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The holy grail of real estate investing is understanding how to get deals on houses direct to seller. No real estate agents, no wholesalers, no auctions, no bull crap.
Permits. The good, bad, and UGLY.
Permits, it's something that all real estate investors are going to have to deal with. I'm going to go through the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to dealing with inspections and permits.
10 years later and I understand THIS about contractors
Price, speed, quality. They say you can only pick two.
why you need to buy a crappy deal (TRUST ME)
If you're a beginner in real estate, I think you should buy crappy deals. I'm Ross, been investing in real estate for 15, almost 16 years now.
Can 500 postcards get a house deal?
what's the minimum list size that you should have to send mail to for it to actually be effective? So as you guys know, I'm Ross, been investing in real estate for 15 years.
When to leave your corporate job for real estate investing
Yo, Andrew, what's up, man? Seen you all over here and appreciate your inputs on the community here.
10 ways I find cheap houses (it always works)
I'm going to show you the 10 ways to get your next house deal. Now, I've been investing in real estate for 15 years, bought literally hundreds of houses.
10 years of Flipping houses to realize THIS about Real Estate Investing
when you're trying to flip houses there's a million things to learn and your attention is spread razor thin so you need to learn the four things you should actually Focus your attention on what it unfortunately took me a really long time to figure out is that your bandwidth is actually really minima
1031 Exchange
Okay, you're asking about a 1031 exchange now, which a 1031 exchange is a like kind exchange. So you are basically, you sell a house for $200,000.
3 Advanced Tactics for Managing Contractors
the biggest hurdle you're going to face as a house flipper and a real estate investor is dealing with the rehabs therefore contractors but the problem is that the advice that you're going to get is from people who are doing dozens of projects and that means that they have something to offer that you
3 Key Skills for House Flippers | Beginner’s Roadmap
most new house flippers fail because there's just so many people giving so much advice about so many different things and what happens is you either end up taking the wrong steps or worse yet you end up quitting today we're going to cut through all that noise and we're going to focus on the three cr
3 Most Painful Lessons in Real Estate (and what to do instead)
Here are the three most brutal and costly mistakes I've made as a real estate investor so you don't have to. I've been investing since 2011.
4 Schemes Real Estate Gurus Won’t Tell You (But I Will)
Look, you're not going to hear this on Bigger Pockets, but these are the real moves that shady investors use to win the dark side of real estate. I'm not saying that you should do them.
$42,000 Bid Getting SLASHED with This Technique
When contractors come to a messy job site, you get a messy bid, and a messy bid is always a high bid. When you have a lot of things on your mind, you're thinking about a bunch of different things, you feel overwhelmed because you can't make sense of what needs to get done.
5 Habits of Top 1% House Flippers
You're binging HGTV, Bigger Pockets, and YouTube just like everybody else. But somehow they're getting rich and you're barely breaking even.
7 House Flipping Nightmares (and how to avoid them)
the biggest catastrophic event I've ever faced on a real estate investment is this $40,000 oversight you see I was digging this French drain right here and all of a sudden I hit a soft spot in the ground that soft spot was a pit before becoming a real estate investor I would have nightmares about al
70% Rule is Just a Ball Park
The 70% rule is it's not really that great. So it is a method for quick calculation.
9 Uncommon Side Hustles That Will Pay for Real Estate
Let's go through the nine uncommon side hustles in the real estate industry because you want to get started investing in real estate or maybe go further investing in real estate, but it takes money to make money and that's the problem that a lot of people run into. So, we're going to talk about the nine businesses that can get you in the game and get you some cash flow going.
A Contractor Showed Up to Fight Me (Rules for Management)
A contractor demanded payment for work that was clearly wrong. Now, in my 15 years of buying real estate and working as a general contractor, I've literally hired hundreds of contractors, and I can count on one hand how many times I've had to say no to writing a check.
Assessing a Property for Purchase (didn't buy)
Okay, a community member has a deal that he's assessing right now. We're thinking that the ARV is going to be around 500 to 550.
Avoid Contractor Scams: 5 Red Flags That Cost Investors Thousands
This contractor just stole $1.6 million. >> A federal judge sentenced Matt Marelli in February to 8 years in prison after he stole a total of 1 and6 million from more than a dozen people.
