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Good Success is a real estate education company that not only teaches the ins and outs of real estate investing, but we also teach the components of building an actual business. Our podcast is centered around creating the right kind of success. Not based on quantity, but on quality. Thanks for listening and be sure to leave us a review!
Joe DiSanto spent his childhood riding BMX bikes, breakdancing, and memorizing 80’s movies, but the carefree days of youth wouldn’t last long. By 13 he was working as a busboy, helping his recently divorced mom, and picking up some of his own tabs. A valuable lesson was learned: If you don’t deal with your money, your money will deal with you. From that point on, he made it his mission to learn everything he could about making smart money
moves.
Jay is a "hands-on" real estate investor, mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, and conference speaker. He specializes in fix/flips, rentals, seller financing, and creative deal structuring. Since leaving the corporate world in 2015, he has completed over 50 deals ranging from vacant land to 6 figure flips. He is a person that seeks continuous improvement and believes in investing in self-development to grow his knowledge base, his network, and his net worth. When he's not working a deal, you can find him shredding mountain bike trails or building a vintage motorcycle.
After graduating cum laude with a degree in finance from the University of Florida, Todd started working for a Fortune Global 500 company. Less than a year later, he got laid off due to the Great Recession. During this difficult period, he committed to living on his terms and becoming financially independent. Todd dreamed of working less, experiencing more, and spending time with the most important people in his life. For the next 11 years, he worked in financial services, guiding thousands of people through the mortgage approval process. All while, he saved, invested and built passive income for the fate. Then, at 35 Todd accomplished his goal and became F.I.! He went on bucked list adventures around. The world and eventually started TightwadTodd.com. This coaching business is a way for him to follow another passion, helping others. It’s mission is financial education, so everyone can achieve their goals faster, live free, and have more fulfilled lives.
Amy Ransdell is an Executive Execution TRANSFORMATION & Peak Performance COACH, active real estate investor, real estate investment mentor, real estate agent trainer, investment strategist, licensed real estate broker, brokerage owner, SALES trainer, national speaker, marketing lead for multiple companies, and *NLP Certified Master Practitioner BREAKTHROUGH COACH.
Derick Van Ness is a Wealth Strategist who is passionate about helping people reach their full potential. His company, Big Life Financial is focused on removing the mystery and misinformation surrounding money and financial strategy so people can live their BIGGEST LIFE!
Jared Williams is on a mission to revolutionize Christian personal finance. Passionate about teaching Christian families a Biblical (and better) approach to investing, Jared has dedicated his career to shedding light on the fact that most Christian families are invested in companies that support (and, shockingly, even profit from) unbiblical practices like abortion, pornography, and addiction. His mission is simple: to make sure families know that they have alternatives.
Clint Howard is the owner of Cold River Marketing and Web Design and the Director of Design for InteractRV, the premier RV dealership website platform and marketing firm. Clint specializes in helping small businesses attract new customers and build customer loyalty through brand building and strategy, website design and optimization, and digital marketing. He also partners with his local Chamber of Commerce to provide small business marketing workshops and "shop local" marketing campaigns.
After a successful technology career in Silicon Valley, Sean purchased and flipped over 150 residential and commercial properties. He exited the market in 2006, right before the credit bubble burst. Combining his technology and real estate experience, Sean launched ForeclosureRadar in 2007. ForeclosureRadar was quickly recognized as the nation’s best foreclosure information source, growing to help tens of thousands of real estate professionals prosper in an otherwise devastating market. In 2013, Sean launched PropertyRadar, expanding beyond foreclosures to create a property data and owner information platform that powers thousands of investors, real estate professionals, home service and other property-centric businesses. More than just a data company, PropertyRadar levels the playing field by giving small businesses the same opportunities found in public records that big businesses have long enjoyed.
They build beautiful websites … for free that other agencies charge thousands of dollars for. If you want to know more about "Free Website Guys" listen to this episode where John Miles will explain it all!
Lane partners with investors who want to build their portfolio, but are too busy to mess with “tenants, toilets, and termites” by curating opportunities in his “Hui Deal Pipeline Club” where his investors have personal access to him and know that Lane is personally putting his money on the line too. The Hui Deal Pipeline Club has acquired over $250 Million dollars of real estate acquired by syndicating over $25 Million Dollars of private equity since 2016.
Neal Bawa is a technologist and an entrepreneur who is universally known in the real estate circles as The Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $320+ million-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization. The Mad Scientist lives by two mantras. His first mantra is that We can only manage what we can measure. His second mantra is that Data beats gut feel by a million miles. These mantras and a dozen other disruptive beliefs drive profit for his 400+ investors.
Dr. Paul White, founder and CEO of White Orthodontics has published several books including his best-selling book, “Beyond Straight Teeth”, and has been recognized in local magazines and publications. Dr. White is one of the country’s leading authorities on Bio-Esthetic Smile Design and frequently teaches other orthodontists and dentists in Virginia and throughout the country.
ShawnQ helps extraordinary clients create world-class businesses through high-ticket sales. He is an author, keynote speaker, high-performance coach and the creator of Clients With Purpose, one of the top sales programs for coaches, consultants and service providers in the industry, as well as the creator of the One Client Away challenge, a 5-day challenge to help you land your next (or first) high-paying client in just 5 days.
For more than 30 years, Steven Goodman, President and CEO of SHG Planning, has provided insightful solutions to the challenges of business succession, wealth preservation, retirement, and charitable planning. He currently services hundreds of clients focusing on the needs of owners of closely-held businesses and high net worth individuals. Steven Goodman is the author of Business Succession Planning: A Guide to Transfers, Sales, Family Harmony, and Minimizing Litigation, and has also written numerous articles for leading trade journals. He has paired with some of the most respected names in banking and finance to sponsor some 150 seminars about business succession and wealth preservation. His accomplishments have brought the attention of such publications as the New York Times. Steven Goodman is a CPA who was vice president of the Trust and Investment Division of JP Morgan Chase and a supervisor for KPMG Peat Marwick. He holds an MBA from Fordham University. In addition to his work with SHG Planning, Steve has been a Big Brother for the last 15 years and is passionate about supporting charities that fund the education of underprivileged children.
Nicky Billou is the #1 International Best Selling Author of the book: Finish Line ThinkingTM: How to Think and Win Like a Champion, and The Thought Leader’s Journey: A Fable of Life. He is an in-demand and highly inspirational speaker to corporate audiences such as RBC, Lululemon, Royal LePage, and TorStar Media. He is and advisor and confidante to some of the most successful and dynamic entrepreneurs in Canada. He is the co-founder of eCircle Academy (www.eCircleAcademy.com) where he runs a yearlong Mastermind & Educational program working with Coaches, Consultants, Corporate Trainers, Clinic Owners, Realtors, Mortgage Brokers and other service-based Entrepreneurs, positioning them as authorities in their niche. He is the creator of the Thought Leader/Heart LeaderTM Designation.
Mark Ritter is the CEO of MBFS and an expert in credit unions and business lending . His primary role at MBFS is overseeing the strategy of helping credit unions assist members with business needs and consulting with credit unions on planning the delivery of services to their membership.
In today's episode we have our host Tom Olson talking about how has COVID-19 changed real estate.
Bob Lachance is a nationally recognized speaker, mentor, and trainer who specializes in helping customers build their businesses through automation and outsourcing. Bob currently owns four businesses and helped start one of the nation’s largest real estate coaching programs.
Bob is the owner of REVA Global LLC which focuses on offering trained real estate virtual assistants to real estate professionals. Over the years he has experienced various setbacks where others would have simply thrown in the towel. Through the ups and downs both in business and life, his humble commitment to the daily process is something listeners can gravitate towards.
By utilizing the power of virtual assistants real estate professionals are able to leverage and scale their businesses. Investing in virtual assistants is a lifestyle change that increases business productivity. Not only do you gain back lost time but you have the opportunity to focus on the income producing tasks that grow your business.
For host Tom Olson, Quincy Long has been not only a friend but a mentor, someone who represents the meaning of 'Good Success' and 'Work to Have to Give'. Today Quincy Long joins Tom for one of the best podcast episodes of The Good Success Podcast. We get to learn Quincy's path to success, his experiences as an entrepreneur and he talks about "How to have integrity in your business".
