Gilbert Real Estate Investing & Real Estate Financial Planning™ Podcast

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Gilbert Real Estate Investing & Real Estate Financial Planning™ Podcast episodes

May 30, 2025Secrets of 1031 Exchanges
Learn the secrets of 1031 tax deferred exchanges in Gilbert.
This class is Module 37 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
What is a 1031 tax-deferred exchange?
What are the key aspects of a 1031?
The 4 types of 1031 tax-deferred exchanges and when we use each
Defining like-kind and understanding what you can sell and buy with exchanges
Specific exclusions with 1031 exchanges
Refinancing before or after you do a 1031 exchange to pull cash out
Why you can’t touch any of the money during the exchange
Who can’t be your intermediary
The strict time limits on 1031 exchanges
The 3 rules for identifying replacement properties in 1031 exchanges
3 examples: without a tax-deferred exchange, with a 1031 and a 1031 with boot
The danger to real estate investors of using a Qualified Intermediary (QI)
Considerations when selecting a QI
Questions to ask your prospective QI
3 sample contract provisions for required for completing a 1031 exchange
Post-exchange documentation
Adjusting basis when selling some of the properties you’ve 1031 exchanged into
Avoiding boot when dealing with closing costs
Typical costs for 1031 tax-deferred exchanges
Asset protection and title solutions with 1031 exchanges
How to 1031 out of a partnership when partnerships are not considered acceptable like-kind property
How to utilize 1031 proceeds to partner with others when partnerships are not acceptable like-kind property
Owner-occupying after completing a 1031 exchange to take advantage of the home sale exclusion
The complicated process of 1031 exchanges into REITs
How to invest in real estate and never pay capital gains or depreciation recapture taxes
Can you 1031 exchange and pay off mortgages on other properties with the proceeds?
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of 1031 Exchanges.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
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1 hr 8 min
May 23, 2025Secrets of New Construction
Learn the secrets of buying new construction properties in Gilbert.
This class is Module 36 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
The pros and cons of investing in real estate with new construction properties
What price of new construction should you focus on for investments
Different builders, different standards and how to deal with that
The downsides of the builder contract for real estate investors
Getting ridiculously amazing deals on new construction properties
The risks of investing in new construction properties that are different than buying resale properties
Risks associated with financing new construction and how to mitigate them
The math and benefits of upgrading to an extra bedroom when buying new construction
Builders to refuse to sell to investors and what to do in those situations
How builder pricing works and taking advantage of it as an investor
Metro taxing districts and how to account for them
Non-potable water on new construction properties
Why to be wary of builder’s reps
Using a real estate agent or broker to buy new construction
The considerations of choosing a lot when buying new construction
The math revealed: rolling in premium-priced builder extras or buying extras at a discount post-closing
The imperfections of dealing with fences when buying new construction
Customizing new construction properties when investing
Radon on new construction properties
Sewer lines and sewer scopes when buying new construction
Gotcha! Inspecting new construction properties
The builder walkthrough and dealing with missed expectations
Dealing with builders using your property as a model before you close
Visiting your property while under construction and avoiding having your contract terminated
The PITA clause in builder’s contracts
What to expect when walking through prior to closing
Builder warranties and extended warranties on new construction
Dealing with unsatisfactory concrete on new construction
The ideal vs reality when taking marketing photos of your property after closing
Bonus cash flow: assessing new construction properties
Competition and vacancy of new construction properties
Renting new construction: an easier sale?
Warning: builders cutting corners to save money
The myth and truth behind builder lawsuits
The dangers and upside of new construction speculation
Utilizing the new construction lease-option real estate investing strategy
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of New Construction.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
1 hr 37 min
May 16, 2025Secrets of Short-Term Rentals
Learn the secrets of short-term rental properties in Gilbert.
This class is Module 35 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
What are the different variations of short-term rentals and what are some of the pros and cons of each.
What are the most common ways to finance properties that you’re utilizing as a short-term rental? And what are some of the more unusual ways?
