What’s it truly take to go from beginner to advanced in real estate? On this episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we sit down with Steve Mills, who shares exactly how he was able to overcome a bad first deal, find mentors, work with a partner, and eventually do more than four hundred real estate deals! This show is both highly motivating and informative and will definitely leave you with some great nuggets that you can use in your business to buy more real estate and have more fun doing it!

In This Episode We Cover:

Where Steve comes from and a discussion about Detroit
How he got into real estate
The entrepreneurial mindset
Why you should educate yourself
What his first deal looked like
The importance of using bad deals as a learning experience
Thoughts on selling via a land contract
Why Steve chose wholesaling
Details on his first wholesale deals
How to negotiate your way to getting deals
What you should know about zoning
How to understand a lead
Functional obsolescence
Changing strategies as your business grows
A discussion on commercial real estate
How to find the confidence to do deals
And SO much more!

Links from the Show

Books Mentioned in this Show

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz

Tweetable Topics:

“Real estate allows so much opportunity and growth in life.” (Tweet This!)
“Having a group and joining one created a confidence in me.” (Tweet This!)
“You can’t go acting broke and talking money.” (Tweet This!)

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164: Scaling from 0 to 400+ Deals Through Real Estate Entrepreneurship with Steve Mills