Jake is the founder and CEO of Groundbreaker, a software application that helps real estate investment firms automate workflows in fundraising, investor reporting and investment management.
On this episode of The Good Success podcast, we have Dave Franecki talking about Notes and a Ups and Downs of Life.
Jennifer Seeno Tucker is an Associate Broker & Vice President of Business Development of Exit Realty United located in Nassau County, New York. She is the co-creator of The 7 Saturday’s Training Program for local real estate agents. She has helped dozens of real estate agents transition from paycheck employee to a flourishing career as a sole proprietor in real estate. Jennifer has also guided many real estate agents throughout their careers and helped them stay focused in meeting their goals as
business owners.
Jennifer is the author of Become A Rockstar Real Estate Agent: 7 Steps to Make $100k A Year. As a former educator with an advanced degree in curriculum design and instruction, Jennifer is committed to utilizing her background to provide realtors with the necessary tools for support as they transition to a full time real estate agent.
IT'S HERE! Our 200th episode of #TheGoodSuccessPodcast. And to commemorate the occasion we're having a very special guest: Toms favorite Pastor and spiritual leader John Wilkerson
Listen to Tom Olson, Josh Belk and Damon Riehl answer questions about the Economic Stimulus Package.
Being in love with history, architecture and many of the palaces, monasteries and historic places she visited while on vacation as a child in Portugal, Lorraine has always had a love for all things related to real estate. Thanks to her uncle Mario who would take a week off every summer when she visited Portugal, her eyes were opened to amazing structures that were built as early back as 1100 AD. Lorraine was always fascinated at what people were able to construct and create all those centuries ago without the modern conveniences and tools of the 20th century. She didn’t just walk through these places as a tourist, she would always look further and take a deep look at the construction, the curves of the flying buttresses, the stained glass windows, the intricacies of the features on many of the stone carvings and when available, the furnishings of the era. She would oftentimes stand there and try to imagine how the people lived in these residences all those centuries ago.
Jack immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1997 with just 2-suitcases and a bunch of student debt and since 2002 Jack and co-founder Michelle Bosch have purchased and sold over 4,000+ properties.
With his Land For Pennies investment method Jack and Michelle went from zero to a million in just 18-months and from that built a real estate investment empire that spans multiple areas of real estate including, land flipping, financing/ notes, tax delinquent real estate, home rentals, commercial, multi-family investments, and education.
Find more information about the Land Profit Generator with Jack Bosch at www.landprofitfund.com
Looking for an easy place to find funding for your deals? Listen to this podcast as Damon Riehl explains why he created loanbidz.com and how you can easily get private lenders competing for your loan.
Most people in the real estate investing industry know what a hard money loan is. Some can get money cheap, others pay a lot for their loans. We bring on Rick Bresler to talk about the ins and outs of acquiring hard money lending for real estate investing.
Owner of Cafe Fresco in Crown Point, IN, and owner of Community Love, Breanne Zolfo is spreading positivity with her push to help others in her community and around the world. Listen in as Breanne talks about what she's doing to make an impact with her life.
Mark Roderick is one of the leading Crowdfunding and Fintech
lawyers in the United States. Expanding on his in-depth
knowledge of capital-raising and securities law.
On this episode, we bring Mark on to talk about the benefits of crowdfunding for real estate investors.
Christy and Shannon have been real estate investors for quite a while, but they noticed a problem that was common with many real estate investors. Lack of leads. To solve this, they are working on a great software for lead generation through texting and ringless voicemails. Listen in as we talk about how this type of lead generation can get you more deals!
With having such an intense conversation with Noel Christopher about the trends of SFR, we had an incredible time with Noel on this show! Noel is the Senior Vice President of Renters Warehouse and is crushing it with content as well. Listen in as we have some great conversations!
Rita has taken massive action to create passive income for herself! Rita was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in the United States. While building her real estate portfolio, Rita was a Psychiatric Registered Nurse. She is a buy & hold investor specializing in out of state investing. She creates passive income with a purpose providing safe affordable housing to single moms & their young children through the Section 8 Program.
The topic of a "Fractional CFO" has been tossed around quiet a big in the business world, but very few people know what it is and how it can benefit their business. We bring on Good Success Mastermind Member and accountant extraordinaire, Josh Belk to give us insight on what a Fractional CFO can do!
Estate planning is something not a lot of people are educated on or even know it exists. We bring on our good friend, Mary Hart to discuss with us why estate planning shouldn't be overlooked and how to start making it happen.
In the Northwest Indiana market, there are plenty of real estate brokerages, but one stands out above all. Kevin Hutnick, Founder of Listing Leaders, tells us his story of how he founded Listing Leaders and how he has managed the massive growth that his company has experiences!
Bringing a great element specifically to real estate investors and realtors, Daniel Ramsey's MyOutDesk services provides virtual assistants well versed in the real estate industry. We have Daniel on to chat with us about how virtual assistants can be leveraged to save you the important asset you have. Your time.
One thing biggest things real estate investing business owners struggle with is online (digital) marketing. It's new, it's hot, it works but it's also overwhelming to most people. We bring on Good Success Mastermind member, Heather Nichols to talk about some ways where you can elevate your business through online marketing!
Flipping Gary, Indiana has been a massive vision for Tom Olson, and seeing someone else being a huge force with helping that cause is incredible! Greg Slaughter has a unique corporate background with systems and processes and has been able to implement that mindset into his real estate investing business. Making big moves in Gary, Indiana, Greg has some great details on things coming down the pipe!
Located near Virginia Commonwealth University, Alex Lugovoy has an incredible story of becoming a force in changing his community with student housing. Alex is extremely niched into a specific area with all of his rental units and can see most of his units from his bedroom window.
Through much experience working with many contractors, Susan Dupont, President of Radius Renovation Group has been able to create systems and methods of working with contractors to get projects done on time, on budget, and with as little stress as possible!
Seth is an investor out of Toronto and has a podcast called "Purchase to Profits" that is a daily show interviewing real estate investors and picking their brains about all things real estate investing.
Tom Nardone is known as "The Millionaire Mailman" and there is an absolutely incredible story behind that! Going from being a mailman to a millionaire through real estate, Tom has one of the most interesting success stories that you'll ever hear.
In the world of professional sports, athletes can become very cash wealthy quickly, but what do they do with that wealth? Hakeem Valles who is a retired NFL tight end, went into real estate investing to be a good steward of the money he had made as a pro athlete. Hakeem talks about his story of going from an NFL tight end to a real estate investor.
Short term rentals is a topic that not a lot of real estate investors are talking about, but could potentially be a gold mine if done properly. Walter Wofford has always been known for his creativity in structuring deals, so Walter has taken that talent and applied it to the short term rentals game and the results are shocking!
Good Success has a lot of meaning behind the brand. With this, Tom has created 30 questions to ask yourself to determine if you are having the right kind of success “Good Success"
I promise you these questions will grab your attention and haunt you if you don’t know the answers to them.
I challenge you to go through this list and answer these questions Honestly. Once you can do this with frank honest answers I can assure you that you will make some life-altering changes!
So much changes for someone like Jasmine Willois when you walk into a room and you are owed $30 million in debt as opposed to being in debt and owing other people money. Jasmine Willois with The Note Assistant Program comes on the show to talk about her journey to becoming one of the biggest names in Note Investing!
Good Success has a lot of meaning behind the brand. With this, Tom has created 30 questions to ask yourself to determine is you are having "Good Success" or not. Making sure you review these important questions regularly is vital to your growth.
Wholesaling is arguably the easiest way to get into real estate investing, but while the risk is low, there are still many ways that a person can do it wrong. We bring John Morey on the show who is dominating in the Huntsville, AL market to talk about how he has run his business and mentored others to dominate in wholesaling.
Investing in real estate takes much more than just hustle and hard work. Though those are key ingredients, successfully investing in real estate takes applied knowledge and proper deal structure. Also known as actual investing. Far too many investors speculate on deals to see if they're good or not. Stop speculating and start investing.
Wholesaling is a great way to put your foot in the door when getting into the real estate investing world. Unfortunately, even with the ease and low-risk factors, people still scale their wholesaling businesses incorrectly. Jason Engelman shows us a few things that need to be done in order to excel in wholesaling!
Last week, Tom Olson had the privilege of visiting the White House with Capitol Connection and experienced a lot of interesting and uplifting things! For this show, Tom brings back to us some things he came across while on his visit.
