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Have you heard of the Rule of 97? In 1897, 97% of Americans were employers. By 1997, 97% of Americans were employees. A new time is upon us and another major shift is coming. As we continue to leverage the power of the internet and technology, it\'s easier than ever to become a location independent entrepreneur and investor. We discuss this immensely in this weeks\' Tip of the Week. Even more profound, on todays show, today\'s guest Edna Keep and I are going to show you the path to 5k in 90 Days. Edna Keep’s journey from single mom at age 16 – living in subsidized housing with a daughter in subsidized daycare - to multi-millionaire Real Estate Entrepreneur and Coach inspires others. Her major operations are long-term buy-and-hold rentals apartment buildings. Her claim to fame is a $60 Million real estate portfolio built with “Other People’s Money.” She is the author of Multiple Ways To Wealth: Creating Your Prosperous Lifestyle and real estate investment teacher, has a deep understanding of what investors wan

We\'ve been going strong for a good 10 years now. We, as in the general real estate market. We\'ve been on cruise control and loving it. Can it get any better? Or is our time up? Every 10 years there seems to be some major event that disrupts our market. Today\'s guest, Mark Walters, breakdowns down our current disruptions and if we should be sitting on the sidelines, cash in hand, waiting for the crash. In either event, one of the best ways to approach the situation is buying great deals. The way you buy great deals is to find motivated sellers. We cover this extensively on today\'s show. Mark, however, is a 3rd generation real estate investor who got his start as a broker. After the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, in 1992 him and his family 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

David Sweeney, today\'s guest, is currently a lieutenant with the Seattle Police Department. He\'s been with SPD for over 30 years! At the early age of 53, he made a life decision to start investing in cash flow real estate. Today, David is an active real estate investor and a licensed Windermere real estate agent in Washington State. He enjoys helping people achieve their real estate goals. On this episode he provides a wide array of knowledge whether you are an investor, a flipper, or a homeowner, he provides actionable knowledge and inspiration for all walks of life. If you think it\'s too late to start investing, you\'re wrong! If you want to learn how you can never have to worry about money again, this episode is for you!   P.S We’re Hiring! —–>>>> click here for job openings P.P.S Live Q&A this Thursday @ 1pm CST! —–>>>> click here to join   Links mentioned in the show: David Sweeney Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate: How a Small In

Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Contractor and Investor Thelonious C. Jones. In 2007 Thelonious moved from Oakland California to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue a career in music but quickly realized the opportunity in real estate. He purchased his first rental property at the age of 23 in 2009. By 2014 owned and managed a portfolio of over 25 units. On this episode we were able to get into the nuts and bolt of Section 8 housing and how to go about investing in section 8. We discuss common pitfalls and misconceptions of the concept as well. This episode with Thelonious is heartfelt as he strives to improve low income housing for the community and as he helps investors \"How To Stack Your Money\".   P.S We’re Hiring! —–>>>> click here for job openings P.P.S Live Q&A this Thursday @ 1pm CST! —–>>>> click here to join   Links mentioned in the show: Thelonious C. Jones The 80/20 Principle 2 Free Books Today on Audible   Access Th

The Crash is coming! So they say. There\'s no real way to actually know if we are facing a crash soon. What we do have is historical data and people with experience who\'ve weathered the storm and have lived to tell about it. Today\'s guest, has done just that losing everything he worked so many years for in just a few short months. Todays guest, Kevin Bupp, is a Florida-based Real Estate Investor, top iTunes podcast host and serial entrepreneur with over $40 million of real estate transactions. His extensive investment experience spans the gamut of apartment buildings, single-family homes, office buildings, raw land, condos and his favorite and by far the most profitable for him, Mobile Home Parks. We touch on this extensively and why Kevin thinks these parks are such good investments. More importantly we discuss his experience with the crash and lessons learned so that you can avoid those same pitfalls if we do in fact have another pending crash looming above us. Lastly, I\'d like to leave you with this. We

From a 7-Figure Record Label to $7 an hour as a grocery bagger. Matt Theriualt, today\'s guest, encountered a pivotal moment in has life as he was in the middle of bagging groceries for a young lady and his life was never the same. It is during our darkest times that our true destiny is formed. In the 9th inning when your back is against the way and you completely focus on success because you have no choice, that\'s when I\'ve found divine intervention to occur. Matt am a fifth-generation California native and Desert Storm Veteran (USMC) and has worked as a full-time real estate professional since 2003. After building a small real estate empire with hardly using one dime of his own money or one point of his own credit (mostly because he was lacking in both), he discovered that he had a knack for simplifying the complicated, implementing systems and producing passive cash flow. Matt is an ordinary guy who once had a goal to be successful in real estate investing and become a master of the “multiple streams of

I\'m not sure if there is a truly 100% passive investment out there but rental real estate comes pretty close, especially when you have the right property management team in place to oversee the day to day activities of your business. Today we had the pleasure of interviewing multifamily investor, Sepehr Bekam. In our conversation, we learn about how we can truly create passive income with real estate investing through property management. We learn the pitfalls of hiring a bad manager and we get to hear some horror stories as well. Sep Bekam is founder and CEO of Bekam Investment Group. He is a former electrical engineer and started investing in 2010. He retired at the age of 31 and is a full-time, professional real estate investor. Sep and his Team have successfully repositioned challenging neighborhoods and have literally “moved the line” to make communities safer, cleaner, and more affordable. Bekam Investment Group currently owns 9 multi-family properties, an office building, and more than 120 houses

Is your home an asset or liability? Find out on today\'s show. We had the pleasure of interviewing multifamily investment specialist, Joseph Gozlan. In our conversation, we learn more about multifamily properties, the pitfalls of single family investing, and how individuals can participate in multifamily investments with their retirement dollars. Joseph, the founder of EBG Acquisitions. Leading group acquisitions of over $10MM in real estate and providing asset management services to a portfolio of 156 units and growing. Joseph has over 17 years of experience in the software industry, 12 of which working for publicly traded companies such as GameStop and JCPenney which enhanced his business acumen, analytical skills and “big picture” perspective, all skills that he leverages in his real estate business. We spend a good amount of our conversation explaining how and why you may want to view your primary home in a different light.. You don\'t want to miss this one!   Links mentioned in the show: EBG Ac

On today\'s show, we step into the world of real estate investor Diego Corzo. Diego is an Austin, Tx native and the founder of Free and FreeBy26.com to help millennials discover that they don’t have to settle for societal norms. As a real estate investor, he purchased his first investment property at the age of 23. Fast forward 3 years, he now own 8 properties giving him passive income every month. He keeps his expenses low while still being able to do what he loves. His goal is to be financially free before he turns 27. To be financially free he need to make $5,000 a month. On the show he shares his struggles and successes and my mindset through this journey. Links mentioned in the show: Rich Dad Poor Dad Freeby26 Gobundance Work with Daray Passive Cashflow Lifestyle Facebook Group   Access The Best Strategies, Tips & Advice! Every week, we send an email sharing my best advice, tips and strategies related to Real Estate Investing. Each of these weekly emails contain relevant and actionable info

Today\'s guest, Mark Podolsky, has been buying and selling raw land full time since 2001. After starting with only $3,000, gust-wrenching fear, and absolutely no real estate experience, he bought a few parcels of land and the hit the ground running. Today Mark is the owner of Frontier Properties, a very reputable and successful land investing company. By focusing on working smart,not hard, he has completed over 5,000 land deals with an average ROI of over 300% on cash flips, and over 1,000 on the deals he sells with financing terms. Escaping solo-economic dependency changes Mark\'s life in so many positive ways that he decided to teach and coach so on today\'s show he does just that for our audience. You don\'t want to miss this one!   Links mentioned in the show: www.AgentPro247.com www.TheLandGeek.com Rich Dad Poor Dad Workflowy MyFitnessPal ThinkUp Daily Audio Bible   Access The Best Strategies, Tips & Advice! Every week, we send an email sharing my best advice, tips and strategies relat

