The Best Ever CRE Show

Since Colin is still a newer investor who has successfully used OPM to purchase real estate, we’ll hear a lot about how he met investors and convinced them to invest in his real estate deals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If they say they’ll invest anywhere then they are willing to invest in areas that are bad and not guide you properly” - Colin Douthit Colin Douthit Real Estate Background: Real estate investor, general contractor, and property manager Owns 70+ doors all acquired in the past 24 months, manages 50+ doors for other real estate investors Based in Kansas City, MO  Say hi to him at colinATatlas.rentals Best Ever Book: Bible Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben sold over $2 Billion in real estate in his first year. We’ll hear some of his best ways he generates leads for high end homes, as well as hear about his app Rila and how that is helping people with their properties. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Save your cash” - Ben Bacal Ben Bacal Real Estate Background: Real estate agent and co-founder of Rila, a mobile app designed to provide the community with free, unencumbered access to real estate and industry professionals Has sold more than $2 billion in real estate One of his most notable transactions includes 1181 Hillcrest—the largest sale ever recorded in Beverly Hills at $70,000,000 Based in LA, CA Say hi to him at Rila in the app store or @benbacalestates on instagram Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theo is joined by Aaron Butcher (https://www.butcherblockinvestments.com) today as Joe had to be out of town for a property. Theo did the interviews last week and is sharing three lessons he learned from the Best Ever Guests last week. Lessons learned are coming from Mark Owens (https://markowens.com/), Maurice Philogene (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricephilogene/), and Jacob Busani (https://www.jacobbusani.com/). If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Whenever you are meeting someone new, always ask them to introduce you to someone” Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theo will get into some creative ways that people will raise money with 506c offerings. It’s always a good idea to hear as many different ways to raise money as possible, you never know when you’ll need another way to get capital. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “People tend to like investing locally”  Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The most frequently asked question that we get is “how can I raise more money?”. Well Theo has put together a list of four ways you may not be currently using. Even if you are utilizing one or two of the ways, you can raise more money by using all four ways. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Pick a frequency you’re going to create content and stick to that for at least a year” Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As most of us know, in this business we need to be great at many different things, or have people on our team that have different skills. Marketing is one necessary aspect of real estate investing. Whether you are buying or selling, you need effective ways to get in front of people. That’s what Lael will get into with us today. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The more I know, the more I can serve my clients” - Lael Sturm Lael Sturm Real Estate Background: Founded LPSS Digital Marketing to deliver effective growth strategies and tactics to real estate professionals and other profitable businesses Has been in online marketing for 25 years, worked with small and large companies including MTV, Nokia, Microsoft, and CNET/CBS Interactive Based in San Francisco, CA Say hi to him at https://www.lpss.co/?r_done=1  Best Ever Book: The Big Leap Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing to our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com  Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie bought his first real estate investing deal in 2005. He still has that same property because he was unable to sell it. He didn’t let that ruin his investing career, Jamie now owns more than 20 units with more under contract to close (may have closed since recording this episode). If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Build your network, but also try to be the face of a market or the face of a niche within a market” - Jamie Gruber Jamie Gruber Real Estate Background: Real estate investor with 21 units and 22 more under contract Recently created a fund to take on capital and scale his business with his partner Based in Ann Arbor, MI Say hi to him at https://www.cfassetgroup.com/ Best Ever Book: Outwitting the Devil  Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing to our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com  Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike is on the show today to tell us how he’s helping apartment owners save money in the long run by investing in smart technology. He’s also been around real estate for the majority of his career so he understands how owners and managers think about their investments. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You need a partner” - Mike Rovito Mike Rovito Real Estate Background: CEO of Dwelo (dwell-oh) Dwelo provides smart apartments to the owners and managers of multifamily communities They have about 40,000 units on their platform  Based in San Francisco, CA Say hi to him at https://www.dwelo.com  Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing to our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com  Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michelle immigrated to the states to study business and work a normal job like most people expected. She did that, and she was not happy. Thankfully she came across real estate investing as a way out of that. Now doing syndications and buying and selling land, Michelle and her team are doing really well and she’s here today to share her story and knowledge with us. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I wish he had focused on the who of our business a lot sooner, we’ve been focusing a lot on the team” - Michelle Bosch Michelle Bosch Real Estate Background: Co-founder and CFO of Orbit Investments and a full time real estate investor since 2002 They have over $40 Million AUM She has bought and sold over 4,000 pieces of real estate and built the 3rd largest land investment and auction company in the US Based in Phoenix, AZ Say hi to her at https://www.michellebosch.com/  Best Ever Book: This is how we rise Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing to our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com  Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A couple of lessons coming at you today from Joe’s interviews for the podcast. We’ll hear his favorite two lessons he learned, which were from Bob Lachance (https://revaglobal.com/) and Shoshana Winter (https://www.iintoo.com/). If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “They’ll get more relevant information for them” Free Document: LOI Examples: http://bit.ly/loiexamples2  Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing to our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com  Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete. TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices