In this episode of Investor Creator's Women in Business series, Casey is joined by Rachel Silvan. Rachel is a member of the IC Scale Program and she is running her real estate investing business together with her spouse, while having three kids and looking to scale the business more.

What is Covered:

- The impact of having a community of other women in business

- How to balance family and business

- The freedom that entrepreneurship gives to families

- Rachel's love for traveling and how it fits into this kinds of business

- Advice for other moms going through scaling a business

- What it's like to work with your spouse

- Rachel's long-term vision and next steps in business

As Rachel says, being a woman in business is a niche pursuit in certain ways, but the ability to choose as an entrepreneur and the benefits of working with your partner makes it all the more worthwhile.

Resources:

-Come and join us at The Investor Creator Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

-Visit our website at https://investorcreator.com

-Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bradsmotherman

-And if you have any questions, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Today, we're going to be talking about frame, social value, and we’re going to answer the question - how do we hold frame with the seller? 

I'm going to offer an actual example, a real live call with Jim, one of our purchase agents, who does an amazing job on this call of holding frame with the seller.

To set the context for what you’re going to hear, whenever we're talking to a seller and negotiating using the Investor Creator framework, we never give a price and we never make an offer. Ever. 

There are three reasons for this: 

- An offer is a commodity to shop

- Type 2 error - the seller’s value that they’re willing to take is lower than what you’re willing to pay

- Not making an offer is the bridge to a good deal structure

So enjoy listening to this call recording, where Jim demonstrates sticking to his values, sticking to the script and never making an offer.

If you have any questions about what we do at Investor Creator, email me at [email protected]. 

Resources:

-Come and join us at The Investor Creator Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

-Visit our website at https://investorcreator.com

-Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bradsmotherman

This week Brad is answering again some great questions from the Investor Creator community members and apprentices. You'll hear from the folks who are just closing their first deals, what their numbers are like and how they run their ads. You'll also learn from more experienced investors about their creative deals in various markets, financing options, raising money, doing rehabs - all with the exact breakdown of numbers and Brad's invaluable feedback. So get your notebooks ready and enjoy for the next hour or so! 

Remember that Open Support Calls are held live on Zoom every Wednesday at 1pm CT, and you can find the link in our public Investor Creator Community on Facebook, or you can listen back to the calls here on our podcast feed.

Resources:

-Come and join us at The Investor Creator Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

-Visit our website at https://investorcreator.com

-Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bradsmotherman

-And if you have any questions, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Today, we're going into the details about lead flow, lead quality, finding deals, marketing and eventually scaling a business.

Remember that Open Support Calls are held live on Zoom every Wednesday at 1pm CT, and you can find the link in our public Investor Creator Community on Facebook. Or you can listen back to the calls here on our podcast feed.

Here are some of the questions we discuss today:

-How do we find pre-forclosure leads?

-What if we do a direct mail piece that looks like a zip letter?

-Creative options to solve difficult deals

-Should we do home inspection and title work at the same time?

-Dealing with arrears in a transaction 

-What holding a title hostage means and how to avoid it

-How much to pay the lender when you’re doing a second lien position

-How to present a loan mod to a seller

Next week we’re going to be talking about scaling ads and how we can create a replicable purchase machine, where we put in marketing dollars and have a predictable and sustainable output. Stay tuned! 

Resources:

-Come and join us at The Investor Creator Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

-Visit our website at https://investorcreator.com

-Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bradsmotherman

-And if you have any questions, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Marriage can be hard enough as it is. When you add in running a business together, like we, Brad and Casey Smotherman do, it can add in so many more dynamics. 

In our masterminds, we saw that there were wives that didn't really know how to support the husband; we saw the opposite end of the spectrum, where some husbands didn't know how to support their wives.

However, we believe it's important to be holistic. It's not just about doing another deal, finding the money, negotiations and all that - it’s also important to have a great life. So we're hoping to share some insights, tips and tools that we have learned about how you can run a business together with your spouse. 

Today, we're talking about our whys, why entrepreneurship, why the real estate business, and why we work together as a married couple in the Investor Creator business.

Resources:

-Come and join us at The Investor Creator Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

-Visit our website at https://investorcreator.com

-Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bradsmotherman

-And if you have any questions, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Each week, Brad offers feedback to the members of The Investor Creator Apprenticeship Group as they share details of their deals and potential issues they are facing.

Live Open Support Calls are held each Wednesday at 1pm CT on Zoom and in The Investor Creator Community on Facebook.

The overall intention of this week's Investor Creator Support Call is to help you maintain consistency throughout January and help keep you on track with your NY's goals.

Remember that in the real estate investing business, as well as in any other area of life, you can't have a sprinter’s pace at a marathon distance. But if you can make good decisions over time and maintain your focus, incremental improvements become exponential. 

Come and join us at The Investor Creator Community on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

Visit our website at https://investorcreator.com

Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bradsmotherman

And if you have any questions, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Welcome to the first open support call in The Investor Creator Community!

We're having these calls live every Wednesday at 1 pm CT in our Facebook group, but you can also hear them on this podcast or watch the replay on YouTube.

At the Investor Creator, we focus on real estate investing marketing, negotiation and the deal structure side.

As we've headed into the new year, open support calls are a great way to check in on your real estate goals and to learn from each other. 

If you're a first time listener and want to learn more, come and join us at The Investor Creator Community on Facebook.

Visit our website at https://investorcreator.com

Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@bradsmotherman

And if you have any questions, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Tyler and James play back and comment on three different calls they had with motivated sellers, where they demonstrate how following the Investor Creator process can help you land a great property deal. 

Resources:

• Join The Investor Creator Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

If you have any questions or you are interested in joining Investor Creator, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Follow along Investor Creator's new podcast series, Happy Hour: With Women In Business. You will get the inside look into what it is like to be a mom, teacher, and still pursue your passion. 

This week we met with mom of 7, Jen Baker, as she walks Casey through her journey with Investor Creator and her most recent 6 figure deal!

You'll learn:

• How mothering and homeschooling helped Jen prepare for the real estate investing journey

Resources:

• Join The Investor Creator Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005

If you have any questions or you are interested in joining Investor Creator, shoot us an email at [email protected]

Two episodes ago, we talked about problems with marketing, which is the #1 issue most businesses deal with and where most of them remain. But once marketing is solved, you quickly spiral into the second problem - how do we raise money? So today we are talking about the fulfillment problem and how to tackle it in your real estate investing business.

What We Cover:

• At which moment in business you start having the fulfillment problem

Remember that it's always easier to buy than to sell, and pay attention to your fulfillment breakdown so that the expression "death by a thousand paper cuts" never applies to your business.

Resources:

• Join The Investor Creator Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/3083532848354005