Land investing could be one of those hidden secrets to wealth that isn't talked about a lot, with low overhead and low risk! That's why we bring on Jermain Hill to talk about the ins and outs of land investing. We ask him what to look out for and why someone should consider investing in land.
Legacy is a word that is thrown a lot and often times takes on it's own meaning from each person that talks about it. Augie Byllott gives us a deeper perspective on what a legacy actually means and it may not be what you think it is, but we sure do love it!
CEO of Self-Directed Investor Society, Bryan Ellis has a passion for helping investors use their self-directed IRA at it's fullest potential! Along with this comes a lot of things to be cautious about that your average investor would not know. Bryan gives us some risks that need to be avoided and some pro-level tips about investing with your self-directed IRA!
Life as a submarine officer in the Navy for 26 years, taught Gary Pinkerton some extremely valuable lessons about business. We also dig deep into Gary's thoughts about creating a legacy with multiple strategies in investing.
Dave Zook is a successful business owner and an experienced real estate investor active in Multi-Family Apartments, Self-storage, and the ATM space. Dave has acquired more than $100 million worth of real estate since 2010. At the time of this writing, he and his investors own approximately 3000 Multi-family Apartment units. In this episode, we dig deep into Dave's brain to find out why his investments are so diverse and what his strategies are!
Brian Trippe out of Birmingham, AL has built an incredible meetup group that will be going national soon called REI LIVE. The group has grown exponentially, but the way he has grown it is a lot more simple then you may think it is. Giving is the word Brian uses for building his community.
Investing in multifamily properties is talked about very much on our show, but is it a good strategy for passively investing? Dwellynn is a Multifamily investment firm with a focus on acquisitions, repositioning, development, and management of affordable, yet quality, multi-family residential properties.
Masterminds are a huge part of the success that Wendy Sweet, CEO of Carolina Hard Money, has had in her real estate journey. The brainpower in a mastermind creates an environment for real estate business owners to get out of working in their business and work on their business with the help of those in the room.
Is your "Why" big enough when hard times coming rolling through your real estate investing journey?
Have you ever thought about real estate investing as a path to financial freedom? Have you kicked around the idea but felt you were too busy with work and family responsibilities? If so, One Rental at a Time will transform your life, just as it has transformed Michael's life and the lives of thousands of others. This concept reveals how buying and holding rental properties will create a second income that can, in time, allow you to quit your day job!
Getting to understand your vision and your why is not an easy task to accomplish, but when you get there, it is life changing!
Going through many hardships in his real estate journey, Mark Dolfini has created a concept called "The Time Wealthy Investor." With this concept, Mark has shared his secrets of escaping working 80 hours a week as a self-managing landlord and losing nearly everything and getting to being time wealthy and only working 2 hours a week. Mark has a lot of interesting concepts to share about vision, purpose, time, and business.
Hosting the Before the Millions podcast with over 100,000 downloads, Daray has created an incredible brand around helping others on their real estate investing journey. While simultaneously growing his passive income portfolio of real estate assets and business accolades, he’s channeled his burning desire to help others by urging a change in their beliefs about who they are and what type of lifestyle they’re able to achieve with the right mindset, focus and leverage.
If you don't go into a relationship building it correctly, it can get really creepy, really fast! If you build your relationships the right way, opportunities will always come your way.
Victor Menasce is a genius when it comes to the whole concept of capital and how to acquire it. Victor Menasce has raised several hundred million dollars for ventures, corporate buy-outs and real estate projects. As a fulltime real estate developer, he raises funds on a daily basis. Listen in as Victor teaches us a thing or two about magnetic capital!
The word "change" is used a lot in business when you're applying a new system, process, or software. Often times companies that have been around a long time, don't like to see these changes, but to scale the business, you often need to embrace the innovation as opposed to reject it.
Adding the right systems to your business can save you a lot of man-hours and headaches, and adds automation into your business. Ricky Davis with BrightPath Notes has helped automate their processes for buying and selling notes. Listen on on the tips Ricky gives us on implementing systems into your business!
Acquiring private lending for the first time can be a bit intimidating or maybe you are still fearful of it after a few deals. Adrien shares his thoughts on acquiring private lending and what mindset to have going into it.
Focused in the Northwest Indiana market, Adrien Chabot along with his partner Justin Smits has been able to establish their brand, Region Home Buyers as go to home buyers source for their market. Also hosting the largest real estate investor meetup group in NWI, Adrien has been able to pull the real estate investing community into one room and build huge credibility with those in his market!
Creating a loyal customer base is a code that every business must crack. Max Keller has found a great piece that creates incredible loyalty with his clients because of the sheer fact of giving them high value. Author of the recently published book, "Home to Home," Max wrote this book specifically to fill a need in the senior housing education space. By doing this, Max has created huge loyalty with his customers. Listen in as Maexplainsns the concept of bringing value to your customers.
Instead of looking at an employee and training them to just do a job, Nathan looks at it from training, mentoring, and coaching of a leader and that naturally creates more leaders in your business. Our good friend Nathan Brooks talks about how his business has exploded and built his team on a leadership mentality.
What type of person do you want to be? Are there people you look up to that you admire their accomplishments, the characteristics or spirit they have? Go be around that person and you start to emulate the habits they have and the way they think.⠀
Zach has completed over 100 deals in just under 3 years of being a real estate investor all under the age of 30! With being young, Zach brings a lot of energy and passion for what he does, but also a lot of wisdom. On this episode, we dig into how a young real estate investor can grow to where they want to be.
"If you can't grow yourself personally, then you can't grow yourself professionally." This truth needs to be understood by everyone!
We're excited to have this power couple on the show to chat about growth in your personal life and how that affects your professional growth. Businesses also focus a lot on posting their core values on a wall but don't truly live them in their day to day operations. DJ and Jessica explain to us why it's important to actually live your core values!
Ultimately when you educate your customers and other people, you influence them at the same time. This is often a great recipe for winning over customers.⠀
The ins and outs of financing a property can be a bit intimidating to some people because of all the options you have. We bring on the show our good friend, Jerry Padilla who's a senior loan originator for Prime Lending and a Good Success Mastermind to talk about your options and what may be best for you!
Having the correct mindset as an entrepreneur is extremely critical when it comes to personal and business growth. Here's how it can affect you at every angle.
There's something about being around good people that want to grow personally, that makes you a better person yourself!
Why is attitude so important to your growth in life and business? Our good friend Jim Ingersoll jumps on the show to talk about how attitude affects you and how growing your network generates opportunity!
Ken Lacy, Executive Director of the non-profit, Veterans Path Up talks about the growth of this wonderful mission to end veteran homelessness. A lot of times, non-profits do not run like a business even though they should be. Ken talks to us about how his non-profit has been able to scale using a valuable network and implementing other systems into the business.
Opportunity Zones are a hot topic in the real estate investing community, but no one is officially an expert on this topic. Josh Belk comes in to have a great conversation with Tom and Josh about the potential strategies for opportunity zones and how you can possibly capitalize on them. We also have some great end of the year tax information for businesses in this episode! Take notes!
The Christmas season is here! Many wonderful memories will be made with the people you love, but often times our eyes are taken off of what's important with this season. Tom gives us some things to think about and make sure we lock in to keep the right perspective of this wonderful season!
A question that a lot of people ask themselves every single day, "Why am I getting out of bed?" If you can't answer this questions clearly, then you need to sit down and hash it out. Ultimately your answer will push you to get out of bed every day or make you just not care.
From the small market of Wittenburg, WI, Derek Dombeck has had to become creative when it comes to real estate deals due to lack of high inventory. Derek walks us through the strategies he's implemented to succeed in the central Wisconsin market.
Giving WITHOUT expectations is true giving. The measurement of success to actual givers is often the number of people that were impacted in their lifetime.
Gerald Hennessey is in the Seattle market which is struggling with inventory, which has caused him to explore others options including virtual wholesaling. On this episode, Gerald walks us through the pros and cons of virtual wholesaling and why it works well!
Your employees, your spouse, your kids, and people you build relationships with. There is no better way of making someone feel appreciated, than being a student of them!
One of the most overlooked elements to building a business is building the culture. Matt and Jeremiah talk about the importance of a company'a culture and what they are doing to implement a good culture in their business!