Are short-term rentals typically an active or passive investment?
How long do you typically hold short-term rentals for? And, why might you change that?
How do you typically exit a short-term rental? How does your buyer typically finance the purchase when they buy from you?
Is the short-term rental strategy typically for real estate investors or real estate entrepreneurs… and what’s the difference?
How much money is typically required to utilize the short-term rental strategy? What are some of the less common money requirements?
What credit is required to buy short-term rentals? And, what are some less common credit-related requirements?
What are the primary skills required for the short-term rentals business?
Is the short-term rentals strategy actively or passively stable? And, what does that means in terms of the entire business blowing up in your face?
How scalable is the short-term rentals strategy?
What is your risk exposure when utilizing the short-term rentals real estate strategy? What are some of your risks? How does that increase with certain sub-strategies?
How quickly do you make money when doing short-term rentals? What amount of money do you make at that interval?
How does one typically find short-term rental deals? What are some of the more unusual ways to find deals?
What do you use to analyze short-term rental properties?
What are the ideal market conditions for the short-term rentals strategy and what is a challenging market to utilize this strategy in?
How accessible or available are viable short-term rental properties?
Can you utilize your retirement money with the short-term rentals real estate investing strategy?
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Short-Term Rentals.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
54 min
May 09, 2025Secrets of Buying Down Mortgage Interest Rates
Learn the secrets of improving cash flow by buying down your mortgage interest rates on rental properties in Gilbert.
This class is Module 34 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
How improving cash flow by buying down your mortgage interest can help you get to financial independence faster and with less risk
One way of calculating the benefit of buying down your mortgage interest rate and a better, more sophisticated metric I’d probably use
We’re focusing on buying down mortgage interest rates when buying a property, but similar math could be applied when doing cash out refinances, cash in refinances, rate and term refinances or recasting a mortgage
The big picture: buying down mortgage rates and receiving credits for taking higher rates
How long does the mortgage buy down last
What’s a point and how to calculate them
Can I use credits to fund my down payment
What is par rate and how to get par rate when talking to lenders
Your options if you find yourself with extra money after your minimum total cost to acquire a property (down payment, reserves, closing costs, rent ready costs, cumulative negative cash flow/deferred down payment, etc)
Comparing putting more down versus buying down your mortgage interest rate
A sample mortgage buy down table from a lender and how to read it
Downloadable spreadsheet for analyzing mortgage buy downs
How to use the spreadsheet
What are vanity rates and how to deal with them
Using the spreadsheet to take advantage of market inefficiencies
Use the spreadsheet to automatically calculate simple and compound rates of return for various mortgage buy downs
Comparing the return in dollars for putting more down or buying down mortgage interest rates
Including improved equity growth in our comparisons
When you should not buy down your mortgage
How to determine if you should buy down your mortgage interest rate or pre-pay PMI instead
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Buying Down Mortgage Interest Rates.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
1 hr 8 min
May 02, 2025Secrets of Comparable Sales
Learn the secrets of comparable sales to determine property value in Gilbert.
This class is Module 33 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
How do you know if you’re paying a good price for a property you’re buying (not too high)?
How do you know if you’re getting for a good price for a property you’re selling (not too low)?
Why use comparable sales to determine a property’s value
What makes a property comparable?
What are the most important factors for finding true comparable properties?
How do you find comparable sales to use?
How to use sold comparable sales and how to use active for sale properties when doing comps
What range of square footage should use for comparable sales?
How do you deal with outliers?
What should you use for proximity when determining comps?
How do you compare properties of different types or styles?
How do you deal with the age of a property for comps?
Narrowing the net to come up with a handful of really good comps
Addressing your current competition in actively listed, comparable properties
Reconciling asking price versus sold price
Why and when you might want to get access to the MLS
A warning when you can’t find many comps
What are the value of upgrades when comparing properties?
What is so important about market-based adjustments?
Stable markets versus changing markets: how far back should you go for sold comps?
