In this episode of the Millionaire Mindcast, we have a stellar guest, Mike Dehaan who imparts a ton of valuable insights around real estate wholesaling, the effective wholesaling sales and marketing process, the mindset around building a successful Virtual Assistant Team, and building a successful real estate business that making millions while getting more freedom in life!

Mike Dehaan is an entrepreneur, a real estate investor, lead generation master, systems specialist, host of the Collecting Keys Podcast, and the owner of Collecting Keys LLC, Backyard Home Buyers, and INW Properties, a real estate service company based out of Spokane, WA that specialize in buying properties for cash throughout the Inland Northwest. The properties they purchase are primarily restored with lasting quality and made available for lease.

Real estate stuff is never on Mike’s radar. After spending 5 years as a corporate engineer, he quit his engineering career in 2018. He spent the following 2 years studying real estate investing and business to start an investing venture. At that time, he found a major skill set and passion in building scalable repeatable systems that creates disruption in the real estate wholesaling space. Since 2020, Mike has made from 0 to 200 real estate deals in 3 years. Currently, he is working to productize the wholesale business system and process that anyone can benefit from.

Some Questions I Ask:

Where did these real estate, investing, entrepreneurship, and/or professional careers start for you?

What do you think the problems are of wholesaling in the industry as a whole?

By partnering with the right people, how can you guys allow them to accelerate getting to a place of profitability and the benefits of having a really strong sales and marketing process?

How have you approached building such a successful Virtual Assistant Team?

What do you think some of the people that have failed with Virtual Assistant Teams are overlooking and might need to revisit?

Who is the ideal partner for your company? How do you go about identifying who the right person is and what the right market looks like?

What does the startup investment look like for this wholesaling system?

What is your vision as you see your company taking off?

Is this something that only applies to single-family or is there a commercial aspect and approach that you guys have been exploring and providing as well?