The Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast|Real Estate Investing

Chris Prefontaine
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Jan 24, 2018 • 40min

Episode 27: Understanding & Profiting from NOTES

Since 1980, Eddie Speed has dedicated his professional life to the Note buying industry, seller financing, and non-performing notes. He's introduced innovative ideas and strategies that have positively impacted the way the industry operates today. Fifteen years ago, Eddie founded NoteSchool, which is a highly recognized training company, and specialized in the teaching of buying performing and non-performing discounted mortgage notes. He is also a principal of Colonial Capital Management LLC, which is a private equity fund that acquires discounted real estate secured notes. Eddie received the special recognition of being honored as the first inductee into the SBRE Hall of Fame along with the Think Realty Award of Distinction for Alternative Asset Investor of the Year and recently received a Mentor of the Year Award from the Note Investor Summit. What you will learn: The importance of notes and how they impact your deals The role mentors played in Eddie's life Some of the biggest obstacles to getting into the note servicing business The particular niche Eddie focuses on in the note servicing industry How Eddie overcame some of his biggest mistakes and what he learned from them One of the most expensive mistakes investors can make and how to avoid it The most productive things Eddie does every day Why prioritization is key to maximizing your productivity What the note servicing industry is missing and how to capitalize on it Several strategies to help investors ensure their success Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/NoteSchool SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS
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Jan 17, 2018 • 29min

Episode 26: The IRS is Watching!

Paul Dion operates a New England Regional CPA practice specializing in Proactive tax planning for business owners with offices in Millbury, MA and Newport, RI. What you will learn: Common mistakes investors make when it comes to their taxes Why it's better to contact the IRS about your debts rather than them contacting you Several key ways to lower your taxes as a real estate investor How to mitigate the risk in your business once it starts to grow The value of a mastermind group Paul's "Done for You" Tax Package Why you shouldn't wait until the end of the year to start thinking about your taxes How much money Paul was able to save his clients during his biggest wins The types of tax planning technology to pay attention to Paul's new book Several tax strategies for new investors to focus on to ensure their success Ways to contact Paul: Phone number: 508-853-3292 Email address: info@smarttaxadvisor.com (Email to get free copy of book) Twitter: @PaulDionCPA Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/SmartTaxAdvisor SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS
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Jan 10, 2018 • 37min

Episode 25: STOP the Excuses – Buy & Hold

Mark Walters' Grandfather, Lloyd Walters, invested in his first "fixer-upper" property back in 1937 during the Great Depression in San Jose, California. Since that time, his family has always been passionate about real estate. His father, Lloyd Walters, was written up in a national publication in 1985 for some revolutionary marketing ideas he shared dealing with discounted mortgages. The demand was so great to learn more of their techniques that they wrote the first book in the country on marketing for discounted mortgages titled, "How To Find All The Discounted Mortgages You Could Ever Hope To Buy." After that book's release, they were inundated with people asking what else they were doing. They then wrote another real estate investing book, which had people requesting more ideas and the big snowball has never stopped rolling. By the age of 25, he had his own real estate brokerage. After a few years, and being more interested in the investor side of the business, he closed up shop and have not been an active broker since. After the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980's and early 1990's, in 1992 they packed up all their California belongings – moved to Arizona – and began buying properties with the intention of riding the market up. Guess what? The old crystal ball must have been working because over the following years Phoenix became one of the top real estate investing areas in the country. He still enjoys investing – and sharing investing ideas with good people. What you will learn: Why it's important to constantly seek new information Mark's formula for success in real estate Why saying "my market is different" isn't a valid excuse for failure How to stop indulging in your own self-limiting beliefs The biggest obstacles of getting into a buy and hold investment strategy How to take action towards real estate success TODAY Why you need to talk less and listen more Some of Mark's current favorite books and magazines Why marketing is so important in business — especially in real estate Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ProfitPotential SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS
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Jan 3, 2018 • 43min

