The Real Estate Way to Wealth and Freedom Jacob Ayers

Jordan Isham is the co-founder of My Tennessee Home Solution, a United States Military Academy at West Point graduate, and currently serves as an Infantry Officer in the Army. He is passionate about using the wealth generated from real estate to serve as a force for Good in the world, fueled by his faith in God and intimacy with Jesus.
Today, Jordan talks about real estate investing, and shares insights on the importance of personal development, mindset shifts, keys to building a team, ideal systems and tools for business, and the framework of living a life on your terms!
KEY POINTS
Transitioning from the army to a real estate investorScaling life by building a foundation within yourselfInspiring leadership to self-actualizationMindset shift: memetic desires to life in freedomHow Jordan got into real estate investingBuilding virtual teams and businessesSystems and tools in Jordan’s business
LIGHTNING QUESTIONS
1. What was your biggest hurdle in getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it?
·       Capital, thus, partnered with a buddy with money.
2. Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success?
 Investing in performance coaching.
3.  Do you have an online resource that you find valuable?
LinkedIn
4. What book would you recommend to the listeners and why?
 Rich Dad Poor Dad book by Robert Kiyosaki Think Rich Grow Rich book by Napoleon HillAtomic Habits book by James Clear
5. If you’d go back and give advice to your 20-year-old self to get started investing in real estate, what would you tell?
Take massive action on your ideas!
RESOURCES
The Richest Man in Babylon book by George Samuel Clason
Entrepreneurial Operating System book by Rodolfo Yong
Traction book by Gino Wickman
Good to Great book by Jim Collins
Building an Elite Organization book by Don Wenner
LinkedIn
 
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Marcin Drozdz is a multifamily real estate investor, team builder, and Managing Partner at M1 Real Capital, focused on acquiring value-add multifamily properties throughout the southeast. He started investing in real estate in 2006 and has since sourced 9-figures in private capital that has helped acquire over 1,500 units across the US. He is also the host of “The Game” podcast.
Topics we discuss with Marcin include mindset, motivation, building networks, and capital raising. When he’s not on the lookout for opportunities, Marcin is teaching up-and-coming real estate investors how to raise capital & scale their real estate business.
Marcin was turned on to real estate as he read the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book. Now, he is having fun giving back, teaching, and growing. He is teaching and helping real estate investors how to raise capital and scale their real estate business.
KEY POINTS
How Marcin got involved in the real estate world
Investing in private equity funds
Tips on attracting and raising private capital
The 6 components of niche assessment
Advice for newbie real estate investors
LIGHTNING QUESTIONS
1. What was your biggest hurdle in getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it?
Marcin’s credibility was tested and questioned and overcame it by doing the crap work.
2. Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success?
 Get up at 5:00 am in morning and take a few minutes to meditate and reflect.
3.  Do you have an online resource that you find valuable?
Set google alerts that send you a curated weekly list of content you’re interested in. 
4. What book would you recommend to the listeners and why?
The Obstacle Is the Way book by Ryan Holiday
5. If you’d go back and give advice to your 20-year-old self to get started investing in real estate, what would you tell?
Success is not a destination. Be in a state of being appreciative of where you’re at. 
RESOURCES
M1 Real Capital
MarcinDrozdz.com
The Game Podcast
LinkedIn
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Jorge Newbery is a serial entrepreneur, distressed debt and real estate investor, endurance athlete, author, a regular contributor to Huffington Post and other publications, speaker on debt, investing, finance, and housing issues, and Founder and CEO of American Homeowner Preservation (AHP), and PreREO. He also wrote the books, “Burn Zones”, and "Debt Cleanse: How to Settle Your Unaffordable Debts for Pennies On the Dollar (And Not Pay Some At All) that help people resolve debts and rebuild their lives.
His journey went from bike racing to the mortgage industry as a loan officer and branch manager and eventually started his own mortgage company with a partner. His lowest point in multifamily investing is when he found himself with a distressed property, rebuilding, and being wrecked by a natural disaster that left him with massive debts. Jorge never filed bankruptcy instead he applied a unique approach in investment philosophy to settle debts!
KEY POINTS
Facing jail time with a distressed/condemned apartment building Tackling headache properties and overcoming massive challenges in distressed apartments What Jorge learned in the mortgage industry that he applied in his own investing companyLessons learned from losing a $26 million portfolioBenefits of investing in notesHow to invest in distressed notes with PreREO
RESOURCES
Prereo.com
Burn Zones book by Jorge Newbery
Twitter
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Bob Lachance is a professional hockey athlete turned real estate investor, speaker, mentor, and Founder CEO of REVA Global, LLC, one of the premiere Real Estate Virtual Assistant Staffing companies, He is also the co-host of Pucks to Properties Podcast, and Friday Coffee Break Unfiltered alongside Amy Ransdell and Pat Precourt. Likewise, he is the founder and CEO of Perch Rock Management, LLC, an alternative asset capital firm focused on acquiring distressed, non-performing, and undervalued single-family and multifamily real estate assets in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts markets.
