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209: Flipping 83 Homes in the Last 18 Months with Kevin Carroll

Publish Date: 2017/1/12
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    <p>Is small thinking holding you back? Not after this episode! Today on the <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/podcast">BiggerPockets Podcast</a>, Josh and Brandon talk with <strong>Kevin Carroll</strong>, a real estate investor who decided 18 months ago that he wanted to start flipping houses… and has done <strong>83 flips in the past year and a half</strong>! Perhaps most impressively, Kevin did most of these flips out of state utilizing strategic partnerships — a strategy that just might change the way you think about real estate forever. Sit back and prepare to have your mindset expanded and let “big thinking” take over.</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul>
  • How Kevin went from a straw-built house to flipping 1,000 houses
  • What a bank-owned product is
  • How he built a system that works
  • What you should know about probates
  • How to think like an investor instead of an agent
  • Things that could screw up a deal
  • The two components that make a deal successful
  • Why you should consider holding costs
  • Buying properties offsite
  • Insight on quality control and scaling the business
  • How to stay ahead of the flip
  • Why he partners with real estate agents
  • Why his partners need him
  • His favorite deals and why
  • The bad deals he’s encountered
  • Thinking big when it comes to setting targets
  • Who your friends are so important
  • And SO much more!
  • Links from the Show

    Books Mentioned in this Show

    Tweetable Topics:

    • “Everything is based on relationships.” (Tweet This!)
    • “I’d rather spend $2,000 more and get the flip done a week sooner.” (Tweet This!)
    • “One of the important things you can do for a contractor is to pay them immediately.” (Tweet This!)
    • “Who you hang out with will dictate your level of income, your level of success.” (Tweet This!)

    Connect with Kevin

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