Think You Can't Make it in Real Estate? Tarl Yarber Quit THREE Times, Then Flipped 650 Houses!
The BetterLife Podcast: Wealth | Real Estate Investing | Life
Brandon Turner and Cam Cathcart
4.8 • 767 Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2024
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Summary
Tarl Yarber is a real estate mogul who's flipped over 650 houses and built a thriving events business from the ground up!
But this isn't your typical "I got rich quick" story. He even quit real estate THREE TIMES before finally cracking the code.
Tarl's journey is one of overcoming adversity, learning from HUGE mistakes (like racking up $14,000 in credit card debt chasing his real estate dreams!), and building a business that supports the life he wants to live.
In this episode, Tarl shares his story, from his early days door-knocking in a moldy car, how he survived the "dip," the power of surrounding yourself with the right people, and why designing your life first is the key to building a business you love.
Tarl also talks about:
- Turning $10 into... well, NOT $10,000 in 30 days (wholesaling is HARDER than it looks!)
- The ONE book that completely shifted his mindset at age 17
- Why he dropped out of college to pursue real estate full-time
- Building a $3 Million/month REO business from scratch
- The pivotal moment he realized he was building a business he “hated”
- How he and his wife Grace designed their dream life and built a business to support it
- Why he believes you should “HATE” real estate if you want to be successful at it
- The power of saying NO to opportunities that don't align with your goals
Books Mentioned:
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
Connect with Tarl:
Website: https://www.tarlyarber.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarlyarber
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarl-yarber-7584a847
Connect with Brandon:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beardybrandon
💻 BetterLife Tribe, Brandon’s Real Estate Investing Mastermind: https://abetterlife.com/
📸 BetterLife Tribe’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterlife/
💻 OpenDoor Capital, Brandon’s Real Estate Investing Company: https://odcfund.com/
📸 OpenDoor Capital’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/opendoorcapital/
Connect with Cam:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cam.cathcart/
💻 Deal Flow Real Estate, Cam’s Real Estate Investing Mastermind: http://dealflowrealestate.com/
💻 Revel City HomeBuyers, Cam’s Real Estate Investing Company: https://revelcityhomebuyers.com/
📸 Revel City HomeBuyers’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/revelcityhomebuyers/
Tarl’s charitable cause (100% of ad revenue goes here):
- America’s Mighty Warriors, supporting veterans and their families by providing programs that improve quality of life, resiliency and recovery.
Show Sponsor:
- Interested in building wealth without losing your soul? Join the BetterLife Tribe here: https://join.abetterlife.com/tribe
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Reputation, right? |
| 0:04.0 | So it's the most important thing to me is also one, it is the number one core value of my company is reputation, but that's everything in this business. |
| 0:11.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:12.0 | And so, and even if you mess up, how you fix it, everybody makes mistakes. |
| 0:16.0 | And you get a better reputation because you solved something that you messed up or whatever versus if everything |
| 0:22.1 | is always perfect for you, right? People are still a little leery. But if you have a track record |
| 0:26.1 | of messing up and you're open with it and you fix it, people love you more. Welcome to the |
| 0:32.7 | Better Life podcast where we talk about real estate investing, building wealth, and all in all |
| 0:36.7 | living a better life. My name is Brandon Turner and I have spent my life investing about real estate investing, building wealth, and all in all living a better life. |
| 0:37.8 | My name is Brandon Turner and I've spent my life investing in real estate to achieve financial |
| 0:42.8 | freedom. |
| 0:43.8 | And alongside my co-host, Mr. Cam Cathcart, we want to help you do the same. |
| 0:49.0 | On this show, you're going to hear from world-class guests who have been handpicked to help you level up your investing, |
| 0:57.1 | your leadership, your goals, your habits, and more to become the very best version of yourself. |
| 1:04.3 | So join us as we explore the habits, the actions, the beliefs that it takes to build wealth |
| 1:09.8 | through real estate investing without |
| 1:11.4 | losing your soul. |
| 1:32.0 | This is the Better Life podcast with Brandon Turner and Mr. |
| 1:32.9 | Cam Cascarp. |
| 1:33.8 | What's up, Cam? |
| 1:34.4 | What's up, man? How you doing? |
| 1:35.1 | You know, I'm excited for breakfast for dinner, which I'm going to go do as soon as we're done recording this introduction. |
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