Dirty Deeds

Before he built one of the most powerful data platforms in distressed real estate, Tyler Austin was a military and cyber warfare operator — running open-source intelligence and hunting people down for the government. Then he made $350,000 in a single quarter finding dead owners and messy title deals, and never looked back.

In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan Fullmer sits down with Tyler, founder of REI Sift (now Datasift), to unpack the intelligence side of the business. They cover his "Go No Go" framework for deciding which deals to chase, why death and delinquency are the two clearest signals of a curative title opportunity, and how obituary data can surface a forgotten high-equity house before it ever appears on a probate or tax-delinquent list.

They also get into how AI predictive scoring works, why the best deals hide in just a handful of neighborhoods, and how top operators build a lasting competitive edge by owning their own data over time.

A must-listen for anyone in wholesaling, tax-delinquent property, probate, or distressed acquisitions who wants to find deals before the competition does.

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When a distressed real estate deal is stuck — deceased owner, missing heirs, a messy title no one can cure — Stephanie Shepherd is who investors call. Known as a "breakthrough specialist," she's built her name on the research side of the business: skip tracing, heir hunting, family-tree building, and untangling curative title problems most people walk away from.

In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan Fullmer sits down with Stephanie to unpack the exact process behind her work — why she skip traces a mailing address instead of a name, how she builds family trees on Ancestry to identify rightful heirs, how she reads century-old deeds and Sanborn maps when legal descriptions change, and the cold call script she designed so it never sounds like a scam.

They also cover the eye-opening reality of how your personal data gets sold (yes, the pizza place and the oil change count), plus a jaw-dropping case: a father who forged his own homeless son's deed and cashed a $121K insurance check — and how they fought to make it right.

A must-listen for anyone in wholesaling, tax-delinquent property, probate, or distressed acquisitions.

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Cody built an 8-figure net worth in his 20s. Lost 90% of it in the Great Recession. And came back with a land development model so different from everyone else — Lennar, DR Horton, and KB Home are buying his deals instead of competing with him. In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Cody Bjyugan — 24 years in land development, operating nationwide from one office in Scottsdale, Arizona. Cody has never failed to get a project approved in his entire career. He exits every deal at paper lots through double close before a single shovel hits the ground — and he's structured his investor fund to pay 15% quarterly distributions with no GP fees and no profit splits. Today he breaks down the whole model.

🔗 RESOURCES MENTIONED:

• Cody Bugan's free deal calculator: codyjugan.com/DD
• Allied American Land Fund — evergreen fund, 15% quarterly preferred return
• DR Horton, Lennar, KB Home, Pulte — Cody's typical buyer profile
• Cedar Hill, Texas — first Texas project approved in a decade-cold jurisdiction
• Great Recession land development lessons — discussed in depth

Anthony Pappas bought 75% of a beach house near Galveston, Texas for $15,000. The property was supposed to be vacant. He sent a locksmith to change the locks — and he called back and said: I hear somebody in there. I'm not going in.That's a normal week in the messy deeds business.In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan Fullmer sits down with Anthony Papas — a former land flipper and apartment entitlement specialist who made the shift to curative title and hasn't looked back. Anthony runs a 4-person virtual team closing messy deed deals across Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma — entirely from a laptop. He built a custom AI-powered CRM that skip-traces potential heirs, pulls probate and tax data, builds family trees, and grades every lead before anyone picks up the phone. And today he's breaking down the whole operation.

🔗 RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Anthony Papas on Instagram: @ad_pappas

Anthony Papas on Facebook:

Anthony PapasMavro Properties (Anthony's company)

🚨 Most investors buy distressed properties without ever pulling a title report. That's how you lose everything. In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan Fullmer sits down with Alex Goldavosky — founder of Pro Title USA and one of the most battle-tested title experts in the country — to expose exactly what's hiding inside messy deeds, broken title chains, and properties with liens most investors never see coming. Alex has 19 years of experience, 160,000+ title searches per year, and contracts with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the FDIC, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank. He's the guy Wall Street calls when a billion-dollar portfolio needs to be underwritten overnight. Today he's breaking it all down for you.Pro Title USA: protitleusa.comEmail Alex directly: [email protected] on LinkedIn: search Alex GoldavoskyCalifornia AB 2016 (Simplified Probate): Effective April 1, 2025 — $750K homestead thresholdPro Title USA Curative Department (Rhode Island)Alex's book: search "Pro Title USA real estate title" on Amazon

