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In today’s episode, Raul talks about the importance of getting a yes or a no before you send your creative offer. What do you do if your offer is less than what the seller put up? Of course not, that doesn’t mean you can’t close the deal. When would you offer a seller finance? Def not before you get the yes or no. Why? What’s the most you can offer a seller? It’s always important to not go over what you’re offering just cause the seller needs to pay up the bank or you feel you need to close the deal. Occasionally, maybe you can. No, we’re not talking about losing the deal but other ways to close the deal with both parties winning. You can create a buffer. Do you want to know when and why you should give a creative offer? Then listen to Raul give a vivid breakdown in this episode. Mentioned in this episode: Why you need to get a yes or a no BEFORE your creative offer!. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery . Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe

What are your objectives with seller finance? In this episode, Raul talks about his two objectives with seller finance. Long term and low down payment.  The longer you can get the loan for and the lower down payment you can get, the better it is. What are you, as the investor, supposed to do to make it work? As an investor, your goal is to make it work for you. Why? If it works for you, then it’ll work for the seller. So after the initial agreement, do you send options to them or ‘coerce’ to take a better one?  Of course, you’ve got the options but you need to be able to sell these objectives good enough to close the sale. Give options because when you gave people options, they choose. Mentioned in this episode: Tips on financing a deal. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the Flipping Miami Podcast: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Subscribe to Raul Bolufe’s YouTube

What criteria do you use to assess your seller? In this episode, you’ll get some of the best questions you can use to know if your seller is a good fit or just trying to run away from all the brouhaha! How long have their tenants not being paying? Why is you offering more not going to change the outcome? Well, here are some ways you to know if your seller is a not so good one - Motivation - Deal killer tips - Price  - The type of client What are some of the factors you use to assess if your seller is a good one?Mentioned in this episode: How to know if your seller is a good fit. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the Flipping Miami Podcast: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Subscribe to Raul Bolufe’s YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4IuNYEjysY1OlXd11on6Q Who is Raul Bolufe? https://raulbolufe.com/about/ Follow Raul on: Instagram: https://www.ins

Have you ever had a real estate horror experience? Well here’s one of Raul’s. Sometimes, it’s the tenant and sometimes it isn’t. So what do you do when you do in those kinds of situation? This particular building, with a couple unit, was used as a drug rehab. In this episode, you’ll learn how I made the best out of purchasing a drug rehab center. Mentioned in this episode: What Raul did with the rehab center he purchased. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the Flipping Miami Podcast: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Subscribe to Raul Bolufe’s YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4IuNYEjysY1OlXd11on6Q Who is Raul Bolufe? https://raulbolufe.com/about/ Follow Raul on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalriseinvestmentsllc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bolufe.raul Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/raul.bolufe/

Quick question, do you do monthly meet-ups? When you do, what questions do you ask or get asked? This is important because it can help shape how you think about the systems that lets your real estate business scale. Well, here are the 5 top questions Raul gets. What contract do you send? How do you find seller leads? There are so many ways but, Cold Calling, SMS, Door Knocking are pretty cool ones! How do you know what offer to make? What if I get the contract and I don’t sell it? Don’t worry, you won’t get picked up, but what really happens? What systems do you use to scale your business virtually? Of course, going virtual can be very challenging but, know what works for you and start small. Make use of tools that you need and not tools you might need. Mentioned in this episode: The Top 5 Questions I get Asked in Our Meetups. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the

Getting into wholesaling while having a part time can be tricky, right? Or can it? The thing about real estate is you need to be efficient in managing your time and not spending forty hours trying to achieve something you can in much less time. So the question you should be asking when you get started is how can scale your real estate business while working for only  a few hours in a week? If you already have a 9-5, how can you scale your real estate business with only a few hours to spare?  There are two things you can do to ensure you’re making your wholesale business work efficiently.  They are talking to people and making offers. If you implement these two things then you’d not only get deals, you’d also close them faster. Mentioned in this episode: Top two things to Wholesale with 20 Hours per week. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the Flipping Miami Podcast

Who do you need on your team and who should you let go of on your team? Yes, you need people to bring your strategy and systems to life but you don’t need a huge team with many people doing the same thing. Why not? How can you achieve your goals with a few number of people? You need just 5 people - 5 hardworking, enthusiastic people to help scale your business. Who are they? CEO, COO, Administrative Assistant, Two sales people. What do they do individually and how does that aid your business? This might not be what you’re looking for but, ensure you streamline your business enough to be productive.  Mentioned in this episode: The 5 Person Wholesale Dream Team in your wholesale business. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the Flipping Miami Podcast: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Subscribe to Raul Bolufe’s YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4IuNY

