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Episode 591 – No Water, No Deal
There’s a few things we always look for when evaluating a deal. These are non negotiables too. One of them is water and sometimes it’s far easier to get than others. We’re talking about that today and how one seemingly great deal was killed by a water manager that hit us with an unreasonable quote …
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Episode 590 – Did I Give It All I Had?
Whether you succeed or fail ultimately ends up on you. How are did you work? How long did you try? Did you do everything you could? This goes for everything in life too not just work. This episode is actually inspired by some young athletes and the work they put in. Of course we can …
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Episode 589 – How Do You Stand Out?
Everywhere you look there’s some sort of competition. You’ve got people standing out on social media, people sending more marketing than you, people doing fancy web marketing. So what do you do? Are you screwed if you can’t find a way to stand out? It’s a fair question and as always we’ve got our opinion …
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Episode 588 – Front End Work
We all know what it is and we’ve all done it. It’s that work up front, planting the seed, for future business. Sometimes it takes a lot of it and sometimes it seems like it’s never going to pay off. How much of it can you do before it becomes too much? Is there an …
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Episode 587 – Is It a Buyers Market?
We’ve had some really strong years as Sellers over the last little bit but the market is shifting. What it’s shifting to is really important in how we handle our businesses too. What we buy, how we buy it, our sales expectations, everything is involved when there’s a shift. So what do you do? Join …
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Episode 586 – Dipping Your Toe In
Can you dip your toe into this business or any business and be successful? You know, just give it a try and see what happens? Do you have to go all in and pour your soul into it? It’s an interesting question brought up from an interaction we recently had and now we’re bringing it …
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Episode 585 – Exciting World of Drainage Easements!
We know the excitement of this topic has you chomping at the bit to start listening so we won’t waste a ton of your time here on this caption. So get comfortable, crank the volume and get ready for the always entertaining and educational show you love. We promise it’s a good one!
Episode 584 – Juggling Cashflow
Business is good, business is slow, I need money for this, I get payments from that.. It’s a never ending cycle that we, as business owners, manage everyday. The allocation of our money and how we handle that stress ultimately decides how well our businesses thrive or don’t. So how do we handle that? Join …
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Episode 583 – Funding Keeps Getting Pushed
If there’s one consistent thing in our businesses this year it’s that closing and funding are absolutely going to be late. I’m not talking about a day late either. Some have been a week while others have been a month. So how do you handle it? Can you speed it up? Is it fixable? Join …
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Episode 582 – You Still Doing That Land Thing?
We got a funny question the other day from someone that we used to do work with and while at first it seemed like a ridiculous question, it is a pretty fair one. Times have changed, the markets have changed, our businesses themselves no longer look like they used to. That’s what were talking about …
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Episode 581 – Does The Contract Actually Matter?
We’re back! It was a nice little break but we missed you guys and it’s time to talk about contracts. How much do they actually matter? Do the dates matter? Does the wording matter? Can you really hold someone accountable for not meeting every portion of it? All good questions that we’ve recently dealt with …
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Episode 581 – Keep Your Foot On The Gas
July is over and that means we’re back from our yearly break! We’ve been rocking and rolling over here with a lot going on because, like the title says, we kept our foot on the gas! What happens when you do that and what have we been up to the past month. You’ve gotta listen …
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Episode 580 – Summertime Slowdown
It’s that time of year where the kids are out of school, families are taking vacations, there hanging out at the pool, it’s freakin hot and maybe your land business is slow because of it. Is it time to freakout or to make moves? Join us today as we discuss what’s happening in our business …
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Episode 579 – Do The Parts You Love
Everyone has some part of the business they love and some parts they don’t. That’s just the nature of business. It doesn’t matter which niche you’re in either. You will find that there’s things you want to do more than others. We’re here to tell you, that’s okay! You’re the business owner and you can …
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Episode 578 – When To Quit, When To Adjust
You’ve got a dream and you get up and work on that dream everyday. After some time, you find that it’s not going the way you wanted it to go. Is it time to quit? Is it time to move on or is it time to adjust? Do you give up on that dream or …
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Episode 577 – Stress and How Its Handled
Stress… The one thing we can agree on that we’ve all shared and experience. How we handle it and how we let it affect us is totally different though on an individual basis. Some people run and hide while others face it head on. Which one are you and how do you handle it?
Episode 576 – Are We Behind?
AI is booming right now and everywhere you turn you’ve got someone pitching you the newest and greatest way to run your business with it. Then you’ve got us over here and we’re just barely scratching the surface with it. So does that put us behind? Are our businesses struggling because of it? Join us …
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Episode 575 – Hope and a Dream
We’ve got an interesting one today that comes from a post we saw on FB about an opportunity to buy some land and the dream of how to make money on this land. It struck us because the person who made the post has a fairly large following and isn’t in the land niche. So …
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Episode 574 – Property Tax Fun!