Become a Millionaire without customers or employees in 2026
I'm Ross and I'm here to show you how to build a one-man real estate enterprise that pays you today through house flips and pays you forever through rentals. Even if you don't know construction, don't know what to say to contractors, don't know how to find deals, fund deals, or generally where to start.
Before and After of a Trashed Home! | House Flipping 101
We bought this house as an off-market deal, had to put around $70,000 of work into it, and now we have it on the market, it's under contract, and we're doing our final walkthrough here. Let's talk about the changes we made.
Beginner's Guide to House Flipping and BRRR Investing
welcome to house fliping 101 now my goal for you is to help you to avoid the costly mistakes that I've made in the past decade and hundreds of houses fli for either rent or for sale I don't expect you to be an expert after this but you should have a thorough understanding of the key Concepts necessa
Building a Scope of Work for House Flips and BRRRs Made EASY
we talk a lot about the most important things when you're investing in real estate and we talk a lot about getting a great deal we talk about managing and finding subcontractors we talk about listing properties but that is not the most important piece of real estate investing the thing that's going
Building Lists for Marketing
Okay, man, I was thinking about the message that I sent you about this list building, and I thought maybe it could have gotten a little confusing because it is confusing. It's a little complex.
Buying a house directly from the owner live (uncut)
I'm about to show you exactly what it looks like to go direct to seller on your next real estate deal in the living room with these people as I do it in real time. Now I own over 150 houses.
Buying Houses using FBI Hostage Negotiation Tactics
I'm absolutely certain that the thing that separates good investors from Bad investors is getting the right deal on the front end but fortunately former hostage negotiator Chris Voss wrote a book called Never split the difference we've taken those tactics and applied them in a direct to seller home
bypass wholesalers realtors direct deals
Okay, here's the question. Mainly getting deals from a wholesaler, some of you maybe through real estate agents.
Cash Flow Calculator
okay your um questions about the brent sparked some uh motivation here so i into you know tools.solohouseflipper.com you know about these three tools and i just built a cash flow calculator so this is going to take you know whatever you have in the flipping calc so you know that deal was 525 you know you said the rehab costs were like fifty thousand dollars okay so you know that's going to do your thing there but that after repair value is going to get pushed over here to your cash flow calculator okay now it's taking an estimated rent all right which is going to be too high for this deal you say 2200 a month there's your cash flow number all right so let's take like a more normal deal here even three hundred thousand dollars all right so it's going to push your estimated rent which on a three hundred thousand dollar house that is the types of rent that i would get out here okay so it seems that things are a little bit different in your market but anyway if you go to advanced you know this is based upon a refinance of 80 loan to value six and a half percent interest rate amortization of 30 years your taxes and your insurance and then we figured in vacancy maintenance property management and capex okay so let's just look at you know some changes here if you for instance got a 70 percent refinance all right you'd still be a negative cash flow all right i don't know what your taxes and insurance are out there if they make the 50 50 year uh mortgages boom baby we got some cash flow but you see the issue right now with the interest rates as high as they are you really have to get great deals to make this work now uh as you'll see in a video that i'm about to make about the market in fact i've already filmed it it's getting edited right now but you know basically like in tough times you want to make sure that things can rent and so in tough times you know i might not be hiring a property manager if i'm you and i may be doing the maintenance not diy but i may be managing myself and i trust me you're gonna save a lot of money by managing things yourself okay um you know whatever you you might have lower vacancy because you're doing it all yourself okay so now you're creating some cash flow for yourself even at 80 you're going to have some cash flow but anyway a quick calculator for you to figure out you know your loan amount your principal interest taxes insurance and then your noi that's your net operating income which is basically your cash flow times 12.
Choosing the Right Market To Buy In
Okay, Ross, do you have a video on market research analysis? Not really, because I don't like to freak people out.
Couple SCAMMED Out of $75,000 | Expert House Flipper Reacts
couple scammed out of $75,000 help I wrecked my house this is on HGTV I have no clue what this is about they put it in my database for me to watch so here we go oh wow so welcome to our home thanks I have a pretty good idea because you guys sent me a video obviously but yeah I want the full tour so
Dealing with the \"Fear Tax\" (Contractors Overbid)
Okay, here's the question about the fear tax, asking a quote for a soggy bathroom floor, then breaking it down. Do I recommend getting the quote first based on the work that needs to be done, the soggy bathroom floor, and then to counter, as I explained in that video, or to break down the job before?
