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 Houses at Tax Deed Auctions: Liens, Deeds, Exits
What actually happens after you win a tax deed: deed wait times, which liens survive, the 120-day IRS redemption window, and how to exit a condemned property.
Manufactured Home Land Packages: The FHA Foundation Play
How the manufactured home land package model works: rural lot criteria, the four-month utility timeline, the FHA price band, and why cash beats hard money.
South Florida Investment Property: The Real Price Points
Real South Florida price bands: $700K average Broward homes, $400-500K Fort Lauderdale duplexes, $200K condos, and the insurance and HOA costs that kill deals.
Reinvesting Flip Profits Into Rentals: The 50/50/50 Split
Clay White splits every flip’s profit 50/50/50 — half to rental debt paydown, half split with his money partner. Here’s the structure and why it compounds.
Foundation Repair Quotes: Red Flags and the Drainage Fix
A 35-year foundation contractor names the quote line items that signal a cover-up, the exterior water fixes that come first, and how to write your own scope.
Distressed Property Lead Lists: How to Stack Filters
How to build distressed property lead lists that convert: stack physical and financial distress signals, work 500 records instead of 50,000, and script the first call.
Infinite Banking for Real Estate: The Idle Cash Value Trap
How infinite banking works for real estate investors: the policy-loan-to-down-payment sequence, why liquidity captured a $30K discount, and the idle cash value trap.
Buying Vacant Lots at Auction: The Buildability Checklist
How to separate a buildable auction lot from dead dirt before you bid, price it off builder margin, and read the hold — with real Orlando lot-to-lot numbers.
New Jersey Tax Lien Auctions: The Premium Bid Trap
New Jersey tax lien auctions bid the interest rate down to zero, then stack a premium that earns nothing. Here’s how the mechanic really prices your return.
Charitable Remainder Trust vs 1031: A Big-Gain Exit Plan
How one operator used an irrevocable charitable remainder trust and a $2,500 family foundation instead of a 1031 on a property bought at $6.45M, sold at $16.2M.
How to Buy Probate Properties: Calling Heirs Who Don’t Care
How to buy probate properties: where the lists come from, the 30-50% discounts that are realistic, the calling cadence that works, and the mistake to avoid.
Warehouse to Self Storage Conversion in Small Markets
How Brian Laing built six self storage facilities from converted warehouses: site screening filters, phased buildout, bootstrapped financing, and lease-up tactics.