Hello WIIRE listeners! Have you ever had one of those moments when you just thought,

‘I can’t do this anymore, it’s time to sell off my portfolio!’

If you answered ‘yes’, we’ve got a secret to share with you… We’ve been there, friend!

In this WIIRE podcast episode, we’re sharing our top four moments that almost made us throw in the towel. We’re sharing our personal stories involving both properties and tenants and hope this inspires you on your most challenging days to keep pushing through.

To put it in perspective, these four times are only four out of the one hundred times we’ve considered quitting the REI biz. As landlords and property owners, we do our best to go above and beyond for our tenants and we take it personally when things happen.

We are so grateful for each other and to our WIIRE community to have one another to lean on in those times. We opening up and being vulnerable with you and would love to hear your stories about the moment(s) that nearly made you throw in the towel.

The takeaway we want you to have from this podcast episode is not what made us almost quit, but what we did after we decided to keep going and the learning moments that came as a result.

Thanks for tuning in, friends! We’ll catch you in the next episode!

Resources:

• Secure your seat for the virtual meetup about raising private capital with Fractional
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Welcome back WIIRE listeners! We’re so excited to introduce you to our friend Dominique Gunderson, a full-time real estate investor who lives in Colorado Springs but invests in flips and BRRRR properties in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dominique has learned some amazing skills as an investor who works remotely, and we are so excited for her to share her expertise with you. Dominique has over 50 flips under her belt (at only 26 years old), and owns 7 long-term rental properties herself.

We are talking about…

• How and why she chose her market
• When it’s time to let contractors go
• Actionable tips for handling contractors going over budget

Dominique also shares where she finds her confidence (something we can all relate to!) and what a typical week looks like as a remote investor who flips up to 12 properties at once.

If you want to know more about Dominique and follow along with her journey, you can find her on Instagram.

Thanks for tuning in, friends!

Resources:

• Grab your ticket to the Level Up Your Listing Summit and use the code WIIRE for 10% off your ticket!
• Connect with Dominique
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Have you ever gone to walk a potential rental property and thought to yourself ‘what a strange layout, where would someone even put a couch?’ or maybe you’ve pulled up to the property only to discover there is absolutely no place to park. This week on the podcast, we are covering the top 5 red flags we consider to be ‘no-nos’ when it comes to buying and operating your rental properties.

The 5 rental property no-no’s we’re deep-diving into are:

1. Busy street/poor parking situation
2. Funky property layouts
3. Allowing tenants to set the rules rather than following yours
4. Not following through with routine maintenance or tenant maintenance requests
5. Letting your tenant screening practices slide

We’re sharing some of our personal experiences with these, as well as what we’ve learned along the way.

Is there something you’ve been wanting to ask or a topic you’d like us to cover in an upcoming episode? Send us an email and let us know!

Thanks for tuning in!

Resources:

• Secure your seat for the virtual meetup about raising private capital with Fractional
• Have a suggestion or something you’d like us to cover on the podcast? Email us!
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Hello listeners! We are so excited to introduce you to the wickedly talented, Tatianna Taylor-Tait, a real estate investor and designer in Vancouver who owns and arbitrages 5 of her own units and co-hosts 6 additional units. With an incredible eye for design, Tatianna has designed over 100 properties and is the co-founder of the Level Up Your Listing Summit.

In this episode, Tatianna shares…

• Some of her best design tips and tricks for rental spaces
• How to keep your design timeless vs trendy
• Why the property should be a reflection of who you are
• Plus, the most common design mistakes she sees in short-term rental spaces

Tatianna is a genius when it comes to the psychology behind beautiful spaces. We hope you are ready because we dive into so many key design elements for short and midterm rentals (even some to help you stay on budget!) and we’re talking all about the importance of knowing exactly who your target audience is when designing your rental space.

You can find out more about Tatianna by checking out her website or following her on Instagram!

Grab your ticket to the Level Up Your Listing Summit and use the code WIIRE for 10% off your ticket!

