Kevin Bupp

It’s a fact that experience is by far the best teacher, but it is absolutely idiotic to reinvent the wheel. My suggestion is to learn from those who do what you do (real estate investor) and who have been extremely successful. The following 31 mistakes come from a combination of my own personal experiences throughout my 14+ year investing career and from the most common responses I get from other successful investors when I ask them about their past and get the details on how they built their real estate business.

Learn from this series and avoid making these same mistakes.

Here's What You'll Learn

Why it's imperative that you have a game plan in place for your business

How to avoid the "tenant from hell"

How to avoid being ripped off by contractors

Learn how to build your "all-star" team

Why cash flow should be your #1 priority

How to plan so that you don't run out of cash on your rehab or turnaround project

How to ensure that you've properly protected your assets

And much more...

Our Guest

Yours Truly

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Empty rental units mean empty bank accounts. There is no faster way to deplete your bank account or reserves than to have a vacant rental unit sitting, wasting away. In order to stop the bleeding and be successful in this business, you must have multiple surefire methods to fill your vacancies as fast as possible.

Becoming a leasing/marketing expert doesn't come natural for most; it’s a learned skill and one that takes time and testing to perfect. The methods I’m going to share with you today are methods that I’m either currently using in my business or have successfully used in the past to fill my own vacancies extremely FAST! These methods work on any type of rental unit (homes, apartments, trailers, condos, etc) and will work in most any area of the country, although it is up to use to test and find the ones that work best for your particular situation.

If you utilize the methods I discuss in this week’s show, I promise that you will fill your units faster than you ever have before, which means you’ll be filling your pockets with CASH. My advice for you – TAKE ACTION AND IMPLEMENT THESE TECHNIQUES and then send me a "Thank You" email once you find your tenant:)

Here's What You'll Learn

How to fill your vacant rental units at lightening speeds

Why I feel that bandit signs are the best bang for your buck

How a $5 Glade plug-in can help you rent your units faster

The secret to attracting police and fire fighters as your tenants

How to secret shop your competition and get the inside scoop.

And much more...

Our Guest

Yours Truly

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Al Roti is a nationally recognized author & expert in the niche of government assisted section 8 rentals. Al began his investing business more than 20 years ago working as an apprentice carpenter for another local investor who specialized in low-income section 8 rentals.

Very quickly, Al realized that he wanted to become a property owner and investor so he did what any smart person would do, he went looking for a mentor. As luck would have it, Al worked out a deal with his current boss to show him the ropes and help him buy his first investment property, and in exchange Al would agree to work for free.

Fast forward twenty years; Al has built a very impressive rental portfolio consisting of 50+ single family homes in great neighborhoods that he rents to section 8 tenants that throw off a massive cash flow. His system of finding only the BEST tenants is so good that in his 20+ years of investing he’s never had to file a formal eviction.

In this interview, Al shares with us his secret sauce that has made him a multi-millionaire. Al opened my eyes to multiple things I never knew about the section 8 business and I’m positive that you’ll also gain a vast amount of powerful knowledge from this interview as well.

Here's What You'll Learn

What section 8 is and how it works

How to get your rents guaranteed by the government using the voucher program

The process of finding extremely high quality section 8 tenants and filtering out the bad ones

Why Al prefers to buy in good areas vs. the more common crime ridden low-income section 8 areas

The benefit behind section 8’s yearly inspection process and how to use it to your advantage

How slow and steady investing has allowed Al to build a massive cash flow machine

And much more...

Our Guest

Al Roti - The smart section 8 landlord

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Donna Serdula is a nationally recognized speaker, accomplished author, and leading educational authority who works with companies and individuals to help them leverage the power of the world’s largest professional network – LinkedIn. With more than 187 million members across 200 countries, LinkedIn has changed the way real estate professionals do business. Initially viewed as an online resume, LinkedIn is now thought to be the online social site for business professionals to connect, network and engage.

In this interview, Donna walks us step by step through how we, the real estate investors, can leverage the massive power of LinkedIn to expand our network and put rocket fuel into our real estate business.  Donna will open your eyes to multiple strategies which I’m positive will help grow your brand and take your real estate business to the NEXT LEVEL!

Here's What You'll Learn

How to leverage LinkedIn to brand yourself as an industry expert

How to optimize your profile so that it stands out above all the rest

The secret to growing the size of your network by lightening speeds using LION's

How to find and connect with anyone and everyone and add them to your 1st line connection

The power of LinkedIn groups and how that can supercharge your business

The secret $7.99 premium account that LinkedIn doesn't want you to know about

And much more...

Our Guest

Donna Serdula - LinkedIn-Makeover

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In this episode, we are speaking with Richard Muhlebach, a 40-year commercial real estate broker and manager who is an expert at repositioning commercial real estate assets.  Richard teaches a course on this very topic entitled, Repositioning the Asset to Maximize Value, has co-authored 19 books on commercial real estate, and is a highly sought after international speaker and trainer. This interview with Richard will provide you an inside look at how to successfully reposition real estate investment property.

Whether you are planning on buying a property with value-add potential or you already own a property in your portfolio that needs to be repositioned to realize its highest yield, Richard pulls back the curtain and shares the key information that will help you have more success with your commercial property repositions.

Here's What You'll Learn

What it means to reposition a property and how to do it successfully

The single most important item that will determine whether or not your property is worthy of a reposition

The different types of reposition strategies

The professionals and experts who are required on your team to ensure a successful reposition

How to determine if your market is the ideal market for this strategy

How to properly assess the capital improvements needed

And much more...

Our Guest

Richard Muhlebach - Company Website

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Michael Reinhard is an independent commercial mortgage banker for Texas Commercial Mortgage and a Texas state licensed real estate broker based in Houston, Texas. Michael has 20 years experience in financing and brokering commercial real estate investment properties throughout Texas and surrounding states.

He began his commercial real estate career in Houston after earning a Masters degree in Land Economics & Real Estate from Texas A&M University in May 1989. He was formerly employed as a senior commercial real estate loan officer for Imperial Capital Bank and was responsible for underwriting and originating commercial real estate loans for both private and institutional investors and developers throughout the United States. He has originated and underwritten over $300 million in commercial real estate loans since 1995 for the acquisition and refinance of apartment buildings, retail centers, office buildings, industrial warehouses, hotels, medical facilities and mobile home parks.

Michael will share with us the in’s and out’s of financing your commercial investment property and navigating the sometimes turbulent waters of commercial real estate financing.

Here's What You'll Learn

What the primary differences are between a commercial and residential mortgage

The 7 primary sources of funding for your commercial deals

The key components to creating a "kick ass" loan package that gets attention

How to qualify for a commercial mortgage, even if you have little or no track record

Why brokers can offer many more funding options than your typical bank

The difference between recourse and non-recourse debt

And much more...

Our Guest

Michael Reinhard - Texas Commercial Mortgage

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Wayne Sanford, also known as “Wayne the Credit Guy“, is the owner of New Start Financial Corporation. With nearly a decade of experience working in the credit industry, Sanford has personally reviewed more than 13,000 consumer credit files for mortgage professionals, investment groups and consumers.

Labeled as the “Company with Credentials“, New Start Financial Corporation works with financial professionals and consumers across the country. Sanford and his staff offer “real world” advice and help layout the best course of action consumers need to follow in order for them to achieve their financial goals.

Wayne’s understanding of credit laws, how they function and the ways in which they are interpreted by credit bureaus, creditors and collection agencies is the key to his success.

Wayne is a regular credit advisor to radio news programs, has appeared on CBS news across the country and frequently contributes to several of the more renowned financial websites available on the internet such as AOL Finance, Yahoo Finance, FoxBusiness.com, Money Magazine and Dun & Bradstreet. Wayne is also currently an instructor for Kaplan University and Ebby Halliday Realtors the # 8 independent owned R.E firm in the U.S for 2012 ranked by Real Trends in the Dallas Biz Journal. In addition Wayne is an educational provider for the Texas Real Estate Commission which is the division for the State of Texas that holds the Real Estate licenses for Texas Realtors.

Wayne brings “real world” applications to consumers who are searching for practical answers to their credit questions. As part of his quest to give mortgage professionals, realtors and consumers a better understanding of the complicated credit system, Sanford volunteers his time and knowledge to working with future homebuyers and victims of domestic abuse trying to restart their lives and create a better life for themselves and their families.

Here's What You'll Learn

How credit scores are determined

Understand the viewpoint of how mortgage underwriters look at your credit and your ability to borrow

How to successfully boost your credit score by 10-15 points in a very short period of time

Learn the common misnomers of the credit scoring system

The process needed to clean your credit up after a BK or foreclosure

How to protect yourself and your credit when going through a divorce

And much more...

