Flipping America

Where do you want to be? In a few years? In 20 years? The future is a funny thing. We are simultaneously on the way to it while preparing for it. And if you don’t watch out, we spend so much time in the preparation, we forget to enjoy the little things along the way. Today we are going to talk about retiring. I’m going to share with you how to plan for your later years with on-going income and enjoyable activity levels. I’m also going to address those of you who think it’s too late - you are destined to spend your older years pinching pennies. And I’m also going to tell you why discontinuing all work a bad idea, in my opinion. No discussion of the future is complete without a consideration of the present. If you are unhappy now, it’s unlikely you will be magically happy then. If you are frustrated or bored with your life now, it’s very likely this will continue. The answer is NOT in a change of circumstances someday. The answer is in changing your mind TOday.  We must learn to enjoy the meaningful moments of

Today I finish reading my new eBook: "Stop Being Poor: Yes, It IS a Choice." I will discuss what to do about poverty, the poverty mindset, and present a different way of thinking about your money that can set you on the road to success. How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! Would you like to invest in the Flipping America projects across the country? Coming soon you will be able to for as little as $100. That’s right, Flipping America is partnering with Ground Floor Funding to create a crowd-funded platform where

I did a show last year that was a bit controversial but not nearly as much as I had anticipated. In fact the overwhelming response was more than 98% positive so ultimately I decided to turn that show into an e-Book. The topic is poverty and the title is Stop Being Poor: Yes, it IS a Decision. This book will hit the presses around the first of December and will be available for pre-order in a few weeks. Today I’m going to read some of it to you. That’s coming up in just a few minutes.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN

Four years ago she was freshly divorced, broke, homeless, and in a new city 2000 miles away from her hometown. She decided to pick herself up and get busy buying property. Today she owns 60 rental properties in her newly adopted hometown of Jackson, MS and she is on a mission to help others follow in her footsteps. Her name is Vicky Schettini. She’s coming on in a few minutes to share her incredible inspiring story. And I’m going to share with you how you can get to one of Vicky’s upcoming events and turn her story into your story.  Great Deals and Where to Find Them is out and available at Amazon. Get your copy from as low as $3.99. Learn how I have 10,000 or more deal come to my inbox every single week. Maybe you won’t have 10,000, but if you follow my methods you should in just a few months time have hundreds of deals to consider every week.  Coming Up Wednesday Oct 9, We are recording show number 300 LIVE at Baraonda.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter an

Imagine being a basketball fan. Now imagine growing up and BUYING your hometown’s NBA franchise.  Tilman Fertitta is the star of his own reality TV show “Billion Dollar Buyer” on CNBC, and sole owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, Golden Nugget Casinos, and 600 other properties under Fertitta Entertainment. He is a Houston Native, accomplished businessman, and recognized as a world leader in the dining hospitality, entertainment and gaming industries, and is often referred to as, “the world’s richest restaurateur.” Fertitta owns more than 600 properties in 36 states and in over 15 countries.  He is also one of the largest employers in the nation, with more than 60,000 employees.  His restaurants include Mastro’s Steakhouse and Ocean Club, Morton’s Steakhouse, Vic & Anthony’s, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Dos Caminos, Joe’s Crab Shack, and more.  He’s joining us in just a few minutes to talk about his new book, “Shut Up and Listen: Hard Business Truths That will Help You Succeed” In the book he talks about wh

Larry Goins is back on the show today.  Larry has been investing in real estate for over 30 years. Previously, Larry served as president of the Metrolina Real Estate Investors Association in Charlotte NC, a not-for-profit organization that has over 350 members and is the local chapter of the National Real Estate Investors Association. Larry is an active real estate investor and travels throughout the United States speaking and training audiences at conventions, expos, and Real Estate Investment Associations on his strategies for buying and selling houses. Larry has also written several books on real estate investing that are available wherever books are sold. Larry and Kandas are also the host of the BRAG Radio Network. BRAG is all about investing in real estate to Be Rich And Generous. Larry also has a podcast on real estate investing Brain Pick a Pro, where he interviews experts from real estate and give his own expert advice. Between speaking engagements and mentoring other investors, Larry oversees the da

