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  If you’re in a job that maybe you don’t love, Darrin was there too. Luckily, he came across the book Rich Dad Poor Dad and like so many of us, was turned on to real estate investing. He’ll walk us through his current strategies and how he got to where he is today. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I want to make it as easy as possible to invest with as little risk as possible” - Darin Garman Darin Garman Real Estate Background: Investing in real estate for over 25 years Has been responsible for over $800,000,000 in apartment and investment property acquisitions Has raised over $70,000,000 in funds for different apartment investment properties Based in Marion, IA Say hi to him at http://www.heartlandinvestmentpartners.com/ Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many entrepreneurs have the issue of writing big fat checks to Uncle Sam every year for income taxes. Dan was in that situation and knew that investing in real estate could help him keep some of his money, and make it earn more money too. We’ll hear more details on the overall benefits of real estate investing, we also get to hear a case study on a 130 unit property that Dan just recently closed on. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You have to go back to your underwriting, run the numbers and see what works” - Dan Handford Dan Handford Real Estate Background: Dan Handford is the founder and current president of five specialty medical clinics located throughout South Carolina He has investments in over $125,300,000 worth of real estate and currently has 1,353 apartment units in his portfolio located across the United States He is the founder of the Multifamily Investor Nation with 34 groups and 2,300+ members across the World He is also the co-host, along with his wife, of the daily podcast called Tough Decisions for Entrepreneurs Based in Columbia, SC Say hi to him at www.toughdecisions.net and www.handfordcapital.com Best Ever Book: The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know the name by now, he’s an in demand speaker and a best selling author. J is back to add more value to our lives, as always, this time having a discussion on the state of the market, and how to survive regardless of which part of the market cycle we are in. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “A lot of these things, house flippers should be doing” - J Scott J Scott Real Estate Background: Full-time entrepreneur and investor SInce 2008, J has bought, built, rehabbed, sold, lent-on and held over $40M in property Author of 3 real estate books, including the best-selling, "The Book on Flipping Houses," which has sold over 125,000 copies in 5 years Listen to his previous episodes: JF217: You Only Have ONE Chance to Make a Good Flippin’ Impression JF1209: The Interview On Negotiating Real Estate #SkillSetSunday with J Scott Based in: Washington D.C. Say hi to him at: http://www.123flip.com/  or https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/JasonScott Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even if you currently have more leads than you can handle, at some point they may slow down, or you continue to scale and need more and more leads. Either way, having more ways to bring in leads can only benefit your business. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “It can take 6 months to a year to turn those leads into money” - Tommy Mello Thomas Mello Real Estate Background: Owner of A1 Garage Door Service - took the business from $50k in debt to over $30 million annual revenue Host of the Home Service Expert podcast Co-founder of Leadgeeks - helps investors find deals, currently providing 200-300 leads per day Listen to his previous episode: JF656: How To Pick The BEST Garage Door for Your Home and Investments #skillsetsunday Based in Phoenix, AZ Say hi to him at https://www.garagedoorarmor.com/pages/about-us or www.leadgeeks.com Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For today’s Follow Along Friday, Joe is sharing his biggest lessons learned from doing his podcast interviews last week. From shelf corporations to learning about underground storage tanks and the problems they can cause. We’ll also receive the usual business updates that we as investors can learn from. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Everyone has something you can teach others, it’s your responsibility to figure out what that is” Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now you’ve found some deals, time to underwrite! This is a very crucial part of the apartment syndication business, as good/bad underwriting can make or break a deal. Listen to Theo and Joe’s best underwriting tips to get you started on the crucial part of apartment syndications. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Based off of your expertise, input information on how you plan to operate the property” Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it’s almost time to search for a deal, it’s important to have your criteria set for what kind of property you are searching for. But how exactly do you figure that out? Well tune into this episode where Theo walks us through exactly that! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You’ll save yourself a ton of time by having your criteria set before you look for properties” Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With over two decades of real estate investing experience, and even more experience in construction and business building, Greg has a lot to share with us. Just the businesses he has built and/or helped other build and the knowledge he has gained from that, can be invaluable for us to soak in regardless of what level our real estate businesses are at. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Pick a niche and grow it” - Greg Dickerson Greg Dickerson Real Estate Background: Entrepreneur, real estate investor, and developer Over the past 20 years he has bought, developed and sold over $200 million in real estate Started 12 different companies from the ground up Say hi to him at https://gregdickerson.com/ Based in Charlottesville, VA Best Ever Book: Principles by Ray Dalio Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike became an accidental landlord around the 2008 crash. He actually enjoyed the business and decided to take it up full time. Now he has multiple strategies in real estate investing, with each separate company having a different leader. Hear how he was able to scale to having multiple successful businesses after accidentally stepping into this career. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Find a core business that you love and are good at, learn and grow, and maximize that business” - Mike Jordan Michael Jordan Real Estate Background: Entrepreneur since 1999, over $100,000,000 in total business transactions Has successfully done multiple different real estate strategies including: renovations, building homes, buy and hold rentals, turkey provider, buying NPN’s, property management, wholesaling, and more Listen to his previous episode: JF1558: Championship Level Rehabs For Better Returns #SituationSaturday with Michael Jordan Based in Detroit, MI Say hi to him at http://strategyproperties.com/ Best Ever Book: Traction Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One way to make money in this business is by identifying an emerging market and get in early before everyone else. But how can we find those emerging markets before everyone else? Well Jerry has some ideas and tips for how anyone can do just that. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “A person can find trends, but it’s easier for an AI to do it” - Jerry chu Jerry Chu Real Estate Background: Developed multiple trading platforms Founder and creator of Lofty, which uses artificial intelligence to identify neighborhood growth Based in LA, CA Say hi to him at https://lofty.ai/ Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices