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PodcastEpisode #67
Going from Wholesaling Homes to Land Flipping
May 19, 2022In this episode, meet Brent Bowers, land coach of Wholesaling Inc.’s “The Landsharks”. We have asked him to share with us how and why he transitioned from wholesaling to land flipping and how he became a land coach.
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PodcastEpisode #66
How to Bulk Buy Land?
May 5, 2022We welcome back Peter Nukasani from Once Upon A Brick. We all knew him from the previous episode (1300 Deals with No Mail Sent Episode#63). In this episode, he will be sharing with us the specifics of buying land in bulk and working with other land investors as well as how to overcome the challenges that comes with it.
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PodcastEpisode #65
How to Actually Profit from Land?!
April 14, 2022By keeping things simple, you can achieve a lot. In this episode, we welcome back Jaren Barnes as he shares with us how he makes sure his land investing business is profitable using the Profit First mindset.
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PodcastEpisode #64
We Thought No One Would Buy This Land!
March 24, 2022In this episode of ‘Odd Props,’ we meet Ariana and David Choi. They share their story about one of their ‘odd’ properties, how they overcame challenges, learned lessons, and show us the reality of land business.
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PodcastEpisode #63
1300 Deals with No Mail Sent!
March 10, 2022Peter, who is now 24, started exploring the journey of entrepreneurship at the young age of 14 and started with different businesses such as clothing. Following his entrepreneurial bug, he got into land investing while he was in his last year of college but approaches land very differently from most investors.
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PodcastEpisode #62
Who even owns this land??
February 24, 2022In this episode, Matt shares his story on how he got involved in Land Investing and one of his more recent and challenging properties. In this episode of ‘Odd Props’ Jessey and Matt discuss the reality of land investing such as dealing with difficult properties or situations. As someone who is new in land investing, mistakes tend to happen. Matt shares with us his story on how he really has no idea who even owns the property and the rabbit hole he goes down to figure it out.
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PodcastEpisode #61
Don’t waste time qualifying leads on the phone
February 10, 2022Sean has outsourced his calls so that he doesn’t get slammed seller leads all day and can go back to scaling his land business while working a full time job.
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PodcastEpisode #60
Your Profits Come First
January 20, 2022David Richter, author of Profit for Real Estate Investing, gives you a glimpse of what his book is all about. Instead of blindly operating your business, chasing one deal after another as if you’re in some sort of a rat race, chained to your business all the time and left wondering where your profit went, the book aims to equip land investors like you with the smarts and know-how, so you manage your profit well and achieve financial freedom.
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News
Update Roundup (December 2021): Multi-County List Import, Saved Search Filters… And More!
January 15, 2022Over the last year, we’ve received tonnes of requests from our user base for features that would be nice to have and that would also help them save time as they go through their workflow inside of Pebble. They’ve brought in some really great ideas so we’ve really pushed it and knocked out as many as we could so this will be a fully-loaded Update Roundup to kickstart 2022!
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PodcastEpisode #59
21 Biggest Land Lessons for 2021 (Part 2)!
January 6, 2022As promised, we have our second installment for our 2-part episode where 21 land investors including myself and my co-founder, Kevin, have shared our land lessons for 2021.
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PodcastEpisode #58
21 Biggest Land Lessons for 2021!
December 30, 20212021 has been a year of rebuilding. With the pandemic just looming around the corner, it became a true test of resilience. The ones who were quick to adapt, re-learn and re-assess on their land investing goals were the ones who have thrived despite a seemingly slow paced business flow for most of us.
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PodcastEpisode #57
Running a Land Business As a Couple!
December 16, 2021Newly-weds Chloe and Evan share their strategies on how they strike that work-life balance while doing land business together and how their relationship has helped their business scale faster.
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News
Update Roundup (November 2021): Pebble Lead Forms, Lead Stage Automation… And More!
December 6, 2021Lead Capturing has become less frictionless and far less complicated with our newest feature called Pebble Lead Forms
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PodcastEpisode #56
Top 3 Most Common Land VA Tasks
December 2, 2021Pete and Anthony started out as land investors and as they went through the thick of things in order to make the business successful, they realized that there were a myriad of tasks that are taking them off from the core role which is to generate more revenue and that’s how they founded LandVA4U.
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PodcastEpisode #55
From Beer Sales to Full-Time Land
November 18, 2021Like Adam, we all come from different career backgrounds. Adam, previously a beer salesman working long hours and lengthy drive transitions to being able to support his family by simply land investing – not only that but also gets more time with his kids.
