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218: Driving for Deal Flow and Remarkable Educational Marketing with Erik Stark

Publish Date: 2017/3/16
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    <p>Why is it some investors buy deals every single month, when others look for years without landing a single great real estate deal? Two words: deal flow. On today’s episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we sit down with <strong>Erik Stark</strong> to talk about how he consistently drives leads to his real estate business using “driving for dollars,” direct mail marketing, and a fascinating “education marketing” strategy that you’ll be excited to try for yourself!</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul>
  • Erik’s background
  • What exactly deal flow is
  • The importance of focusing on the strategy
  • The first step in driving for dollars
  • How to identify a distressed vacant house
  • How he tracks his mailers
  • What systems he has in place, including outsourcing
  • Tips for finding out if there’s existing mortgage on a property
  • The Smart Sell Book he authored
  • What R3 zoning is
  • What’s changed in the past two years since he was interviewed
  • His plan for the next years
  • And SO much more!
  • Links from the Show

    Books Mentioned in this Show

    Tweetable Topics:

    • “You need to stop chasing opportunity and start working a strategy.” (Tweet This!)
    • “I don’t want to spend my life trying to tell people why I’m better than everybody else.” (Tweet This!)
    • “If you are looking at properties and not writing offers, it’s like going to the gym and not working out.” (Tweet This!)
    • “Cash is everywhere now. There’s no shortage of cash; there’s a shortage of real opportunity.” (Tweet This!)

    Connect with Erik

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