As you know I hold a meeting every Thursday night at the City Tap in Atlanta GA. A couple of months ago there was some confusion at the host stand because there was another real estate meeting taking place in the restaurant that evening. Well, I’m not the shy type of guy so I went over to introduce myself. That’s where I met Justin Landis and I was simply blown away by what he is doing. I told him right then I needed to get him on the show because everyone needs to know about this. And I mean EVERYONE. That’s means you. You are NOT going to want to miss the interview today. I don’t use the word “literally” unless I mean it literally, but this could literally change your life. And if you decide to get involved it will DEFINITELY change someone else’s life.  There’s still time to pre-order “Fantastic Deals and Where to Find Them” on Amazon. You can put in bit.ly/RBfantasticdeals or just head over to amazon and search for the title. The paperback will be available possibly by the time you hear this and the kindl

If you know me you know I’m not all about the hype. Real estate can be lucrative, but I reject those who try to get people excited by showing them pictures of cars, boats, and other things that go along with the lifestyle. In the end, this is a business and can sometimes be hard work. I don’t want to sugar coat it. So I don’t. But here’s the fact, Jack. You can make really good money in this business. Really good. You’re going to be absolutely inspired by our guests today, Dedric and Krystal Polite. From ZERO to six figure income in just a year. It CAN be done and Dedric and Krystal are living proof. Dedric & Krystal Polite are serial entrepreneurs and real estate investors. They own multiple businesses and currently invest in real estate nationwide. They own cash flowing multi-family rental units and are focused on adding an additional 100 cash flowing units to their rental portfolio, continuing to find and flip 10+ profitable wholesale deals per month for their Cash Buyers, and doing strategic fix and f

Today’s show is for anyone who is looking for a social media strategy. We all know we need to have a presence, but some of us (I’m looking at you baby boomers out there) don’t have a natural instinct for or even interest in social media. For me, I’m just not that interested in what my friends are having for summer or where they are currently on vacation - letting the whole world know they are out of the country and no one is at home guarding their stuff. So for those of us who know we need something but don’t want to become experts and definitely don’t want to have to learn multiple implementations, we need HELP. Help is coming to you today from our guest, Italina Kirkness. She will be along in just a minute to talk about your social media strategy.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com.

Recently I finished up another eBook, “How to Put Skin in the Game When You are Running Thin on Skin.” In it I show you how to do a real estate deal using none of your own money. I’m not just talking about the occasional “no money down” deal you might come across. I’m talking about doing a full fix and flip with none of your own money. People want to know how I’ve done 700 or more of these, so I wrote the book, telling you how I did it and continue to do it. Last time I read part one and today we are finishing it up with part two.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest artic

Recently I finished up another eBook, “How to Put Skin in the Game When You are Running Thin on Skin.” In it I show you how to do a real estate deal using none of your own money. I’m not just talking about the occasional “no money down” deal you might come across. I’m talking about doing a full fix and flip with none of your own money. People want to know how I’ve done 700 or more of these, so I wrote the book, telling you how I did it and continue to do it.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! Would you like t

This past week at our Wednesday lunch meeting the topic of Self-Directed IRA’s came up and that became the theme of our Facebook live presentation. If you hurry over to Facebook you   might still get to view that conversation before it disappears. If, however you missed it, you can make up for it today. In a few minutes I have an expert coming on the show and you are definitely going to want to hear his thoughts about investing through your self-directed IRA.    Brian Eastman is a principal and Sr. Consultant at Safeguard Advisors, LLC based in Boulder, Colorado.   Brian has personally worked with thousands of independent investors over the years and has a deep understanding not only of the tax framework that governs self-directed retirement plans, but how to actually use such a plan successfully in a variety of real estate-related transaction types.   Brian has been investing in real estate personally and with his self-directed plan for 15 years, and has participated in sub-division development, flipping pro

Guest EMCEE: “Live from Atlanta, GA, it’s Flipping America!”   Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Flipping America Live. Thanks for joining us both on the radio, via podcast or via the Facebook Live Stream we have going right now. We have a little buzz going on right now on Apple Podcasts so would you do me a quick favor? Even if you listen to the show through some other means, would you get into iTunes on your computer of the podcasts app on your iphone or ipad and give us a rating. I’m not going to tell you how to rate us, but so far every person has given us 5 stars. So let peer pressure influence you here.. And if you will, please take a moment and write something. That would be great and we thank you.    We have a special show coming to you today. Every Thursday night we gather at City Tap here in Midtown Atlanta to network, hang out, ask questions, do deals and generally learn from each other. Tonight we are going to turn this into episode 286 of the Flipping America show (cheers).    The