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PodcastEpisode #54
Scaling a Land Investing in His Twenties!
November 4, 2021It doesn’t matter what age you are when land investing. Meet Abdiel, in his 20’s, grown his land business and now helping others as well.
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News
Update Roundup (October 2021): 3D Maps, Pro Site Setup… And More!
November 1, 2021Do away with those software and apps just to get parcel information on a piece of land with our newest feature called Mapping Parcel Data inside Pebble.
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PodcastEpisode #53
Selling Land Through TikTok?!
October 22, 2021Land investors get creative as any entrepreneur should – and that’s exactly what Michael Novak is doing. Michael is now taking his marketing to one of the latest trending social media platforms – TikTok.
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PodcastEpisode #52
Stop overanalyzing land, and just start!
October 8, 2021It can be easily overwhelming when starting your land flipping and investing journey. It’s exactly what happen to nation-wide land investor, Travis King when he started. Over consumption of courses, content, and dealing with some of the most typical hangups of starting up your own business.
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News
Update Roundup (September 2021): Tasks, One-Off Letters, Property View Counter… And More!
October 1, 2021Avoid missing out on deadlines and keep your team organized with the new Pebble feature called Task.
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News
Update Roundup (August 2021): Property Tags, Umbra… And More!
August 29, 2021Declutter your property list and focus on the ones that have high returns using our new feature called Property Tags.
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News
Update Roundup (July 2021): Happy First Year, Pebble! New Community Platform… And More!
August 1, 2021We’re celebrating Pebble’s first year! We also have our newly-launched feature called ‘Automated Role Assignment’ to help you micromanage your team more efficiently.
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News
Update Roundup (June 2021): Pebble Document Updates, New Landleads Skin… and more!
June 25, 2021You can now save more with our bundle discount for REI Pebble and REI Landleads/Landlist!
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PodcastEpisode #51
Scaling Quickly by Wholesaling Land
June 24, 2021Lucas is a land investor who heavily focuses on moving land and profiting quickly – without needing to market to potential buyers
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PodcastEpisode #50
Systems For Land Investing Remotely
June 3, 2021Kevin Rockwood, co-founder and lead developer of REI Pebble is also a land investor. And he does it all the way from South Korea. That has forced him to think about running his business remotely and with scaling in mind from day 1.
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News
Update Roundup (May 2021): Hosting + Template Placeholders… and more!
May 28, 2021Your land website be can safe and secure without paying any extra fees through REI Conversion.
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PodcastEpisode #49
Working with Funders for Land Investing
May 20, 2021Reid Kurtenbach has been helping many land investors scale and grow. In this episode, we learn the do’s and don’ts of working with a funder when it comes to land investing. It may be your strategy to grow and scale, so listen as Reid shares his insights and experiences.
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News
Update Roundup (April 2021): New Postcards + Bifold Mailers… and more!
May 6, 2021No need for envelopes nor would you have to fret if your leads have read your mailers or not. Send them some attention-grabbing postcards!
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PodcastEpisode #48
Partnering & Time Management for Land
April 29, 2021Ryan and Max are land business partners (and also run Prycd.com) who have been through starting up several businesses together and have a few insights to share if you’re thinking of starting a land business with a partner.
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PodcastEpisode #47
Easy Offline Land Marketing
April 15, 2021Sarah, a full time land investor, works in specific pockets of area she has selected. Not only only that, she moves properties ultra fast… using an offline strategy – signs!
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PodcastEpisode #46
Leveraging VA’s For Your Land Investing
April 1, 2021Pete and Anthony behind LandVA4u.com are helping land investors optimize themselves in their own business by arming them with VA’s.
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PodcastEpisode #45
10 Tips to Choosing Your Land Site’s Domain
March 18, 2021Choosing the right domain (or changing your domain) does not have to be over-thought, but should stick to these guidelines when doing so – as I’ve seen others lose a land deal because of their domain.
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News
Easy Pricing Offers with PRYCD (Exclusive Limited Time Offer)
March 15, 2021Prycd has become a huge game changer when it comes to getting your LIST of properties, as they are able to now help you actually generate offers for you quickly, based on the comparable properties in your county. Some pretty amazing stuff both Ryan and
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PodcastEpisode #44
Ways to Automate Your Land Business
March 11, 2021Callan is a CRM specialist and a land investor and absolutely loves AUTOMATING. In this interview, Callan shares with us some of the basic tools and systems that you can easily automate in your land investing.
