The Titanium Vault hosted by RJ Bates III

On this week's episode we decided to change it up a bit and instead of having a guest on the show, we are doing a Q&A session. RJ Bates III sits down and answers questions about real estate investing submitted by listeners of the podcast. Here are the questions submitted to us that RJ answers throughout the episode.1. What is your favorite investing strategy?2. How do you approach or attract private money lenders?3. Have you ever had a note called due when trying to do a wrap around for an owner finance? How do you get around this risk? 4. Does pineapple belong on pizza?5. Would you compare managing your own project vs. turning it over to a general contractor?6. Are there any new markets Titanium Investments wants to tackle for 2018?7. Do you need to set up a new LLC if you want to do an A to B to C from your personal name/family member/business partner to your LLC for a flip?8. What is the biggest challenge you faced at the beginning of starting your business and how did you tackle it?9. What was the first employee hire Titanium Investments made and how did you know when the right time was to hire someone?10. Where do you see Titanium Investments in five years?11. Have you ever asked a seller if they dislike their realtor? If so, what happened?12. Tell me about a failed investment and what you learned.13. How do you like the rental side of things? Do you like being a landlord?14. What is your favorite type of marketing (DM, PPC, FB Ads, etc.) and why?Does one tend to bring you more motivated sellers over another or have a higher response rate?15. What are some of the things you look for in a Realtor when virtually investing (wholesaling/flipping) in a different state?

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Austin Good is the owner of The Good Home Team - Keller Williams Realty, ANG Development Group and ANG Real Estate Holdings. Austin has the incredible real estate investing resume of owning $32MM in real estate assets at the young age of 32. He shares with us how he started from being a retail real estate agent, broke into investing and now owns his impressive portfolio. Aside from being an inspirational investor he always gives back to his local investing community by helping other investors that he sees potential within. I have the privilege of calling Austin my friend and I hope you enjoy his incredible story in this interview.Mentioned in this episode: Keller Williams- http://www.kw.com/kw/Rich Dad Poor Dad- http://www.richdad.com/

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Mike Hambright is a successful real estate investor, founder of Flipnerd, Investor Fuel and a coach/mentor for newer investors. Mike shares his story of leaving his 9-5 jobs and creating a successful real estate investing business. In his first year as a real estate investor, he purchased 65 properties and never looked back. After years of building his investing business, Mike decided to expand into creating the investor platform and podcast, Flipnerd. The Flipnerd Podcast now has over 1,500 episodes that contain high profile guests and great educational content. Recently, Mike started a new real estate investing mastermind called Investor Fuel. Hope you enjoy this week's episode and please don't forget to leave us a review!Mentioned in this episode: Flipnerd- https://flipnerd.com/Investor Fuel- http://investorfuel.com/home-page

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Jawad Dashti is the owner of Precision Plumbing and TooDash Properties in Dallas, Texas. Jawad was running a highly successful plumbing business when he was told he was losing money by keeping it in his savings account. That day forever changed Jawad's life as he then set himself on a mission to teach himself real estate investing. One of the unique things about Jawad's investing business is that he rarely spends money on marketing or borrows money. Listen to Jawad share how he has created a highly successful investment firm in one of the hottest markets in the country!Mentioned in this episode: Precision Plumbing- http://precision-plumbing.com/garland-tx-plumbing/

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Carl Dean started his real estate investing career as a wholesaler in Detroit, Michigan. After building a successful business as a wholesaler he turned to rehabbing properties and selling them as turnkey rental investments. During this transition he moved from Detroit to Kansas City and eventually Dallas, Texas. It is there that his turnkey rental business took off and eventually earned him the award of Turnkey Provider of the Year in 2016. Soon after winning this award Carl made the transition to Belize where he helped develop a project for Hilton. Now, Carl finds himself back in Dallas, Texas as a multi-family investor and continuing his impressive real estate investing journey.Mentioned in this episode:SPI Advisory- http://www.spiadvisory.com/American Real Estate Investments- https://areiusa.com/

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Trevor Mauch is the CEO of Carrot which specializes in real estate investor websites that gets search engine rankings and generates free seller and buyer leads. Trevor is one of those entrepreneurs that truly practices what he preaches to his team. He is a beacon of positivity that has created a set of "core values" for the Carrot team. Those "core values" are Have Fun and Be Different Always Genuinely Care, Be A Beacon of Positivity and Possibility, Consistent Improvement and Innovation, Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open Minded,Transparency, Deliver WOW Through Great Service ,Gratitude for Everything, Consistent and Predictable Financial Growth. It was an honor to be able to sit down with Trevor and listen to him share the importance of these values to his team. Mentioned in this episode:Investor Carrot: https://oncarrot.com/Trevor Mauch: http://www.trevormauch.com/

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Don Costa shares his incredible story of how he was a successful real estate investor prior to the economic crash in 2007 and 2008 and lost everything due to lack of systems and accountability. Don suffered several humbling moments from using quarters to pay for gasoline and having his credit card declined to purchase dinner for his family. He used these moments as motivation to create a real estate investing business that is truly run like a business. He implemented systems, processes and accountability throughout his organization. Several years later, he is now flipping over 100 houses a year in the Fresno, California market with an average of 100 days from close to close. Don is also the host of the Flip Talk podcast and the Next Level Immersion Mastermind. Mr. Costa has cemented himself as a leader in the real estate investing community with goals of moving further into the education of investors in the near future.Mentioned in this episode: Flip Talk Podcasthttp://fliptalk.com/The Next Level Immersionhttp://nextlevelimmersion.com/

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Donovan shares his story of getting his start in real estate investing with wholesaling and how he has become a high volume rehabber in the Dallas, Texas market. Donovan now runs an investing company with a team of 15 people that help him with his flip projects. He shares how he acquires, markets and finances his deals. Donny also breaks down the value of the subject to the existing mortgage strategy and how to properly utilize it.

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Lawrence Thompson is a motivational speaker, author and television host from Memphis, Tennessee. Lawrence found his calling, after his service in the military, by speaking to people and motivating them to find their true potential. He shares with us how that led to him becoming a published author and a local television host in Memphis.

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