Our Guest

Wayne Sanford - WayneTheCreditGuy.com

Free Download Discussed in Show

Get a Fast Fifteen Points

Investor Credit Program

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The founder of Hassle-Free Cashflow Investing, David Campbell, started investing in real estate part-time while he was working as a full time high school band director with zero net worth.  Within six years and before the age of 30, David had become a financially independent millionaire through the vehicle of part-time real estate investing.

David left public school teaching in 2005 to focus on real estate development and commercial real estate investment brokerage. His company’s investing and advisory experience has included single-family houses, apartments, retail, office, medical, condo-conversion, net-leased properties, syndications, land development, production home building, private lending, and winery.

David has been a featured guest on some of America’s top radio shows for investing.  His blog www.HassleFreeCashflowInvesting.com has been named one of the top 100 real estate blogs in America.  David is widely recognized as a cashflow real estate investing expert with real estate transactional experience well in excess of one hundred million dollars.  David currently serves as CEO alongside his wife Tamsyn as CFO of various development and asset management companies.

In this episode, David will pull back the curtain and talk to us about NNN lease investments and why he feels that any active investor looking for a “TRUE” passive income stream and secure returns should strongly consider adding this investment to their real estate portfolio.

Here's What You'll Learn

How he went from being a high school band teacher to completing more than $800 million of real estate transactions in just 14 years

How and why he became a specialist in NNN lease investments

What a NNN investment is and why you should consider this type of investment if you enjoy "TRUE" passive income streams

Why NNN investments are typically a very safe and low hassle type of real estate investment

How and why David selects the particular group of NNN tenants he invests with

How he identifies great NNN investment opportunities

And much more...

Our Guest

David Campbell - HassleFreeCashFlowInvesting.com

Important Links discussed in Show

Free 1 hour video on NNN lease investments: http://www.hasslefreecashflowinvesting.com/introduction-to-nnn-commercial-real-estate-investing/

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Ken McElroy oversees the Mc Companies asset portfolio and leads the day-to-day operations including financial and operating analysis, investor relations and business development. An industry veteran, Ken served in leadership roles in multi-family asset and property management for more than 20 years. He is also an expert in development, project/construction management, investment analysis and acquisitions/dispositions, as well as business development and client relations.

Ken is an advisor to Robert Kiyosaki of The Rich Dad Company, and wrote numerous books and audio programs, including How to Increase the Income from your Real Estate Investments, (available at Rich Dad). Ken also hosted WS Radio's weekly Entrepreneur Magazine's Real Estate Radio Program.

In 2004, Ken wrote his first best-selling book, The ABC's of Real Estate Investing. He recently published his second book about multi-family management and real estate investing, Rich Dad’s Advisors: The Advanced Guide to Real Estate Investing. For more information about Ken McElroy or his books, visit www.kenmcelroy.com.

Ken and his family live in Scottsdale, Arizona where they enjoy various sports and outdoor activities year round. Two of his favorite pastimes are coaching his children’s sports activities and golfing.

Here's What You'll Learn

How he built his company from one rental unit to over 9,000+ units

How transitioning into larger real estate deals has transformed his business

Why he feels bigger deals are just as easy, if not easier, than small deals

What key indicators he looks for in a new market before determining whether or not his company will invest there

What value creation opportunities he looks for in his deals

Why learning how to raise money is one of the most important things he has ever done for his business

And much more...

Our Guest

Ken McElroy - Ken McElroy website

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Alan Cowgill is the owner of Colby Properties, LLC. and President of Integrity Home Buyers, Inc.  Alan is a full-time Real Estate Investor, investing in single family and small multi-family properties in Springfield, Ohio.

Since 1995, Alan has done hundreds of real estate transactions. Alan uses mainly Private Lenders, not banks; to fund his real estate purchases. By doing this, he has created his own private bank of private lender funds. Alan looks for "Win - Win" situations, where the seller, the lender, and the eventual homeowner can all "Win".

Alan has served as an elected official to the Board of Directors for the Clark County Property Management Association. He is an author, consultant and national speaker. He has been asked to speak on the topics of “Investing for the Beginning Investor.” and “Finding Private Lenders.” His home study system, “Private Lending Made Easy”, shows new and seasoned real estate investors how to find private lenders for their own real estate business.

Here's What You'll Learn

How to avoid banks altogether

How to build a database of private lenders who will be fighting to fund your deals

How Alan uses informational luncheons to pitch his investment opportunities to large groups of qualified private lenders

How to stay out of the SEC's radar by following the necessary rules for legally raising private money

What a PPM is and how the big time real estate players use them to fund their large deals

And much more...

Our Guest

Alan Cowgill - Private Lending Made Easy

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