Did my Tenants RUIN this Property? First Walkthrough
we're going to see how much these tenants tore the crap out of the property I got a little Insider information here from my property management company that says I might be screwed right now the thing is you could buy houses in nicer neighborhoods which we do sometimes but they don't usually make th
Don't buy a house without this critical 1st step
Pro investors know exactly what type of property they buy and amateurs don't. And without this critical first step, nobody serious will want to work with you.
Don't Buy a Money Pit (Lessons from 100+ Derelict Houses)
In 15 years, I bought over a 100red derelct houses. It's been both my worst nightmare and my greatest advantage.
Don't Fall Victim to These 10 Contractor Scams
most contractors are great people some of the best really but some are dirty little people with dirty little tricks heck some are downright criminal and I'm here to tell you the top 10 dirty tricks that contractors use and if you stick around I have three bonus downright criminal tricks that they us
Don't Hire a Contractor Before Watching This!
Real Estate Investors out there are constantly getting taken advantage of by Dirty contractor tricks and this one that we call the hostage is one of the hardest ones to see coming in my 15 years of doing this I found some ways to break free of the hostage and also prevent myself from Ever Getting in
Don’t Hire a Contractor without THESE documents
There's four main documents that you need before you hire and pay a contractor. Otherwise, you could be held liable for some stuff.
DON'T TAKE DOWN THE DRYWALL!!!
uh well currently we're going to look at a house that I just got under contract and I haven't seen yet but uh then we're going to the house that screwed me so we set up our scope of work specifically to not mess with the drywall cuz once you take drywall off then you need to bring everything underne
Duplex deal formula in 8 minutes
You asked me about basically you want to flip a multifamily home and you're trying to figure out if you know how you comp that. So you understand how to comp a single family home.
Evan & Keith Renovate This 70's House Into A Six-Figure Masterpiece | Expert Reacts
we're gonna watch Evan and Keith renovate this 70s house into a six-figure masterpiece so they say probably what we're going to watch is them buy a super cheap house in Detroit and spend all their time renovating it and uh they should have maybe just been contractors instead so here's the house it's
Exact system for finding house value (ARV)
Real estate investors are leaning on chat GBT more and more, but can it actually price a deal, find the ARV for you? Well, in my 14 years of buying real estate, I've appraised literally hundreds of potential deals.
Exactly how houses make you wealthy (in 6 minutes)
As a real estate investor, there's nothing I like more than counting my chickens, figuring out what the results of my actions today will be in 30 years. And that's why I built this app.
Exactly how the 70% Flip Formula works (full breakdown)
Here's the question. The 70% rule that flippers use, how long does it calculate for holding time?
Expert House Flipper Reacts to HGTV
let's see how realistic these flipper flop shows actually are it's not that bad all right well first off you just got to check out this bluish house right in the middle of this neighborhood looks like somewhere dry with that front yard it's a little bit yeah yeah this is about the same shape that yo
Exposing the 3 Biggest Con Artists in House Flipping (and what to do about it)
there's some serious con artists in the house flipping game and I know you think I'm talking about contractors and there is a specific type of contractor but what I'm really interested in is when I was reading this book I found out that real estate agents on average take 10 more days to sell their p
Exposing the 5 Psychological Hacks to Make REAL Money as a House Flipper
I have five psychological hacks that I've learned over the years that are going to help me increase the price of this one. Now to really understand how to implement these psychological hacks, you need to understand how value is determined for your property.
Exposing the 9 Biggest Lies in Real Estate Investing
I think that a lot of potential real estate investors get defeated before they ever get started because they hear a lot of lies out there. And I got to admit, I might be one of the ones telling them when I say things like, "I own $25 million of real estate or have over 150 rental units or I've flipped over 300 houses." Well, I mean it, but when I think about it, it's kind of misleading.
Fastest way to find load bearing walls (general contractor explains)
Here's the fastest way to figure out if a wall is loadbearing or not. Now, I've been investing in real estate for 15 years, been a GC, flipped over 300 houses, and sometimes you want to get a wall out of the way so you can have an open concept.