Comping income properties versus owner-occupant properties
List of websites to get free comps from
How accurate are automated valuations (like Zillow, Redfin, etc)?
Determining value and comparable sales
Walking through a property’s value on the free comp websites as an example
A tool for plotting square footage versus price to determine your property value
The importance of buyer’s eyes as the final step when determining price
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Comparable Sales.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
52 min
April 25, 2025Secrets of Capital Expenses
Learn the secrets of real estate maintenance and capital expenses Gilbert.
This class is Module 32 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
What’s the difference between capital expenses and maintenance on a rental property?
What do I need to do to have my rental property business be a “qualified business” to get the tax advantages from the IRS?
A downloadable log to keep the required contemporaneous records for qualified rental property businesses
Examples of traditional maintenance versus capital expenses on a rental property
How to account for maintenance and capital expenses when analyzing deals (including a spreadsheet for analyzing deals that models both for you)
Are paint and carpet considered maintenance or capital improvement?
How to determine what maintenance percentage to use when analyzing deals with detailed example
How the price of the property, rent and ultimately Gross Operating Income impacts your maintenance percentage
The danger of low-priced rental properties in relation to maintenance and capital expenses
How to completely due diligence for maintenance and capital expenses on your rental properties
Your 3 options regarding maintenance and capital expenses... and why #1 is not a good strategy
Using the BASIC version of “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties”
What are the shortcomings of using the BASIC version of “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties” and how do we overcome them?
Using the ADVANCED version of “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties”
Where to enter the output of the “Maintenance and CapEx Estimator for Rental Properties” into your deal analysis spreadssheet
Why should you consider setting aside money at the start for known upcoming maintenance or capital expenses?
Where do maintenance and capital expenses show up in our returns? And, why that’s not everything.
Comparing buying a new construction property to a resale property in terms of maintenance and capital expenses
As home price and rents decline, what tends to happen to maintenance and capital expenses?
Rental property portfolio planning with capital expenses in mind
Timing maintenance and capital expenses: two strategies explored
Alternatives to saving for maintenance and capital expenses
One way to get lucky with certain capital expenses and what to do if you end up being lucky
A simple tool... properly timed and deployed... that could ultimately save you thousands of dollars on your maintenance and capital expenses
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Capital Expenses.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
1 hr 1 min
April 18, 2025Secrets of Inspections
Learn the secrets of real estate inspections when buying in Gilbert.
This class is Module 31 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
An overview the entire inspection process including choices and paperwork required
What level of inspection are you doing prior to going under contract?
Why dates and deadlines are critically important for keeping your earnest money or preventing a lawsuit
What can you inspect during your inspection period… and what’s off limits?
Why you need to operate in good faith and what that means
Can buyers object to anything and everything? The answer may surprise new investors.
Can buyers use inspections as a “I changed my mind” clause?
Can buyers use inspections to terminate if they can’t find a buyer for their wholesale deals?
What constitutes inclusions for a contract? And, can you object to the inclusions?
What things that are not attached to the property are actually included?
Is it true you can object to activities, odors, noises or how you might expect the occupants to be affected by such things?
Can you object to not having fast internet? Or, other utilities?
How objecting and resolutions work according to the paperwork
Who are the parties involved in the inspection… including one you probably didn’t expect that can kill your deal
Tips on negotiating win-win inspections
Why you should insist on adding these extra dates to your inspections that most folks do not
What happens if repairs are not done prior to closing
What special title insurance add-on should you get if you’re objecting on inspection
How to encourage a seller to accept your preferred inspection resolution suggestion
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Inspections.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
1 hr 7 min
April 11, 2025Secrets of Wholesaling
Learn the secrets of wholesaling real estate in Gilbert.
This class is Module 30 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
What are the different variations of wholesaling real estate and what are some of the pros and cons of each.
What is a strategy similar to wholesaling where you can do half the work and earn the same amount of money… or earn twice as much money easier?
What are the most common ways to finance properties that you’re wholesaling? And what are some of the more unusual ways?
Is wholesaling typically an active or passive investment?