As business owners, it's extremely hard to let go of the day to day operations, but letting go is a huge part of your business's growth. Who knows, maybe someone can do a task better than you!
Glenn Stromberg's primary operation is in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, which is one of the most saturated markets for real estate investing. With so much demand in the Dallas market and lack of inventory, Glenn shares how he's combatting the saturated market!
Many people struggle with one area of life which is the biggest component for growth, and that is action - making stuff happen. Whether it's health, business, lifestyle, impact, or personal growth, if you do not take action, you will not move the needle! Felix talks about his past health issues, and how he overcame them by just taking action on improving his health!
Decision, clothes, shoes, food, and everything else. So many things come into our lives that just don't matter. With the concept of minimalism, Eddie Wilson chats about how getting rid of the things that don't matter has impacted his life.
A lingering question in the real estate investing world is, "Will there be another real estate market crash in the near future?" Eddie Wilson, CEO of Affinity Worldwide, has an interesting perspective using data and history to tell us why the next crash won't be the real estate market.
Creative problem solving is often clouded by trying to drown your competitors. Here's a great point of view to get rid of that mindset!
In the world we live in today, the scarcity mindset is conveyed more than we know. The mentality of only one winner and one loser creates a mindset of scarcity when abundance should be the mindset to shoot for.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to manage over 1,000 doors? For Strategy Properties owned by Michael Jordan, that is a reality! Learn from Mike himself, how to have multiple companies work in synergy with each other to make this machine run!
Health is something that often gets overlooked as a business owner or entrepreneur. Unhealthy diets, no exercising, then our bodies start to slow down. Tim Davis has a goal to live to be 108 and here is how he's going to do it!
Applying technology to your business as a property manager not only makes your life easier but also your tenants. On this episode, we have one of our mastermind members, Tim Davis, who has a property management company with over 400 doors, explain how he leverages technology to streamline his business.
Redefining yourself isn't as complicated as most people make it out to be. As Rock Thomas says, "The words that follow 'I am,' follow you." Take command on the way you view yourself, and you'll shape yourself into what you want to be!
Finding a good market to invest in real estate can be difficult and frustrating at times, but if you bring it back to a high level, it's not so tough. Marco Santarelli, an expert in turnkey investments, gives us the biggest keys to finding good markets to invest in real estate.
"Live in such a way that from your heart, you don't see anyone as your enemy."
John Wiley, brand ambassador of Think Realty, visited our Good Success Mastermind and presented this as his give. Everyone in the room was blown away realized the truth that was said here. How do you view your competitors?
Any investment strategy can be very tricky and dangerous if you haven't done your homework, but investing in real estate is an entirely different ball game. We bring on Marco Santarelli to explain to us the how's and why's of investing in real estate passively. Hosting the Passive Real Estate Investing Podcast which is frequently in the top 10 business podcasts on Apple Podcast, Marco has massive strides in educating investors about investing in real estate.
I truly have a desire to help you build a portfolio and help you with your financial freedom plan. I know I am not perfect, and I promise there will be things that go wrong and not as planned; however, I do believe with all my heart if you follow this plan you will get the best results when buying rentals.
This is the one thing that makes successful people stand out more than anything. Not their diet, not their routines, and not the books they've read, though all of that is important, this stands above all else. The speed of implementation or taking action.
Over time many things have changed in the way business is run, but three things have stood the test of time and they may be more obvious than you think. Marc Cunningham, President of Grace Property Management & Real Estate, shares so many nuggets in this interview about growing and maintaining a monster property management company established in 1978 by his father!
Acting is by far the most important step in achieving financial freedom. You could have all the knowledge in the world, do nothing with it, and it would be completely worthless. As Tom Olson says, "Figure it out or figure out how to figure it out in the middle of figuring it out."
Financial freedom is a term most people only dream of and believe is not achievable, but what if it was a lot easier than you think? Tom Olson, President of Good Success has achieved financial freedom and has the proper steps explained in a very achievable way, but be warned, action, patience, and long-term thinking are required for this plan.
Money isn't always an indicator of success, so what other things can dictate you being successful or not? The truth is success has a lot more depth than just the amount of cash in your pocket.
Flipping America is a nationally syndicated radio show hosted by Roger Blankenship. Roger has a vast experience in real estate investing including fix and flipping and wholesaling. We bring Roger on the show to chat about the value of a wholesale business vs. a property management business, what freedom actually means, and the meaning of meaning.
Good leaders ask great questions. Ask your staff and employees what you can do for them to make their job more efficient. You may be surprised at the answer!
Growing a wholesaling and fix and flip business into multiple markets can be challenging especially if you don't do it correctly. Brandon Barnes has been in both positions of failing to try to grow into multiple markets, learned from the mistakes and is now successful at it. Brandon shares some of his secrets on making it happen!
Sales gets a bad wrap from the general public but not all sales techniques are bad. John Martinez uses methods that puts the customers in a position that makes their needs feel valued.
There are many interesting concepts taught from sales trainers, but one that is specifically in the real estate industry is John Martinez. John dives deep into how going for the close is the wrong way to approach sales and how the emotional brain can affect sales.
Sharing on social media doesn't just mean posting strong opinions or negative thoughts. As a personal or business account, instead of arguing and making social media more negative, how about sharing more positivity?! There's nothing more powerful a brand can share than valuable and positive content.
Media is a silo in marketing that many business owners miss out on, and media has many silos of its own, so where do you start? We bring on Brandon McCurdy from Brand Design to help us understand where media fits into our business and how we should be using it.
Tasks, especially big tasks can be intimidating in your everyday work schedule, but as long as you have the knowledge and the tools for your tasks, then there is only one reason why you aren't completing your tasks!
Mark Jackson is an experienced and savvy real estate investor who teaches and provide much value to the industry. Using data for investment properties is a strong point for Mark. On this episode, we dig into Mark knowledge on investor data and how to use it properly.
It's a known fact, in order to put the right people in the right seats and grow your business, systems and processes have to be set in place!
To grow any business no matter what size it is, you have to have processes set in place. Duy recently implemented processes due to his business growing and hiring on more staff to help him reach his business's goals.
SEC = Support, Encourage, & Challenge
These are fantastic pillars to apply when you are being a mentor to someone!
Your identity is made up of many different things, but can you redefine it? Rock Thomas is a powerful speaker and founder of the GoBundance & the M1 Masterminds. He's owned 6 RE/MAX franchises generating over a billion dollars in revenue and now invest in real estate. Oh, and not to mention the Goalcast video featured with Rock that has north of 75 million views. So much value in the interview, we hope you enjoy!
Having integrity is not something that every person has. People remember the way you treat them in business. Have integrity.
Michael Zuber has acquired over 170 rentals over the past 15 years into his personal portfolio and has valuable insights into why this coming decade could be the best for landlords!
Success means something different for every person. To Valerie Downs of Listing Leaders, it focuses on happiness, fulfillment and giving back.
Looking for opportunities to give and impact others is something most people don't do. We sit back and wait for an opportunity to jump on it. Nicole and Valerie of Listing Leaders Gives Back are taking a different approach to be proactive and look for impacting and giving opportunities.
This one principle made Uber one of the most valuable brands on the planet. Do you apply this in your business?
Creating a massive movement of "Kingdom Entrepreneurs," Pedro Adao is a huge force to reckon with. Pedro is the founder of The 100X Academy, Fortress Financial, Author of "The Finished Life," and ClickFunnels award winner of the Two Comma Club. In this interview, we dig into Pedro's thoughts about what it actually means to be an entrepreneur with a deeper purpose than having a successful business.
Abhi Golhar gives some key advice as to how realtors can capitalize on relationships with investors.
Abhi Golhar is the host of the Think Realty radio show, The Abhi Golhar Show, and Ask Abhi Golhar. With this, Abhi has made many connections with Realtors and Investors, being able to see how the synergy between the two can create a powerful force. On this episode, we discuss how realtors can think like and become investors, and vice versa.
The most overlooked factor when focusing on being productive is taking care of your health.
As entrepreneurs and business owners, sometimes health gets thrown under the rug because of the busy life. This is unfortunate because our bodies are an extremely valuable asset. We bring in health and wellness expert, Nick Kutschke, to talk about why you need to be taking care of your health and where to start!