Finding House Deals in this Weird Market | Top 3 Strategies
here's the deal if you can't get a deal on your next Real Estate Investment you're going to fail as a house flipper or a real estate investor and most people simply can't find good deals because they're looking in the wrong place and what ends up happening is you overpay or you don't get started at
Framework for House Flip Rehabs
Flippin' houses, especially the rehab portion, will suck up your bandwidth like a vacuum. So you need to know how the man gets better.
Get Money to Buy Houses without Being Rich (Here's How)
Most of you all think that you need a whole bunch of money to start buying houses. So, what you do is you tell yourself you're going to wait for the right time to come around.
Get Rich While Working Your Job. Then Leave (Step by Step Plan)
If you got a nineto-ive job and you want to become a real estate investor, but you don't want to do it all at one time. You want to do it as a side hustle as you build up to be able to leave that job and be financially free.
Getting an FHA Loan with 203(k) Construction Loan
Okay, actually, one of the first loans I got was an fha loan with a 203k loan. It was a, you know, with the 203k rider or whatever you call it.
Give me 30 minutes and become a House Structure Pro
The biggest fear that most real estate investors have is that they're going to buy a house and later find out that it has some serious structural issues. The problem, these are exactly the kind of issues that your insurance won't cover.
Handyman vs General Contractor
Now, let's talk about the difference between a handyman business and a general contracting business. Now, whether you're a home service pro trying to decide whether you should be a GC or a handyman or trying to decide which one's better, or a real estate investor or homeowner who's trying to decide which one you should hire, or if you're a real estate investor trying to decide whether you should DIY work like a handyman or if you should general contract it like an MIR, a manage it yourself, this video is for you.
House Flip FUNDING Secrets
the other day somebody left a comment on one of our videos saying how rich do you need to be to buy these houses and I hear that one a lot I mean we're living in some strange times it's hard for most people to think about buying their personal house let alone houses to flip the truth is I wasn't Ric
House Flipping Business in Under 30 Minutes (Full Blueprint)
It can be hard to picture what a house flipping business really looks like. Do you need a ton of cash to get started?
House Flipping explained in 6 minutes
All right, guys, this is all you really need to know about flipping houses. Flipping houses is only the first step.
House gets DESTROYED by Crazy Tenants
a lot of people hate on property owners and landlords for being a little bit too cheap with their properties but why don't you look at it from their perspective this is what we're left with after a tenant turnover I mean these walls are wrecked and sure you might be thinking well you probably paint
House Renovation Management: What You Must Know
knowing how to manage a renovation project is literally a superpower now the methods that I'm about to show you I've used on hundreds of flips and rental properties I've used them on high-end customer Renovations I even used these methods on my own house and so I know that they're going to work for
How a pro flipper calculates profits (full breakdown)
Getting ready to buy a house flip and you need to figure out what your max allowable offer is, what you're going to offer to buy the house. And first, you need to figure out what your profits are going to be.
How an expert house flipper would start over | Larossa Workshop 119
At the time of this recording, it is exactly 13 years since I closed on my very first flip house. And I thought, what if I started all over today?
How I Became a Millionaire in Real Estate
Here's how a guy like me became a millionaire. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
How I Saved this Rental from the Brink of Destruction
a few weeks ago this was a perfectly performing rental but because of a tenants poop I've had to spend tens of thousands of dollars getting this house back into condition not only that I've actually had to go to court to make sure that this house didn't get torn to the ground and here's what happene
How I Sell Houses for 5% More Than Other Flippers (Full Framework)
you definitely don't want to buy the best house in the worst neighborhood now to understand the filter you need to think about the way that people are going to experience the house and this is where we Implement what we call the big three we decide how they're going to be walking through the propert
How real estate makes you rich (and wealthy)
It's pretty simple guys. There's two ways that your real estate increases in value or better said two types of appreciation.
How the City Catches Unpermitted Renovations
You might be trying to decide whether or not you should pull permits on your next renovation project. And I'm going to tell you the five ways the city will catch you and shut you down if you don't.
How to Avoid Being Slumlord (and still make money)
Is being a slum lord the only way to make money as a residential real estate investor or is there a better way to You're going to be faced with this dilemma every time a tenant moves out and owning 150 doors means I'm face to face with it often. And in fact today I went out to look at five different rental turnovers.