In today’s episode, Raul talks about The 4 Platforms You Need For Virtual Real Estate. Are you  looking to make money online with real estate? Then you need to listen to his episode. No, today’s episode isn’t just for wholesalers but for anyone who wants to get into the real estate world. At the end of this episode, you’ll learn some of the tools and system that can help you get the most out of your business. Getting started can be overwhelming because you have this world filled with materials and resources but you don’t know how to connect them. So what do you do? How do you successfully run a virtual real estate company in these times? So, what platforms do you need to get the best out of your business?  First, you need a platform to find and store data of (potential) leads. Then you need another that’ll store phone numbers. A third for CRM and the last one for text marketing. Which of these platforms do you need to get started? Don’t forget, you don’t need all right now, pick the ones most important to you

Are you wholesaling and not getting a lot of leads or making a lot of money? Then you’ve got to listen to this episode to ensure you sales process is converting your leads into deals. I mean, it’s one thing to produce but another to convert those leads into deals. So what do you need to do to convert your leads? At the end of this episode, you’ll get the sales process you need to be able to successfully convert your leads. Don’t worry, if you’ve not managed to get leads, you can still bookmark this video for later! Okay, back to the process. What does a successful sales process look like? How can you convert your leads to deals? Every successful wholesaler needs to be able to create a sales process that converts at least ninety percent of their leads to deals because any little mistake can cause your deal to go side ways. Here are the top three sales process steps you can use to convert deals: - Motivation - Deal killers - Presenting your  You need to not just get the deal but also sign the deal. With these p

Have you been wholesaling and not making any money or not having enough time to do other things that’ll help your business grow? Then this episode is for you! The thing about a good real estate business is you need to be able to outsource. Not just outsource, but outsource at the right time. The first and most important person you’d want to hire is an assistant. Do you have an assistant? It could be an in person or a virtual assistant. Are you wondering why you need an assistant and not a real estate agent to help you get started with your deals? An assistant will do nearly everything that is taking your time, giving you the opportunity to focus on tasks with higher ROI. So, if you have more time to focus on task with higher ROI, don’t you think you’ll get the most out of your deals? Mentioned in this episode: How you can focus on tasks with high(er) by hiring an assistant. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery. Let’s connect: https://raul

When it comes to making better returns on your investment on your marking dollars, are you thorough with the marketing services? Or are you the do it for doing sake kind of person? Marketing can be a problem when it isn’t utilized properly but you should always ensure you’re making the most out of every money spent. So which one are you? In this episode, Raul shares 5 marketing tips you can use to correctly manage and increase your ROI. Don’t forget, when it comes to marketing, you have to carefully understand your market and integrate your goals to fit with it. Want to learn more about how to use these tips in your business to get higher returns? Then listen to Raul give a vivid breakdown on how to implement them in your business. Mentioned in this episode: How to get higher returns by correctly utilizing your marketing technique. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe t

Are you wholesaling real estate? Do you want to be able to manage your sales presence while working with sales people? Managing people is hard but managing sales people is even harder! Your goal is to get the best out of the process so everyone involved can make profit. How do you do that? How do you manage the market, but houses, flip the houses and do all the sales? Well, you can’t do it alone except you want to spend 40-60hrs working to burn out with the remaining hours. So you’ve got to get your sales management right so you can scale the business. How can you do all that within 4 hrs? First, pick a day to have a one hour long call per week per sales person you have. Second, run pipeline review every week with your sales team, pick out and cover the loopholes together. The third is the hardest but it’ll scale you the easiest. So are you ready to create a system that will work for you and your business? Mentioned in this episode: How to spend only four hours a week for managing sales in your wholesale busi

What will you do if you had $3k to invest in your virtual real estate business? What will you do with your time? How you handle your leads will determine the return you have on every investment. With these steps, you can get the most out of your marketing leads. First, you have to produce the leads because if you aren’t sure of who’s a lead, there’s no lead at all. Second, filter your leads based on comments. The right questions equal the right leads. Don’t forget, you have to invest in those who run your business so you can make the most out of it.   Mentioned in this episode: The 3 step process to only talk to qualified leads. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the Flipping Miami Podcast: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Subscribe to Raul Bolufe’s YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4IuNYEjysY1OlXd11on6Q Who is Raul Bolufe? https://raulbolufe.com

Are you looking to start your wholesale business from home? Most importantly, Are you looking to scale your remote wholesale business by spending just $5-$7 an hour? Start by setting up a system that reduces the headache of being overwhelmed with both personal and job life. Now that there is a compliment between your personal and business life, you have to ask the big questions. ‘How do I stand out from the crowd of other wholesalers while working from home? How do you scale your wholesale business while controlling everything from home?’ You need someone, a virtual assistant that will help you manage everything in your business. Why is it a good investment? They reduce your hassle, follow up with appointments, and usually come up with ways that will continuously improve your business. In this episode, you’d learn some important reasons to get a VA and how to know if the one you already have is your perfect match! Mentioned in this episode: How to scale your wholesale business with just $5-$7. If you are look