We’ll see you next week!

Resources:

• Grab your ticket to the Level Up Your Listing Summit (use code WIIRE for 10% off!)
• Work with Tatianna
• Connect with Tatianna on Instagram
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Hey there, friends. Getting started in real estate investing is the hardest part if you haven't already figured it out. It can be super fun to think about living the REI dream, but the reality is that breaking into the industry and simply getting your feet wet can be enough to make you pause, over and over again. This episode was designed to help you make realistic and positive steps towards launching your REI biz. If you are a newbie investor - this episode will be an excellent place to start!

We’re sharing with you our best steps for getting started (as a newbie!) in the real estate investing game. Plus we’re looking back on what we wished we would have done differently when we first started out.

We hope you enjoy!

Resources:

• Grab our Free Buy Box Download
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Hey there, friends! We hope you are ready to hear from another incredible female real estate investing powerhouse because, in this episode, we are joined by Sarah King. We first met Sarah at our Gatlinburg retreat, and we became quick friends.

In this episode, Sarah shares her expertise in raising and organizing private money, how you can get started, and tips for newer investors who are looking to scale.

Sarah is an investor in the Fort Wayne, Indiana market and started out as a Dave Ramsey follower who dug herself out of debt, then after a few bumpy years pivoted to investing in real estate and now has 16 doors that are all her own!

While navigating her way through the world of real estate investing and through the twists and turns of her personal life, Sarah has a very clear vision of where she wants to go.

She has built an empire and is now ready to build her family.

While most investors are hyped to make the leap and walk away from their w2, Sarah plans to keep hers. She truly enjoys it and can’t see herself walking away just yet.

If you want to connect with her, you can find her over on Instagram.

Until next week!

Resources:

• Connect with Sarah on Instagram
• Enroll now in CEO Bootcamp
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Hey there, listeners! We hope you are ready for our ultimate tech stack because in this podcast episode, we are sharing with you the tech stack that we use for WIIRE, in our personal businesses, and our best recommendations for getting started with adding these to your REI business. Let’s go!

The three tech areas we will be touching on are:

• Project management
• Property management
• Overall business organizational tools
   

A few of the tech stack tools we chat about are:

• Monday
• TenantCloud
• Innago
• Baselane
• Site Audit Pro
   

But the biggest thing we want you to take away from this episode is to just get started now, so you aren’t digging yourself out of a hole later.

If you are overwhelmed with all of the options we outlined (and the others still out there), choose one thing that you feel would make the biggest difference in implementing in your business and start there. You can also head over to our Facebook group, connect with other female REI boss babes, and get advice on what has worked for them!

Thanks for tuning in, friends. We’ll see you in the next episode!

Resources:

• Secure your seat for our 5 Systems and Processes to SCALE webinar
• Grab your spot for CEO Bootcamp
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Hello, hello WIIRE podcast listeners! Welcome back to another episode. We are so excited for you to hear from our guest, Michaella Ramler, a real estate investor and developer in the Dallas area and one of our biggest inspirations at WIIRE for going BIG or going home, and we can’t wait for you to hear her story!

Along with her husband and another business partner, Michaella has been investing in the Dallas area for over 10 years. They first started investing in Dallas proper, and then last year during the big real estate boom, they moved into other areas of the metroplex.

Michaella was also an attendee at our Salt Lake City retreat (get your name on our waitlist to attend one in 2024!), where she shared with us her obsession for old, especially historic, buildings. This passion led her to purchase 17,000 square feet of commercial real estate in historic downtown Lancaster, TX.

When you think of old historic buildings in Texas, this gem is no exception. Think pioneer wagons and buildings raised in the 1800s because Lancaster was actually founded before Dallas!

Michaella grew up going to this downtown area herself and knew the owners were getting older and needed some modern-day marketing help. That combination, along with her love for old buildings, gave her the push to set her sights outside of Dallas proper and give something new a try.

This powerful story of taking on such a unique project is truly inspirational and we are so grateful to Michaella for joining us and sharing her vision and every step, from start to finish, with our audience.