Today I’m going to share Seven Rules for Real Estate Investing. Why seven? Why not 23 or 4? Recently I was on Nick Raithel’s show and he asked me to develop seven rules and only seven. I kinda like what I did so I thought I would repeat them here, although I do encourage you to find Nick’s show at Apple podcasts and give him a listen. These seven rules provide a framework not only for your real estate business but also for your life and career in real estate.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! Would you like

I’ve stated many times before that the key to wealth building in real estate is to develop passive income streams. Rental properties are not entirely passive as rentals and rentERS need managing. You can hire a management company but they you have to manage the management company. Sounds like a lot, but if you have an excellent management company it’s like having an excellent contractor - life is SO much easier. You need to know the basics of property management even if you are going to hire it out. And you need to know someone who really knows what they are doing. That brings us to our guest today, Marc Cunningham.  Marc Cunningham grew up in the family property management company his father founded in 1978, Grace Property Management. Marc starting in the “weed pulling” division and moved on to mowing, painting, accounting and leasing. He joined the firm permanently in 1997 and currently serves in the role of President.  Today, from a platform of managing over 900 rental properties with 20 team members, Grac

I read a lot of books. I read a lot of books about real estate. One of the best books I have EVER read about real estate investing is “Crushing it in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate” by Brian Murray.    Brian started Washington St. Properties in 2007 when he acquired his first investment property. Without raising any outside capital, Brian bootstrapped his way from newbie investor to the owner of a nationally recognized real estate investment and property management firm. In 2014, Washington Street Properties won a God Stevie Award for Real Estate Company of the Year.    Washington Street Properties has been ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies for the past three years in a row. The company’s success has been achieved through a value-add approach, focusing on the renovation and turnaround of underperforming, strategically located properties.  With a focus on core values of integrity, excellence, value, and innovation, Washington Street properties owns and operat

FAR 281 Anne Amagrande Opening: It’s possible to live in one place and invest in many others - even if you’re not a hedge fund! Our guest today, Anne Amagrande is doing just that. And with her success she’s creating something she calls the Win-Win-Win Scenario. I’ve been referring to it at the Triple Win, but also thinking about Win cubed. That last one may be a little too nerdy though. I’m excited Anne is going to be joining us today and we will be speaking with her in just a few minutes.    Anne was born and raised in a small southern California town outside Pasadena. Her Parents and Grandparents were entrepreneurs so she and her 3 sisters never had a chance, it was in their blood to be bold, creative and challenge the status quo. Anne gained a sense of business acumen at a young age while working in her parents and grandparents printing business.   After College Anne worked in Retail Logistics and Operations, working with one of the largest retailers in the world and later became certified as a Global Logi

FAR 280 Daniil Kleyman, Rehab Valuator Opening: Daniil Kleyman is a real estate developer, investor and software entrepreneur out of Richmond, VA.  An immigrant from Russia at the age of 12, he worked hard in school, made it into a prestigious university and landed a string of jobs on Wall Street in NY only to realize that working for others, no matter the compensation or prestige, wasn’t for him.  He ventured out on his own and hasn’t looked back since. He currently specializes in ground-up residential and commercial development, with a focus on buy-hold or build-hold projects.   Along with his investment business, he also started a software and education business for real estate investors, which now serves tens of thousands of investors across the US and even abroad.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@ro

FAR 279 Michael Blank Opening: Michael’s an entrepreneur through and through and passionate about helping people become financially free with real estate investing He’s the author of the Amazon bestseller “Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing” and host of the popular Apartment Buildings Investing Podcast. He’s helped investors purchase 5,000 multifamily units valued at $215M through his content and training programs. As CEO of Nighthawk Equity, he controls over $43M million in performing multifamily assets all over the United States and has raised over $12M.  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Guest: Michael Blank Announcements:

FAR 278 Fantastic Deals and Where to Find Them pt 2 Opening: We are going to finish up today with part 2 of my new eBook, “Fantastic Deals and Where to Find Them”. The ebook will be available in the Kindle store and as an audio book. But we have some questions piling up I need to get to and of course the news. I’ve also got a little math less review for you that will help us understand some of the data in the news. All of that is coming right up!  How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! Would you like to invest in