A Messy Million: A Learn Land Podcast
Tired of competing for simple land flips? Welcome to Messy Millions, a 20-episode journey through the exact deals that built our first million dollars in distressed property profits. Join veteran land investors Clint Turner and Jeremy Nash as they pull back the curtain on real-world case studies that transformed their business from basic land flipping to sophisticated deal-making. You'll get an inside look at the title issues, tax problems, and property complications they faced, and the step-by-step strategies used to solve them.
The Stafford Deal
How We Turned Our First Messy Deal into a $60K Profit - Despite Everything Going Wrong
In this episode, we break down our very first distressed property deal - a challenging transaction that taught us crucial lessons about navigating complex ownership situations, dealing with occupants, and the importance of having multiple exit strategies.Ā
What started as a seemingly simple $500 acquisition turned into a four-month journey involving multiple parties, aggressive negotiations, and eventual success.
Key Highlights
The Montana Deal
How a Google Ad Led to a $120K Joint Venture Deal in Big Sky Country
In this episode, Clint and Jeremy break down an unconventional partnership deal that came through their Google ads - proving that messy title opportunities can come from unexpected places.Ā
What started as a simple $20K request evolved into a $60K investment with creative deal structuring, showing how flexibility and proper security measures can turn challenging situations into profitable ventures.
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The Edinburg Deal
Ever wonder how to turn a disaster into a goldmine?Ā
In this episode, we break down the Edinburg Deal - a property that had everything going wrong: imminent foreclosure, feuding ex-spouses who hadn't spoken in years, and a ticking clock of just 5 days to save it all.
Listen as we reveal:
How we stopped a foreclosure with days to spareOur strategy for dealing with hostile ownersWhy we only invested $45K to make $100KThe simple $850 repair that helped seal the dealHow we got multiple offers within hours of listingThis is the exact type o...
The Kuldell Deal
In this episode we discuss a deal that covers the other end of the spectrum, deals that make you a modest $20k or $30k profit.
This particular deal we talk about is SUPER interesting becauseā¦
This property had $166,000 in unpaid taxes.
Yet across the ENTIRE deal, we only had $3,300 in out-of-pocket costsā¦
Which means our $30k profit 9xāed our out-of-pocket expenses!!
How the heck did we manage to pull this off...
Where we were paying...
The Industrial Deal
Walk through what it took to take down our best messy distressed deal to date, a 6 acre industrial property that was purchased for $200,000 and sold for $800,000.Ā
This deal involved complex challenges including:
-Tax distress ($100,000+ in back taxes)
-A deceased owner with no direct heirs, requiring tracking down multiple distant family members
-Complex title issues including life estates
-Multiple fractional ownership interests that had to be purchased individually
-Significant risk as purchases were made without title insurance
On this episode we explain how we persevered through months of follow-up, eventually s...
Why Messy Title Deals
In this debut episode, hosts Clint and Jeremy introduce their new podcast focusing on complex real estate deals with messy titles. They share their journey from traditional land flipping to focusing on distressed properties with title issues, explaining how market changes in 2022-2023 led to this strategic pivot.
The hosts discuss how this new approach has yielded better returns with lower marketing costs and shorter cash conversion cycles.
Key Points
Market shift in 2022-2023 led to seeking alternatives to traditional land flippingTransition from high-volume land flipping to complex, messy title dealsZero marketing spend approach...