How long do you typically hold wholesale properties for? And, why might you change that?
How do you typically exit a wholesale property? How does your buyer typically finance the purchase when they buy from you?
Is the wholesale strategy typically for real estate investors or real estate entrepreneurs… and what’s the difference?
How much money is typically required to wholesale properties? What are some of the less common money requirements?
What credit is required to wholesale? And, what are some less common credit-related requirements?
What are the primary skills required for the real estate wholesaling business?
Is the wholesaling strategy actively or passively stable? And, what does that means in terms of the entire business blowing up in your face?
How scalable is the wholesaling strategy?
What is your risk exposure when wholesaling real estate? What are some of your risks? How does that increase with certain sub-strategies?
How quickly do you make money when wholesaling? What amount of money do you make at that interval?
How does one typically find wholesale deals? What are some of the more unusual ways to find deals?
What do you use to analyze wholesale properties?
What are the ideal market conditions for the wholesale strategy and what is a challenging market to utilize this strategy in?
How accessible or available are viable wholesale properties?
Can you utilize your retirement money with the wholesale real estate investing strategy?
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Wholesaling.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
52 min
April 04, 2025Secrets of Rent Comps
Learn the secrets of determining fair market rent on properties in Gilbert.
This class is Module 29 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
Why rents are not an exact number and what they really are
At the end of the day, what is rent ultimately
An overview of an easy method of determining fair market rent, a basic way and an advanced way and which you will likely want to use
Why use “comparables” to determine rents
What dimensions should we use to determine comps?
Which are the most important factors for rent comps?
How 6 people all looking at the same thing can all see something different and all be wrong
Finding rent comps
Using proximity to find appropriate rent comps
Using the type or style of a property to narrow down rent comps
Using square footage for narrowing down rent comps
Using the age of the property to determine rent comps
Narrowing the net to better determine fair market rent
Evaluating your current competition to determine rent on your property
The difference between “asking rent” and “rent received”
A warning if you find yourself struggling to find rent comps
What is the value of upgrades to a rental property
How to make market-based rent adjustments
An example going through how to determine rent on a property and what we ultimately ended up getting when we rented the property
What my property manager uses as their process to determine fair market rent
A note on getting rent comps when buying new construction properties
Using the monthly payment on a new purchase to set rent on a property
Tips on how to analyze properties now that we’ve covered rent comps
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Rent Comps.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
58 min
March 28, 2025Secrets of Insurance
Learn the secrets of insurance for real estate investors in Gilbert.
This class is Module 28 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.
Topics covered in this module include:
Why you should not be penny-wise and pound-foolish with insurance and your real estate investments.
The importance of having a strong relationship with your insurance agent/broker as a real estate investor.
The difference between a captive insurance agent and an independent insurance broker… and why it matters.
Why insurance policies are like snowflakes… and what you need to do about it.
The importance of reading and understanding your insurance policies as a real estate investor.
The dangers of jargon in insurance policies and what you should do to address insurance jargon.
The importance of pausing before making claims with your insurance policies and the considerations to evaluate: should you make a claim?
The importance of maximizing coverage limits for real estate investors.
Why you should consider an umbrella policy as a real estate investor and what it protects you from… and what it doesn’t typically cover.
How protection typically works with insurance on your properties, autos and umbrella.
What might it cost and what value of protection might you get from an umbrella insurance policy?
Why you should compare the premium/deductible on your properties for deal analysis.
What are some holes most insurance policies have and what extra coverages might you get to plug those holes?
Understanding replacement cost versus actual cash value as a real estate investor.
Understanding the value of extended replacement costs and why it makes sense… especially in fast appreciation markets.
How the payout might work for a roof replacement with replacement cost versus actual cash value.
What strategies should you insist on extra insurance for the contents of your property?
Why should you insist on a renter policy from all your tenants?
What are some of the other insurance options you might consider as an investor?
Plus much more...
Check out the video and additional resources related to Secrets of Insurance.

Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:
https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet
56 min

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