For turnkey buyers, a big question in the air is, "Did I miss the boat on turnkeys with the interest rates going up?" So should you moves your funds elsewhere or is there an answer for this lingering question? We have on the show to answer that, Aaron Chapman one of our mastermind members and go to for turnkey lending, Jarrod Stotmeister of Olson Group, and Tom Olson, president of Good Success.
Creating wealth in real estate is easier than most people think, but not if you don't fully understand the process. . Pick up your FREE Active Turnkey Book at: goodsuccess.com/atkbook
Have you ever wondered what the best way to buy rentals is? Or if there are multiple ways to buy rentals? Our own Tom Olson revisits the Active Turnkey Model and how it can create the ultimate financial freedom and making sure you understand the five wealth generators in rental properties. . Pick up your FREE Active Turnkey Book at: goodsuccess.com/atkbook
Want to hear from a property management company managing over 22,000 homes for 13,000 investors in 40 markets? Representing Renters Warehouse, our guest, Noel Christopher, talks about scaling up a property management company, the institutionalization of the single-family asset class and how consolidation is the space is affecting the markets.
Passive income is something not taught in most of your money management training and course, but in order to achieve financial freedom, passive income is an absolute must. We have Forrest Bryant, an absolute genius and a fiduciary in the investing world, to talk about strategies for passive income and also talking about the legacy you're leaving. You won't want to miss this one!
If you're going about life with exercising gratitude, you're going to find some benefit to every experience. Do you show gratitude in everything that comes your way?
From one of the top turnkey providers in the country, Sean Tagge lets us in on a top secret of how they are able to scale their business so quikckly! Knowing your numbers helps you know how to scale. . Know your numbers!
We sit down with Sean from Memphis Investment Properties out of Memphis, TN to talk about the ins and outs of how a major turnkey provider operates their business! From the rehab to the property management piece, Sean is going to share some tips and secrets on running a successful turnkey business!
Fear is a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life. What fear is holding you back today?
Straight out of Forney, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth region), Brandon Richards has adapted living a fearless life, living it on his own terms, helping 3rd world countries in amazing ways and using his real estate business as the vehicle for it. In a competitive market, we get Brandon's view on how he is making major headway and becoming a force to reckon with!
There are 5 audiences that in life, you will spend your time with. We have Max Keller on the line to tell us what those are and how to prioritize them!
Max Keller is the President of Savior Realty and a long time member of the Good Success Mastermind. One thing Max teaches and is very knowledgeable in is time and valuing your time. We get Max on the podcast to have him expound on ways to use your time efficiently.
Rosario began his Real Estate career in 2003 when he left the finance industry and partnered with a local Real Estate Broker specializing in distressed real estate. Now in his 15th year working exclusively in investment real estate, Rosario is excited to share the Clickinvest system he pioneered. Rosario has represented investors, rehabbers, builders, banks, and institutions in more than 2,500 transactions valued at more than $300 million. Rosario was the number one broker in Chicago for 2013 and ranked 4th nationally by the Wall Street Journal. He has built a career working with investors to stabilize distressed properties and now brings that experience and expertise to this venture.
Larry has been investing in real estate for over 30 years. Previously, Larry served as president of the Metrolina Real Estate Investors Association in Charlotte NC, a not-for-profit organization that has over 350 members and is the local chapter of the National Real Estate Investors Association. Larry is an active real estate investor and travels throughout the United States speaking and training audiences at conventions, expos, and Real Estate Investment Associations on his strategies for buying and selling houses. Larry has also written several books on real estate investing that are available wherever books are sold. Larry and Kandas are also the host of the BRAG Radio Network. BRAG is all about investing in real estate to Be Rich And Generous. Larry also has a podcast on real estate investing Brain Pick a Pro, where he interviews experts from real estate and give his own expert advice.
We are excited to have a good friend of ours and Good Success Mastermind member, Ken Lacy of Veteran's Path Up! . Ken started his Navy career in the Engineering Department on a Nuclear Submarine over a four year period. He followed this with 3 years of Security duty and then becoming an EOD-Explosive Ordnance Diver. He switched to the reserves and become a hard hat diver which then enabled him to become a Commercial Diver on the civilian side at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He was injured on a dive job and during his rehabilitation, received his Bachelors in Business Management. He went on to retire from the Navy reserves with a combined 26 years of service. In August of 2014, he began working with the Veterans Administration, and many non-profits within the community to place at risk and homeless veterans into properties. He is a member of the “Housing our Heroes” team to end veteran homelessness in Charlotte. In order to maximize his ability to help more Veterans under the umbrella
Carole Ellis serves as Editor-in-Chief of Think Realty Magazine and news editor for Self-Directed Investor Talk news. Think Realty Magazine is the top publication in America for real estate investors and among the few monthly print publications specifically for investors found on newsstands today. Carole is the former host of the popular nine-minute educational podcast series for real estate investors, REI Today, served as the editor of the Bryan Ellis Investing Letter, a newsletter for real estate investors with over 700,000 subscribers worldwide, and is a past editor of the University of Georgia's Research Magazine. She has been writing, reporting, educating, and investing in real estate since 2006.
Running one of the largest Real Estate Investing meetup groups in Northwest Indiana (Invest NWI), Justin and his business partner have made a stamp in the NWI market for the past few years. Also having an established foothold with their home buying brand, Region Home Buyers, Justin has made some serious progress in the real estate investing game since his start in 2011. . Justin is also knowledgeable in the areas of lending, networking, wholesaling, and tax liens which we will heavily discuss in our interview with him! in the areas of lending, networking, wholesaling, and tax liens which we will heavily discuss in our interview with him!
Chris Prefontaine is a bestselling author and real estate investor with over 26 years of experience in the field, including 18 years as a builder, realtor, broker/owner, and investor. . In 1991, Chris began building homes and built 100 homes before starting his own brokerage. He then became a broker/owner and was selling 100 homes a year with his small team. . After years of coaching independently, Chris founded Smart Real Estate Coach in 2014. The company coaches investors on how to scale & automate their business throughout the US and Canada- all without using their cash or credit.
Gratitude is something everyone knows that we should always be thinking about and taking action on, but so few of us actually do it. In this interview with a good friend and Good Success Mastermind Member, Aaron Chapman, Aaron gives us an awesome take on Gratitude and gives an amazing story behind why he is so passionate about it. We are trying to get this talk nominated for a TED Talk so be sure to listen in and then help us vote here: goodsuccess.com/aaron
This is an uncut presentation from the May 2018 Good Success Mastermind, presented by Josh Belk of Belk & Associates. Josh talked to the group about how fear can creep into our lives and how to overcome that fear.
H. Quincy Long is the President of Quest IRA and works in the Houston corporate office. Quincy has been a licensed Texas attorney since 1991, specializing in real estate, and has been a fee attorney for American Title Company. Widely known for his enthusiasm, attention to detail and knowledge of the Self-Directed retirement industry, he is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers in the nation.
Jared Kott, an Eastside of Chicago resident has been involved in real estate for close to a decade. Marblestone Property Group was launched in August 2013 where Jared oversees the day to day operations with a strong focus on sales, marketing, growth, and community development. His vision and grit quickly enabled the company to acquire, renovate, and successfully manage close to 100 rentals units in a span of under five years. A key factor to the company’s success was Jared’s ability to think outside the box and to brand and build in areas where many of the communities had been forgotten by both investors and society alike. With the relationships he has since forged there is simply no limit to what Jared and Marblestone Property Group team can achieve.
Tim Knox is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully built and sold million dollar businesses in the software, marketing, media, and retail spaces. He has been a syndicated newspaper columnist, the small business columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine, and is the author of the bestselling business advice book Everything I Know About Business I Learned From My Mama, A Downhome Approach to Business and Life.
John is a real estate entrepreneur in the Decatur/Huntsville, AL areas. With a passion to build his community through connections and hard work, John has elevated his business over the past 2 years.
Linda is the founder and president of My Landlord Helper, a unique virtual assistant solution for DIY real estate investors. My Landlord Helper serves over 100 portfolios by automating their property and account management with a nearly 100% retention rate of clients. She is the bestselling author of the book Daily Inspirations to Achieve Your Real Estate Investment Goals and her most recent book, My Landlord Helper—The Keys to Managing Your Real Estate Investments and Achieving and Saving Money reached number one on Amazon’s Bestseller list in 2017.