In this episode, we’re talking…

• All things manifestation
• The difference between real estate investing and real estate developing
• What makes a successful developer
• Acquiring property + motivation to go after what you want

To see all the deets on this project, head over to Instagram and follow Michaella.

Thank you for tuning in, friends. We’ll catch you in the next episode!

Resources:

• Connect with Michaella on Instagram
• Email Michaella
• Grab your spot for CEO Bootcamp
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
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• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Welcome back to another episode of the WIIRE podcast! In this episode, we are detailing our personal goals, professional goals, as well as our goals for WIIRE for 2024. In the past, we both have been terrible with goal setting and in 2024 we are hoping (and planning) to turn over a new leaf and this list will hold us accountable to those goals.

As always, we encourage you to write your goals down on paper and keep them where they are readily available to see every day, so you can stay on track! We would also love for you to share your goals with us in the 2024 Goals thread in our WIIRE Community Facebook group!

Our CEO Bootcamp is now enrolling and starts on January 22! This 8-week course will teach you all of the foundations we feel you need to step into the role of CEO for your REI business. We will be teaching…

• How to systemize
• What it looks like to work ON your business as a founder
• Understanding financials and making decisions based on them
• Transforming from being in the day-to-day ops to being the visionary and CEO
• Writing SOPs, systems, and processes so you can automate and work less
• Hiring and delegating
• Getting organized
• Paying yourself

This course is a MUST if you have already purchased a few properties and are ready to go to the next level! Grab your seat before we start!

Last, our upcoming retreat sold out to our waitlist in under 12 hours, never even going live to the public! What does that mean for you? It means that if you want a spot for our next retreat, taking place in Salt Lake City in September 2024, you must be on our waitlist so secure your spot now!

Thanks for tuning in, friends!

Resources:

• Email us to vote for an international retreat location!
• Secure your seat for our 5 Systems and Processes to SCALE webinar
• Grab your spot for CEO Bootcamp
• Get on the waitlist for upcoming retreat details!
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram

Hello friends! Welcome back to our second episode in 2024! In this episode, we are excited to welcome Malia Gudenkauf, Grace’s sister and financial educator, also known as ‘Little Miss Finance’. Malia’s platform teaches women how to live their best financially literate life, and we adore her, not only because she is Grace’s sister but also because she has a wealth of excellent knowledge she openly shares.

Malia’s journey with personal finance started in 2018 at the University of Northern Iowa, where she had a job lined up with a Fortune 500 company after graduation. One day, it dawned on her that she really didn’t know anything about money except that you should be saving some. She began taking free classes on campus and reading as many books as she could get her hands on. She was fascinated by the topic but confused as to why she wasn’t learning or discussing it in any real-world conversations. She was consumed by it and decided it was her mission, snowballing from a side hustle to posting on social media platforms to coaching other young people. She now runs it as a full-time business, loving every second of it.

We are taking it back to basics and discussing how to get your personal financial house in order before you start investing. While this step is often overlooked, it is quite critical, and we’re examining why it’s important and how to do it.

If you’re stuck feeling like,

Where do I even start when it comes to finances?

…this episode is a fantastic place to start!

We talk about…

• Building passive income streams, specifically as it relates to real estate investors
• Malia and Grace’s financial understanding when it comes to their upbringing and, looking back now, their perspective on what it looks like to be ‘wealthy’
• How their parents are a prime example of aligning spending with values

It’s so important to know your personal financial foundation before you scale, and this episode will help you do exactly that.

If you want to know more about what Malia’s up to, or get more info on working with her 1:1, you can reach out to her on Instagram or you can email her directly.

See you next week, friends!

Resources:

• Connect with Malia on Instagram
• Grab a copy of Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap
• Grab a copy of Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
• Secure your seat for our 5 Systems and Processes to SCALE webinar
• Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts
• Leave us a review on Spotify
• Join our private Facebook Community
• Connect with us on Instagram