On today\'s show we welcome Nathan Tabor, who has built a life helping others and improving lives. Throughout his own life and experiences, Nathan has acquired an incredible ability to solve problems, develop game plans, and create real and lasting results in both his personal and professional life. He has successfully founded and operated more than two dozen businesses since 1999, grossing over $150 million in sales. His experience spans the areas of commercial real estate acquisition and redevelopment, automobile sales, direct product sales, web-based marketing, and strategic partnership facilitation. He’s had amazing successes and epic failures, and learned more from his failures than his successes. After years of struggling to keep all of the balls in the air, he learned that there are laws and processes that, when implemented, will deliver the desired results. More specific to real estate investing, he took the laws and processes that he picked up along to way to apply them to the due diligence phase of

Today International Investor, Billy Keels, is on the show and is going to teach us all things lifestyle design through Real Estate. We dive into Billy\'s life and discover some of the tactics he uses to grow his portfolio such as Seller Financing. We are going to learn exactly what Seller Financing is and how we can take advantage of such a strategy. We\'ll also look at the importance of building a strong team around your real estate business especially if you are one that is looking to be location independent. Lastly, we\'ll discuss how crucial it is to be a problem solver rather than a real estate investor.   In the last 17 years Billy Keels, KeePon Cashflow\'s founder, has had the opportunity to work in 86 countries, learn and fluently speak 5 languages and has lived in 3 European Countries. Today Billy is a long distance real estate entrepreneur, author, coach, public speaker and mentor. Hi\'s teams select and operate multifamily properties in the USA, while Billy lives in Barcelona, Spain. Today\'s

Buy Your 1st (Next) Real Estate Investment: The 12 Step Process. In this episode we walk through the exact steps that I teach my coaching students to ensure that they close on their first property this year. I know you are thinking that this is too good to be true - but believe it! I want to make sure that as many people who are looking for a process to follow are equipped with the know how to purchase their first rental investment in 2018. Here are the steps: 1. Real Estate Literacy Rich Dad Poor Dad Episode 31 Bigger Pockets 2. Goal Setting (SMART Goals) Lifestyle Goals Financial Goals Real Estate Investment Goals 3. Choosing A Market Types of Markets Growth Market Stable Market Declining Market Top-Down Approach Economic Factors Real Estate Factors Regulator Factors Local Market Factors Investing Locally or Remote 4. Analyzing Deals In Depth Analysis General Rules of Thumb 50% Rule 2% Rule 70%Rule For steps 5 through 12 along with 1-4 above, we have created a detailed 12 Step Process write u

Wait! Before you invest or even flip your first property, there are a few things you should know. On today’s episode we interview a millionaire a few times over but more importantly an expert at “6-Figure House Flips”. Matt Aitchison, a millennial entrepreneur, 7-figure real estate investor, speaker and avid adventurist. He overcame criminal charges, committed to doing the extraordinary on a daily basis, and decided that entrepreneurship would be his vehicle of choice to unlock the life he’d always dreamed of. Fast forward to today, He has started several 6 and 7 figure businesses, he\'s traveling the world, he get to work with some of the brightest minds on the planet, and most importantly, we\'ve been able to sit down with him for an interview and share with you some of his greatest tactics.   Topics discussed on today’s episode: How to get into your first flip The value of a mentor The right way to win over a potential home seller The transition from flipping to investing   Links m

Are you having trouble carving out time to grow your business while maintaining 9 to 5 work? On today\'s episode we interview an expert at time management but more importantly an expert at \"screwing your 9 to 5\". Jill Stanton is the co-founder of Screw the Nine to Five—her and her husband, Josh\'s slice of the internet where they teach unsatisfied 9-to-5\'ers how to hit the eject button on their careers and start a business online without all the overwhelm, frustration or temptation to day-drink.   Topics discussed on today\'s episode: Productivity Tools/Hacks Whether you should niche your business or not How to find gaps of time in your day to purchase your first investment How to manage your free time to grow you business   Links mentioned in the episode: www.screwtheninetofive.com Traction by Gino Wickman 1 Hour Coaching with Daray    Access The Best Strategies, Tips & Advice! Every week, we send an email sharing my best advice, tips and strategies related to Real Estate Investing

