Real Estate Investing

Jason is explaining the benefits of being both an agent AND an investor, but he believes keeping your primary focus on one or the other is best.

Jason is talking about how important proper execution is for your transactions.

Jason is talking about the equity and cash flow of a rental property which he believes are the two most important things for this type of investment property.

Chris and Jason are talking about audience critique and how to differentiate between constructive criticism and "trolls." Once you start putting out content regularly, there will be some negative comments that come your way, however, you don't have to pay attention to the haters! It may be hard to ignore at first, but the negative comments are a small percentage of the feedback you'll receive from your audience, and there might be some great advice and suggestions in something that may come off as negative when you first read it. Watch this episode to learn more!

It's important for investors to work with agents who know the area in a different way than you do, and Jason is explaining how to properly work with one so that you can maintain a good working relationship.

Jason is talking about a type of marketing campaign that realtors use called "farm area marketing," that he believes investors should be using as well.

Jason is reminding everyone of the fact that one can invest in real estate whether they're really young or really old.

Chris and Jason are talking about human psychology and how it relates to business. They wonder if business would go more smoothly if conducted by robots, talk about getting stressed out and over analyzing, as opposed to not caring or ignoring a problem, and caution to not let ego run the show. They also discuss how this all relates to the real estate market and emphasize that there are opportunities in both good and bad markets. Enjoy the show!

Jason explains the great things about online auction sites and using them to purchase properties.

Jason talks about why investors are good for realtors' business. Here he gives tips to realtors on how to work with investors.

Jason is talking about relationships between real estate investors. He believes investors should consider helping one another and not think of others as competition.

Chris and Jason are going over the results of a survey taken at our Meetup about what investors want out of a real estate group. The most important things to the people surveyed were being able to network with experienced investors, relevant content, and hearing about real life experiences. If you are in the DC or Baltimore area, join our Meetup group (www.hardmoneybankers.com/meetupgroup), which is held the third Wednesday of the month for the full experience, including networking. If you’re not in the area, you can still catch the training by joining the group and checking the page the night of for the link to the live stream.

Jason talks about spending time on transactional work versus spending time growing your business.

Jason emphasizes choosing people whose business goals are aligned with yours to spend time with.

Jason is emphasizing the importance of marketing again because it's so vital to your business. You should always be marketing so your leads and deals never dry up.

Chris and Jason are talking about how to overcome your fear of marketing. Josh Weidman, head trainer of REI360.net, which is powered by Hard Money Bankers, recently said, “If you’re not marketing, you don’t have a business.” It’s the only way to get new business, and it’s very easy, and free in many arenas. The guys advise not to let yourself get overwhelmed when you start marketing–it’s about being consistent, and building up slowly before becoming a black belt at it.

Jason explains what content marketing is and why it is important for your business.

Jason is discussing people who are have educated in the real estate investing world and don't take action versus people who do a lot of deals but have no idea what they're doing.

Jason is talking about what will actually happen when investing in a property versus how you imagine the transaction will be ahead of time.

Chris and Jason are answering audience questions today. Some of you sent in questions, as we’ve been hoping you would, so thanks to RJ from Baltimore, David from D.C., and Ed from Buffalo. Their questions were about getting complacent when business is good, using data to market and acquire clients, and finding good contractors for real estate rehab projects. We are so excited that we finally got some questions from our audience and we are looking forward to getting more, so send them in!