Many businesses are missing out on the most important component in today's marketing. Social Media is where eeveryone's attention is no matter what market you are in. So why are so few people leveraging it, and leveraging it correctly? Connor Steinbrook has a chat with us to talk about using social media in your business!
Success is defined as a destination for most people. We chose the name "Good Success" to show that "Good Success" is not a destination. It's a journey. It's a way of living. Celebrating 100 episodes of our podcast, our entire Good Success team joins us on a fantastic explaintion of what Good Success actually means!
Duy is an experienced real estate investor in fix and flipping, structuring JV deals, new construction, wholesaling and much more. Duy is one of our newest Good Success Mastermind members, so we look forward to getting him on our platform!
Shawn is going to talk to us about options for insurance for real estate investors and how to control your insurance costs. Shawn is a fantastic teacher when it comes to this topic and there will be no sales pitching!
With many years working with Fortune 500 companies, Gary is one of the most knowledgeable facilitators you will ever come across. From implementing EOS to process mapping core process in your business, Gary can dive deep into any business and put systems in it and make it a well-oiled machine!
In this informing podcast with Abhi Gohlar, a highly experienced and educated real estate investor, we talk about the difference between creating a job as an investor and actually creating a business!
Jeff Johnson has over 20 years of experience as a licensed professional engineer and construction manager. Jeff founded NewPath Properties in 2009 when the foreclosure crisis gripped the nation. Since 2009 he has purchased and improved over 150 homes and has built several new homes. Jeff loves helping others and created the vision of NewPath Properties “Bringing Joy to Others through Real Estate”.
Presented live at the Good Success Mastermind in February of 2018, Tom Olson brings us a thought that so many people need. Changing the way you think. This high-level presentation is all about changing your mindset not just the way you do business, but in life.
Having a rental portfolio is a great way to get passive income, but are you taking full advantage of that opportunity? In this episode we have a chat with Al Williamson to discuss ways to increase the net income from your rental portfolios!
There are many components in customer service that are important, but something very simple and easy to do can make a huge difference. A lot of people overlook the power of what this thing is. Watch the video to find out!
Mobile homes are not the first thing that people think of when "real estate investing" is mentioned, but one of our mastermind members, Glenn Stromberg looks at it as a gold mine. In this episode, Glenn with Stromberg Investments explains how and why mobile homes investing is his primary business.
Books are a vital part of growing. This is no secret when it comes to the business world and growing yourself in general, but at the end of the day can you really say that you read books that will enhance your knowledge in business and life? Here are a couple of books that our Mastermind member, Max Keller suggests with trying to grow a fix and flip business.
We all know that follow up is key when running any kind of business that has a sales component to it, but do can you proudly say that you follow up with everyone the right way? Our salesman Jarrod Stotmeister gives some tips on his follow up process and what he does to make sure his customers are followed up with.
Failure is talked about a lot when it comes to building a business, but at the end of the day, does failure really cripple you to the point of quitting? A lot of people think that failure is just the world telling them it's not meant to be, but truth be told, you have complete control of your success. You aren't a failure until you quit.
This new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has taken America by storm this week, raising a plethora of questions. Our accountant and mastermind member, Josh Belk of Belk & Associates gives us a brief overview of everything going down with the new change.
In the real estate investing community, the relationship with the investor and contractor is very unstable. Often times one doesn't understand the other and bad blood happens. At the end of the day, communication is where the fallout happens. Tom Olson has spent many years on both sides of the field, and he explains his take on the relationship between contractors and investors.
With any kind of transaction between you and a contractor, there should be an agreement of sorts to protect both yourself and the contractor. Tom gives us a few items to make sure get done when creating an agreement with contractors.
Investing in real estate can be a huge challenge especially if you haven't been mentored on how to do it. In this episode we interview our good friend from Richmond, VA, Jim Ingersoll who is a long time real estate entrepreneur, and being successful in many markets.
Often times we aren't taught simple and basic principles on preparing for life and for business. Our own Tom Olson breaks down a few basic things to know with that preparation!
This is definitely the first question that comes to anyone's mind when you are vetting a deal. Is it good or is it bad? Pretty elementary. Our salesman Jarrod Stotemeister gives us a different point of view when deciding if a deal is good or bad.
In today's fast-moving world, getting caught not completing important tasks is very common, but the tasks still have to get done, but how do you organize your busy life to make sure all important things get done? Tom Olson gives us a few tips on making sure things get done!
The definition of "Outliers" is a person or thing situated away from or detached from the main body or system. That's exactly what this book is about. Talking about successful people and how they themselves are outliers, and not necessarily what they are like currently but the environment of where they came from. What made them to be the great person they are today.
Since the real estate collapse in the mid to late 2000's, there have been many stories of failing, surviving and completely avoiding the collapse. On our show for this episode, we have Roger Blankenship with the Flipping America Radio Show to tell us his story on failing in the crash, surviving it, and then thriving it. It was a pleasure having Roger on and we look forward to having him back!
A very good friend of ours and now a member of the Good Success Mastermind, Walter Wofford joins us on our podcast to talk about affordable housing and how to finance them with a two-note model. Walter is from Jackson, MS and is the owner of the Financial Friends Network. Check them out at http://www.financialfriendsnetwork.com/
Having a logo with some nice colors and design isn't enough to stand out in the business world anymore. It has become very easy to create a business and just throw a logo on it to become the face. This is why having a good brand will make you stand out more than the competition. Eddie Wilson is in the top 1% marketers in the world having a hand in the brands of Buffalo Wild Wings, Pepsi, and Subway. In this podcast, he talks about why having a good brand is going to make you stand out in all the noise.
Being busy and being productive are two different things. People always get those confused. Just because someone is "busy" doesn't mean they are productive. Productivity is way more important than being busy. This book talks about picking and choosing the essential things to make sure your business is productive as opposed to busy. Max Keller with Savior Realty reviews the book for us!
We preach mindset very often on our podcast so it is always great hearing someone else's perspective about it. Aaron Chapman with Security National Mortgage Company gives us his take on what the mindset of a real estate investor should be.
Often times when it comes to marketing, we overlook one of the easiest and cost-effective ways to market to our audience. That is email marketing and capturing those emails for marketing purposes. Our Good Success marketing director, Kevin Hansberger, gives us some insight on why capturing emails for marketing is important and how to use those emails once you have them.
When having a business, education on the market you are in will come and go all the time, whether you go looking for that education or it comes to you. Being a part of a mastermind is a huge education platform that has so many benefits to take advantage of. Tom Olson talks to us about the power that a mastermind really has!
Taking ownership is not what everyone thinks it might be. It's a much deeper component to a person's personality that is not natural for us to have. Extreme Ownership takes us to the battlefield with two Navy Seals talking about their experiences when communications are important and taking ownership of a situation in battle.
Creating great content to sell a property online is over looked more than anything. You post just whatever pics you have, and give a short fluffed description and put zero to little effort into it. But creating great content for selling your property isn't as difficult as you think.
Follow up, follow up, follow up. This is the lifeblood of sales. If you are in a business of any kind, follow up is a key factor to whether you create a customer or not. We all know this, but unfortunately, very few of us practice this business principle. Our own Jarrod Stotmeister gives his take on the importance of follow up.
Leadership is one of our favorite topics to talk about, because of everyone listening to these podcasts is leaders in some way. A more interesting point of view is from the founding fathers of our great nation. How did they lead? What did they do to engage such a following? In this book, we are told how the founding fathers gathered such a following through their leadership.
Have you put any thought into the next cycle that will happen in the real estate market? Often times it's something we forget about as real estate is thriving across the nation. That won't last forever though. Our own Tom Olson talks about the real estate cycle and how to prepare for it in order to come out on top!
Social Media is obviously one of the biggest marketing platforms in today's era. Unfortunately, most people are not educated enough to use social media to their full advantage for their business. In this episode, our content director, Josh Culler, and Marketing Director, Kevin Hansberger, dive into managing your social media marketing!
Too many times, people (not just business owners) don't know what their purpose in life is. Why they do what they do. In this episode, our President, Wayne Sheaffer, gives an easy exercise to find your life's purpose.
A book written by Navy Seals who served for several years, Extreme Ownership taking the stories from battles that these men faced, and turn them into business principles. Gary Harper gives his review on this excellent book!
