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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

203: Finding Deals, Funding, Contractors, and Mentors with Matt and Liz Faircloth

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.816.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2016

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

When learning how to invest in real estate successfully, most people struggle finding four things: mentors, contractors, deals, and funding. That’s why today we’re excited to bring back Matt and Liz Faircloth onto The BiggerPockets Podcast to talk about how they find each of these! Matt and Liz (who were on episode 88) join us today as we dive deep into solving many of the problems that new investors struggle with. They also share the difficult story of how they recently shut down a major arm of their business and why it was the best move for them. Finally, Matt and Liz delve into the recent purchase of their 49-unit apartment building, offering some unique tips that will help you find and fund your next big deal! In This Episode We Cover: A recap of who Matt and Liz are Why they purchase a combination of flips and rentals What their “why” for investing in real estate is How many deals they look at A discussion on paying someone by the hour vs. by the job The do’s and don’ts of finding partners through BP How to “scale back“ How to find good, quality contractors Tips for dealing with bad contractors How they got into rental units The details of their 49-unit apartment complex How they were able to finance a $3.4 million deal A tip for finding property managers Why they give away flat screen TVs each year to their tenants And SO much more! Links from the Show BP Podcast 129: Live-in Flips, Frugality, and Finance with Mindy Jensen BP Podcast 088: Investing with Your Spouse, Managing Financials, and Growing Your Team with Matt and Liz Faircloth Cashflow Board Game BiggerPockets Forums Brandon’s Contractor Bid Form (file) BiggerPockets Webinar BP Podcast 108: Building a $350 Million Real Estate Empire Using the 10X Rule with Grant Cardone 3 Lessons I Learned by Closing on a 49-Unit Apartment Building (article) Property Manager Checklist: 7 Vital Tasks to Keep Tenants Happy & Paying (article) AppFolio RentManager My First Flip & Fix: Termites, Hauntings & A Foundation of Dirt (article) Books Mentioned in this Show The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki The Book on Flipping Houses by J. Scott The 10x Rule by Grant Cardone Rich Dad’s Advisors: OPM by Michael A. Lechter & Robert Kiyosaki Down To Earth Landlording by Donald Beck Scaling Up by Verne Harnish As a Man Thinketh by James Allen Tweetable Topics: “You’ve got to have a really solid ‘why.’” (Tweet This!) “Sometimes you need to step back and ask yourself, ‘What am I really good at?'” (Tweet This!) “If you got a good horse, keep running with it.” (Tweet This!) “What you think is who you are.” (Tweet This!) Connect with Matt & Liz Matt’s BiggerPockets Profile Liz’ BiggerPockets Profile Matt & Liz’ Company Website Landlord Chronicles Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast.

0:04.5

Wait a second. Josh has actually gone today. I've been waiting two hundred and two shows to say this

0:09.6

Ladies and gentlemen. Sorry Brandon, this one's mine.

0:13.0

This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast.

0:15.0

Show 203.

0:17.0

Dang it.

0:18.0

You're listening to Bigger Pockets Radio,

0:21.0

Simplifying real estate for investors large and small.

0:24.8

If you're here looking to learn about real estate investing without all the height, you're

0:28.8

in the right place.

0:30.6

Stay tuned and be sure to join the millions of others who have benefited from bigger pockets.com.

0:36.0

Your home for real estate investing online.

0:39.0

What's going on everybody? My name is Mindy Jensen. I am filling in for Josh Dorkin today I am the

0:44.2

host of the BiggerPockets podcast with you as always is Mr Brandon Turner what's

0:50.0

going on Brandon how you doing I'm doing pretty good. You've heard the

0:53.6

podcast a few times, haven't you, Mindy? You had that almost exactly in the Josh Dorkin

0:57.8

inflections. Not only am I a fan, I'm also just down the office from Josh, so I listen to him every single week.

1:05.0

Nice. Well Josh is out of the office today. Josh is out for a little holiday break and I think he's

1:10.0

dealing with the moving offices, isn't he?

1:12.5

Yes, we're moving again.

1:14.0

Yeah, moving again.

1:15.4

Bigger Bockets is getting their final office

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