How do you convert your leads without spending more money? Sometimes you’re diligently doing the phone calls, working on those listings but you’re spending money on things that you don’t know don’t matter because that’s not your speciality. So what can you do? Firstly, you have to make a plan to work with a top realtor who knows what to do with the kind of leads you have. Secondly, you have to find that realtor. And not just any realtor but a realtor smart enough to know what to do with the kind of leads and system you have in place. When you’ve made those plans, you can then hop on sites like Indeed and Craigslist to find the realtor for you! You put on ads that provide the realtor with a 50% commission for the deals. When you find that realtor, you put them into your system and let them talk to the leads and get listings.  Mentioned in this episode: How to get a realtor to produce and manage your listings. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale M

As an wholesaler you don’t want to spend a lot of time listing, brokering and racking your head trying to manage listings or convert more deals. What can you do? How can you manage those listings? The most important thing will be to get an agent or realtor to work with you. How do they help? Well, while you focus on other tasks with high(er) ROI, the realtor will do the sales, the listings - everything that a realtor ought to do to increase conversion rate for your business. However, for the bests results, you have to track their numbers. If there is a supposed limit they have to spend on a particular task in a week, you ought to ensure they fulfill it. So there you have it, the easiest way to turning your leads and manage listings without being creative or racking your head. Get a realtor today! Mentioned in this episode: How to get a realtor to produce and manage your listings. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https

Alex Pardo is a family guy, entrepreneur, real estate investor, coach, adventurer, sports enthusiast, and love helping people.He is the founder of FlipEmpire.com and its parent company, Creative RE-Solutions, LLC, and have flipped well over 300 properties. He graduated from college in 2002 with a Finance and M.I.S. degree, and went to work for General Electric's Financial Management Program (in their Consumer Finance division). At the time, he had aspirations of becoming a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, but sometime during his third month on the job, after working an average of 75 hours a week, he quickly realized that he wasn't going to create the lifestyle he envisioned working for someone else. He completed my two-year commitment to the company, and fired his bosses in January 2005. A few months later, he went backpacking around Europe & Africa with a few buddies, and while partying in Ibiza, Spain, he received a call from a friend who invited him to a "Marketing for Deals" boot camp that coming month.T

In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to use a very important tactic to get realtor to convert your deals Key takeaways: Are you an investor or a seasoned investor who has leads that are not retail but need retail? Then you should continue reading. You don’t have to be a broker or an agent to turn those leads in your Podio to $. The first step you should consider is finding a realtor and you can find a good, reliable realtor by posting an ad on indeed. How does the realtor do to convert the deals? You should then set up an appointment for the realtor in the first week. The realtor will review with the seller what they need to know about their house and the value they can get from selling. More often than not, they realtor gets the listing! Mentioned in this episode: How to get a realtor to convert your deals. If you are looking to take the leap and really learn this business online, get started at Wholesale Mastery.  Let’s connect: https://raulbolufe.com/podcast/ Listen and subscribe to the Flipping Miami Pod

Greg Helbeck is a real estate investor that specializes in helping homeowners sell properties on their terms. He is not just an investor but also a problem solvers who spends an adequate amount of time to create a valuable blueprint to tackle any issue.  Key takeaways: Securing new deals at a much faster rate is such a huge freedom for a lot of investors and that’s why private lenders should always be an option. Who is a private money lender? Why does Greg say that private money lenders are really valuable to an investor? Because they give you options. What is the best way to get money from a private money lender? Greg asserts that private lenders usually don’t have a problem with funding an investor who has a good deal. So, start with securing the deal before going on to get a lender. What is the best way to find a private money lender? Greg talks about word of mouth method and just asking on social platforms. What if there’s no wholesaling in the next 5 years, what next for Greg? Greg explains how he’ll con

I this week’s episode, Raul talks about Leads and how to ensure all leads - even the nurture and dead ones - are productive.  Key takeaways: Lead conversion is usually the smoke but, you don’t need just the smoke, you need the fire. What do you do to your nurture leads or your dead leads? What are some of the hurdles you face if you’re not converting leads? You’ll be unmotivated because your business is left standing on one spot and this definitely affects you, your employees and your finances. How do you convert your leads, especially the dead ones? Get all your leads in a dialler database and follow up all kind of leads especially the dead leads. Why should you follow up on dead leads or nurture leads? Have an assistant follow up and set appointments on the dead or nurture leads for at least, 10hrs a week. No lead is actually dead because of no response. A lead is only dead when you allow it to be dead. Mentioned in this episode: Want to learn how to crush your leads by utilizing a strategy that turns both