Dirty Deeds

He came in as an acquisition guy. A year later, he owned the business. Here's what happened in between — and the $750K deal that proves it.Mauricio Chakra started as an acquisitions rep — no real estate background, no idea how probates worked, just a guy from sales who figured it out by picking up the phone. Now he runs his own distressed property operation, closing commercial deals, cracking defunct LLCs, and navigating three-probate title chains most investors won't even look at.This episode is a full year-in-review. Logan and Mauricio break down a 3.5-acre commercial deal on San Antonio's outer loop — bought four days before the tax auction for $45K from a wealthy Nashville businessman who "never wanted to hear the words Bexar County again." They got an LOI for $1.88M in three days. Walk-away profit: $750,000.What else they cover:How to read a seller in the first 7 minutes and know exactly what to offerWhy you don't need to know anything before you pick up the phoneDefunct LLC strategies: affidavit vs. revival vs. buying the entity (and why one of these is a trap)Three-probate title chains and how an underwriter's opinion matters more than the lawThe real reason partnerships work — and why JV deals beat seller finance every timeWhy analysis paralysis kills more deals than bad marketsThe student who waited 13 months, then closed a $500K equity deal on his first tryTwo years in. Multiple six-figure deals. This is what the grind actually looks like.Subscribe. Share this with someone still on the fence about picking up the phone.

Kort Breaux, owner of West Star Alamo Land Surveyors and a licensed South‑Central Texas surveyor, shares wild real‑world surveying tales. He explains what boundary surveys actually include. Short stories cover hidden cemeteries, century‑old deed language, platted vs metes‑and‑bounds headaches, fence line surprises, and why Zillow or CAD acreage can mislead investors.

Joey Stacks didn't just grow up on the wrong side of the tracks. He grew up inside the track. East Side San Antonio. Organized crime. Meth labs. FBI raids at age 8. Prison at 17.By 22, he was moving half-kilo bricks through Austin's nightlife scene — until the task force came knocking.But this episode isn't about the fall. It's about what happened after.Two prison sentences. Six years total. A son born while he was fresh out with a monitor on his ankle. A fence-building business that outearned everything he ever made in the streets. And a moment on a job site in Terrell Hills — orange chicken in hand — that changed everything.Joey Stacks went from confirmed gang member to Discovery Channel feature, supplement company, construction business, clothing line, and father of five. This conversation goes places most podcasts won't.What prison actually looks like — riots, zip guns, and race politics nobody talks aboutWhy the "bad guys" get paroled and the good ones stay locked upHow he tracked down a trafficked teenage girl using one Instagram photo and Google MapsThe moment fatherhood hit him like a freight train and he crushed his last cigarette for goodSome people read about this life. Joey lived it — and built something real on the other side.Dirty Deeds. Real stories. No filter. 🔗 CONNECT WITH LOGAN FULLMER:▶ Instagram: @logan_fullmer Facebook: Logan Fullmer🔗 CONNECT WITH JOEY STAX:▶ Instagram: Joey.stax Facebook: Joey Stax━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Al Nicoletti, a Florida probate and curative-title attorney who handles high-volume probates and messy title fixes, walks through chaotic real estate deals that most investors avoid. Short, punchy tales cover uncovering hidden heirs with his 'ever-ever' method, fast ways to pull death certificates, juice vs. squeeze deal math, and combining probate, quiet title, and partition strategies to close tricky transactions.

Ellis San Jose, a Southern California deal-maker who specializes in distressed title, non-performing notes and creative financing. He recounts buying pennies-on-the-dollar paper, navigating probate and eviction headaches, using creative seller-finance structures, and battling big law firms over massive upside deals. Practical sourcing tactics and when to walk away from risky fights are also highlighted.

Willy Numbers, founder of Reverse Flip and a deed-first real estate investor, built an unconventional wholesale-adjacent business and coaches other investors. He explains buying deeds before title work, quiet-title and zombie-foreclosure tactics, sourcing hidden leads like return mail and tax delinquency lists, and building tools and JV models to scale complex, high-profit deals.

Sean Baker, a former FBI agent turned PI who specializes in person-locates and prison communications, and Larry Baker, a former FBI agent who finds hard-to-track owners using surveillance and a global PI network. They trade wild stories about locating incarcerated sellers, using license-plate and federal records, deploying local investigators worldwide, creative doorstep tactics, and last-minute auction rescues.

In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan sits down with Michael McCall — a real estate entrepreneur who’s built a multi-million-dollar operation by mastering sales, systems, and scale. Michael breaks down how he went from grinding nonstop to building a company that runs without him, the hard lessons behind firing yourself from your own business, and why most operators stay stuck as the bottleneck. They dive deep into hiring killers, financial discipline, leveraging AI to automate lead flow and sales, and what it really takes to transition from hustler to true CEO. Beyond business, Michael shares insights on health, discipline, and mental toughness — the foundational traits that separate operators who burn out from those who build lasting wealth and freedom.💥 Want to learn how we get the most profitable deals out there?Get Your Free Copy of Distressed Property Secrets Book by clicking the link below:👉 https://dpasummit.com/free-book-page--------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Want to be coached by Logan?Book a consultation using the link below:👉 http://coaching.dpasummit.com-------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Connect with Logan:📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/logan_fullmer🎵 TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@loganfullmer_?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loganfullmer🌐 Website: https://www.loganfullmer.com/🔗 Connect with Michael: ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LifeinSATX--------------------------------------------------------------------Like, comment, and subscribe for more interviews with real estate professionals turning chaos into opportunity.

In this powerful episode of Dirty Deeds, we sit down with Manny Cash, a San Antonio-based investor whose journey from a 17-year-old Venezuelan immigrant to a successful real estate entrepreneur is nothing short of miraculous. Manny shares the high-stakes reality of arriving in the U.S. with only $1,500 and a student visa, eventually facing the terrifying choice to stay illegally to fulfill his mother’s wish of making something "big". From surviving the gang-heavy streets of South Side Chicago to discovering a "god-given gift" for sales in a mall kiosk, Manny’s story is a masterclass in grit, faith, and the "why not me" mentality. He breaks down how he closed his first messy real estate deal after eight months of following up—a $30,000 win that proved the business model worked and changed his life forever.Today, Manny leads a high-performing team of five, focusing 100% on distressed properties with messy titles. He candidly discusses the "dark hole" of depression he faced after achieving financial success, the peace he found through faith and meeting his wife, and the "extreme ownership" required to shut down his previous business when the market shifted. Now back on top with $280,000 in projected profit on the board, Manny explains why he pivoted from traditional wholesaling to high-margin distressed deals, proving that "all hard work brings a profit" when you back your talk with massive action💥 Want to learn how we get the most profitable deals out there?Get Your Free Copy of Distressed Property Secrets Book by clicking the link below:👉 https://dpasummit.com/free-book-page--------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Want to be coached by Logan?Book a consultation using the link below:👉 http://coaching.dpasummit.com-------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Connect with Logan:📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/logan_fullmer🎵 TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@loganfullmer_?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loganfullmer🌐 Website: https://www.loganfullmer.com/--------------------------------------------------------------------Like, comment, and subscribe for more interviews with real estate professionals turning chaos into opportunity.

Jesse Burrell, founder who scaled real estate data and SaaS to a major exit. He recounts starting as an acquisition rep and flipping deals to fund a data-reselling side hustle. The story follows turning skip-tracing into Batch products, rapid growth to $40M, hiring and SOP systems for scale, and the emotional and personal costs of exiting and rebuilding purpose.