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A few days ago we got a question from Lamar asking, “What questions should new investors be asking?” We liked the question so much we decided to make an entire episode out of it. We conducted a survey online and got some interesting responses which I will share plus I will weigh in. Here’s why this is important. If you are new, you need to make sure that your first project has the best chance of succeeding. In order to do that, you must engage in risk mitigation. And how do you do that? Ask questions. Ask a lot of them. Don’t be afraid to be new. Everyone was at some point. The question may be obvious, even to you, but ask it if you don’t know or are unsure. Today I’m going to focus on questions that may not be so obvious to you, the newbie, that we all wish we WOULD have asked if we had known. Plus we have news about the world of real estate coming up in just a few minutes. How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call ou

Jeff is a recovering attorney who spends his time as a real estate investor. Jeff graduated early and with honors from Michigan State College of Law where he was the graduating class speaker. He also holds an M.B.A. At 30 years old, Jeff checked the last item off his personal bucket list by climbing Machu Picchu. He was on top of the world. As he stood looking down at the lost Incan city, he had been living the life of his dreams. He was well travelled, having previously visited the Pyramids in Egypt, climbed to the top of Mt Sinai, swam with sharks in Belize, and backpacked alone around Europe. He was married to the girl of his dreams. He had a beautiful house in the suburbs and a thriving law practice. Two weeks later, he was in the hospital dying. His business was in disarray, his wife was barely holding it together and he was on his way to bankruptcy. Today, at 41 years old, just over a decade later, Jeff is back on top. He is a millionaire, with over 140 residential units in his personal portfolio.

We are going to try and catch up with your questions today. So we will lead with that. Then we have more news than we have time to get to I’m sure. Redfin is in our news segment today and we are going to take a peek at three markets - Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and Boulder, CO in our questions segment and I got asked a couple of really interesting questions in the past week - one of them has to do with my formulas and the rules for investing I’ve developed from them. I get to all of that in a few minutes. How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind. Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes

Today we are going back to my upcoming book, “Flipping Houses in Ten Days” and I’m going to read Chapter 4: Fund the Deal. What’s the point of finding a deal if you can’t pay for it. But on the other hand, I’m pretty sure that if you find a really good deal, you’ll be able to put together the funding for it or at the very least, get it sold. Why do I say that? Because YOU my friend have access to a powerful resource for wholesaling properties: The FAN, aka the Flipping America Network at flippingamericanetwork.com. You can post it there and if it’s a deal, it WILL get sold. You also, by virtue of the fact that you are listening to me right now, have access to me, your humble Flipping America host. I buy deals still and I know other people across the country who are buying them. I might be able to hook you up with either a lender or a buyer. But that’s beside the point. In Chapter 4 I explain your various options about deal funding, do a bit of the math for you and give you some practical steps to take to get

FAR 246 Flipping Houses in Ten Days, Ch 3 Expected Air Date: 5/13/19 Opening: We are back to the book today - my upcoming book, “Flipping Houses in Ten Days.” You won’t be flipping a house in just ten days, but it’s ten short chapters. You read one chapter a day for ten days. If you listen to this show regularly you will eventually get the entire book in audio form and here’s a NOT secret for you - if you have the Flipping America app, which is completely free, you will eventually have the entire book. Why am I doing this? It’s all about giving value and providing content. Besides - I’ll need the audio version of the book, so we will have that ready to go in a month or two. Yeah, it’s about efficiency and all that. Today I’m going to read Chapter 3, Analyzing a Deal. You need the skills to analyze any deal or opportunity that comes your way. And as you progress as a business owner you’ll need to translate those analytical skills to different opportunities. We won’t get to that translation step in t

Expected Air Date: 5/11/19 Opening: Zillow is changing direction and it could be HUGE. Plus the President has ordered a restructuring of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and renewed a huge debate. Do we need them? Can private companies fill the gap? What would mortgage lending look like without them? All that and MUCH more today as we do the news! How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind. Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! Hey would you buy me lunch just so you could pick my brain? 32 cents per day. For less than the price of that lunch,