Can you think of anything more fun than Property Taxes!?! I doubt it.. It’s our favorite time of year over here where we line up with our check books and happily pay our full taxes on everything we own…. Said nobody ever. Actually we despise taxes and that doesn’t matter if it’s property, income or …
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Episode 573 – One Hell of a Week
Sometimes you have great weeks and sometimes you have some that test you at every corner. This has been one of those weeks. It’s good to have a place to talk about it though because we know were not the only ones that go through this and that’s why we started this podcast. To share …
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Episode 572 – The Offers Coming Text
You know the feeling.. You’ve got a property listed for sale, you’re ready to sell it and you get a text from your Realtor or maybe a buyer and they tell you that an offer is coming in. You get excited and then you never get it or it’s really low and then the emotional …
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Episode 571 – Weather and Your Land Sales
There’s several things we can’t control in this business and weather is definitely one of those things. Just how much does it affect though? Will a little rain stop people? What about some light snow? All good things to think about since were currently in a wet period, atleast around here. So join us and …
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Episode 570 – Some Capital, No Plan
What would you do if you had some capital and knew you wanted to be a Real Estate Investor but you weren’t quite sure where you wanted to start? It’s a question that was brought up this past week and we had to think about it. The answer may surprise you a little. So join …
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Episode 569 – Out of Mind, Out of Pocket
There’s no shortage of things that will blow your mind in this business. Literally when you think you’ve heard it all, another thing happens. It seems like these new experiences keep coming for us lately and we’re talking about them today. What’s happened to you lately? Can you relate?
Episode 568 – It’s Always Something
It is literally always something.. You think things are going smoothly? Wrong! There’s one thing that is always certain in business and that is almost always the fact that things will come up. It doesn’t matter which niche you’re in. For us, it’s can be gas prices shooting through the roof, title companies acting a …
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Episode 567 – Holy Scammers!
It was a close call this time guys! It’s not our first time dealing with scammers and catching it before anything bad happens but it did get closer this time to happening and that’s scary. These people are getting crafty and brave so what happened? Join us to find out.
Episode 566 – The Vacation Entrepreneur
Are you really an entrepreneur if you go somewhere to relax, have fun and enjoy time away from work and you don’t try to figure out ways to make the place your at an investment? It happens to us every single time and seeing as how we just got back from vacation we’re gonna share …
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Episode 565 – Unreasonable Easement Agreements
Easements, love them or hate them, their part of this business. Sometimes you’ve gotta fight for them too and that’s exactly what we’re doing right now. What do you do when the person you’re trying to get an easement from starts making unreasonable request? What would you even consider an unreasonable request? Join us today …
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Episode 564 – Amendments – Things Always Change
You ever had a Real Estate deal go completely smooth from start to finish? I mean, it does happen but how often? This industry is prime for changes and even though we have contracts that spell everything out, there’s also contracts to help us make changes when they inevitably happen. Which seems more likely than …
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Episode 563 – Investor Money Ebbs and Flows
Investors can be one of the best things you add to your business. They help you free up your cash so that you’re not always on the roller coaster of being rich one day and poor the next which is very common in our business. It always seems like you’ll be cash rich / dirt …
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Episode 562 – Prepping For a Hotter Market
The market has been heating up! The phones are ringing, showings are being set and contracts are starting to come in. The question is, are you ready for a new market? Have you taken the time to look at your properties and listings and think about what you can do to get them ready for …
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Episode 561 – How Do Entrepreneurs Relax?
What do you do when you can’t leave the stress of work at the office? When you have a million things to do and that list doesn’t end just because it was time to go home, it’s the weekend or you’re on vacation. It’s a struggle that most entrepreneurs struggle with. So how do you …
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Episode 560 – Should You Be The Bank?
It’s that age old question that we think a lot about around here. Whether you should sell for cash or should you owner finance some properties. Are you even ready to do that? Does your current lifestyle, cash reserves and business allow for it. The truth is that if you advertise properties for sale with …
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Episode 559 – Make a Dollar, Save a Dollar, Donate a Dollar
It’s a new year and with that comes new goals, new plans and hopefully a strong year filled with success. What are you gonna do with the money you make though? Do you have a plan? We do and you should join in today to hear all about it and if it matches what you’re …
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Episode 558 – Life Comes At You Fast
Sometimes life can come at you really fast and make a change that you weren’t expecting. Having a solid base of family, friends and Business can really make a strong difference in how things are affected when that happens. Join us today and here the story of how one of had a little scare and …
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Episode 557 – Paper Losses
It’s that time of year again where everyone gets to go through all their books, put it all together and then pay the tax man!!! Woohoo!! Absolute best time of the year…. Actually if you know us you know that was sarcasm and if you don’t well then I’m not sure there’s hope for you. …
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Episode 556 – Did You Really?
Have you ever asked yourself or been asked by someone if you really went all out or as hard as you could? Let’s say you’re doing okay in your business but you claim to work really hard. Have you stopped and asked if there was anything else you could have done? What about in life.. …
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Episode 555 – Happy Holidays!
The holidays are hear again and we’re so excited to have made it another year with all of you. We’re truly blessed to have such great listeners / friends / partners that have kept us going all these years. While we recap the year on todays episode with all the ups and downs we wish …
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Episode 554 – Perplexingly Perfect Properties
Sometimes you do everything right when you make a purchase. You’ve got great access, you’ve got a pretty piece of property, you’ve got all the utilities you’ll ever need, you’re priced right and for whatever reason the land just isn’t selling. It’ll drive you nuts because on paper, the property should’ve been one of those …
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Episode 554 – Perplexingly Perfect Properties
Sometimes you do everything right when you make a purchase. You’ve got great access, you’ve got a pretty piece of property, you’ve got all the utilities you’ll ever need, you’re priced right and for whatever reason the land just isn’t selling. It’ll drive you nuts because on paper, the property should’ve been one of those …
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