In today’s episode, Bob talks about building and utilizing the power of virtual assistants to scale businesses, how to increase business productivity, gaining back lost time while focusing on the income-producing tasks that grow your business, and building a team of Virtual Assistants, and outsourcing business to prevent burnout!
KEY POINTS
1.     How a hockey athlete turns into a real-estate investor
2.     Similarities in business and sports
3.     Scaling your real estate business through Virtual Assistants
4.     Misconceptions about hiring VAs
5.     Increasing productivity while working less with VAs
LIGHTNING QUESTIONS
1. What was your biggest hurdle in getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it?
·        There were a lot of naysayers, and overcame it by blocking all the noise.
2. Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success?
 Positivity in ups and downs
3.  Do you have an online resource that you find valuable?
PropStream (bonus - use this link for a free trial!) 
4. What book would you recommend to the listeners and why?
The Compound Effect book by Darren Hardy
5. If you’d go back and give advice to your 20-year-old self to get started investing in real estate, what would you tell?
Start buying and holding sooner!
RESOURCES
PropStream (use this link for a free trial!) 
Pucks To Properties Podcast
Friday Coffee Break Unfiltered Podcast
Revaglobal.com
Connect with Bob on Social Media
LinkedInFacebookInstagram
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Top 10 Lessons from 400 Episodes with Jacob Ayers
Thank you so much for investing your time to listen to numerous insights and wisdom from all the remarkable guests in the past years. We are asking you to continually support and listen to us in the upcoming episodes. The right mindset with the right vision, having the knowledge, and taking action are keys to realizing our goals!
KEY POINTS
Top 10 lessons that Jacob learned in 400 podcast episodesHow to create thousands of dollars’ equity through 1 multi-family propertyRisk mitigation methods to protect deals during this COVID-19 pandemicJacob’s recent deals and refinance
Top 10 Lessons I’ve learned from 400 podcast episodes
You don’t have to have it all figured out before you get started (this podcast for example) Success is built on consistent actionYou can achieve anything you want if you’re intentional (Intention Journal)Pick an investing strategy and stick with itSurround yourself with people who are like the type of person you want to becomeDo something every single day that your tomorrow self will thank you forMeasure your success not based on other people, but rather based on your past. Always measure backwards.  Gap and the Gain by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin HardyBuild positive momentum with little winsCreate a vision for your life and slowly make that vision a reality (Cam Herald’s Vivid Vision)Do what makes you happy. You only have 1 life. Live it to the fullest based on your own rules.
Bonus: If you’re not embarrassed by where you were 3 years ago, you’re not growing enough. 
RESOURCES
Propstream
Exactly What to Say book by Phil M. Jones
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Rafael Cortez is an organizational psychologist, real estate coach, broker, investor, all-around rock star entrepreneur, high-level wholesaler, and host of CEO Pulse Podcast, a show where you'll access to first-hand business experience, strategies & exclusive performance tools from successful entrepreneurs, CEOs and Game Changers.
In this episode, Rafael shares insights about the mindset and psychology of entrepreneurs, a lot of stuff about real estate wholesaling, and the systems and processes he uses in his real estate business!
KEY POINTS
 1.   Shifting from a firefighter into real estate 
2.   The benefits of real estate wholesaling
3.   The 6 steps to real estate finding, negotiating, and buying off-market deal 
4.   Pre-qualifying sales leads
5.   The importance of real estate cold calling
6.   The 3 stages of conversation
7.   Advice for a real estate wholesaling newbie
LIGHTNING QUESTIONS
1. What was your biggest hurdle getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it?
Taking the leap, but overcome by listening to podcasts, and taking massive imperfect action.
2. Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success?
 Morning rituals through meditation, journaling, working out, listening to podcasts, and reading books.
3.  Do you have an online resource that you find valuable?
Audible
4. What book would you recommend to the listeners and why?
Psycho-Cybernetics book by Maxwell MaltzThe Alchemist book by Paulo Coelhos
5. If you’d go back and give advice to your 20-year-old self to get started investing in real estate, what would you tell?
Cut the learning curve through coaching and mentoring!
RESOURCES
CEO Pulse Podcast
Rafael Cortez
Instagram
YouTube
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