Playbooks from investors doing the deals
Every article starts from a real conversation on one of our shows, then gets turned into a step-by-step guide.
Buying Apartments at a Discount Is a Myth. Buy Inefficiency
Why “bought at a 30% discount” means nothing in multifamily, and what to underwrite instead: operating inefficiency, long-hold control, and market reads.
Adaptive Reuse Commercial Real Estate: A $12M to $73M Case
How Southern California Equity turned a $12M misclassified industrial building into a $73M asset — use classification, mezzanines, and a credit-tenant lease.
Investment Property Insurance: Replacement Cost vs Market Value
Why purchase price is the wrong number for investment property insurance, how carriers set replacement cost, and how to tell if a cheaper quote is a thinner policy.
Infinite Banking for Real Estate Investors: How It Works
How infinite banking works for real estate investors: loan speed, policy loan rates, tax and DTI treatment, and where the strategy breaks down.
Fix and Flip to Multifamily Syndication: How to Make the Jump
How flippers actually move into multifamily syndication: picking one GP role, getting past broker gatekeeping, conservative underwriting, and funding the lag.
Why Every Investor Needs Three Lending Relationships
Why one lender is a single point of failure, how to vet a lender’s capital stack, and why over-negotiating gets you cut first when liquidity tightens.
How to Choose a Title Company as a Real Estate Investor
How to choose a title company as an investor: the deal types to confirm, the response-time standards to demand, and what shops need from you in return.
How to Rank in AI Search for Real Estate Seller Leads
AI search isn’t replacing SEO for motivated seller leads. Glen Petersen breaks down the 30% that’s different, the 9-12 month timeline, and what to fix first.
Land Development for House Flippers: Vetting Your First Deal
How a 100-deal-a-year flipper vetted a 78-acre, $1.025M land deal: retired infrastructure risk, a builder next door, a 13-heir probate, and selling rentals to fund it.
From Flipping Houses to Private Lending: How to Pivot
How to know when your flipping model has topped out, what skills carry over to private lending, and how to fund the switch — from an operator who did it in 2019.
Subdividing Land for Profit: The Math Behind 1-Acre Lots
How subdividing land for profit actually pencils: Neil Clements’ Texas numbers on $40K/acre raw land versus $120K/acre platted lots, and the due diligence that protects it.
How to Raise Capital for Real Estate: Picking a Structure
Which structure fits your raise: JV, promissory note, 506(b), 506(c), or an investment club. Plus the timing mistake that cost one investor $55,000.