Raising money for your deals can be intimidating at times. What if we told you it's not as hard as you think it might be? We bring in our Sr. Vice President, Tom Olson, to talk about dos and don'ts when trying to acquire and raise private for your real estate investment deals.
Marketing to buy houses can be easy sometimes, but at the end of the day, follow up is the biggest component that business miss. In this episode, we show you a few ways of have we acquire leads and also closing those leads!
To discuss this topic, we bring in a professional in this realm, Nick Raithel, owner of "The 7 Hour Book," a system designed to help people produce and publish books. We sit down and have a Q&A with Nick to narrow down why it's so beneficial to have a published book. . Check out Nick at www.ContentCorps.net
Many entrepreneur based books do not talk about the habits that should be developed by someone that wants to be successful. Dean Graziosi lays out great mindest concepts in order to acquire habits that successful millionaires have.
The Active Turnkey model has revolutionized our wholesale business in the past couple of years. As we grow our business, we have come to quickly realize that giving your customer what is best for them, is the most effective way to keep them coming back for more. We believe the ATK program does just that.
Building a buyers list is a very vital function to any real estate business. Having a solid buyers list will beat any other marketing, any day. How do you get a good list though? We provide you with a list of 30 ways to acquire buyers and put them on a list to buy houses from you!
Competition is something that can drive a lot of business, but often times your competition can be turned into a valuable ally. In the early days of our business' makings, our staff would visit other offices of businesses that were doing that same thing we were in our line of work. We learned so much valuable things from seeing how other people run their businesses.
"The One Thing" is a great book for any entrepreneur looking to get ahold of areas in their life where it might be chaotic or disorganized. This book teches concepts on focusing on one thing that will create a domino effect of allowing you to accomplish other things in every aspect of your life.
The way investors treat customers is often times overlooked. You start making a good amount of money, and then you get on your high horse and start treating customers with disrespect. A thing to remember is that your customers pay your bills, not your paycheck. Our top salesman, Jarrod, gives us so awesome points on how he looks at his customers, which was a big part in us selling 300 houses in 2016!
Video is the fastest growing and biggest form of consumer content right now. If you sell any products or services, you must implement video marketing in some way! In this episode, our own, Josh Culler, gives some great tips on getting started with video marketing and how it can impact your business.
Being a leader is not as easy as most people make it sounds. A lot of times, a "boss" is mistaken for a leader, but there are many differences. In this episode, our own Tom Olson gives us the 7 levels of Leadership and what they actually mean. Which level are you?
Being an entrepreneur can be a crazy life sometimes. We all know that sometimes the day aren't long enough, and we wish for more time to enjoy ourselves. In this book, Tim Ferriss explains what a 4-Hour work week could be like for you. Our guest Nick Raithel gives us 4 different views on what this book could mean to you and how it can help your busy life!
Facebook is possibly the largest marketing digital platform right now. It's so crucial for any business to have a big presence on Facebook because pretty much everyone's audience is there. We brought in an expert, Paul Boyce from John Doe Design, to give us a few awesome nuggets to those who are managing a business Facebook Page! Show notes: https://johndoedesign.com/goodsuccess/
If you want a sure way of tracking the growth of your business, or knowing where to put efforts and where not to, you need a CEO dashboard. Our President, Wayne Sheaffer gives some great advice on tracking the numbers of our companies and what tools he uses to do that!
Asking the right question when growing as a person, is a very vital part to your growth. John Maxwell explains to us, in his book, that good leaders do ask great questions. Asking the right questions can be the difference in you learning more or less.
Active Turnkey is the big buzz for our business right now. And there are many reasons for that! In this episode, our own Tom Olson gives his reasons we love the Active Turnkey program. We believe this program helps many people across the board, and that's why we believe in it!
Knowing your audience is the first step to creating successful marketing. If you can know who your customers are, and then target them, it could change your business drastically. Here we give you a few tips on how to nail that down.
Marketing could be the biggest field in your business, but are you treating it like that? The life of your business depends on the marketing you put forth. In this podcast, we explain why marketing is important and how it could change your business.
The term "investor" is thrown around a lot in today's society. Not many people can give an exact answer on what that term means. The truth is that there are multiple types of investors. 7 to be exact according to Robert Kiyosaki! Take a listen to the book review of his E-Book "7 Levels of Investors!"
For a real estate investor, especially a new one, raising money for your deals can be intimidating sometimes. In this podcast, our own Tom Olson gives tips on raising private money for Active Turnkey deals.
If you are an entrepreneur that has a side hustle and you're wanting to take that to another level, our own Gary Harper gives some great advice on how to make that happen. Gary gives the key steps to making your start up or side hustle, into a full on business.
Robert Kiyosaki's mind in finance is unmatched in the market. This is a great book for anyone interested in finding out how to get out of the rat race. Thanks for listening!
Choosing a tenant to put in your property can be frustrating at times, but what if we told you that if you had systems, processes, and automation set in place, it would be beyond easy to do? Our rental company manager, David explains our tenant placement process that could possibly help you in your quest to find that perfect tenant!
$400 per hour is an attractive number for many people, but how do you get there? In this podcast with our guest Max Keller, we discuss what it means to get to $400 per hour and how to get there.
Deep Work is a book that'll definitely make you think about prioritizing your work and how you spend your time. Our guest, Max Keller dives deep into the books and delivers a great view on the well written Cal Newport book, "Deep Work."
Fix and Flip for new investors can be a bit overwhelming. Our special guest, Max Keller gives us his fix and flip survival kit, explaining what and what not to do when working with fix and flips. Max is a newer investor, but with his aggression and hard work, he has become a success story and inspiration for any new investors!
With Christmas creeping up on us this year, we all should take the time to observe what it actually means. Why we even celebrate Christmas. Wayne provides us with some great content on what Christmas actually means. The true meaning of Christmas! Without being cliche, Wayne let's us know the side of Christmas that most people skip over this time of year. GIVING. We wish a Merry Christmas to everyone!
Part of building a successful business is understanding it's not all about you. Having a purpose other than making money is very vital for your business to have the right kind of success. Understanding that all of it, everything you've built can be taken away from you in a matter of seconds should be reason enough to give thanks to what you have. Though this podcast may not help you get more customers or make more money, we believe that giving thanks could be a huge difference maker in your business.
The Turnkey model is a pretty big market for real estate investors with the market being the way it is. Active Turnkey is a less known, slightly different model of actually "turnkey." There are difference and our expert Tom Olson tells us the pros and cons of each model and how active turnkey could be a good option for you as a real estate investor.
If you are salesman of any kind, reading the book, "People Buy You" might be one of the best books you can read. Especially if you're a newer salesman, or if you're struggling to make your sales. Our own Nick Kutschke reviews the book, talking about learning how to have people buy you. How to make a customer and not just a consumer.
Masterminds are possibly the best source for real estate education. Forget seminars, meetups, and other garbage you are fed from real estate "workshops" with people trying to sell the fact that it's easy to make enough money for a red ferrari. Masterminds have the investors that are in the trenches, that have knowledge that most workshops won't tell you about real estate investing. Wayne tells us the importance of masterminds and what you can expect from them, of course if you're serious about real estate.
There are a lot of good questions and concerns about getting into the Active Turnkey model. It's a newer way of doing deals, but can be a potential gold mine for some. In this podcast, we answer a few very good questions from one of our newer customers about the program, and of course, we have our expert Tom Olson to answer those.
Our owner Wayne Sheaffer has been on a long road to success with our company. His hard work and persistence birthed our company into what it is today. The road was not easy at all in the least bit though. In this podcast, we sit down and have a question and answer with Wayne about his journey to completing 1,400 real estate deals.
"What Got You Here Won't Get You There" is an inspiring and humbling book for those who are in a managing position of any kind. Teaches how not to be when managing people and making sure to treat them right by listening, respecting them and more. Great review by David Richter.
Getting into the Active Turnkey business can be tough if you don't have money to spend on the product. With Caeli Ridge and her Ridge Lending Group, they can get you started on your way with the lending game. In this podcast, Caeli will explain the whole lending process and what her company can do for you and how they will fulfill your needs!
Do you have a problem with change? How about being stagnant? Or do you have a victim mentality? OR do you know or manage someone who is like any of those?! This book is great to counter those types of attitudes and thinking. Change is a very big part of a company to grow, if someone is complacent or just dislikes change, it's time to address that. This book explains how!
