Debt is Bad Equity is Good

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Jack Butala:                         Jack and Jill here.

Jill DeWitt:                          Oh my goodness. Hi.

Jack Butala:                         Welcome to the Jack Jill Show, entertaining real estate investment talk. I'm Jack Butala.

Jill DeWitt:                          And I'm Jill DeWitt, broadcasting from sunny Southern California.

Jack Butala:                         Today, Jill and I talk about how debt is bad, but equity is good.

Jill DeWitt:                          I had to try to trip you up there. It's just too fun. So I'm going to-

Jack Butala:                         That goes against every single radio, audio ... tripping your co-host up, and I'm all for it because it goes against everything.

Jill DeWitt:                          You know what? When have you known me to go with the flow and just be a sheep, you know?

Jack Butala:                         Exactly.

Jill DeWitt:                          Again, boy, my parents wish I would go with the flow and be a sheep, but no, no, no, no. Jill has to do it her own way.

Jack Butala:                         Well if that is bad, and equity is good, then how the hell can you ever get anything done if you don't have any money?

Jill DeWitt:                          Yeah, what do you drive around in? I don't understand.

Jack Butala:                         That's the answer.

Jill DeWitt:                          This is odd.

Jack Butala:                         You will get the answer to that.

Jill DeWitt:                          It's not possible, is it?

Jack Butala:                         You will get the answer to that question, Mr. Bender, next Saturday.

Jill DeWitt:                          Oh thank you.

Jack Butala:                         Breakfast Club.

Jill DeWitt:                          Got it.

Jack Butala:                         Before we get into this topic, we're going to go ahead take a question posted by one of our members on that jackjill.com online community. It's free.

Jill DeWitt:                          Okay. Julian R. Asked, "Hi. I wanted to know if you also experienced ... " oh boy. I love this first sentence. "I wanted to know if you also experienced frustration with title companies." Can we just stop there?

Jack Butala:                         We could do a whole podcast on that topic.

Jill DeWitt:                          I could stop there, but this is a good question. I'm going to read the whole thing here. "I have lost my second deal today, because the seller backed out on deals more than $5,000. Kids wanted to keep the land in the family even though it has not been used in years. It seems like the solutions/options are, one, keep losing deals." That's just part of the business, since the seller was not really motivated in the first place.

Jack Butala:                         No, that's not one.

Jill DeWitt:                          "Two, close with a notary first, then get title," but it kind of defeats the purpose.

Jack Butala:                         That is a fantastic solution.

Jill DeWitt:                          "Three, find a much faster company to close with using such as TitleMind, when it is ready over three weeks in both cases."

Jack Butala:                         You can't pay for publicity like that.

Jill DeWitt:                          Right. "We'd love to hear your experience with this kind of issue."

Jack Butala:                         Can I start with a story?

Jill DeWitt:                          Sure.

Jack Butala:                         I drove to Flagstaff and stayed for two days training ... This is a lot of years ago. Training a First American Title group of people in an office up there, and they were experienced, because it's a small town. They were just ready to have 30 to 80 more deals a month. They were staffed up for it and ready and it seemed like a perfect...