Episodes

Monday Sep 21, 2020
How My House Got Stolen
Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
In this episode I'm sharing the story of how I had a house stolen from me. Now, this is not exactly what it seems, it's not so much about real estate. It's about life being a series of choices, and how your past doesn't have to be your future.
What is Covered:
- Why dealing with inheritance can be very difficult
- My own experience of being the executor of a property in probate
- The challenge of deciding between what's fair and what's legal
- The compound effect of your life choices
- The lessons you can take from this story for your real estate business
Resources:
- Why You Should Invest in Probates NOW with Sharon Vornholt https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-67tea-eb80eb
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/

Friday Sep 18, 2020
Wholesaling in a Declining Market with Mike Simmons - TRAILER
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Mike Simmons is real estate investor, mentor, coach and host of Just Start Real Estate Podcast. We discuss how to navigate the current sellers market as a wholesaler.
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Monday Sep 14, 2020
Why You Should Invest in Probates NOW with Sharon Vornholt
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Sharon Vornholt helps real estate investors close more deals with a customized marketing plan that generates a steady stream of leads month after month. As an expert investor in probate real estate, she also helps investors to add the niche of probates to their business. In this episode she reveals why we should expect a tsunami of probates in the upcoming period.
What You Will Learn in This Episode:
- How Sharon became an expert in probates
- The best practice to approach someone who needs to sell a house
- How to tactfully reach out to the executors of a property
- How to reconcile the interests of heirs and executors
- What is the biggest mistake when someone starts investing in probates
- Why NOW you have a lifetime opportunity to invest in probates
Resources:
- Connect with Sharon Vornholt: https://louisvillegalsrealestateblog.com/
- Let’s Talk Real Estate Investing Podcast https://louisvillegalsrealestateblog.com/podcasts-lets-talk-real-estate-investing/
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/

Friday Sep 11, 2020
Why You Should Invest in Probates NOW with Sharon Vornholt - TRAILER
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Sharon Vornholt is an expert investor in probate real estate and she reveals why we should expect a tsunami of probates in the next year.
FULL EPISODE COMING SOON!

Monday Sep 07, 2020
Jump from Single-Family to Multi-Family with Jeff Klotz
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Jeff Klotz is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, mentor and the founder and operating manager of The Klotz Group of Companies, a vertically integrated & comprehensive private equity real estate investment platform operating in over 20 States throughout the US. In this episode we talk about bridging the gap between single-family and multi-family properties investments.
What We Cover:
- The current state of the market in single-family and multi-family space
- Should you start a hotel in 2020?
- The difficulties with finding value-add deals these days
- How the 2008 crash changed the multi-family real estate market
- How long it takes to turn around a typical C-class multi-family property
- The threat of recession and being forced into bad deals
- What can completely disqualify a property from potential investing
- How to take the next step from investing in single-family to multi-family
Resources:
- The Klotz Group of Companies http://theklotzcompanies.com/
- Multifamily Mastermind https://multifamilymastermind.com/
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/

Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Jump from Single-Family to Multi-Family with Jeff Klotz - TRAILER
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Saturday Sep 05, 2020
Jeff Klotz is the founder and operating manager of The Klotz Group of Companies, a vertically integrated & comprehensive private equity real estate investment platform operating in over 20 States throughout the US.
FULL EPISODE COMING SOON!!!

Monday Aug 31, 2020
How to Raise Private Money with Confidence with Jay Conner
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Jay Conner is a real estate investor and an authority on the subject of raising money from private lenders. Using a system he devised through trial and error, he managed to raise over $2.000.000 of private money in less than 3 months, and he is teaching others to do the same.
What We Cover In This Episode:
- What is the difference between private money, hard money and institutional money
- Which comes first - the deal or the private lender?
- How a new investor can win the confidence of private lenders
- What to do with the money that private lenders don’t want back
- The biggest mistakes people are making when trying to raise private money
Resources:
- Jay Conner’s website https://www.jayconner.com/
- FREE Book - Private Money and You https://www.jayconner.com/reports/3-gifts/
Interested in real estate investing? Get in touch with Brad Smotherman at https://www.bradsmotherman.com/

Friday Aug 28, 2020
How to Raise Private Money with Confidence with Jay Conner - TRAILER
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Jay Conner is a real estate investor and an authority on the subject of raising money from private lenders.
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Owner Financing in Post-Covid Time with Eddie Speed
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Eddie Speed has been a leader and innovator in the Note Business for over 30 years.
He has dedicated his professional life to the seller financing and non-performing note industry since 1980. Eddie is the founder of NoteSchool, a highly recognized training company, specialized in the teaching of buying both performing and non-performing discounted mortgage notes.
What We Cover In This Episode:
- How to prepare for 2021 in the real estate market
- Upcoming huge need for sellers financing
- What will happen with wholesalers in the current market trend
- What banks are going to do in the next five years
- Opportunities for buying rental properties with owners financing
- Why owner financing model works better in the time of recession
Resources:
- Note School https://noteschool.com/
- Interested in becoming a real estate investor? Book a discovery call with Brad Smotherman at www.bradsmotherman.com

Friday Aug 21, 2020
Owner Financing in Post-Covid Time with Eddie Speed-TRAILER
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
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