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PodcastEpisode #43
Profiting from Difficult Land Properties
March 4, 2021They call him Uncle Karl, an unconventional real estate investor who loves dealing with unique properties and looks for opportunities where most would avoid.
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News
A Crystal Clear View of Your Leads for Land! ???
February 25, 2021Now you can easily and visually manage all your buyer and seller leads! Not only that, continue reading for our latest updates.
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PodcastEpisode #42
Selling Land With a Real Estate Agent
February 11, 2021Jaren of REtipster shares his strategy of marketing… a very hands off approach. His strategy of using a Real Estate Agent to sell land allows Jaren to focus solely on acquisitions and gives him a few other perks as well.
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PodcastEpisode #41
Goal Setting for Land
January 28, 2021Travis King is a very active land investor – doing 7 figures in land. He shares with us in this episode on mindset and goal planning for land investing.
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PodcastEpisode #40
How He got his First 50 Properties in a Year!
January 7, 2021Paul, a full time fire fighter, hasn’t been investing as long as many others, but has quickly built his portfolio within his first year.
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PodcastEpisode #39
Full Time Mom Making Big Wins with Land
December 10, 2020Megan Autrey, a full time mommy and is still new to land investing. Starting this year, she’s gone from not knowing the basic real estate acronyms to making big profits and setting even bigger goals.
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PodcastEpisode #38
5 Psychological Pricing Tactics For Land You Should Use Now
October 1, 2020Here are 5 tactics that you can apply today when pricing and marketing your properties today. Leverage studies done across thousands of transactions and see how understanding the psyche and results from previous tests can help you optimize your pricing and marketing.
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PodcastEpisode #37
Generating Buyer Leads with Paid FB Ads
September 10, 2020FB Paid Ads can be a great source for buyer leads. But it’s a different strategy of building your buyer leads than just advertising your properties. See how Clint and others are implementing this Facebook ad strategy to scale their buyer leads.
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Guide, Marketing
Real Estate SEO Guide
September 1, 2020If you’re reading this, you may or may be considering starting your own website. You probably want more people to see it because more traffic usually translates to more sales – right? Welcome to the party! You’re one of THOUSANDS of other real estate professionals who want the exact same thing.
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PodcastEpisode #36
How I Hire Out For My Due Diligence Process
August 13, 2020Joe Schmitt is an active land investor who has set out to create processes for his team. We’ve brought him onto the show to talk about his processes.
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News
Website Update Roundup (July 31, 2020)
August 1, 2020Watch our very first Website Update Roundup as we talk about the latest updates and features and what’s coming up ahead for our websites!
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PodcastEpisode #35
Branding for Land Marketing
July 23, 2020Amy and Amber join us on this episode to talk all about their experience with branding for marketing land and how they think it makes a difference for their business.
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PodcastEpisode #34
Automating Buyer Leads to Purchase Land Through A Funnel
July 9, 2020Majority of your leads are NOT going to buy – or simply aren’t ready. But you are losing out on these leads who are close to purchasing property by not capturing those leads and engaging them. Beauty is, this all can be automated.
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PodcastEpisode #33
3 Common Issues with Property On Terms
June 11, 2020Mark Podolsky of Landgeek is an advocate for putting property on terms (aka seller financing) but shares with us the 3 common issues of doing so. Not only that, we get to touch upon his favorite system of processing payments that are on terms – especially for those of you selling your property through your websites.
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News
Kevin Rockwood Joins the REI Conversion Team (And New ‘Pebble’ App Announcement)
June 4, 2020A couple of exciting announcements today. A new team member of REI Conversion and our new ‘Pebble’ app launching soon!
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PodcastEpisode #32
Why I Only Buy Cheap Land and the Pros and Cons of Land Investing
May 28, 2020Mike Ferreira is a veteran of the land investing world (and a long time owner of REI Conversion websites!). And in this episode, Mike’s experience shines as he shares tonnes of wisdom and gems – don’t miss this one. An episode for the experienced to beginners alike!
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Tools
Spotlight Deal: Cloud Video Editor Perfect For Virtual Real Estate Investors
May 25, 2020You can now identify which properties your buyer leads are looking at and opting in through (using the Property Content Lock).
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Guide, Marketing
How To Add Facebook Pixel to Your Site To Run Targeted Facebook Ads
May 21, 2020Running Facebook ads can be a powerful way to drive buyer leads. Here’s a guide on adding a Facebook Pixel to your site in order to retarget visitors and track ads.
