Bigger Pockets and Land Academy (LA 926)

Transcript:

Steven Butala:                   Steve and Jill here.

Jill Dewitt:                           Hola.

Steven Butala:                   Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala.

Jill Dewitt:                           And I'm Jill Dewitt, broadcasting from sunny, southern California.

Steven Butala:                   Today Jill and I talk about Bigger Pockets and Land Academy. If you've never heard of Bigger Pockets, I'm not sure what rock you're living under. We're going to clarify it right now and how to use it with Land Academy. By the way, this is show number 926.

Jill Dewitt:                           Yeah. Can you believe that? We're going to hit 1,000.

Steven Butala:                   We're going to hit 1,000 shows here shortly.

Jill Dewitt:                           Like in summer, I think, it's going to hit.

Steven Butala:                   I can't believe it.

Jill Dewitt:                           Yeah.

Steven Butala:                   We have all the transcripts from every single show we've ever done.

Jill Dewitt:                           That's a lot.

Steven Butala:                   I wonder if we just put all that together and took out the highlights and just ...

Jill Dewitt:                           Wouldn't that be a cool ...

Steven Butala:                   ... slap it all together in a pretty -

Jill Dewitt:                           Put it into a book.

Steven Butala:                   ... pretty book or something, yeah.

Jill Dewitt:                           That would be awesome.

Steven Butala:                   It would be fun to do, too, actually.

Jill Dewitt:                           Not for me.

Steven Butala:                   See where we improved or where we've completely declined in the quality of entertainment and advice here.

Jill Dewitt:                           Thanks for taking on this project, by the way. I appreciate the volunteer.

Steven Butala:                   Remember when we started this and you said, "This is the dumbest idea you've had"?

Jill Dewitt:                           Which one?

Steven Butala:                   This podcast.

Jill Dewitt:                           Which idea? Oh, I'm sorry.

Steven Butala:                   She's like, "Yeah, there's seriously no way. No one's going to listen to a stupid podcast about land."

Jill Dewitt:                           No, what I said was, "What's a podcast," first of all. I did say, "That's dumb. Who is going to listen to this?" Then I found out, oh, people commute. I didn't know that.

Steven Butala:                   Every week I get the analytics on downloads and everything for the show and I just can't believe it. There's a lot of people that listen to the show.

Jill Dewitt:                           Yes, there are.

Steven Butala:                   It's either that we got there first and it was like one of six shows on iTunes back in 2015, or people actually get something out of it. I don't know.

Jill Dewitt:                           I don't know.

Steven Butala:                   It's probably the former.

Jill Dewitt:                           Yeah.

Steven Butala:                   Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on thelandinvestors.com online community, it's free.

Jill Dewitt:                           Rob H. asks, "I don't understand this idea of a closing attorney. I heard it mentioned in one of the webinars. I know some states require them, but what's the advantage otherwise? Aren't you paying them extra for working with a title agent? Can someone fill me in please? Thanks."

Steven Butala:                   Go ahead, Jill.

Jill Dewitt:                           Oh.

Steven Butala:                   I know you're dying to answer this.

Jill Dewitt:                           No. Here's the best thing about it, Rob. It's either or.