How to Build a House Flipping Business (Full Course)
Here's everything you need to know about becoming a solo house flipper. If you're unsure what career you want to sink your teeth into, and you're considering becoming a real estate entrepreneur, but you're held up by things like, "How much money can I really make?
How To Calculate House Value Like A Pro [ARV Masterclass]
forecasting the wrong after repair value on a house can be seriously costly and it's a really common mistake that people make and people try to over complicate it and it's really actually simple I'm going to show you how I comp using software that's really available to everybody like Zillow redin Tr
How to Pick the Right Contractor for your next project
I'm going to show you guys how to find the right contractor before they even set foot on your job site. Investors and homeowners have nightmare experiences with these guys, and it's because they all make the same mistake.
How to Project Profits in Underwriting
Getting ready to buy a house flip and you need to figure out what your max allowable offer is, what you're going to offer to buy the house. And first, you need to figure out what your profits are going to be.
How to Pull Your Own Permits
The most successful real estate investors I know, including myself, act as their own general contractor. Now, since 2011, I've been investing in real estate, and I've navigated through some pretty turbulent markets and ended up with over $25 million worth of real estate.
How to Start a One Man Real Estate Business
Hey guys, I'm Ross and I'm here to show you how to build a one-man real estate enterprise that pays you today through flips and pays you forever through rentals. Even if you don't know construction, don't know how to talk to contractors, and have no idea where to start.
How to Survive a Real Estate Crash
Tariffs are going crazy. The stock market has been pummeled and real estate is not selling.
I Found a Better Way to Flip Houses
You want to buy real estate, but what if it's the wrong time? What if the market turns?
I’m a General Contractor. You Should Never Hire Me
I've been a general contractor for over a decade. And if I were you, I wouldn't hire me.
I'm running 18 flips with Agentic AI (13 use cases)
If you're not using agentic ai right now, you are missing the biggest opportunity of your lifetime. And I'm talking about Claude Cowork or Claude Code, Perplexity Computer, or OpenClaw, the one that probably all of you have heard about.
I own 150 rentals. Here's how much I make. (real numbers)
I own 150 rental units and I'm going to show you exactly how much money I make from it. Full breakdown, all the expenses, including my P&L.
I pay pennies on the dollar for houses (full system)
If you think you're going to go out there and get deals from wholesalers and realators, well, you're probably just bait for the sharks. Now, I've been investing in real estate for 15 years, flipped over 300 houses.
I Ranked the 7 BEST House Flipping Strategies
Flipping houses is like maintaining your yard. Sometimes you got to gently prune that thing.
I Sold My House for $26,745 MORE with THIS Hack!
this house is about to go to the market to be sold and we're here to apply our market filter and you see the problem that most people have is they think they're real estate agent is going to do this for them but that's not how it works let me show you now the first thing that we did is during the re
If I started house flipping from scratch in 2026, I'd do this
If I had to start my real estate business over from scratch, this is exactly what I would do. Now, I've been investing in real estate for over 15 years.
It Took Me 15 Years to Learn These 18 Rules to Manage Contractors
You wonder why contractors are so hard to deal with? Well, it's not them, it's you.
Market Crashes BURY dumb investors (use this strategy instead)
Listen guys, this market doomer stuff out there really makes me mad because actually the real estate market and the impending crash doesn't matter if you're doing things right. Who it matters to are the people that are out there speculating.
My Honest Advice to a 19-Year-Old Investor With No Money and No Support
I'm breaking down a real question from a 19-year-old investor that posted on Bigger Pockets. He's trying to build wealth with no money, no support, and one pretty creative idea.
My Real Estate Investing Plan for 2026
It's almost 2026. You need to be setting goals.
Novice house flipper profits $40,000...copy his tactics
For those of you that are new to house flipping, I'm gonna show you how a guy in our school community went from no flips to just in a couple months, bought and sold his first flip, put tens of thousands of dollars in his pocket. I'm gonna show you the five things that he did really well so you can model yourself after him.
Pro general contractor explains asbestos (plus other EPA fines)
I'm going to tell you everything you need to know about asbests and other EPA fines. Now, I've been a real estate investor and a general contractor for 15 years.
Pro general contractor explains permitting...
I'm going to show you everything you need to know about permitting your next real estate investment. I've been a GC for over a decade, pulled hundreds of permits, hired hundreds of contractors, and I've done 300 plus flips for myself.