Most people peak once. Mikey Taylor has peaked four times and he's not done.Pro skateboarder. Brewery founder who sold to Miller Coors. Mayor of Thousand Oaks. And now one of the most unconventional commercial real estate operators in the game building ground-up multifamily developments and converting dead big-box retail into cash-flowing self-storage facilities while most investors are still arguing over clean MLS listings.In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan sits down with Mikey to pull back the curtain on what it actually takes to build something real from scraping together capital with no salary for five years, to understanding why the messiest deals with the ugliest title problems are exactly where the money hides.Mikey doesn't come from this world. He came through the side door. And that's exactly why his perspective on distressed property, curative title, messy deals, and building a business from nothing will hit different than anything you've heard from a traditional real estate operator.💥 Want to learn how we get the most profitable deals out there?Get Your Free Copy of Distressed Property Secrets Book by clicking the link below:👉 https://dpasummit.com/free-book-page-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Want to be coached by Logan?Book a consultation using the link below:👉 http://coaching.dpasummit.com----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Connect with Logan:📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/logan_fullmer🎵 TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@loganfullmer_?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loganfullmer🌐 Website: https://www.loganfullmer.com/

What if the deals everyone walks away from are actually the best ones?Colin Murphy figured that out a long time ago and he's been running his entire operation from Madrid, Spain for over two decades while investors in the same U.S. markets can't figure out why their deals keep falling apart.The secret? Messy title. Broken chains of ownership. Properties with legal problems so tangled that most buyers won't even make an offer. Colin doesn't just understand how to fix them he built his whole business around finding them.In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan and Colin get into the mechanics of curative title what it actually is, how title defects are created, why distressed properties are loaded with them, and how knowing one thing that 99% of investors don't know puts you in deals with zero competition.This isn't theory. This is the playbook.💥 Want to learn how we get the most profitable deals out there?Get Your Free Copy of Distressed Property Secrets Book by clicking the link below:👉 https://dpasummit.com/free-book-page-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------🎯 Want to be coached by Logan?Book a consultation using the link below:👉 http://coaching.dpasummit.com----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 Connect with Logan:📸 Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/logan_fullmer🎵 TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@loganfullmer_?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@loganfullmer🌐 Website: https://www.loganfullmer.com/

Matt is the co-founder of SmartSkip.io and a real estate investor who built his entire business around finding the people everyone else gave up on. Dead owners. Absent heirs. Disconnected numbers. Broken family trees. The kind of skip tracing that most people don't even know is possible and that unlocks the deals with the biggest margins in the game.In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan sits down with Matt for a masterclass on data, outbound strategy, and the art of tracking down people who don't want to be found.They get into the 21-heir deal that almost broke his brother and why walking away was the smartest move they ever made. They talk about the guy who made $65,000 a year as a side hustle doing nothing but suing cold callers. And Logan draws a hard line between relentless follow-up and full-blown stalking and exactly where the line is.If you work distressed properties, curative title deals, probate, or tax-delinquent acquisitions this is the episode that changes how you build your process.This isn't theory. This is the actual playbook.

In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan Fullmer sits down with one of the most unlikely operators in the land game. Cameron grew up in the back seat of cross-country drug runs, used as the family decoy because a kid in the car made the trip "look right" to anyone watching. He had to tell his future wife what his mom did for a living she didn't believe him until his mom went to prison three months later. Most people would let that story define them. Cameron built a 14-agent team in Oklahoma and started flipping land deals other investors won't touch. He breaks down the exact playbook: how he buys a $345K personal home for $225K with nothing wrong but a busted pipe, puts $5K into it, sells above asking 30 days later, and pockets six figures — on a deal a realtor handed him. How he splits a 26-acre tract into three exits before he's even closed. Why his wife is the reason 90% of his properties sell above asking. And why he's convinced the deals don't care if the market is slow — they only care if you bought right.This one is a masterclass wrapped inside a Scorsese movie. The kid who was bait turned into the operator who calls the shots. If you're tired of competing for clean houses with 40 other buyers, this episode will rewire how you think about where the real money is hiding.

In this episode of Dirty Deeds, Logan Fullmer sits down with Bill Dimmick — the CPA and tax partner who's been quietly behind some of the most successful real estate operators in Texas. And his advice goes against almost everything you'll hear from a guru on the internet.

Bill's core philosophy: don't let the tax tail wag the deal dog.

He breaks down the warehouse story that should be required listening for every investor — his client built the property for $6M, got offered $13M before a single tenant moved in, and took the cash. Six months later, the warehouse is still sitting empty. If he'd held on chasing the lease, he'd be down $500K in interest payments. Instead, he's got $6M earning 3.5% in the bank and just had the best six months of his life.

Then there's the profit fade problem Bill sees every week — the investor who calls excited about a $50K deal that quietly becomes a $19K deal by closing. Bill's solution? "I save the email. Now I got their stuff in writing." A masterclass in operator accountability.

If you've ever talked yourself out of a deal because of the tax bill, or talked yourself into a worse deal to avoid one, this episode is going to rewire how you think about money in real estate.

This is the rare conversation where the CPA isn't the boring guy in the room — he's the one telling you to pay the damn taxes and take the cash.