Episode 24: How to Improve Your Real Estate Selling Process

Over the course of 20 years, John Martinez has gone from a struggling all-commission insurance salesperson, to a nationally recognized sales expert. Along his journey, John has held many sales-related roles… Account Executive, Sales Manager, VP of Sales, Sales & Marketing Director, and Corporate Sales Trainer. John has completed over 4,000 hours of study on sales and how people actually make decisions…what REALLY drives them to take action. His approach to sales combines neuroscience, experimental and behavioral economics, and cognitive and social psychology. Because research into decision-making behavior has become increasingly computational, he has also incorporated new approaches from theoretical biology, computer science, and mathematics. This approach to sales, using a combination of tools from multiple fields, avoids the shortcomings that arise from a single-perspective approach to sales. This might sound complex, but John has boiled down everything he has learned into a handful of simple sales tactics, questioning strategies, and communication techniques. John has personally trained over 200 RE investment companies, hundreds of salespeople and acquisition agents, and has achieved amazing results. John is the go-to-expert in the field of REI Acquisitions & Sales. Today, he works with the best-of-the-best in the REI Industry…the top 5% who are doing between 50 and 1,000 deals per year. Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/SalesBootcamp SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/MidwestRev SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/20FreeVideos SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS A transcript of this episode is available here: https://smartrealestatecoachpodcast.com/john-martinez/
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Dec 20, 2017 • 38min

Episode 23: How to Protect Your Assets with These Asset Protection Strategies

Attorney Lee R. Phillips is a Counselor of the United States Supreme Court. He has three university degrees — BS, MS, JD — and has held licenses in real estate, mortgage brokering, securities, and life insurance, as well as being a registered investment advisor. Lee is nationally recognized in the fields of business structure, asset protection, financial planning and estate planning. He is the founder of LegaLees Corporation, a company specializing in solving asset protection and tax problems for high net worth individuals. Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/legalees (Promo code CHRIS) SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS A transcript of this episode is available here: https://smartrealestatecoachpodcast.com/lee-phillips/
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Dec 13, 2017 • 46min

Episode 22: The Entrepreneur's Journey: How to Navigate Through the Ups and Downs

For more than 20 years, David Mammano has been a serial entrepreneur. Having started seven businesses from scratch, he thrives on starting and growing businesses. Today he thrives on helping others start or grow their businesses by infusing the latest entrepreneurial principles into their strategy. Relevant experiences include being a three-time Inc. Magazine 5000 Growth Company, the host of The Avanti Entrepreneur podcast, a TEDx speaker, a Forbes.com contributing writer, an adjunct professor at the University of Rochester, and the author of business and college planning books. David has started, sold, franchised, licensed, and taken on partners as well as investors with his companies. He's done it all, and now Dave is ready to help others start or grow their companies. David graduated from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications/Advertising. He is also a graduate of the MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program, an executive education program offered through the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO). David's community activities include being a local board member for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a local board member for Junior Achievement, and starting his local EO Chapter. In 2004, David published his first book, 101 Things You Can Do To Become an Outstanding Young Adult. His second book, Make Love in the Workplace, a guide to awesome culture in the office, was published in 2014. David is a prolific speaker — speaking at hundreds of business and education events. David is most proud of his family in Victor, NY, including three young children, Gianluca, Melania, and Alessio. His hobbies include family activities, reading, cooking, eating, exercise and repeated attempts at humor. Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/AvantiCoaching SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/AvantiEvent SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/AvantiFreeBook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS
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Dec 6, 2017 • 41min

Episode 21: How to Make a Fortune Doing Student Housing

Dixie Decker has extensive experience with complex real estate transactions. Her expertise is reflected by her extensive 15 years of experience in mortgage lending and real estate investing and she currently holds her license as a real estate agent in Missouri. She's bought, financed, and overseen real estate transactions in excess of 26 million dollars. Her success can be attributed in large part to her team building talents, marketing acumen, and cutting-edge business systems. Through hands-on experience of real estate investing in hundreds of deals, her customer service and quick response time is top notch. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://smartrealestatecoachpodcast.com/dixie-decker/ Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/DixieLive SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/DixieSeminar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS
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Nov 29, 2017 • 25min

Episode 20: What Does it Take to Become a Real Estate Professional?