Property Walkthrough and Assessment
Okay, I wouldn't even worry about this 1 that's on a different level with a different view. I mean, it's probably worth.
protect yourself from illegal contractors...
ice raids, contractor stings, and job sites getting shut down. Is it all just propaganda, or are US real estate investors actually at risk?
Put a Washer/Dryer in House Flip (or Rental)
All right. Anyway, full gut installed new kitchen appliances and added a mudroom on the rear entry where the washer and dryer will be installed.
Real Estate [GRIDLOCK] Suffocating the Market…here’s what to do
Hey guys, the real estate market is in gridlock. It's not crashing, but it's not growing.
Real Estate Gurus Actually Mean This | Larossa Workshop 115
I believe that most real estate gurus and other YouTubers and Instagrammers out there are liars. I don't think they mean to be liars, but I think that what that does to people who are watching and trying to learn and trying to get into the real estate investing game is makes them feel overwhelmed, like it's out of reach.
Realtors are worthless (except for these 2 reasons)
99% of real estate agents are absolutely worthless, but there's two reasons that you gotta use them anyway. Now, I've been in buying real estate for 15 years.
Recalibrating after a BLOWN Rehab Budget on this Flip
what's up hello how we doing yeah we got stuck in phase two which is like the mechanical electrical plumbing trying to get through the city inspections here the city asked for a lot of things that we didn't expect to have to do and really we overran our budget pretty hard here and so we're going to
Remodel a $4,000 House To Relaxing Home! | Expert Reacts
here's another HGTV show these guys are buying crappy houses in Detroit and they're fixing them up but they're trying to use bargain tactics to get it done in a nice way now we're going to take a look at what I think these guys do right that really applies to you in your business and also what is HG
Rental Property DESTROYED by Water Damage
In this one, I'm basically in a situation where I kept trying to put duct tape on a problem that needs me to go in and fix it at its core. I bought this house maybe four years ago, and I've been having constant issues with it with water intrusion, like to the point where if you looked in the crawl space, you can see standing water.
Scope of Work SOW Made Easy with This Proven Template!
let me show you how I format my simple scope of work for house flips and Burr projects and I emphasize simple because you see the problem that we deal with in this industry is that a lot of the people who design this software they like to really focus on designing the software they make it very comp
Should I Pay This Contractor?
all right we had to do some demo of the carpet countertops and sink painted the cabinets we painted the interior we had to do some window repairs actually that hasn't happened yet so we'll probably see the broken windows and then we have uh some curb appeal items you know just some things to Spruce
Simple Hack to adding $27,332 to this Flip's Profit
people work their butts off to renovate these houses and then they get to the finish line and they leave so much money on the table and that's where our Market kit comes into play and that's what we had anticipated to go do on this property and we found a surprise and we basically had to rethink the
Take Decisive Action
Guys, I think most of you need to hear this right now. All right.
The 2 Costly House Flipping Traps You Must Avoid... and the 4 That Actually Work
most house flippers have no clue what they're doing and they end up buying the wrong houses and they're basically screwed from the start today we're going to go through the four strategies that actually work we're also going to cover the two traps that catch most people especially ones that are just
The 4 Wealth Engines That Make People Rich (or Broke) in Real Estate
Every property you buy is making or losing you money in four different ways. And it's happening whether you like it or not.
The Contractor Black Hole: How to Avoid It
if you're ever going to be managing contractors you need to stop and pay attention you see all the gurus out there are going to tell you that you need perfect scopes of work that you need perfect legal contracts and blah blah blah blah blah but none of that crap matters when the job starts and the c
The One-Person House Flipping Business Model (No Hammer Required)
I built a house flipping business with no employees, no full-time crew, and no office. And it makes me more than any nine-to-five job I've ever had.
The strategy lenders don't want you to know (but can't stop)
Here's the problem with real estate investing and house flipping is that I need money today. I need cashflow and the money in flipping doesn't come until a few months from now and the money from rentals doesn't come for years from now.
The Truth About Real Estate Gurus Exposed!
Money's in my bank account. $72.7 million.
