10 Must-Knows About Buying Real Estate Investment Properties at Auctions

10 Must-Knows About Buying Real Estate Investment Properties at Auctions

If you’re interested in buying real estate as an investment, you should know the local MLS isn’t your only option. Real estate auctions are growing in popularity, especially for people looking for a bargain. Experienced investors often buy properties this way, but technology has simplified the process and has made it less intimidating to new…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Coach Radio: Q & A with Kyle – Funding, Commissions & Branding

Today, SREC’s Head Coach, Kyle Garifo, answers some of the questions we have received through our social media and from our customer service team. He answers questions about earnest money, if we will invest in students who are buying apartment complexes and multifamily homes, wholesale deal commissions and creating a brand for your business. Tune…  Continue Reading

Did you get the package I sent you in the mail?

  Just wanted to find out if you received the letter and FREE DVD I sent you a few days ago. Did the US Postal Service drop it in your mail box? The reason I ask is because the good ‘ol US Mail service… as you know… can be a bit sluggish at times. If you…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: 10 Big Mistakes That Kill Real Estate Profits

Join Josh Cantwell and Kyle Garifo as they sit down to reflect on their real estate investing careers and discuss the 10 BIG mistakes that investors make that kill real estate profits. Take a look into their world and the challenges they face on a daily basis and things they have to avoid to make sure…  Continue Reading

Here’s How Attend the Flip & Fund Summit 5 for FREE

WHY ATTEND THE FLIP & FUND SUMMIT 5? I recently sat down with SREC’s Head Coach, Kyle Garifo, to talk about experiences we’ve had with attending real estate live events and other training programs. Looking back on it, I think in the year 2005 alone, I must have spent about $100,000 just traveling and attending…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: SREC Classic: Former Clinical Therapist Does Deal, Makes $94,000 Using SREC Investing Systems!

Today, we’re throwing it back and giving you a SREC Classic – a former Clinical Therapist does deal and makes $94,000 in profit using SREC investing systems. Who is this former Clinical Therapist we are talking about? SREC’s new Head Coach and frequent podcast host, Kyle Garifo!  P.S. After you tune in to this free podcast,…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: Do Your Best and Outsource the Rest

SREC’s Head Coach Kyle Garifo interviews one of our Mastermind Members, DK Kim. DK is an attorney and successful real estate investor in Orlando, Florida. DK shares his career path, the bread and butter to his business – HUD homes and how he works exclusively with local wholesalers. DK will be presenting at our Flip…  Continue Reading

In 2016, Let’s Stop Chasing the Latest Fads

  I want to talk to you guys today about your real estate investing business. Where does your business stand? Are you just starting out and need some direction? Or, have you flipped a few homes, but need to systemize your business so you can consistently collect your profit checks without getting too involved with…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: Q&A With Kyle

SREC’s Head Coach Kyle Garifo answers questions from students we have received through our customer service team and on our social media channels such as how do I find good deals, how do I partner with other students, how do I structure my 506B’s and current market trends. P.S. After you tune in to this free…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: Introducing Kyle Garifo, From Student to Head Coach

Josh introduces Kyle Garifo, a former student who has recently been named a faculty member and Head Coach of Strategic Real Estate Coach. He went from being a brand new real estate investor to flipping over 250 houses, raising over $15 million dollars and building his sucessful business. Kyle will be a regular contributor to…  Continue Reading

Do Real Estate Webinars or Live Workshops Achieve Faster Results

  What’s the difference between webinars versus live events? Does live events or webinar get better results? Do webinars or live workshops achieve faster implementation, action and execution? My Live Event Experience Back in 2003 when I started in my real estate investing career, webinars were not the primary method of consuming new real estate…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: Why Attend the Flip & Fund Summit 5?

This week, Josh chats with SREC Head Coach and former student, Kyle Garifo, about real estate events they have attended when beginning their career, what sets the Flip & Fund Summit 5 apart from those and why you should attend. P.S. After you tune in to this free podcast, we would really appreciate it if you could…  Continue Reading

The One Thing (Real Estate Lesson for Entrepreneurs)

The One Thing After coaching and consulting real estate entrepreneurs for nearly 10 years I’ve concluded that real estate investors need to do just ONE THING to be successful. Just One. Two Main QUESTIONS Without a doubt, the two main questions I get asked the most are 1) how do I find the deals? And…  Continue Reading

[New Training] Protecting Your Principal Part I

As some of you know, I have been getting a lot of questions from students lately about advice regarding becoming a private investor. I am starting to get a sense that we need to create and offer a training specifically for private investors, private lenders and self-directed IRA investors. I am working on creating a…  Continue Reading

(Student Case Study) How to Create Standard Operating Procedures and Systems in Your Real Estate Business

Work the System This past week, I was able to spend some time with one of our Master’s Elite Coaching Members and also an investor with Freeland, Phil Luther. He is a very experienced real estate investor with over 30 years experience a massive rental portfolio and who has been part of our high-end coaching…  Continue Reading

