Passive Real Estate Investing

Where’s the hotbed for real estate investing? Answer: the Quad Cities. Chris delves into buying and renovating luxury properties for the working-class folks. The Quad Cities, where Chris started, boasts very solid fundamentals. There's very consistent, strong returns on these properties. Single family up to four unit properties and the tenant base are pretty stable. It's not a more volatile market, like you're looking at major markets, like New York or Los Angeles. There's just a really high demand for a good rental product in the Quad Cities right now, considering that a lot of smaller operators don't take good care of the properties they handle. There's not too big of a supply of the more, as Chris would call it, like a luxury product for these working-class folks - and Chris’s team provides just that. Want in on the game before it's too late? Learn how to hold your properties to a high standard so you can lease them up in two weeks! Copyright 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you invest in real estate essentially as a solopreneur from over 6,000 miles away? Billy Keels is an international real estate entrepreneur, author, coach, and mentor. He sees opportunities where others often don’t in real estate. One thing that makes Billy interesting is that he works full-time for a Fortune 500 company in Barcelona, Spain, yet invests in US real estate from over 6,000 miles away. Billy talks about how he got started in long distance real estate investing, why he's doing what he's doing, how he's doing it, what's important to him, and what his challenges had been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ownership of real estate has many benefits from an investment and tax perspective, yet there is downside risk. The value of real estate holdings can be used to cover damages awarded in lawsuits. It is important to consider asset protection strategies relating to real estate holdings in order to minimize that risk. Asset protection planning is a preemptive measures to reduce your exposure to future lawsuit risk. Scott Smith, owner of Royal Legal Solutions, says using the right tools to mitigate your exposure risk and liability is critically important. Learn more about the right tools and properly protecting ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thousands of people, despite all their best efforts to succeed, grow, and thrive, end up failing financially. Our subconscious beliefs often work against us, setting up hidden obstacles in the way of achieving what we consciously think we want and blocking the path to our highest potential. It’s those money and wealth limiting beliefs that hurt us the most. These negative beliefs are the money phrases that we have all heard before and that many of us say consciously or even subconsciously all the time. You need to be careful because of these seemingly harmless phrases about money can interfere with the wealth building process, exactly what you're trying to work towards. Buck Joffrey, an accomplished surgeon, entrepreneur, asset manager, and bestselling author of 7 Secrets of Eternal Wealth, shares the most common limiting beliefs and created a roadmap in his course to help people towards their journey of investing on their own and ultimately financial independence. Learn more about Your Roadmap to Real Wealth. Download your FREE copy of:  The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. --- After working with thousands of investors over the past fourteen years when I'm creating more income, wealth, and freedom, I've seen firsthand that it is our subconscious beliefs that often work against us, setting up hidden obstacles in the way of achieving what we consciously think we want and blocking the path to our highest potential. Thousands of people, despite all their best efforts to succeed and grow and thrive, end up failing financially, feeling hopeless and clueless about what they do differently to bring about a better income. It's the negative beliefs that are the subconscious beliefs that hurt us the most. These negative beliefs are the money phrases that we have all heard before and that many of us say consciously or even subconsciously all the time. You need to be careful. Some of these seemingly harmless phrases about money can interfere with the wealth building process, exactly what you're trying to work towards. Here're some of the most popular phrases about money that you hear other people say, maybe you say these yourself. The first one is “It takes money to make money.” This phrase is limiting at best and destructive at worst. How about this one? “Money doesn't grow on trees.” This belief sets people up to believe that money is scarce and difficult to earn instead of seeing money as being abundant, which it is. Here's another one, “Another day, another dollar.” How often have you heard that one? “The masses trade time for money.” This creates the belief that making money is a linear process directly connected to time. How about, “Money is the root of all evil?” The real thing is the love of money is the root of all evil, but it has been misquoted so often for centuries that most people believe money itself is the root of all evil. It is not. “A penny saved is a penny earned.” There's a classic. This is a very dangerous belief as it puts a major emphasis on saving, and saving in itself is not bad, but the masses are so focused on clipping coupons and living frugally that they missed the major opportunities around them. “Money can't buy you happiness.” I've heard family members say this in the