The Ultimate 3-Step System for Managing Renovations
managing renovation projects for Real Estate investments will wreck havoc on your personal life it is a total bandwidth thief and without the right systems you have no ability to scale past one to two stress inducing projects and even those projects steal the clarity for you to be able to really foc
The Worst Problems You Can Find After Buying a House
Here's the biggest fear. You buy a house and then you find something that cost you a whole bunch of money.
This is why your Contractor SUCKS!
I've been flipping houses for 15 years and I can tell you that the biggest issue with flipping houses is dealing with the contractors I mean they suck right they're always asking for more money not showing up to job sites they cost you all kinds of headaches but I think there's a lot more to this st
This partnership strategy got me to 150 rentals
The biggest obstacle to you investing to infinity is going to be the amount of cash you have in your bank account. That's what's going to prevent you from buying the next deal.
This Renovated $15K House Sells For Over 600% Profit | Expert Reacts
this renovated 15K house sells for over 600% profit HGTV let's see what that means so I think this is it she said it was a corner house doesn't look too terrible so far the siding looks great yeah means a door oh and look there's new windows yeah hi guys hey so what do you think so far I love the si
Top 3 House Flipping Loopholes for Beginners
here's the reality rich people have access to loopholes that give them an unfair advantage and it took me plenty of years of making mistakes as a house flipper before I realize that those are accessible to people like you and me so let me cut out all the years of mistakes for you guys and let's get
Trying to Save this Flip FAILURE...
a house like this is the type of thing that could cause you to go bankrupt now I'm going to look at the different options I have but as an investor you either have dealt with an issue like this or you will deal with an issue like this here's the issue is we set up our projects into six different che
Understanding Structural Damage and How to Spot it
imagine 100 gallons of water hit right here to fix it you have to temporarily hold up everything that's above that and if you place one of those posts on the floor system well nothing is going to the ground here the biggest threat to most people's real estate investment is structural damage and the
Unhinged Tenants Leave House INFESTED and UNLIVABLE!
it's like pretty obvious vandalism would you like a cheeseburger so here's the deal literally one year ago I did a almost $100,000 renovation on this house get a call from Property Management saying hey the tenant just moved out you're going to probably want to come renovate this thing and I'm like
Using Partnerships to fund deals and your salaray
The biggest obstacle to you investing to infinity is going to be the amount of cash you have in your bank account. That's what's going to prevent you from buying the next deal.
What does the Inside of a House look like?
dude what is this I don't know why what the electrical panel is yeah I'm afraid that I'm going to go up there and somebody's like cut out the wire I would be so pissed if that's the case this project has had enough surprises this is the reality of investing in real estate is I was actually concerned
What I Wish I Knew Before My First House Flip
If I could start house flipping all over again, what would I do first? What if the market crashes?
What's REALLY Happening When AI Meets Real Estate
it wasn't that long ago that Ai and robots were just something to laugh about but it's been getting better and better more importantly it's been taking jobs left and right now so many of us are left with skills that we've developed through Blood Sweat and Tears and we're wondering is the rug going t
Wholesale Fees have gotten ridiculous (here's how to beat them)
If you're buying deals from wholesalers, I guarantee you're overpaying for it. And I did it for years, so I know.
Why I Will NEVER Buy These Types of Houses Again!
For over a decade, I've been buying houses to either flip or hold as rentals. And in that time, I found two types of properties that I just won't buy again.
Why real estate investors quietly hate wholesalers...
If you're getting a deal from a wholesaler, I guarantee you're getting a bad deal. All right.
Why Real Estate Pros Intentionally Lose Money
Pro real estate investors break even or close to it on most deals, and they do it on purpose. This business will make you extremely wealthy, but it's not going to pay for your groceries, at least at first.
Why You ALWAYS Inspect Before Paying a Contractor
Contractor saying this one's ready for market. What do you think?
Why You Should Flip the House You Live In (And How to Start)
now I know I'm like you when I say that all I ever wanted was to be able to leave my job and have Financial freedom on my own with my own business but the problem is it takes money to make money and in 2011 I accidentally stumbled on the best way to get a lump sum of cash and be able to do your own
You call this House Flip done?
if you guys were watching before you saw that this contractor asked us for a final payment for the work being completed we came and we inspected the work we did not approve we gave them a list of things they needed to do based on the original scope of work now they said they've completed it and they
you will fail as a flipper if...