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News
Feature Update: Identify the exact properties leads are interested in (Better Targeting)
May 19, 2020You can now identify which properties your buyer leads are looking at and opting in through (using the Property Content Lock).
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PodcastEpisode #31
Instagram Strategies To Actually Sell Land
May 14, 2020In less than 1 month, Alissa and her team have sold their first property on Instagram. Marketing on Instagram still seems new to a lot of investors, but believe it or not, Instagram is now another source of leads to sell property. Alissa is here to share here experience marketing land on Instagram.
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PodcastEpisode #30
How To Land Invest From Out Of The Country
April 30, 2020Land investing can be done completely virtually, and from anywhere around the world. But there are a few challenges you’ll come across.
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Guide
Mark All Your Properties On An Interactive Google Map For Your Website
April 21, 2020Google makes it easy to mark all your properties on an interactive map and embed on your website. Here’s how to do it.
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PodcastEpisode #29
Top 3 Free Live Chat Plugins for More Leads and More Sales
April 16, 2020Seller and buyer leads – you have only a small window of time to answer their needs and questions. This builds trust and increases conversions, and this is where Live Chat plugins come in.
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PodcastEpisode #28
Generating Motivated Seller Leads Through Facebook Ads (Part 3: Following Up With FB Leads)
April 2, 2020Episode #28, part 3 of a 4-part mini series, Derek breaks down how you should capture and be following up with Motivated Seller leads through a Facebook Ad campaign.
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Guide, News
Zapier Property Listing Plugin: List Properties From Your CRM
March 29, 2020Automate and list your properties directly from your CRM to your REI Landlist website with our newly launched plugin: Zapier Property Listing
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PodcastEpisode #27
How To Run A Better Investing Business With VA’s
March 26, 2020In Episode #27, we bring on Holly Thomas who has worked with a lot of real estate investors. She is now an expert in land investing now and can give you the advice you’ll need to run your investing business virtually.
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PodcastEpisode #26
The Top 3 Questions For Marketing Land On Facebook
March 5, 2020In Episode #26, Facebook land marketing specialist, Justin Melquist, comes onto our show to share the top 3 questions he’s been receiving when it comes to the process of marketing land on Facebook.
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PodcastEpisode #25
Fix this now! It’s Turning Away Your Leads
February 27, 2020In Episode #25, we talk about one technical thing that is confusing and turning away your leads – your site’s security. Google and browsers are making it known since last year to your visitors if site’s are insecure, and more and more Real Estate investing websites are affected by this because they have yet to even learn about this issue.
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PodcastEpisode #24
Using a CRM to Track Leads and Systemize Your Acquisitions
February 20, 2020In Episode #24, Jon Burnette, a successful full time land investors shares his insights on his acquisition process and how he systemizes and tracks his leads through a simple CRM.
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PodcastEpisode #23
Here’s What Cash Buyers Want from Wholesalers and Flippers
February 6, 2020In Episode #23, Dustin Heiner, an avid Buy and Hold investor shares exactly what it’s like being on the other side as a cash buyer. He shares exactly what flippers/wholesalers should be doing to offload more properties to cash buyers like himself.
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PodcastEpisode #22
From A Lead To Becoming A Buyer With Email Automation
January 22, 2020In Episode #22, Luke Harris shares his automate process and strategy of nurturing his buyer leads to eventually purchase property from him.
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PodcastEpisode #21
Generating Motivated Seller Leads Through Facebook Ads (Part 2: Effective Ad Copy and Images)
January 9, 2020In episode #21, Derek breaks down the parts to a Facebook Ad campaign, effective copy writing, and imagery to use to grab the attention of motivated seller leads.
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PodcastEpisode #20
Tips on Hiring Your First Virtual Assistant this New Year (with Seth Williams)
December 26, 2019In episode #20, we discuss about tips on hiring your first VA fr your RE investing business in the new year.
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PodcastEpisode #19
How Virtual Wholesaling Forced Us To Systemize and Scale
December 18, 2019In episode #13, we discuss the importance of building trust and connect with your leads with dynamic video and how it is so much more impactful than characters that make up words on a screen.
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PodcastEpisode #18
Strategies To Collecting 5-Star Reviews and Build Trust
December 12, 2019In episode #13, we discuss the importance of building trust and connect with your leads with dynamic video and how it is so much more impactful than characters that make up words on a screen.
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PodcastEpisode #17
No More Facebook Tire-Kickers By Prequalifying Your Leads (Systematically)
December 6, 2019In episode #13, we discuss the importance of building trust and connect with your leads with dynamic video and how it is so much more impactful than characters that make up words on a screen.
