Storage Wins

Jason Nickel is the Founder of LeadSherpa, a marketing platform specifically designed for text messages and phone blasts. It is compliant software to help you get more targeted leads (and better quality deals). Alex has been using their service for several months and has seen some great results come from it! Learn how LeadSherpa can elevate your marketing game and reduce your cost per lead / cost per deal in this week's episode.

Key Takeaways:

• How did Jason first get started in real estate?
• Why is SMS marketing so profitable?.
• Pro TIP: Don't go cheap on your data. It is your lifeblood.
• Why LeadSherpa compliant with U.S. regulations and standards…
• LeadSherpa is not a passive way to generate leads. You do need someone on your team monitoring the text messages coming in.
• What kinds of SMS messages does Jason recommend to use?
• Pro Tip: Don't send the same message over and over, it will get you blocked!
• What type of results do Lead Sherpa users typically see?
• Jason lists some really cool features that lead Sherpa uses so that potential sellers do not get confused when different team members are texting back.
• Jason shares some of his best SMS marketing tips to use.
• Don't exceed more than 160 characters in your texts.
• Never send links in your SMS messages!
• What's one piece of advice that Jason wished he knew sooner?

Mentioned in This Episode:

Interested in joining the Hybrid Coaching & Mastermind Group Alex & Steve launched? Apply to Join ASCEND

Learn more about Lead Sherpa Here, and make sure to include "flipempire" in the "How did you hear about Sherpa?" section.

Tweetables:

"SMS marketing dropped my cost per lead and cost per deal by almost 90%. It took between $6 to 7k to get to one deal."

"It has to be actively managed and managed by the right person. If you've got the wrong person doing it, lots of leads are going to slip through the cracks."

"The key is to keep things short and sweet, and to the point. Ask questions and keep people engaged. Don't exceed more than 160 characters."

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As the holidays come up, Alex spends some time reflecting on some of the advice that has made a big impact on his life. Through learning and reading from others, Alex walks you through the steps on how to create an action plan that actually works so that this time next year, you will be one step closer to creating a fantastic life with purpose.

Key Takeaways:

• Alex is looking through his old notes to remind himself about some of the important things he's learned over the last few years.
• Today's episode is about creating an action plan on how to take charge of your life and achieve what you want to achieve.
• Alex has five tips for you today on how to develop an action plan and make it REAL.
• First and foremost — you have to know what you want.
• Write down one main goal for every area in your life.
• Write down a due date on when you will achieve this.
• Think about the acronym SMART when planning out your goals. SMART = Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely.
• Write down three action steps that you have to take INSTANTLY that will make progress towards your goals.
• Ask yourself these three questions: What do I need to learn? What do I need to believe? And what do I need to do to ensure I achieve my goals?
• Now, once you're done with these four steps, get to work! Schedule the time so you don't make excuses for yourself.
• The average person wants till January 1st. Do it now. You're not an average person.

Mentioned in This Episode:

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Let's Connect on Instagram: @alexpardo25

Email Alex: [email protected]

Episode 367: "How To Achieve ANYTHING You Want in Life"

Tweetables:

"When you have a plan that you can get behind — a plan that you can believe — it feeds your confidence and that confidence will give you the ability to take that first step into massive action."

"A goal without a deadline, a goal without a plan is just a wish or a dream."

"You set up your own environment for success."

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Mike Wagner is a self-storage real estate expert and has transformed his life through deliberate and purposeful action. As a Lifeonaire member, Mike shares why he decided that it was better to take a loss on his single-family rental portfolio in order to transition into a more stress-free self-storage portfolio. Mike has been in real estate since 2007 and purchased his first self-storage in 2011. He shares some of his storage numbers and where you can find some of these lucrative deals.

