cover of episode 271: Buying 12+ Real Estate Deals Every Month (And How to Lose $750,000) with Sam Craven

271: Buying 12+ Real Estate Deals Every Month (And How to Lose $750,000) with Sam Craven

Publish Date: 2018/3/22
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    <p>Real estate investors love to talk about their successes, but most refuse to talk about their failed deals. On today’s show, we hit <em>both</em> of those points hard when we sit down with <strong>Sam Craven</strong> to talk about how his wholesaling business generates hundreds of thousands of dollars each month in revenue — and the mistakes that led to him losing over $750,000 from his rehabbing business. You’ll also discover the exact strategies Sam is using to fill his deal pipeline, plus advice for those of you who are just starting on your real estate journeys.</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul>
  • Who Sam Craven is and how got started investing six years ago
  • Figuring out your one thing
  • How Sam lost 3-quarters-of-a-million dollars
  • Focusing on what you are really good at
  • How Sam’s business has evolved
  • Why he spent $1 million for marketing in a year
  • Do you need to get your real estate license?
  • Direct-mail marketing and other paid marketings
  • Growing by acquisition
  • What does wholesaling mean to you?
  • Having a closed group of buyers list
  • How Sam motivates himself to keep going
  • And SO much more!

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    Books Mentioned in this Show

    Fire Round Questions

    Tweetable Topics:

    • “Know what you’re good at and know what your end results to be.”(Tweet This!)
    • “You cannot have success without failure.” (Tweet This!)
    • “If your goal and your why is bigger than any other problem you can face, you can overcome anything in the planet.” (Tweet This!)
    • “Systems make your business a business.” (Tweet This!)

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