The Key to Finding Good Deals on Off-Market Properties

What Exactly Does Off-Market Mean? Off-market properties are ones that you find that are NOT listed in the MLS database. These are typically harder to find and require hard work and marketing. BUT have no fear – I am here today to show you the secrets of finding these hidden gems. The Fundamentals If you…  Continue Reading

The Easiest Way to Find Killer On-Market Property Deals

What Does On-Market Mean? Step one as a real estate investor is usually the search for a good deal. Depending on your experience and what market you are located in, this can be pretty easy or pretty difficult. As you most likely know, the real estate marketing is HOT right now, proving it to be…  Continue Reading

Property Launch Formula: Sell Your Property in Record Time

Have A Property That’s Ready to List? Here’s What to Do As a real estate investor, you have to overcome many obstacles in your career – you have to find and secure a property that’s worth investing in. After you find the property, you have to find a way to fund to get funding for…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: The Art of Rebuilding

This week, Josh chats with SREC student and Hurricane Katrina survivor, Michael Johnston about how he was able to rebuild his life after the devastation of Katrina through real estate investing and proper education. P.S. After you tune in to this free podcast, we would really appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It’ll only…  Continue Reading

[8 Steps] How to Become a Successful and Confident Self-Directed Private Investor

Lately I’ve been noticing a trending question among my students – they have been telling me they have some extra cash on hand or in their self-directed IRA accounts and need some advice on what to do with it. This question really got the wheels turning in my brain and I decided to create a…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: How to Be a Successful and Confident Self-Directed Private Investor

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh discusses his strategies for how to be a successful and confident self-directed private investor. This is a brand new training Josh created for students who have some extra money in their Self-Directed IRA account and don’t know what to do with it. P.S. After you…  Continue Reading

Free Virtual Real Estate Investing Resource

Don’t Have Access to the MLS? Here’s Your Solution… As a real estate investor, you probably know that the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) is where real estate agents list all their inventory. You can find great real estate investments on the MLS. Realtors can also manually pull lists of real estate investment properties for you…  Continue Reading

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Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: How To Use Internet Data Exchange To Find Great Real Estate Deals

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh focuses on one of the 55 Simple and Powerful Ways to Find Killer Real Estate Deals – the Internet Data Exchange.  The IDX is a contract or agreement between the MLS and a local real estate agent who has a website. It allows the MLS…  Continue Reading

How Michael Johnston Recovered From Hurricane Katrina [Student Case Study]

I always truly enjoy catching up with our students to see where they are and how their real estate investing career is going. We have many great success stories here at SREC that I’m proud to share – but this one in particular truly shows how resilient we can be. Hurricane Katrina hit 10 years…  Continue Reading

How to Find Off-Market Properties to Keep You from Going Extinct

As I’m sure you know, the real estate market game is changing. Thousands of new investors are jumping in every second to swipe the good deals in your market right out from under you. The more competition grows, the more you need to stay on top and adapt to the ever-changing strategies. Some of your…  Continue Reading

Do You Want to See How I Live For a Day? (Or Three)

Recently, one of my students asked me what the biggest, game-changing thing was for me in my real estate investing career. I thought about it for a while, then decided hands-down, it was my one-on-one coaching experience. I got to actually sit down with a professional and learn the business. Your set-up for success immediately,…  Continue Reading

How to Start Your Week with a Plan for Success

About ten years ago, I was just a guy with a vision for a fixer-upper I wanted to buy and flip. I hated my job. I worked a lot of nights and weekends as a financial planner. I had a six figure income, but I was basically broke living commission check to commission check. So…  Continue Reading

Case Studies I’m Flipping Right NOW

8 Profit Packed Case Studies This summer has been crazy busy for my personal real estate investing business. Since we had such a tough winter, some properties had to get put on hold and took longer than expected. Some had unforeseen costs and issues. And sometimes you just hire a bad contractor who isn’t doing…  Continue Reading

What do Josh & Cleveland Whiskey Have in Common? [Private Equity Case Study]

506(c) SEC General Solicitation For those of you that are local Clevelanders like myself, maybe you caught the article in the Plain Dealer this weekend regarding Cleveland Whiskey launching a new website as a portal for accredited investors. More and more companies are doing this. It is EXACTLY how I’ve been raising money for the…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: 8 Profit Packed Real Estate Case Studies We Are Flipping Right Now

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh talks through some of the properties that him and his team are currently buying and flipping in today’s market.  P.S. After you tune in to this free podcast, we would really appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It’ll only take you a second… and keeps…  Continue Reading

The Deals Are Out There, And Here’s How To Find Them

  Real Estate in 60 Seconds – Finding Deals This week we were able to catch up with one of my property manager’s, Dione Saliba, for a new episode of Real Estate in 60 Seconds. We joined him one of our current properties that we’re rehabbing, 26930 Oxford Park Lane in Olmsted Township, Ohio. A…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: How to Bid on Properties Using Auction.com

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh discusses another one of his 55 Simple & Powerful Strategies to find Killer Real Estate Investments, Auction.com. You will learn how to use this online method and see how to bid on properties using their live auctions. P.S. After you tune in to this free podcast,…  Continue Reading