past. You don't get rich to get happier. You get rich for the financial freedom and time freedom that it brings you. If you're unhappy without money, guess what? You're not going to be happy when you have lots of it. Selfishness is a virtue. The masses are programmed from an early age to put the needs of others before their own. That sounds like a spiritual thing, a spirit-driven philosophy, it's the worst advice you can get when it comes to money because once you acquire wealth, then you can volunteer your time and give back to charity. It's all about being, doing, having, and then giving. What about more money and more problems? Another myth. Another myth among the masses is the idea that millionaires are workaholics, overloaded with so many problems that they don't have time to enjoy life. This is another excuse the middle class uses to justify being broke. When it comes to money, the best advice is to always look at it from a consciousness of freedom, possibility, opportunity, and abundance perspective. Never look at money from a fear or scarcity point of view. That's going to drive you in the wrong direction. If you're rich, keep thinking the way you're thinking and if not, maybe it's time to change the way you think about money. We're talking about beliefs and how they affect your money and wealth. It's my pleasure to welcome Buck Joffrey. Buck is an accomplished surgeon, entrepreneur, and asset manager. He's also the number one bestselling author of 7 Secrets of Eternal Wealth. He had a negative net worth when he finished surgical training back in 2008, but he quickly became a serial entrepreneur and a real estate investor, and he amassed an eight-figure net worth. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Evolution of the Real Estate Investor. Enjoy the show! –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  –  – Learn more about Your Roadmap to Real Wealth. Learn more about Credit Suite. Download your FREE copy of:  The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes.  Here's how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW   (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes  |  Stitcher  |  Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a twenty-year veteran in the finance industry, Aaron has developed this concept of the evolution of the real estate investor. You can imagine it as an hierarchical structure or similar to what you might find in an organizational chart with a company. Aaron explains that it is an evolution where you start out working with real estate investors who spend money by investing in real estate, who then evolve to a position as a business owner in possession of several properties, to being a chief operations officer and having within their organization people that are going to work with new investors to market the properties and find more. He shares that understanding each level of this evolutionary structure will help make the team become more efficient in doing their particular tasks and also enable them to work in harmony with the other levels. — I wanted to do something a little different. I’m bringing on a good friend and one of our preferred mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders, Aaron Chapman. Aaron was on years ago, and we talked about non-owner occupied real estate investing and getting loans in the mortgage environment. If you haven’t seen it, go back and read that episode because there’s a lot of foundational information about mortgage lending there. He has this very interesting concept that he refers to as the evolution of the real estate investor. He explained this a couple of times and I found it very interesting because it’s representing a hierarchical structure of what you might find in an org chart with a company, you, being the CEO of that company. Aaron is a 20-year veteran in the finance industry and he focuses specifically and only on real estate investors. He does investment loans and he has a great team of a total of ten staff members that help him do these loans. He’s been married for 22 years and has four kids. He’s a very active guy and a lot of fun and he does a lot of stuff outside the investment and loan industry. He helps out with his local sheriff’s department in the rescue unit. He has been doing this for nine years as a technical off-road and helicopter rappel rescue technician. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to The Memphis Market and Our Next Investment Tour.   Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memphis is a consistent and stable market. Mark brings back James, one of their team members out in the local market, to talk about the Memphis market and amazing things on the two-day Memphis investment property tour. He also talks about investing in Memphis and why it’s such a great cash flow market. James and his team has renovated, purchased, and sold over 235 single-family homes in Memphis, Tennessee that cash flow well and rent for very high-dollar amounts, making the cash on cash returns very attractive. Learn more about how you can invest in Memphis on the next investment tour. — I want to talk about Memphis and our next upcoming Memphis Investment Tour. For many of you, you know that we did a property/investment tour. I believe it was around the September, October timeframe. If you go back to an earlier episode, you will know that we talked about the Memphis Market and why invest in Memphis and why it’s such a great cashflow market. We can actually look back and talk about what we did on this two-day Memphis Investment and Property Tour because it