Chris is the Amazon Bestselling author of Real Estate on your terms – Create continuous cash flow now, without using your cash or credit. He's also founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and SmartRealEstatecoachPodcast.com. Chris has been in real estate for 25+ years. His experience includes the construction of over 100+ single family and duplex homes (mostly 1990's and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker / owner which maintained high per agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000's included coaching ½ million and higher realtors in order to scale & automate their business throughout US and Canada. He also participated (and still selectively to date) in doing condo conversions (multi-family homes to condos) and "raise the roof" projects (converting single-family ranches to colonials in growth neighborhoods). Chris has been a big advocate of constant education and participates regularly in high-end mastermind groups and consulting with private mentors. He runs his own buying and selling businesses with his family team which buys 2-5 properties monthly so they're in the trenches every single week. They also help clients do the same thing around the Country. Chris and his family/team have done over 80 million in real estate transactions. They mentor, coach, consult and actually partner with students around the Country (by application only) to do exactly what they do. Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS A transcript of this episode is available here: https://smartrealestatecoachpodcast.com/chris-solocast-3/
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Nov 22, 2017 • 48min

Episode 19: How to Become an Authority in Your Real Estate Niche

Adam Witty is the Chief Executive Officer of Advantage Media Group and ForbesBooks. Adam has built Advantage Media Group, the business growth company, into one of the largest business book publishers in America serving over 1,000 members in 40 US states and 13 countries. Advantage was also listed on the Inc. 5,000 list of America's most rapidly growing private companies from 2012 all the way through to 2016. Most recently, Advantage has actually partnered with Forbes to create ForbesBooks, the first book publishing imprint for the global media company. Launched in 2016, ForbesBooks is the next step in Forbes 100 year history of distribution and innovation in the media business. Utilizing the Forbes multi-platform media network, ForbesBooks offers a branding, visibility, and marketing platform to business authors. The exclusive imprint not only gets books to market faster than other top business book publishers, which is super important, it also provides a holistic branding, visibility and marketing platform for leading business leaders and idea makers. In addition to his work with Advantage and ForbesBooks, Adam is a sought after speaker, teacher, and consultant on marketing and business growth techniques for entrepreneurs and authors. He's actually shared the stage with Steve Forbes, Gene Simmons of Kiss, Peter Guber, and Bobby Bowden. Adam has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, in US Today and more. He was named actually to the Young Presidents Organization 40 Under 40, 50 most progressive, and was also named to the 2011 Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30 list of America's coolest entrepreneurs. Ways to contact Adam: Email: awitty@advantageww.com Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/LeadTheField SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS A transcript of this episode is available here: https://smartrealestatecoachpodcast.com/adam-witty/
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Nov 15, 2017 • 56min

Episode 18: Make an Impact Doing Overage Deals

Bob Diamond is a practicing real estate attorney and investor with years of experience in real estate law, investment, development, and is also the author of three books on real estate investing. You may be familiar with Bob from his appearances on Fox, NBC, CNBC, NPR, or Flip That House television show on the TLC network. Bob graduated from Villanova University with a degree in finance in '87 and from Temple University School of Law in 1993. He became a Pennsylvania licensed attorney in '93. During his career outside of the real estate world in law, Bob worked for Meridian Mortgage in their default and REO department. He also worked for Arthur Andersen and Coopers & Lybrand as a business consultant and for the international law firm, Cozen O'Connor, as a real estate attorney. Bob has been investing in real estate for over 20 years and has participated as the buyer, seller, and/or attorney in over $100 million in real estate transactions over the past 20 years. Bob has been teaching real estate investing since 1999, so you have probably heard of Bob in the investor world out there where he's known as the guru's guru. Because of his legal expertise and experience as a real estate attorney, he's actually sought after for his advice and counsel. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://smartrealestatecoachpodcast.com/bob-diamond/ Resources: SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/blueprint SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/overages SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/webinar SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/termsbook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/ebook SmartRealEstateCoachPodcast.com/QLS

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