Key Takeaways:

• How did Mike get into real estate and why did he pick self-storage?
• When Mike decided to do self-storage units, he quit his day job to focus on it.
• Mike offers some advice for investors who want to take the leap and become an investor full-time.
• Mike ended up selling his single-family investment portfolio. He had about 30 properties under his belt at the time. He ended up losing money on some of the homes, but it freed him up much more mentally to keep focusing on what he does best.
• How does Mike justify taking a financial loss vs. keeping mental sanity?
• Don't make decisions just purely on the numbers. There are other factors you can consider.
• How did Mike close on his first self-storage unit?
• In self-storage, you don't have evictions, you have lien laws.
• Mike radically reduced his challenges when he went into self-storage compared to when he had single-family homes.
• Self-storage mortgage loans default less often than any other mortgage-backed asset.
• What type of cashflow can you expect from self-storage units?
• How does Mike find his properties?
• How many team members/employees does it take to run a self-storage unit?
• The biggest thing here about Mike's journey is that he is a lifestyle guy. He has prioritized his life so that he makes money and it funds the kind of life that he wants.
• Mike has zero employees. He has six companies! How does he do it?
• Mike shares how Lifeonaire impacted his life. He has found his purpose.
• What's one piece of advice that Mike would like to give his younger self?

Mentioned in This Episode:

Interested in joining the Hybrid Coaching & Mastermind Group Alex & Steve launched? Apply to Join ASCEND

Learn more about Investing in Self Storage: Thestoragerebellion.com

Refine your lifestyle: Lifeonaire.com

Tweetables:

"Practicality is often just a disguise for fear and I didn't want to stay in the realm I had lived in for the first 30 years of my life. I wanted to forge my own paths and take the risk."

"We were in the subsidized housing arena, so collections were a big hassle and the expenses were hard to control. We were spending half of every dollar that we collected on operating expenses."

"In storage, our income-to-expense ratio is 30 to 33 cents on the dollar. There's a margin there."

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As the year starts to wind down, it can be easy to set goals and have it fade away as the new year progresses. Alex doesn't want that to happen to you. He wants you to achieve everything you want in your life, so in this week's episode, he offers some advice on how you can manifest the life you want and bring action and meaning to these goals in a profound way.

Key Takeaways:

• Alex and his wife are in Palm Beach attending a Tony Robbin's Date with Destiny!
• Christmas is just around the corner! Something special is coming up.
• Alex is looking back on old notes to remember any key takeaways he might have forgotten about.
• If you want to achieve anything in this life, you need to get super, super clear on what that is. That's step one.
• Out of all the goals you want to achieve, which one is the most important one? Focus is key.
• The wealthy are always working on one specific goal, not five goals at the same time.
• People often like to work on the small things. Those take up time and don't always get the ball rolling.
• Alex is a big believer in affirmations. Read your affirmation 5-10 times in the morning and at night.
• You need to visualize your goals as you say your affirmations.
• Create your vision board on your phone!
• Once you get to work, it's just a snowball effect after that!
• Like the podcast? Feel free to reach out to Alex and let him know what you think!

Mentioned in This Episode:

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Let's Connect on Instagram: @alexpardo25

Email Alex: [email protected]

Check out Tony Robbin's Date with Destiny Experience

Tweetables:

"Step one to get anything you want is to get clarity. So many people skip this foundational step."

"What's the first goal that's going to have the greatest positive impact on your life?."

"It's not just enough to affirm it, you got to visualize, believe, and you actually have to feel it."

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Ryan Pineda was a professional baseball athlete who started a real estate side hustle when he was on the road. After he retired from his career, his real estate business exploded. Through networking and building quality relationships, Ryan was able to acquire 50 houses within a year and grow his wealth. Today, he focuses primarily on his relationship with God and his family and makes sure his business is running smoothly without taking up too much of his time.

Key Takeaways:

• Ryan was playing baseball professionally when he first got started in real estate in 2010, but things really started to kick off in 2015.
• Ryan bought 50 homes in 2017 after getting access to private money.
• How was Ryan able to manage 20 deals a year while still playing baseball?
• How did Ryan find his private money lender?
• Relationships take time to build.
• Despite Ryan's rapid success, it's important not to compare yourself to him. We are all on our own journeys.
• Ryan shares how he determines what to pick/where to go when the world is filled with so many shiny objects.
• What are some of Ryan's routines that set him up for success?
• Ryan works fewer hours now, but he is just as efficient as he was before. He prioritizes his family over money and his business.
• What impact has social media had on Ryan's success?
• What are some of the best ways to leverage social media and provide value?
• Remember you can't please everyone. Find your niche and double down on it!
• What is one piece of advice Ryan would give his younger self?