The Answer to All Your Real Estate Investing Questions

Ready to Go From Rookie to Rockstar? This is it. Your golden opportunity. Your big break. I want to show you how to set up your own $40,000.00 per month property flipping machine. I want to give you all the strategies and techniques you’ll use to run this system effortlessly. Without needing years of experience……  Continue Reading

The Only Real Estate Strategy You’ll Ever Need

After weekends like Labor Day, doesn’t it make you wish you were able to have the flexible schedule and lifestyle like a long, holiday weekend all the time? Big Brother Breaks Free As a professional real estate investor who left a full-time job as a financial planner, a question I get asked frequently is “how…  Continue Reading

Secret Weapons in Real Estate Investing

The Automated Offer Formula When you find a property that you are considering purchasing as an investment property, are you often stuck on what number you should offer the seller? Are you interested in learning a foolproof formula that works EVERY time to give you the price you should offer on a potential property? I…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: Finding Off-Market & Vacant Properties

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh Cantwell chats with his friend, colleague and fellow real estate educator, Chris Seder. Chris works for his family office that owns over 130 rental properties in Billings, Montana and is a virtual investor in four large markets. Josh and Chris discuss how to find off-market, vacant properties….  Continue Reading

The #1 Real Estate Investing Myth Debunked

Another Flip & Fund Summit Success! Our Flip & Fund Summit in beautiful Dallas, Texas is officially OVER and let me tell you, it’s one for the record books! We had about 80 like-minded, serious real estate investors all gathered in one room for three days with myself and my faculty and it was INCREDIBLE….  Continue Reading

The System Never Changes

  Flip & Fund Summit is LIVE in Dallas, Texas Right now, we are live in Dallas, Texas at our Flip & Fund Summit. It’s been AWESOME so far – we have a great group of real estate investors who are eager to learn and share their experiences. Tonight, for our keynote speaker presentation, I…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: Transitioning From Single Family Homes to Commercial Properties

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh Cantwell talks with Joe Fairless about transitioning from flipping single family homes to commercial properties and getting funding for your deals. Joe is a real estate investor and has his own podcast, Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever. P.S. After you tune in to this free…  Continue Reading

How To Get the Funding You Need for the Deals You Want

Get All the Funding You Need Last week, we discussed how the two biggest questions I get asked from students is: How do I get funding for my deals? How do I find good deals? I gave you the powerful solution for finding good deals with my FREE report, “55 Simple and Powerful Ways to…  Continue Reading

Never Have to Ask “How Do I Find Good Deals?” Again

The Direct Deal Formula This week I had the privilege of sitting down Jason Lucchesi, a former student of mine and founder of a real estate investing training and coaching company called Global Fortune Solutions that he’s been running since 2008. Jason has since flipped hundreds of properties using what he calls his “Direct Deal…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: The Direct Deal Formula

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh Cantwell chats with a former student of his, Jason Lucchesi who is now the founder of a real estate investing training and coaching company called Global Fortune Solutions.  Jason walks Josh through his Direct Deal Formula and how he’s focusing on purchasing off-market, distressed properties…  Continue Reading

Discover How to Receive a Blueprint to Achieving Your Desired Lifestyle

Is the Flip & Fund Summit the Best in the Industry? The Flip & Fund Summit in Dallas, Texas is officially CLOSED for registration! 80 talented investors will participate in one of the most intensive, results-oriented live real estate events of the year. The feedback we get from you (my students) is the most important…  Continue Reading

Are You Still Sitting on the Fence?

It’s Time to Pull the Trigger If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not to attend our exclusive live event, the Flip & Fund Summit taking place in Dallas, Texas in just two short weeks – now’s the time to make the decision! Is the cost an issue? Or timing? Whatever it is…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio: How To Calculate Private Investor Returns

In this episode of Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, Josh Cantwell walks you through how to calculate private investor returns using a case study of his, 1300 Idlewood Dr. in Lakewood, Ohio.  P.S. After you tune in to this free podcast, we would really appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It’ll only take you…  Continue Reading

Ways To Further Your Real Estate Investing Education

All Your Funding Issues Solved Everyone knows that a real estate investor’s number one issue is almost always investing. You know it, I know it and everyone who’s ever been in real estate knows it. The market has changed so much over the years since the financial crisis and it seems like options are VERY…  Continue Reading

Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio is New & Noteworthy

Our podcast, Strategic Real Estate Investor Radio, has been making waves on iTunes lately! We were ranked at #8 under the “Investing” category – which is HUGE considering there are thousands of other investing podcasts! We are also featured right on the front page iTunes under the New & Noteworthy section! I want to give…  Continue Reading

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How You Can Become an Expert Real Estate Investor

  Win a FREE iPad Mini 2 Here’s the scoop – do you subscribe and listen to our podcasts? Do you like what you hear and learn? Awesome, then leave us a 5 star review on iTunes! Reading your reviews keep us motivated to bring you the best free, education content that we can. Once…  Continue Reading

Taking a Leap of Faith

How to Fund Your Deals By now you know that my business is 100% automated – and I have no problem teaching my students the EXACT blueprint I use to be successful. Let’s walk through the process of how to get your deals funded by raising private money through our Freedom Funding program. Notes – This is…  Continue Reading