In our 1st multi-guest show, we welcome Tim and Thomas Black of Napali Capital group. Tim and Tom are brother\'s who specialize in the buy, hold and repositioning of large commercial real estate to create passive income streams for its investors. Tim has spent his 30-year career at Six Flags Theme Parks and Great Wolf Resorts. Throughout this 30-year span, Tim became well versed in operations, strategic planning, marketing, sales, revenue management and real estate development. Thomas is a board certified physician in Emergency Medicine. He is an active blogger in the healthcare community and passionate about translating high income earners into high net worth individuals through passive real estate investing.   Topics discussed on today\'s show: Real Estate Market Outlook in 2018 The Best Areas to Invest in 2018 The Work-Life Balance of a Medical Doctor and Real Estate Investor   Links mentioned in the episode: www.thepassiveincomephysician.com www.freedomintheblack.com Passive Income Physician by

Today on the show we welcome, Jordan Goodman aka The American Money Answer Man. Jordan’s expertise has quite literally led him to write the Dictionary for Investment and Finance, along with thirteen other bestselling books. Jordan has appeared on Fox News, The View, BBC (to name a few) and spent eighteen years on the editorial staff of Money Magazine. In this episode, Jordan shares tons of tips, tricks and strategies to help us save on our current investment properties. We discuss how the new tax law is going to affect home owners across the nation, as well as the outlook of marijuana stocks for 2018, Bitcoin and other crypto currencies for 2018. Jordan teaches us how to invest in real estate, how to maximize our Roth ROA and how to verify that our mortgage and PMI payments are correct. One of the biggest takeaways from this episode is learning that banks and loan servicers are not perfect and that there are many mistakes being made every single day on our mortgages and on our PMI. We could save thousands of

For those of you who feel unfulfilled by your job, wish you had more time to pursue your interests, and had more financial freedom, investing in real estate can be your ticket to that lifestyle... On this episode of Before the Millions Podcast, I’ve elaborated on the Top 6 Reasons Why You Should Purchase Your First Property in 2018. I know that a lot of you have questions and concerns about your investment strategy and if Real Estate is as good as we claim - In this episode I will cover it all in detail!   Top 6 Reasons: Power of Leverage Tenants are Footing the Bill Monthly Excessive Cashflow Appreciation and Forced Appreciation The Business of Investment Property Everyone Will Always Need Somewhere to Live Links Sign up for a 1 Hour Coaching Call with Daray Read Before the Millions Host Daray Olaleye 27th Birthday Surprise: Journey to Success Join the Before the Millions group on Facebook Two Free Audiobooks with Audible Access The Best Strategies, Tips & Advice! Every week, we send an em

Today we welcome Tyler Sheff to the show. Tyler is the CEO of Cashflowguys.com, a company which aims to educate their clientele in investing in real estate and building long-term wealth. Tyler is a licensed real estate problem solver, educator, investor and syndicator. His professional career has included time as a soldier in the US Army Military Police, a Florida Certified Police Officer and Firefighter, a Contractor, a Repair Technician, and a Boat Captain. Truly a varied career that has helped pave the way for his success today. In today’s episode, Tyler shares his journey into real estate, why and how he transitioned out of fixing and flipping into investing, and why it was so important for him to make the shift.   Key Points From This Episode: How Tyler came upon his path and made the shift towards his career today. The importance of having a good work ethic on your journey towards building wealth. Why there is no good result that comes from accumulating piles of cash. Learning about the advantage o

We welcome Vinney Chopra, aka “Mr. Smiles” to the show today. Vinney came to the US as an immigrant with $7 in this pocket and today, has over two million dollars in assets! Vinney grew up in India, with six siblings in a one-bedroom apartment. His first job in the US was selling Bibles and Encyclopedia’s door-to-door, he slowly worked his way up, started his own business and is an investor and syndicator in the real estate business. Vinney has participated in 26 syndications and spent 37 years as a fundraising consultant and motivational speaker. Today, Vinney has just retired at the age of 62 and he couldn’t be happier. In this episode, we’re focusing on mindset, what it means to take a leap of faith and molding your lifestyle to how you see fit. We find out how Vinney was able to turn $7 into a multi-million-dollar company, hear his philosophies on business and why we need to understand rejection in order to succeed. Vinney is someone who was handed a specific set of cards and refused to live a life that s