15: From $80k in Credit Card Debt to 100+ Deals with Glenn and Amber Schworm

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Business, Investing, Education

4.8 • 16.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2013

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Starting out with nothing is not easy. Luckily – this week on the BiggerPockets Podcast we are talking with husband and wife team Glenn and Amber Schworm, who have successfully done just this and scaled their real estate business to over 100 deals! On today’s show, Glenn and Amber share a ton of great tips and advice about flipping, wholesaling, and marketing for real estate investors – both new and seasoned. Read the Transcript for episode 15 with Glenn and Amber Schworm In This Show, We Cover: How desperation (and $80,000 in credit card debt) forced Glenn and Amber to succeed Using a mail-carrier to find deals for you The mistakes made on the first flip that helped them prosper on over 100 other flips Working with your spouse as your business partner Creating systems and teams to build a bigger business Tips for finding private investors to fund your real estate investing The toughest thing Glenn and Amber ever have to face in their business Tips for making money from wholesaling Marketing for motivated sellers Books Mentioned in the Show: The BiggerPockets Book on Flipping Houses Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey Think and Grow Rich by N. Hill The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz Links from the Show: BiggerPockets’ Facebook Page BP Podcast 010 : Flipping Houses 101 with J Scott Do You Have the Mindset to be on Shark Tank? Deals that Keep you Moving Forward….$20K into $85K in 5 days! BP Podcast 012 : Wholesaling and Marketing with Sharon Vornholt Tweetable Topics Don’t be afraid to ask. (Click to Tweet!) You can read the books and go to the seminars, but in the end – it’s a people business.(Click to Tweet!) Behavior that is rewarded is usually repeated. (Click to Tweet!) Invest in your people… they are your future. (Click to Tweet!) Action equal results. Massive action equals massive results.(Click to Tweet!) Learn More about Glenn and Amber SignatureHomeBuyers.com Glenn’s BiggerPockets Account Glenn’s BiggerPockets’ Blog Posts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the BiggerPockets Podcast, Show 15.
0:04.0	You're listening to Bigger Pockets Radio, simplifying real estate for investors large and small.
0:10.0	If you're here looking to learn about real estate investing without all the hype, you're in the right place.
0:16.0	Stay tuned and be sure to join the millions of others who have benefited from bigger pockets.com,
0:22.0	your home for real estate investing online.
0:25.0	Hey everyone, this is Josh Dorkin, founder and CEO of BiggerPockets.com,
0:29.0	the Real Estate Investing Social Network, Information hub, and marketplace. And this is the BiggerPockets
0:36.7	podcast. Here I am with my co-host Brandon Turner live and in the flesh. We're actually sitting in the same room.
0:44.0	It's kind of weird.
0:45.0	That is kind of weird.
0:46.0	We've never actually done this.
0:47.0	I don't know, people might not know it,
0:48.0	but when we're recording this podcast,
0:50.0	we're usually like a thousand miles away from each other.
0:52.0	But for the first time ever ever we are at the same
0:55.4	awkward kitchen table about six inches from each other it's a little bit weird it's like a little
0:59.6	weird he's a little closer and his breath not that good.
1:02.8	I'll blame it on the steak we just ate. It was good. Yes. So yeah, no listen we've got Brandon in town
1:08.6	It's been a lot of fun. We actually we actually did something pretty exciting today Actually yesterday we did something pretty exciting today.
1:13.4	Actually yesterday we did something pretty cool.
1:15.4	We had a little Denver Bigger Pockets meetup which is really, really cool.
1:19.8	And here's a quick tip, not the quick dick, but a quick tip.
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