The holy grail. You buy a house using other people's money where you're not even using your own cash and it's infinite because you just keep paying off the loans that you borrow and you're able to acquire more and more and more.
Acquire the Funds
See 0 - General/course-transcript in 2 - The Foundation for funding content. Ross moved this topic to Foundation.
All Weather Approach
all- weather approach. The four things that you should be focused on.
Assessing the Property
Let's start talking about this frigin house. This will be fun.
Automate and Streamline
Ross explicitly skipped this topic in the course. He mentions: \"We are not on this course going to talk about streamlining and automation for your business.
Budgets
there's some advanced metrics in here. Let me explain those because it's an important concept.
Close the Deal
closing deals, the non sleazy sales method. Yeah.
Codes Enforcement
let's talk about codes enforcement a little bit. This scares a lot of people.
Construction is Control
Now, let's talk about the four controls of real estate. Now, I mentioned before that when I decided to get into real estate, I could I can still think about the first house I was buying and I would think about, oh gosh, you know, like what if uh sewer line is bad or what if there's like foundation issues and what if this that or the other thing?
Fear Tax
let's talk about change orders, fear attacks, and black holes. Earlier I told you about the real formula for what something should cost is manddays plus material plus a reasonable markup equals the cost of that job.
Filling Jobs
We are ready to talk about the lazy PM method. All right, you got a job or a project.
Goal of this Course
Here's everything you need to know about becoming a solo house flipper. If you're unsure what career you want to sink your teeth into, and you're considering becoming a real estate entrepreneur, but you're held up by things like, \"How much money can I really make?
Home Stretch
Flipping calculator. Let's talk about that really quick.
How to Find a Deal
Now, the marketing, how do you actually find these deals? All right, four real ways.
IMBY
We've been through the philosophy. We've been through the foundation.
Larossa System
laassa systems came into play. I needed to, you know, at the time when I had scaled up, we were buying, I mean, so many houses.
Lazy PM Approach
You know, no, you never get three bids because you're just wasting two people's times. That's BS.
Mentality of the Solo Flipper
And this is what it's about to me is it is all about freedom. Now there are four phases of freedom and they end with legacy.
Negotiations and Inspections
pricing and negotiations. Don't be scared here, guys.
Personal Accountability
This is the section called the empire. All right.
Property Management
just a quick thing here. You know, mostly talking about house flipping, but as we've discussed, there will be scenarios where you hold the house and you give it to a property manager or you property manage it yourself.
Psychological Hacks
the market. And that is our next section is the market itself.
Real Estate is King
All right, the foundation. What this is about is understanding why real estate is the best.
Recruiting Contractors
three types of contractors. This next thing, there's three types of contractors.
Recruiting Vendors
the vendors. Uh, you have heard everybody and their mom talk about you got to build a great team.
Refinance
instead of selling it to the market, you're going to go to a bank or a DSCR lender that are very uh prevalent now. They're all over the place.
Scale of Livability
A flipper, I start by teaching you what I call the scale of livability. And I want you to visualize this because remember I'm trying to do this in audio form the best I can.
Scaling Up
Ross explicitly skipped this topic in the course. Scaling is addressed through The Steps section (see 0 - General/2 - The Steps/course-transcript) and the Bubba Hicks story about an hvac tech who owns 50 houses outright by buying one at a time over 30 years.
SMART SOWs
Let's move on to the seven different ways to flip a house. And uh we're going to go through all of them and I'm going to tell you really what we're focused on in the solo house flipper model.
The Foundation - Section Overview
actually in most times I teach funding as part of the deal control, uh because you really don't need to worry about the money until after you've found the deal. We'll talk about that here in the next section, but I'm putting the funding right here because I think that's a a mental block for a lot of people is like, uh, okay, cool.
The Gateway Drug
the truth is flipping is not the end goal. It's only the entry point.
The Steps
let's move to the steps. This is like the first five years of your business.
The Work - Section Overview
we're going to talk about what you do with that kind of stuff. And uh starting with the whole concept of managing contractors is about relationship capital.
Ultimate Filter
The \"Ultimate Filter\" concept is not a discrete section in the course. It is woven throughout the Market section (see Psychological Hacks transcript).
Vampires
Vampires. three vampires.
Why Me
And just so you guys know that I'm legit. I've flipped over 300 houses.