The Rent-to-Own program is a huge part of our Active Turnkey model and could be a vital method of creating cash flow for yourself. Listen in as our own Tom Olson explains why we do Rent-to-Own properties!
Managing yourself sounds like an easy thing to do, but when you boil it down to how your life is run, is it chaos or organized? This is a continued podcast from EP13 Managing up, staying on the theme of managing. Some great advice and information from Pete who spent years managing people for a career.
Automating your finances, could be your way out to either financial freedom or financial debt. This book will give you great advice on putting your finances in check. Great book review from our own David Richter.
The Active TurnKey model is a very investor friendly way to create financial freedom. The why for doing this program is very simple as explained by Tom Olson in this podcast and his reasons could help you on your way to financial freedom as well.
Realizing how valuable you actually are, can be a bit challenging if you feel like you have failed in several things. Our part owner Tom Olson gives a great podcast here talking about how valuable you, in God's eyes.
"The Birth Order Book" is a very interesting book to review for our channel, but completely worth the listen! Understanding how people are with their personality is very important when it comes networking. Great review by our own David Richter!
This is Part2 of our episode 17, "Vetting a Property Manager." Finding a quality property manager can be such a pain. Tom Olson makes it so much easier for you with our checklist of what to look for when vetting a property manager. If you are a real estate investor, you know how important it is to have a quality property manager.
Good Success is a term not many people use. Most of the time it's "great success." There is a difference which is measured by quality over quantity. Unfortunately, in the world we live in today, we are taught that success is measured by what's in our bank account. That is far from what it should be. Our owner Wayne Sheaffer, steps up and tells us what the phrase "good success" actually means.
The book, "The Go Giver," written by Bob Burg and John David Mann, is a great book with many concepts about giving outside of yourself and what being a Go Giver actually means. Tom Olson gives a great overview on what the whole book stands for, but reading this on your own is a must.
Attention to all investors, this is a must listen to podcast if you are even thinking about getting into real estate investing! Our special guest David Phelps, discusses with us the real estate investing world at it's finest, and even includes some do's and dont's. Great tips from someone who invests heavily in the real estate market.
How do you lead by getting out of the way? In one way, that phrase doesn't make sense, but looking at it in another light can be very beneficial to you and your business, if you're wanting to scale up. Talking on the subject is a good friend of ours, David Phelps, who has lived this idea of leading by getting out of the way, better than anyone we know.
Written by Chris Voss, a former hostage negotiator, the book "Never Split the Difference" is a great book teaching on negotiating in life. This is a great read for anyone, because in life we come across having to negotiate on a daily basis, sometimes without even knowing it. We are happy to have a good friend of our company, David Phelps, review this book for us. David has a mastermind of his own called "Freedom Founders," for more information go to freedomfounders.com Thanks for listening!
Cory Boatright has been in the real estate world for many, many years and has developed a reputation of respect from fellow investors. Cory has a coaching program called, "Real Estate Investing Profits" that has many students that get education on doing real estate the right way. In this episode we pick Cory's mind as he teaches us the basics of being a real estate investor.
Automation can be absolutely huge for your business in order to scale up, but most of us don't want to take the time to do so. In this podcast, we show how important it is to have automation in your business and even some tips on how to get it started. Thanks for listening! Go to goodsuccess.com for more information on our business
Dave Ramsey's Complete Guide to Money is an inspiring book on managing your finances, from getting out of debt, to giving your earnings to others in need, setting a budget and investing. Many lessons learned through this book review so be sure to take very good notes.
Jim Ingersoll is a very well known real estate investor out of Richmond, Virginia. He also has his own mastermind called, "Investor Success Mastermind" that is also a great coaching program. Jim also has his own podcast channel called, "Investor Success Podcast." Today we are going to pick the mind of Jim asking him a few basic, but important questions about the real estate investing world.
Failure..the dreaded word everyone is afraid of when trying to implement business ideas or trying something new in general, but it's not as bad as perceived. Our owner Wayne Sheaffer discusses the subject of failure, the first step to success. Too many people stop their quest to have success, when failure creeps in. In this podcast, Wayne explains how to keep going even when failure is making itself very known.
Traction is not just a book that every investor, entrepreneur and business owner should read, this is also a great business model that everyone needs to implement in their business. This has some great content so make sure you listen closely and replay it many times!
Finding a quality property manager can be such a pain. Tom Olson makes it so much easier for you with our checklist of what to look for when vetting a property manager. If you are a real estate investor, you know how important it is to have a quality property manager.
The 7 Baby Steps Of Finance by Dave Ramsey is amazing advice for those that may be struggling financially or looking to just get better control over your money. Some great financial principles that everyone at every level can take it. Thank you for listening and make sure to subscribe, like and leave a comment for us!
This book is a great read for anyone not just in business but also those who are interested in making their life better in many areas. We have a special guest with us, Liz Carpenter, that will be reviewing the book called "The Compound Effect." This book is a great motivator for anyone looking to better themselves.
In this episode our very own, Gary Harper explains the process of a fix and flip. Bringing it down to a level that beginners and those looking to get into fix and flip will find great value in. Make sure you take notes and thanks for listening!
Managing up can be difficult in the business world. Trying to please your boss while managing other employees at the same time, that can be a headache itself. Pete Richter explains to us the process of managing up. Maybe you're a manager and you have a person positioned above you, how do you handle that? Some great advice for all of our listeners!
"The Richest Man In Babylon" is a great book for teaching financial principles and also has a great story to tell. Today, our very own David Richter will review this book for us, and believe me, it is worth the time. Be sure to listen in and subscribe! Thanks for listening!
Needing to know what to look for when buying rentals is something that everyone in the real estate game needs to know. There's a lot of small things that people look over when buying rentals, but those small things could hurt you badly. We are here to let you know what those things are. Thanks for listening!
What is your idea? what are you doing to make it happen? In this episode, we discuss how to execute your ideas, and get them out of your head and into the playing field. It's a lot of motivation and drive, but needs to be done for you to succeed! Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level.
If you want to challenge how hard you work and your mindset on working, you have to read "The 10X Rule." This is a very good book that motivates how we think about the word "trying." Our very own Tom Olson, reviews this book for us. Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level.
What is the best way to buy rentals? Tom Olson will be talking about the best way to buy rentals. Being a heavy topic in the investing world, not just people into Real Estate are purchasing rentals now, many people with other backgrounds are getting into rentals. So here on this episode we tell you the very best way to buy rentals and what to look out for when buying. Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level.
Change is a topic that people tend to not like, but it is very important to understand the concept of change especially in the business world and even in your personal life. Here we discuss change and how to handle it. Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level.
Rich Dad Poor Dad is a great book for anyone to read that is an entrepreneur of any kind. This books teaches lessons on many things that we can all use in our business. Listen and hope you enjoy. Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level.
“How Rich People Think”...it’s a great book that challenges the differences between a Middle class mindset and a World class mindset, very interesting topic that not many people think about. Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level.
Do you have a "why" in life? A reason for why you do, what you do? Our President Wayne Sheaffer describe his "Why" in life and the reason its so important for you to have your "Why" in life and business. Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level. Learn how to win a free ticket to our upcoming Belief Event. http://reibb.co/8ka #buildabusiness #businessideas #Realestateinvesting
The phrase "Good Success" is a term not many people understand. We chose that phrase as our company name for a very specific reason, and in this podcast, we explain exactly why! Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level. In these podcast you will learn #businessideas, #buildingabusiness, and even #ROI and more will be covered Whether you are looking to survive, thrive or matter we can help provide vision to your next steps.
Wholesaling is a very easy way to sell real estate, but how easy can it be for you? We will talk about what exactly real estate wholesaling is and why it’s a great method of selling real estate Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level. In these podcast you will learn #businessideas, #buildingabusiness, and even #ROI and more will be covered Whether you are looking to survive, thrive or matter we can help provide vision to your next steps.
Today's focus will be on the Active Turnkey program and how it benefits an investor. Although we have found our niche in the real estate industry, we have learned valuable lessons along our journey that can help any type of business make it to the next level. In these podcast you will learn #businessideas, #buildingabusiness, and even #ROI and more will be covered Whether you are looking to survive, thrive or matter we can help provide vision to your next steps.