Expected Air Date: 5/9/19 Opening: As many of you know my mother passed away on April 26th. I’ve been off the air since then and I thank you for your patience as we have run some reruns during that time. Today I want to read to you the tribute I wrote for her and sent out to friends across the country last week. My mother passed away Friday afternoon, April 26, 2019. She had been struggling will illness through most of this year. This week I dedicate this space to my mother and her memory. My mother weighed just over 1 pound when she was born. They didn't have access to incubators so they put her into a warm oven at home. She grew up during the Great Depression, and endured many illnesses in her childhood including one that caused her to miss an entire year of school. She spent that time reading and was so ahead of her class she skipped a couple of grades and graduated at 16. After two years at a Teacher's College she headed to her first job, teaching in a two room schoolhouse in Hudson Colorado. She t

Chapters 7-8 Expected Air Date: 4/25/19 Opening: Today we are going back to my forthcoming book, Flipping Houses in Ten Days. I call it this not because you can flip a house in ten days (at least not now) but because it’s ten short chapters and you can pretty easily read it in ten days. Last week I read chapter 5 on the show and didn’t quite get finished. I still had a couple of pages to go when we ran out of time. But that is by far the longest chapter in the book. To prove that point today I’m going to read TWO chapters. Chapters 7 and 8. Chapter 7 is “Count Your Chickens” and Chapter 8 is “Check Up From the Neck Up.” They are coming up in a minute. How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being h

Expected Air Date: 4/22/19 Opening: The NAR has been sued again! What’s happening with foreclosure rates? Interest rates? Have you heard of the peer-to-peer lending company Prosper? Well, they are in a bit of trouble. I’ll fill you in today. Also today we will learn the areas with the least affordable homes in America, the highest and lowest taxes. I have an important an AirBnB update including the most profitable areas to own AirBnB properties, and where two major metro areas where short-term rentals have been banned. And today we are going to talk about Hempcrete. Yes friends, one day you might look back and say you heard it here first. Hempcrete may be the building material of the future. All that and much more coming to you today as we bring you the information you need to stay informed, stay ahead, and make money in Real Estate. How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, e

Chapter 5 Expected Air Date: 4/20/19 Opening Today I’m going to share with you Chapter 5 in my upcoming book, Flipping in Ten Days. How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind. Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! Hey would you buy me lunch just so you could pick my brain? 32 cents per day. For less than the price of that lunch, just $9.67 per month, you can have a whole month’s worth of my brain pickings by joining the Premium membership. Just go to flippingamericanetwork.com and click on the FAN. On this show I keep a pretty narrow f

FAR 239 Expected Air Date: 4/8/19 Opening Coming up in a few minutes I’m going to have a conversation with a brand new real estate investor Nate and we are going to change things up a bit today. He’s going to interview me. He has my permission to ask me anything. Hopefully he will cover a lot of the things you are interested in, but it’s very possible he will bring up something unexpected. It’s unscripted and he hasn’t provided to me the questions in advance. Should be fun. How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. Email your questions to questions@flippingamericanetwork.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind. Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is her

FAR 236 Expected Air Date: 3/28/19 Opening The iBuyer Show Grandma’s description of daylight savings time. iBuyers make it look like they are giving a fair offer for your house. I’ll make the same offer. 6-16% fees Must accept contract offer which is contingent upon inspection. Inspection will reveal needed repairs which you can make or further reduce your price. Tell the tuxedo shirt story again. $22 vs $15 shirt. How to contact us www.flippingamericanetwork.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica YouTube: bit.ly/FlippingAmericaOnYouTube Linkedin: bit.ly/FlippingAmericaOnLinkedIn We now have a profile at houzz.com for what it’s worth. Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! My website is rogerblankenship.com. Hey would you buy me lunch just so you could pick my brain? 32 cents per day. For less t

