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Safeguarding Pet Owners and Unleashing FIDO Scores

Victoria Cowart is the Director of Education and Outreach at PetScreening, a company that aids in helping residential and commercial spaces become more pet-friendly. Aside from that, Victoria also has decades of experience in property management and she is with us on the show to talk about property management and how investors can make their properties more pet-friendly while mitigating as many risks as possible. Listen now to learn more about the current rental market conditions, how the tenant bill of rights may affect landlords, and how you can make your rentals more pet-friendly with PetScreening! Quotables “It just seems our industry is unreasonably attacked as being predatory and it’s not. We are providing affordable housing.” “What we’re doing for the industry is we’re building a fence around the liability and the risk management of pets and animals like you would want around a swimming pool.” “Pet rent should always be required, you just have a range. $45-$65 to start off, you just create a $20 window for our 5 paws.” Links Email: Victoria Cowart Victoria@petscreening.com Website: PetScreening https://www.petscreening.com/ Email: PetScreening marketing@petscreening.com

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Resisting the Influencer Temptation

Tarry Summers is a seasoned real estate investor, developer, and entrepreneur, with hundreds of doors in his portfolio. He has been in business through different market cycles and he has learned from some of the most successful people in the industry. Tarry is with us today to share all the things that he learned along the way. Listen now to learn the best tips, tricks, and strategies that will keep you profitable in the real estate space from a seasoned real estate entrepreneur! Quotables “The worst thing you can possibly do in real estate is wait. You need to get in, you need to get involved.” “Rich people do not get rich by making an income, they get rich off of buying assets and then borrowing off their assets.” “When someone is older and wiser than you, shut up and just listen because they’ve been there.” Links Podcast: The Scalers Only Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VgWK… Instagram: Tarry Summers https://www.instagram.com/tarrysumms Facebook: Tarry Summers https://www.facebook.com/tarrysummers/ 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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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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Transforming Trajectories: The 203k Loan Blueprint

Matt Porcaro is the founder of The 203K Way, a program that helps real estate investors build their portfolios by using the FHA 203K loan. Matt is a seasoned real estate investor who specializes in fix and flips, the BRRRR strategy, and small multifamily properties, and he is with us on the show today to shed a little more light on The 203K Way. Listen now to learn how Matt used the FHA 203K loan to propel his real estate investing career to success and how you can learn how to do it for yourself too! Quotables “One thing I do know is that we’re not going to be able to build houses fast enough, so we have to learn how to work with the existing inventory in the market and one of the best ways to do this is by using renovation lending.” “People always wonder why all contractors suck, but it’s not that all contractors suck. It’s that all people go to the cheapest guy.” “I think the thing I underestimated the most was getting one deal and how that one deal changes everything so fast. You, all of a sudden, are part of the club.” “If you can get a good deal, a good deal absolves all sins.” Links Instagram: The 203K Way https://www.instagram.com/the203kway/ Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Every Meeting is Important Even if it Doesn’t Put a Check in Your Pocket

Justin Colby is the founder of The Science of Flipping podcast. Justin is a real estate investor and coach focused on investing in the single-family space, helping thousands of people explore their options as real estate investors, and getting involved in the best ways possible. Justin is with us today to give us a little more insight into the single-family industry and what it takes to succeed. Watch now to learn more about Justin, his best practices, and how you can succeed in the single-family space! Quotables “You don’t have to be doing this in your backyard. Pick the area, follow the money, go where the big boys are going.” “I think when we over-engineer a process or system, it actually removes your ability to be flexible and being able to adapt to different things.” “My first mentor in the space basically said every meeting is important, even if it doesn’t put a check in your pocket.” Links Instagram: Justin Colby https://www.instagram.com/thejustinco… Youtube: Justin Colby https://justincolby.tv Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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