneurial journey, not everybody gets evicted, but how else are you here with us today?

(05:52) When you first talk to people about real estate investing with mobile homes, do you feel like there's a lot of negative stigma about it?

(07:18) You rent them out then?

(12:12) Then your tenants just get tenant insurance and they're covered, right?

(13:43) All right, who is your ideal avatar?

(15:01) How do you get in front of those people?

(16:00) What social media channels are working for you?

(16:46) Do you have any tips on marketing ourselves at network meetings?

(20:40) What are some of the goals that you're looking to achieve in the next year or two?

(23:28) Right now, with those current goals, what is the number one roadblock that's in the way of you achieving those?

(26:12) Do you have any tips Is there anything on mindset behind being an entrepreneur?

(30:39) What's the best advice you have ever received?

(32:18) What's the best advice you've ever given?

(36:00) Is there anything that you'd like to talk about or share with us that we haven't touched on yet?

(37:06)  Where can we go to learn more about you and what you do?

Adrian Smude

www.Lifestyle-REI.com

Personal Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/adrian.smude

Lifestyle REI Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/LifestyleREI

Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/lifestyle_rei/

Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriansmude/

Twitter aka X https://twitter.com/LifestyleREI

Virginia Purnell

Funnel & Visibility Specialist

Distinct Digital Marketing

(833) 762-5336

virginia@distinctdigitalmarketing.com

www.distinctdigitalmarketing.com

www.distinctdigitalmarketing.co

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