FAR 235 Expected Air Date: 3/21/19 Opening Today I’m going to introduce you to a gentleman who started in this business only three years ago and now is flipping 50 houses a year. He has an incredible story and you will want to be sure to hear it. His name is Scott Sekulow and he’s now known as the “Flipping Rabbi” which is a story I’m going to let him tell you. I’m also going to get his input on the current state of the market. How to contact us www.flippingamericanetwork.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica YouTube: bit.ly/FlippingAmericaOnYouTube Linkedin: bit.ly/FlippingAmericaOnLinkedIn We now have a profile at houzz.com for what it’s worth. Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. **NEW** We are doing live call-ins on Tuesdays from 10-11. If you’ve wanted to call and speak with me, now you have your chance. Call 404-369-1018, extension 5. Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Fo

FAR 234 Expected Air Date: 3/16/19 Opening Coming up today, Hippie decor is back! And someone just paid a record $238 million for a condo - the most expensive home ever bought in America - and it broke the previous record by $100 million. I wonder if he will have avocado green appliances and rattan furniture? We have news, we have data, we have trends, we talk about style (don’t claim to “have” style), we have methods, and we have answers to your questions. Keep sending them to questions at flippingamericanetwork.com for now. We also have some new website lineups for you. Follow what’s going on: RogerBlankenship.com The FAN - FlippingAmericaNetwork.com The Show - FlippingAmerica.us The Fund - DTinvestmentfunds.com Deals, Money, Methods. Just came out of another sold out weekend with FlipStarter. Exciting stuff. Feedback very strong. How to contact us www.flippingamericanetwork.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica YouTube: bit.ly/FlippingAmericaOnYouTube Linkedin: bit.ly

FAR 233 Expected Air Date: 3/14/19 Opening On Tuesday afternoon March 12, 2019, the real estate investing world changed. It was the birth of a project two years in the making. It arrived with barely a whisper but in the coming months and years, the impact of this service will profoundly affect the way buyers and sellers of investment properties will do business. Ladies and gentlemen I give you the Flipping America Network - the FAN! Music intro. From the first Flipping America show two years ago we dreamed of providing for the needs of real estate investors nationwide. As we thought about those needs it came down to three things: Deals, Money, and Methods. So we proceeded to bring you the previous 232 shows focusing on Deals, Money, and Methods, with a little inspiration and business how-to sprinkled in. I started in this business in 2002 and from the day I started until now the biggest challenge has almost always been finding that next deal. I say almost because there was a time in 2008-2010 where there were

FAR 232 Expected Air Date: 3/7/19 Opening Darlene Coquerel is is the Founder of The International Real Estate Investors Academy and creator of The Ultimate Foreclosure Formula. She is a real estate trainer and broker in multiple states. She has trained and coached real estate investors and agents for more than 20 years and has a passion for building teams. She teaches wholesaling, flipping, and buy-and-hold strategies. Darlene is the author of an Amazon Best Seller called Game Changers. She also published real estate home study courses and books about buying and selling real estate. Her current business model includes helping families facing foreclosure. In 2013, Darlene brokered a transaction of the largest number of single-family houses in history sold to one buyer for a total contract price of $105 million! In a 10-day contract, her team sold 1,362 houses to a Wall Street hedge fund. In 2014, Darlene’s brokerage was awarded the Platinum Investor Award by Auction.com with acquisitions surpassing $75 million

FAR 231 Expected Air Date: 3/4/19 Opening Just the FAQs We get lots of questions here at Flipping America. I’m sure it’s no surprise to you that we get asked the same question quite a bit. That’s ok! We love hearing from you and want you to continue asking. But today we have combined many of our most oft-asked questions into one show called “Just the FAQs” which we are bringing to you right now! How to contact us www.flippingamericanetwork.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica YouTube: bit.ly/FlippingAmericaOnYouTube Linkedin: bit.ly/FlippingAmericaOnLinkedIn We now have a profile at houzz.com for what it’s worth. Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question. Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is rolling out very soon. First quarter for sure, possibly within the next six weeks. It’s an online property marketplace for investors. Free to use with