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Thinking Outside the Box to Solve America’s Housing Crisis

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Robert Vazquez is a serial entrepreneur, national speaker, and one of today’s most influential real estate experts. Robert has years of experience under his belt investing in different asset classes. He is with us on the show to talk about his journey and what he’s currently seeing in the marketplace. Listen to this episode to learn more about the current real estate market, the strategies that work, and why thinking outside the box is critical in real estate investing! Quotables “Right now, poses the greatest opportunity in history to be able to pretty much take advantage of that – and what I mean by that is if you have the ability to build, build.” “When you think outside the box, you can create partnerships and relationships, and you can create a solution to the housing deficit in your given market.” “It is 1000% okay to fail, dust yourself off, and re-engage. I live by this as well – relentless forward progression.” “I’m extroverted because I have confidence. I have confidence because I built experience.” Links Instagram: Robert Vazquez https://www.instagram.com/passiveinco… Website: Countrywide Capital Group https://myreocountrywide.com/ Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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The Ultimate Skip Tracing Solution

Mike Singletary is a real estate investor and the CEO of Skip Force, a data aggregation company that helps real estate investors by providing high-quality data for their businesses. He is with us on the show to talk about the importance of data in your real estate business and how data can help you scale the right way. Listen now to learn more about Mike’s journey in real estate, how he learned about the importance of data in business, and why you need high-quality data to succeed! Quotables “The most important thing that these franchises take away from you is the marketing – which is, that’s the business! It’s sales and marketing, the house is just the widget.” “We’re also incorporating lead managers that will understand the system and do all the things that investors hate doing, which is follow-ups.” “If you’re not failing, you’re just not trying hard enough. I know that’s cliche, but that’s the truth.” Links Website: Skip Force https://skipforce.com/ Podcast: Real Talks Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Diving Deep into Real Estate Market Data

Daren Blomquist is the VP of Market Economics at Auction.com. His work is focused on gathering and analyzing data to help real estate investors find the best investments that will help them succeed in scaling their businesses and growing their portfolios. Listen to this episode to learn more about Daren’s insights on today’s market and why you should always be looking at the data before you invest! Quotables “We’re still at the point where foreclosures are about half of what they were pre-pandemic, which already was, basically at a 20-year low.” “People who are in default are just going in and out of default and staying in that seriously delinquent bucket. It’s just taking them longer to move down the drain.” “The foreclosure sale is the last opportunity for that homeowner to protect their equity. If it goes back to the bank, then the bank gets all the equity.” Links Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Navigating Growth, Family and Consistency from the CEO’s Chair

Alex Gerhart is the CEO and President of Lifetime Quality Roofing, a national-level commercial roofing contractor, specializing in insurance restoration. He has built his company from the ground up to where it is today and he is with us to share the experience – the good, the bad, and everything in between. Listen now to learn more about Alex, how he built his business, and how he learned to run a successful company without compromising time with his family! Quotables “The value your children put on you is not in dollars, but the amount of time you’re spending with them and the quality of that time.” “It’s extremely important that you realize that you can always make money, but you can never get those memories and time back with your kids.” “You just have to realize that every person you bring in is not a cost, it’s an investment into making your company better, being able to be bigger.” Links Instagram: Alex Gerhart https://www.instagram.com/alexcharles… Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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The Man, The Myth, The King of Data

Rick Sharga is the founder and CEO of CJ Patrick Company, a market intelligence firm providing industry insights, forecasts, and analysis to real estate companies. Rick has years of experience in the real estate and mortgage industries and he is with us on the show to talk about what we can expect from the market in the last few months of the year. Listen now to learn more about what’s really happening in today’s market, what we should expect, and how we can plan for the next few months! Quotables “Look for people that need to sell their properties. There are sources where you can find all of that data and that’s where you’re going to be able to find all the assets that you need to buy.” “The millennials wanted to own homes at the same rate that Gen X did, the same rate as the boomers did – they just got started later.” “Don’t jump at the first opportunity that you see because there will be other opportunities but make sure that whatever opportunities you do pursue is an opportunity that pencils out for you.” Links Social Media: Rick Sharga https://twitter.com/ricksharga https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricksharga/ Website: CJ Patrick Company https://cjpatrick.com/ Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Grit, Clarity, and Vision: Building Success One Step at a Time

Brady McDonald is the founder of The Grit Mastermind and CEO of Brightwork REI, a development company focused on building state-of-the-art self-storage facilities. He is a real estate investor with experience across many different asset classes and he is on the show today to tell us about his experience in building a mastermind, scaling multiple businesses, and operating in different markets. Listen to this episode to learn more about Brady, how he expanded his business into different asset classes, and why he founded The Grit Mastermind! Quotables “My advice to you would be to get ahead of the market if it is in a declining state and just try to sell them fast. At the end of the day, you will end up with more money in your pocket otherwise.” “When I was forcing my body into doing these hard things, the mindset got right and when my mindset got right, I became a better dad, a better husband, a better business, I could communicate better – everything just got better.” “What I would highly recommend is figuring out one strategy in one market that is scalable and dive deep into it.” Links Instagram: Brady McDonald https://www.instagram.com/brady.mcdon… Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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