was quite amazing. There was a lot of great content and education. We had some great speakers from all over the country and it was all packed into one and a half days. It’s happening again. We’re having another event in May and it’s an opportune time because they happen to have this world-famous barbecue festival or event that goes on. The timing is purposely done to coincide with that event. I brought James back on the show here. For those of you that don’t remember, James leads the team that we work with in Memphis. They are a great company and a great provider in terms of putting out fantastic income producing rental properties. In 2017, James and his team purchased, renovated and sold over 235 single-family homes in Memphis, Tennessee. The average prices of those properties were a $101,000. We’re not talking super expensive properties. They’re affordable. They cashflow well. They rent for a very high dollar amount making the cash-on-cash returns very attractive. These are great income-producing properties. James and his team in conjunction with our team here work with investors around the world to help you guys create passive income. As one of our top turnkey providers and partners in the Memphis market, they’ve now ventured out into building some new construction homes. They’ve built 23, 24 and they are ramping that up. That’s going to be a new thing that we’re introducing to you as well as on this Investment Tour. I don’t want to take all of James’ thunder. With that I want to welcome, James. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to From Zero to 35 Rentals in 4 Years – A Client Success Story. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having a plan of action is one thing, but sticking to that plan is another. Most investors lose motivation when they see a task that is too big for them to do. But Anton Ivanov had a clear vision of his goals. When his tasks where bigger than he can handle, he broke it down to smaller pieces. Anton inherited a condo and became an accidental landlord but then saw that turnkey investments is great for starting investors who want to go out of state. Now he owns 35 rental units across four states that generates passive cash flow. Anton shares his stories of beginnings and how he got his confidence in the real estate investment world. — I have an interesting episode because I have a special guest, but he’s more than a guest. He’s actually a past client. This guy has really impressed me. The reason is because he set out to acquire real estate and build a portfolio. He set some goals and he made a plan. Not only did he execute on his plan but he stuck to it. He stuck to it in a way that he actually surprised me. I got an email with the subject line, “Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks.” I was a little taken aback. At first I thought, “It’s a spam email,” and I was about to delete it but then I recognized his name. I opened it up and he basically said, “I want to reach out to you just to say thank you for all your help, guidance and advice you’ve given me in the few years back. It’s been absolutely invaluable.” That’s literally “right from his email.” One thing led to another and I wanted to get him on the show here to share his experience and a little bit about him and how he got started and why he chose the path he chose and how he built his portfolio. Everybody’s got advice and some wisdom and knowledge and I figured it would be invaluable for a lot of people to learn from him. His name is Anton Ivanov. He is a real estate investor and an entrepreneur. He has built a 35-unit rental portfolio that’s spread out across four states. He lives in California, so these are not in California. He’s also the founder of an incredible app called DealCheck. It is dubbed the leading real estate analysis software and it is used by over 28,000 investors and agents to quickly analyze and compare investment properties. I actually was part of that beta test when he was developing it and it is excellent. I really enjoy using it and it’s outstanding. If you live off of an iPhone or a smart device, I really suggest putting that on your device because it’s useful. With that, I want to welcome Anton to the show. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Ken McElroy on The Economy, Finding Deals, Real Estate Myths, Property Management, and Achieving Goals Part 2. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cash flow can be generated in real estate with no tax, making it the best kind of investment. By looking at the potential of the property in ten years, improvements can be made to increase cash flow, cap rate, income and rate of return for investors. Ken McElroy, author of The ABCs Of Real Estate Investment, has always had a soft spot for home ownership. When people build homes, this equates to mortgage interest because the owners build equity on that home. Ken McElroy shares tips on getting your financial settings in real estate on track and staying on that course by simply starting small and in a neighborhood that you know. — This is Part 2 of my interview with Ken McElroy, Rich Dad Advisor. He’s a great guy, smart, full of wisdom, extremely successful. If you haven’t listened to the first episode with me and Ken, just listen to that episode. It’s number 95. We’re going to continue with Part 2 of my interview with Ken McElroy. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Ken McElroy on The Economy, Finding Deals, Real Estate Myths, Property Management, and Achieving Goals Part 1. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Americans can now retain both low income housing tax credit and private activity bonds with the new tax reform in act. This is a need that the government recognized so they created this tax break. Author of The ABCs Of Real Estate Investment, Ken McElroy deals with rental business but is a big fan of home ownership. While he understands why most investors look for good deals with low down payment, he does the complete opposite by finding rental demands in affluent areas because it will lead to less property management problems. Learn more on how you can start getting on track with you financial setting and how to stay on the course. — This episode is very exciting because I have a very special guest. A lot of you may know him. If you don’t, you’re going to get to know him. Ken McElroy is an extremely successful individual and one of Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Advisors. We had a great interview, chock-full of nuggets and wisdom. I just want to take a moment to thank everybody for the success the show has had over the last two and a half years. We have over 500 five-star reviews on iTunes US. Every country has its own iTunes store, so it has its own review and rating system. This is just the US. In speaking of other countries, we are also heard in over 125 countries. Thank you to everybody from as far as Israel, Australia, the UK, Portugal, France, you name it. It’s because of you that the show is a success. The reason I do it is to help share information, wisdom and knowledge with you. Once again, I just want to say that we had an incredible 2017. It was our busiest year ever. We’re on track to make 2018 the same. We love helping real estate investors, people who are real estate investors or want to be real estate investors. If you’re one of those people that have been listening for a while, sitting on the fence, you’ve got some investable capital and you know you need to make a decision on your financial future, let us help you take it to the next level or let us help you get started. That’s what we’re here to do. Just schedule a free strategy session with one of our investment counselors. Have that initial 30 or 60-minute conversation to figure out where you are today, where you want to go, what is the plan and the path to get you there. We can take that roadmap and help you take it one step at a time to achieve those financial goals. It really just comes down to having a plan, executing that plan, and having a criteria that’s attached to it. It’s not that hard to do and we want to help you do it. In fact, I’m probably going to record a podcast episode about that topic. I will try to do that here in the very near future. Last but not least, I’ve been very busy looking at underwriting some syndication deals as well. I’ve looked at a number of them last year. Unfortunately, they just didn’t meet my criteria and my underwriting basically just punted it out the door. One of them took over three months to underwrite. What we have on the table right now for people who are either accredited or are not accredited but have a smaller amount of investment capital, I’m looking to put together syndicated or group investments of ten-pack or twenty-pack single-family homes. That’s something that I have started working on. However, I’m probably not going to release or announce that for a month or two. Two opportunities I’m working on actively right now and that actually is open to accredited investors are cannabis-related investments. Believe it or not, real estate does play into some of those opportunities. You would have to just reach out to me directly for that information and I would need to connect with you via email and/or phone before I can send you that information. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Exploring New Markets. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m going to do something a little bit different today. Recently, I was invited to be a guest on The Real Estate CPA show, which is hosted by Brandon Hall. If you recall, Brandon was a guest of mine on episode 90. That episode was titled Sheltering Your Rental Income from Taxes (and Other Tax Tips). Brandon is a sharp guy, a great investor, and CPA. He focuses on creative tax strategies but he’s really dialed into the whole tax scene and how to reduce your taxes as an investor. He invited me on his show and we had a great conversation about a lot of different things. Some of it is great review for investors and other questions that he had was great for virtually any investor listening in. I wanted to share that episode with you. I did get Brandon’s permission to re-air if you will that episode on my show. We talked about things like the biggest real estate investing myth, what drives different markets, and the market differences, how to choose a market. We talked about investing locally versus long distance, the macroeconomic factors in selecting a market and there are four of them. Those are good to know. The three kinds of markets at a spectrum, there are three categorizations for that. Different types of neighborhoods, what is an A, B, and C classification for a neighborhood. This is really what I tell people when I’m doing a live presentation. It’s some good material and a few other things. It’s a great interview and I wanted to share that with you. Without any further delay, I’m going to let that roll. Hopefully, you enjoy it and we will see you again next week. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Investing in Houston, Texas (and Hurricane Harvey). Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices