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Jessey Kwong

Hey, how’s it going? This is Jessey Kwong. I’m the founder and podcast host at REI Conversion, with a back ground stemming from design, digital marketing, and Real Estate Investing.

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Proving if the ‘Land Flipping’ Model Even Works?!

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Episode #68

Proving if the ‘Land Flipping’ Model Even Works?!

June 9, 2022

In this episode we have Mike Yost, who is a land investor who got started not too long ago in the land flipping business. His goal: to prove the concept of land and test the waters before fully diving in.

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Episode #67

Going from Wholesaling Homes to Land Flipping

May 19, 2022

In 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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Episode #66

How to Bulk Buy Land?

May 5, 2022

We 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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Episode #65

How to Actually Profit from Land?!

April 14, 2022

By 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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Episode #64

We Thought No One Would Buy This Land!

March 24, 2022

In 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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Episode #63

1300 Deals with No Mail Sent!

March 10, 2022

Peter, 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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Episode #62

Who even owns this land??

February 24, 2022

In 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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Episode #61

Don’t waste time qualifying leads on the phone

February 10, 2022

Sean 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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Episode #60

Your Profits Come First

January 20, 2022

David 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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Episode #59

21 Biggest Land Lessons for 2021 (Part 2)!

January 6, 2022

As 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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Episode #58

21 Biggest Land Lessons for 2021!

December 30, 2021

2021 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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Episode #57

Running a Land Business As a Couple!

December 16, 2021

Newly-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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Episode #56

Top 3 Most Common Land VA Tasks

December 2, 2021

Pete 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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Episode #55

From Beer Sales to Full-Time Land

November 18, 2021

Like 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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Episode #54

Scaling a Land Investing in His Twenties!

November 4, 2021

It 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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Episode #53

Selling Land Through TikTok?!

October 22, 2021

Land 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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Episode #52

Stop overanalyzing land, and just start!

October 8, 2021

It 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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Episode #51

Scaling Quickly by Wholesaling Land

June 24, 2021

Lucas is a land investor who heavily focuses on moving land and profiting quickly – without needing to market to potential buyers

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Episode #50

Systems For Land Investing Remotely

June 3, 2021

Kevin 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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Episode #49

Working with Funders for Land Investing

May 20, 2021

Reid 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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Episode #48

Partnering & Time Management for Land

April 29, 2021

Ryan 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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Episode #47

Easy Offline Land Marketing

April 15, 2021

Sarah, 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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Episode #46

Leveraging VA’s For Your Land Investing

April 1, 2021

Pete 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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Episode #45

10 Tips to Choosing Your Land Site’s Domain

March 18, 2021

Choosing 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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Episode #44

Ways to Automate Your Land Business

March 11, 2021

Callan 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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Episode #43

Profiting from Difficult Land Properties

March 4, 2021

They 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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Episode #42

Selling Land With a Real Estate Agent

February 11, 2021

Jaren 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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Episode #41

Goal Setting for Land

January 28, 2021

Travis 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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Episode #40

How He got his First 50 Properties in a Year!

January 7, 2021

Paul, 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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Episode #39

Full Time Mom Making Big Wins with Land

December 10, 2020

Megan 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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Episode #38

5 Psychological Pricing Tactics For Land You Should Use Now

October 1, 2020

Here 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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Episode #37

Generating Buyer Leads with Paid FB Ads

September 10, 2020

FB 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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Episode #36

How I Hire Out For My Due Diligence Process

August 13, 2020

Joe 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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Episode #35

Branding for Land Marketing

July 23, 2020

Amy 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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Episode #34

Automating Buyer Leads to Purchase Land Through A Funnel

July 9, 2020

Majority 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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Episode #33

3 Common Issues with Property On Terms

June 11, 2020

Mark 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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Episode #32

Why I Only Buy Cheap Land and the Pros and Cons of Land Investing

May 28, 2020

Mike 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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Episode #31

Instagram Strategies To Actually Sell Land

May 14, 2020

In 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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Episode #30

How To Land Invest From Out Of The Country

April 30, 2020

Land 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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Episode #29

Top 3 Free Live Chat Plugins for More Leads and More Sales

April 16, 2020

Seller 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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Episode #28

Generating Motivated Seller Leads Through Facebook Ads (Part 3: Following Up With FB Leads)

April 2, 2020

Episode #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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Episode #27

How To Run A Better Investing Business With VA’s

March 26, 2020

In 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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Episode #26

The Top 3 Questions For Marketing Land On Facebook

March 5, 2020

In 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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Episode #25

Fix this now! It’s Turning Away Your Leads

February 27, 2020

In 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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Episode #24

Using a CRM to Track Leads and Systemize Your Acquisitions

February 20, 2020

In 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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Episode #23

Here’s What Cash Buyers Want from Wholesalers and Flippers

February 6, 2020

In 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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Episode #22

From A Lead To Becoming A Buyer With Email Automation

January 22, 2020

In 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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Episode #21

Generating Motivated Seller Leads Through Facebook Ads (Part 2: Effective Ad Copy and Images)

January 9, 2020

In 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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Episode #20

Tips on Hiring Your First Virtual Assistant this New Year (with Seth Williams)

December 26, 2019

In episode #20, we discuss about tips on hiring your first VA fr your RE investing business in the new year.

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Episode #19

How Virtual Wholesaling Forced Us To Systemize and Scale

December 18, 2019

In 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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Episode #18

Strategies To Collecting 5-Star Reviews and Build Trust

December 12, 2019

In 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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Episode #17

No More Facebook Tire-Kickers By Prequalifying Your Leads (Systematically)

December 6, 2019

In 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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Episode #16

Generating Motivated Seller Leads Through Facebook Ads (Part 1: Creating a Compelling Offer)

November 14, 2019

In 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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Episode #15

Hands-Off Land Investing with Virtual Assistants

November 7, 2019

In 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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Episode #14

Don’t Be a Victim of a Land Photography Scam

October 24, 2019

In 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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Episode #13

Win More Deals with Video Emails

October 17, 2019

In 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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Episode #12

Scaling and Growing Your Land Investing Business

October 10, 2019

In 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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Episode #11

How You Should Be Selling Land on Facebook (FB Ad Template)

September 19, 2019

In 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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Episode #10

The ’30-Second Offer’ to Save Time & Buy More Land

September 9, 2019

In 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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Episode #9

Why are you NOT watermarking your property photos?!

August 30, 2019

In 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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Episode #8

Locking Properties Behind Email Form?

August 23, 2019

We 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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Episode #7

How He’s Selling 50% of His Properties Through Email

August 9, 2019

In 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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Episode #6

Countering Offers: Going from Declined to Accepted Offers

August 1, 2019

In 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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Episode #5

Should Your Property Buying And Selling Websites Be Different?

July 24, 2019

In 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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Episode #4

How Hiring A VA Gives You Back Your Sanity ? to Grow Your REI Operations

July 18, 2019

In 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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Episode #3

How You Can Lose Your Facebook Marketplace Account Selling Property

July 11, 2019

In 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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Episode #2

5x Your Property Leads With This Kind of Headline

June 25, 2019

In 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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Episode #1

Posting Your Property In Multiple Markets On Craigslist

June 24, 2019

In 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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