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PodcastEpisode #16
Generating Motivated Seller Leads Through Facebook Ads (Part 1: Creating a Compelling Offer)
November 14, 2019In episode #13, we discuss the importance of building trust and connect with your leads with dynamic video and how it is so much more impactful than characters that make up words on a screen.
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PodcastEpisode #15
Hands-Off Land Investing with Virtual Assistants
November 7, 2019In episode #13, we discuss the importance of building trust and connect with your leads with dynamic video and how it is so much more impactful than characters that make up words on a screen.
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PodcastEpisode #14
Don’t Be a Victim of a Land Photography Scam
October 24, 2019In episode #13, we discuss the importance of building trust and connect with your leads with dynamic video and how it is so much more impactful than characters that make up words on a screen.
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PodcastEpisode #13
Win More Deals with Video Emails
October 17, 2019In episode #13, we discuss the importance of building trust and connect with your leads with dynamic video and how it is so much more impactful than characters that make up words on a screen.
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PodcastEpisode #12
Scaling and Growing Your Land Investing Business
October 10, 2019In episode #12, I am joined by guest Willie G of the williegcoaching.com. Willie Goldberg of Willie G Coaching for land investors is on a new trajectory to 10x his investing business.
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PodcastEpisode #11
How You Should Be Selling Land on Facebook (FB Ad Template)
September 19, 2019In episode #11, I am joined by guest Justin Melquist of the Land Trainer and he shares how he’s putting all his efforts into marketing on Facebook.
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PodcastEpisode #10
The ’30-Second Offer’ to Save Time & Buy More Land
September 9, 2019In episode #10, podcast guest, Seth Williams of REtipster, shares his time-saving strategy coined the ’30 Seconds Offer’. (BONUS: Email script download)
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PodcastEpisode #9
Why are you NOT watermarking your property photos?!
August 30, 2019In episode #9, we discuss about the top 5 reasons of why property investors should be watermarking their photos and how it will drive more buyer leads.
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PodcastEpisode #8
Locking Properties Behind Email Form?
August 23, 2019We recently held a Facebook Live session discussing our upcoming Buyers’ List building strategy. Specifically about the strategy of locking properties behind an email optin form.
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PodcastEpisode #7
How He’s Selling 50% of His Properties Through Email
August 9, 2019In episode #7, our first podcast guest, Luke Harris, shares how he has skyrocketed his sales through building a buyers list on his website to the exact type of emails getting him more sales.
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PodcastEpisode #6
Countering Offers: Going from Declined to Accepted Offers
August 1, 2019In episode #6, negotiating and counter offering most of the time can sometimes feel like a lost cause and a waste of time. But here’s a simple 2-step script.
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PodcastEpisode #5
Should Your Property Buying And Selling Websites Be Different?
July 24, 2019In episode #5, we tackle the topic of if you should have a different site for both your property buying and selling website. And the major risks you’re running if you keep them together as one site.
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PodcastEpisode #4
How Hiring A VA Gives You Back Your Sanity ? to Grow Your REI Operations
July 18, 2019In episode #4, we discuss how hiring a virtual assistant can help give you time to grow your business. Where, how, and what tools are all covered in this episode.
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PodcastEpisode #3
How You Can Lose Your Facebook Marketplace Account Selling Property
July 11, 2019In this episode #3, we discuss how selling property can land your Facebook Account in the deep waters and what to do after.
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PodcastEpisode #2
5x Your Property Leads With This Kind of Headline
June 25, 2019In this episode #2, we discuss how better headlines can increase your property submission rate, helping you land and find more properties and profit from them.
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PodcastEpisode #1
Posting Your Property In Multiple Markets On Craigslist
June 24, 2019In this episode #1, we discuss how you can post your property in several Craigslist cities to market to neighboring cities, areas, and states and get maximum exposure for your properties
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News
Easily post your property on Craigslist & Facebook (Version 2.0)
April 24, 2019REI Landlist WP version 2.0 has been released with the ability to list your properties easily on Craigslist, Facebook Buy & Sell, and more!
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News
We launched our Land Selling theme: ‘REI Landlist WP’
April 8, 2019We finally launched our Land Selling theme for WordPress – with features to save you tonnes of time.
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Infographic
How To: Simple & Effective Property Buying Website [Template]
August 16, 2018Download & follow this template for your property buying site and get more sellers in the door.
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