Mentioned in This Episode:

Interested in joining the Hybrid Coaching & Mastermind Group Alex & Steve launched? Apply to Join ASCEND

Connect with Ryan and all of his resources: https://futureflipper.com/

Instagram: @allstarinvestor

Tweetables:

"You want somebody to invest millions of dollars with you, you don't just straight up ask them for millions of dollars. It's got to happen organically."

"Routine as an athlete is gold. You will not make it as an athlete if you do not have a routine."

"Get over the fear. You are going to suck. That's just what it is."

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Alex is so grateful for everything he has in his life. Thank you for taking the time to listen to this podcast. In today's episode, Alex is sharing an exercise he will be doing every morning and every night for the next 90 days.

Key Takeaways:

• Thank you so much for listening to this podcast!
• Alex is excited! He's going to see Tony Robbins!
• Here is an exercise you can do every morning and every night that will have a profound impact on your life.
• The best investment we can make is in ourselves.
• Our ultimate goal in life is to find genuine happiness.
• Be committed to owning the first 15 minutes of your day, and ask yourself:
  • What are you happy for?
  • What makes you excited right now?
  • What are you proud of in your life right now?
  • What are you grateful for?
  • What do you enjoy most about your life?
  • What are you committed to?
  • Who do you love?
• When you surround yourself with empowering emotions, that's ultimately going to make you happy.
• To end your day, ask yourself these three questions: What have I been given today? What did I learn today? And how has today added to the quality of my life?
• Just like the gym, you don't see your results overnight, but little-by-little you see the fruits of your labor over time.
• Start your day with these seven morning questions and end it with these three night questions and notice how you feel after! Do this for 30 days.

Mentioned in This Episode:

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Let's Connect on Instagram: @alexpardo25

Email Alex: [email protected]

Tony Robbins: Date with Destiny

Tweetables:

"I truly believe in life, we need to be a funnel of quality information and good content."

"Our thoughts affect our feelings and our feelings affect our actions and our actions reflect our results."

"The snowball effect can be downward or upward. It's a positive effect over a negative. Choose which one you want."

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Rod Khleif is a passionate real estate investor who started when he was just 18 years old. On his third year as a real estate broker, he was able to earn six figures in his business and it was all because he took the time to work on his mindset and develop positive psychology for himself. Rod shares how you can develop a strong will to succeed no matter the hardships you are currently facing right now. There is nothing that you can't do!

Key Takeaways:

• Rod comes from an immigrant family and they really struggled when he was growing up.
• When Rod got his broker's licenses, he made six figures in his third year, but what had to change from year 1 to year 3 to make that happen?
• So many people have the knowledge but they don't take action!!!
• Take some time when you're energized to write down everything that you want and need in your life. Write it all out, no matter how crazy it might sound.
• What you have on your paper right now is just dreams. Now you gotta put a timeline on them to make them into goals.
• Use empowering words when you write all this down. Words will move you.
• Then take it one step further, write negative words to deter you from failing. Make it painful.
• This document is the fuel that will help you work your dream and encourage you to stay up late and work those nights until you've achieved it.
• Rod realized he wanted a corvette, so he went out and got a picture of it and put it in the visor of his car so that he would see it everyday. Within 2 years, he got that car.
• Visualize what you want, then take action!
• Strategies on overcoming our fears…
• Rod and his team have now fed over 70,000 children over the holidays over the last 20 years. Success is about giving back.
• The most successful people on the plant add the most value to others.
• Rod shares the one piece of advice he would share with you (and his younger self).

Mentioned in This Episode:

Interested in joining the Hybrid Coaching & Mastermind Group Alex & Steve launched? Apply to Join ASCEND

Rod's Resources: Rodkhleif.com

Connect with Rod on Facebook: Facebook.com/RodKhleif

Join Rod's Multifamily Facebook Community: Facebook.com/groups/229962354193594

Tweetables:

"Mindset and psychology truly is 80-90% of your success."

"Comfort zone is a warm place but not a damn freaking thing grows there. You gotta get uncomfortable to make it happen."

"As human beings, we will overestimate what we can do in and massively underestimate what we can accomplish in 10 to 20 years."

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In this week's episode, Alex shares why you shouldn't beat yourself up if you fail at something. Every failure has a teaching moment for you and even though it might sting right now, there is something even greater and more positive just around the corner. Failure has made Alex the man he is today and he is grateful for it!

