Each Tuesday, my apprenticeship group gets together to share and discuss deals, and put in practice everything that we teach about real estate investing fundamentals here at The Investor Creator. 

You'll hear a lot of numbers, smart thinking and decisions, negotiation tips, and examples of potential home run deals. 

Enjoy! 

Interested in my apprenticeship group? Shoot me an email and let's talk!

The 70% rule says that you want to be all in on a property at 70% of its value or less.

But does it work in today's market? Should you really offer 85% as some people are advising?!!

Hell no.

First, just because your deals are not getting accepted, doesn’t mean your offer is bad. It rather means you need to work on lead generation.  

And second, even you're good at lead generation, you still need to know how to negotiate.

So stay within conservative values.

Stop making offers.

Just stop.

Interested in my apprenticeship group? Shoot me an email at [email protected]

In Part 3 of our goal setting workshop, we're going to set our goals for 2021 in the right way - using the right focus, KPIs, time frame and support system, so we can get excited about these goals and have the energy to achieve them by the end of the year. 

What We Cover:

• The elements that create a good goal

So now you have the exact framework for setting and achieving your business goals in 2021. Remember that you need to make a decision first on what kind of year you want to create for yourself, and to commit to that decision. Only then you can follow the steps outlined in this goal setting intensive in order to succeed. 

Good luck!

Goal Setting Intensive Part 1 - https://www.bradsmotherman.com/blog/podcasts/goal-setting-intensive-part-1/

Goal Setting Intensive Part 2 - https://www.bradsmotherman.com/blog/podcasts/goal-setting-intensive-part-2/

Apply for Brad Smotherman's Apprenticeship Group at [email protected] 

In Part 2 of the Goal Setting Intensive for 2021, we are doing the Belief Busters exercise, talking about Playing to Win vs. Playing not to Lose, and starting to shape our goals for this year. 

What We Cover:

• Why the biggest obstacle to achieving our goals are ourselves

Set some time aside tonight and do the homework for tomorrow - come up with four things you want to believe about yourself and do the Belief Busters exercise; think about your priorities and how you play your game; write down a few goals you want to hit in 2021.

And keep in mind - a good plan executed over time will always work.

See you tomorrow!

Resources:

• Goal Setting Intensive Part 1

Apply for Brad Smotherman's Apprenticeship Group at [email protected] 

Welcome to Part 1 of our 3-part Goal Setting Intensive for 2021. We are going to learn the goal setting process that has made a huge impact in my business. So get your notepads ready and let's set the stage!

What We Cover:

• The structure of this workshop and what we are going to do over these three days

The homework for tomorrow is to write down the SWOT analysis for your business, to write up your own standards in business and personal life, and to think about your Pay Price to Action - what are you willing to give up to achieve your goals in 2021?

Happy Goal Setting and see you tomorrow!

Resources:

• Goal Setting Intensive Part 2

Apply for Brad Smotherman's Apprenticeship Group at [email protected] 

Welcome to Part 1 of our 3-part Goal Setting Intensive for 2021. We are going to learn the goal setting process that has made a huge impact in my business. So get your notepads ready and let's set the stage!

What We Cover:

• The structure of this workshop and what we are going to do over these three days

The homework for tomorrow is to write down the SWOT analysis for your business, to write up your own standards in business and personal life, and to think about your Pay Price to Action - what are you willing to give up to achieve your goals in 2021?

Happy Goal Setting and see you tomorrow!

Resources:

• Goal Setting Intensive Part 2

Apply for Brad Smotherman's Apprenticeship Group at [email protected] 

This is one of our support calls within my apprenticeship group, which consists of amazing people growing their business, creating notes, creating owner financing and doing deals that they’ve never done before. In this group I teach real estate investors how to structure their deals, I teach them about marketing, infrastructure, negotiating, cash flow, and other things, so they can begin seeing deal structure in a different way, based on how we create financing. 

What You Will Learn in This Episode: 

• Why the number of deals done in a year doesn’t really matter and what metric you should be looking at instead

Apply for Brad Smotherman's Apprenticeship Group at [email protected] 

This is one of our support calls within my apprenticeship group, which consists of amazing people growing their business, creating notes, creating owner financing and doing deals that they’ve never done before. In this group I teach real estate investors how to structure their deals, I teach them about marketing, infrastructure, negotiating, cash flow, and other things, so they can begin seeing deal structure in a different way, based on how we create financing. 

What You Will Learn in This Episode: 

• Why the number of deals done in a year doesn’t really matter and what metric you should be looking at instead

Apply for Brad Smotherman's Apprenticeship Group at [email protected] 

How do we "play" the election now that we have a new president coming in? How do we take his administration and policies and implement those into our business? What will happen in 2021? 

My short answer is - nothing. And here's why.

What We Cover:

• Reasons for optimism and pessimism in the real estate investing space

In short, we are not changing anything in our business model. And if you feel like your business is going to boom or bust based on which party is taking the presidency, then you really need to look at the fundamentals and make sure that you have strong business foundations.

Interested in real estate investing? Book a discovery call with Brad at http://www.bradsmotherman.com

How do we "play" the election now that we have a new president coming in? How do we take his administration and policies and implement those into our business? What will happen in 2021? 

My short answer is - nothing. And here's why.

What We Cover:

• Reasons for optimism and pessimism in the real estate investing space

In short, we are not changing anything in our business model. And if you feel like your business is going to boom or bust based on which party is taking the presidency, then you really need to look at the fundamentals and make sure that you have strong business foundations.

Interested in real estate investing? Book a discovery call with Brad at http://www.bradsmotherman.com