Key Takeaways:

• Alex believes people are failing much more than they are succeeding, and that's a good thing!
• Alex has been overwhelmed with his business too. It happens to everyone!
• About three-to-six months ago, Alex had to take a hard look at his business and figure out what he truly wanted to do.
• Alex shares a story about his daughter losing a game.
• There is really no such thing as failure. As long as you learn something, you didn't fail.
• One of Alex's team members recently left. This was a great learning moment for Alex because he was able to look at the business in a different way.
• Alex challenged his team to accomplish more with less. Bigger isn't always better. Better is Better!
• Alex is grateful for his failures. He knows when it happens, something great is around the corner.
• When Alex was early in his career, he wrote in a journal what he did right and what he did wrong when he was working on his deals.

Mentioned in This Episode:

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Let's Connect on Instagram: @alexpardo25

Email Alex: [email protected]

Tweetables:

"I have learned so much more from my failures and the challenges than I ever have from the wins."

"At this point, I've been in the business for 13 years. I've had a lot of highs, a lot of success, I had a lot of lows, significantly more lows and failures than I have had highs. I truly believe that's what's made me the man I am today."

"You only fail when you didn't learn anything."

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Dan Barrett is the Founder at AdWords Nerds, an online marketing agency for real estate investors. He got started in this career in a very unconventional way, through marketing to bands and musicians. However, with Dan's diverse background as a musician, teacher, and web developer, he was able to see a big gap in the market when it came to marketing. Get some of Dan's excellent marketing tips in this week's episode!

Key Takeaways:

• How did Dan first get started in real estate?
• It's very hard to find motivated sellers online. How can you break through this barrier?
• The truth is, the investing niche is super behind when it comes to their marketing game.
• Ad prices have gone up 10X to 25X since Dan has started.
• Dan pays someone to run his own ads because he simply doesn't have time to do them!
• Not every real estate investor has to be pouring their resources into online marketing. It depends on whether it's within your niche or not. Sometimes, a website is just good enough.
• What are Dan's thoughts about Facebook ads?
• Facebook ads have huge limitations now for real estate investors.
• How can investors adapt to these new regulations?
• How can you brand yourself as the local expert?
• Dan shares his thoughts on how to market on YouTube.
• What type of content should you be putting out there?
• People want to work with people that are like them.
• Test, test, test your ads.
• What kind of budget should you have for ads?
• Remember to start small.
• What social media platform should you focus on?

Mentioned in This Episode:

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Website: Schedule a free strategy session to increase your results (with Dan and his team) Tweetables:

"Real estate investing is perpetually five years behind everyone (in terms of marketing) for whatever reason."

"Now when you go to create a Facebook ad as an investor, there's a checkbox if you're in the housing category, and your targeting options are dramatically reduced."

"What works best for content is selfie-videos, plain videos, not a lot of production, and quick. Aim for a minute to two minutes."

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Are you feeling kind of down or unmotivated lately? Alex shares five tips on this week's episode to help you get out of the slump you might be experiencing. Don't lose sight of your goals, and remember, always be grateful for what you have because you are blessed! Feel free to reach out to Alex to share your thoughts!

Key Takeaways:

• Let Alex know how he can make an impact on your life! Feel free to email Alex at [email protected], or leave Alex a voicemail here.
• Are you feeling uninspired or unmotivated lately?
• Alex has some steps for you to take to help you get out of this slump!
• First, change your environment up. Get out or modify your everyday routine so that you can be re-energized.
• Put your phone away and think. Write stuff down and just spend some time thinking!
• Do something for somebody else. Take the focus off of you.
• Be genuine when you give.
• Stay positive. Times might be challenging, but keep pushing through it.
• Do the hard work.
• No matter where you are in life, be grateful for what you have. You are blessed!
• We all go through adversity, but that's the backbone of success.
• Stay positive, work, and trust you'll overcome all obstacles.

Mentioned in This Episode:

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Let's Connect on Instagram: @alexpardo25

Email Alex: [email protected]

Tweetables:

"If you're struggling, if you're going through some challenges, get outside of the everyday norm."

"Give and don't expect anything in return."

"Be real, be authentic. Don't be fake. Don't try to be somebody else."

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