26 episodes
Free Agent REI Michael Butler Jr. and Stratton Brown
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- Negócios
Stratton and Michael are two former Fresno State Football players, whose identity like many other athletes were attached to the sport they played! When football was over, both was lost in a free space (Free Agency)! Although, separated by different recruiting classes, Stratton and Michael connected at the start of their real estate journeys and haven't looked back! This Podcast was created to give you an inside look of their daily conversations in hopes that it motivates and adds value to someone else in Free Agency looking to learn more about Real Estate investing strategies.
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How to find amazing deals in a turning market | Free Agent REI
Show notes:
- Having problems moving deals because of buyers
- Buyers aren't in a rush because of all the options
- The market during the COVID-19 pandemic vs the market now
- Listing all your properties on MLS
- Is it possible to close in 7 days?
- Deals that come with complicated situations
- Bring The Juice podcast
- Buying properties with higher interest rates
- Dealing with difficult sellers with great offers
- Private money lenders
- Making deals: price vs terms
- The 50-40-10 loan
- Can you do terms if someone owns a mortgage?
- Looking at properties as rentals vs AirBnBs
- Creating cash flow vs buying for appreciation
- Uncontrollable factors in buying properties
- Calculating your profit and ROI
- Cash flow and infinite return
- Burn rates
- Sign up for our next meetup! -
How To Manage And Balance Multiple Businesses | Free Agent REI
Show notes:
- Catching up with Mike and Stratt
- An age past partying hard
- Why I'm not buying a Tesla
- Elon Musk at the All-In Summit
- Investing in a new concept
- Selling companies and Venture Capitalism
- Coming to terms with failure
- Buying a flip
- How has it been managing 5 projects?
- Dealing with Contractors
- Balancing flipping houses and wholesaling projects
- Rising interest rates
- Why a housing crash is impossible
- Weeding out people who aren't built for business
- Learning the tricks of the trade
- The 50-40-10 rule
- What changes in the downtrend?
- What is the risk in investing in real estate?
- Buying the dip
- Investing in crypto
- Losing a crypto hard wallet
- Getting scammed in discord
- Preparing for the bottom
- Are we in a recession?
- How can I make a million a year?
- How to market your business and sell your brand
- How do you source and raise private capital?
- How social media brings value to entrepreneurs
- Closing -
How To Navigate Through Business Relationships With Family Members | Free Agent REI
Show notes:
- Catching up with Mike and Stratt
- Four flips in two months
- Settling the insurance for ANOTHER house fire?
- The demand for storage facilities
- The things you find inside abandoned storage units
- Vending machines and parenting
- Alumni weekend
- Being in different places with your friends and family
- Which phase of your life are you in right now?
- People who had the right mentality in college are doing well now
- How do you handle family in business?
- Would you ever consider working with family members?
- Doing business with friends
- Why you shouldn't ask your friends for discounts
- Looking for the best deals means looking at all the deals
- Mike and Stratt Closing -
The Hardest Questions You Need To Ask Yourself | Free Agent REI
1. What areas in my life am I settling in right now?
2. What battles am I choosing right now?
3. Who are the five people I spend the most time with?
4. What am I letting in that I need to shut out?
5. In what ways am I in my own way?
Show Notes:
- Flipping BRRRRs
- What areas in my life am I settling in right now?
- Taking care of your health and making time for fitness
- Work Life Balance
- Sacrificing family time for your goals
- Learning to pace yourself
- Including your family in your business
- Communication and why talking things out is important
- Eliminating dead time
- What battles am I choosing right now?
- Battling self-doubt
- Acknowledging being wrong
- What am I letting in that I need to shut out?
- Gratitude can make all the difference
- Dark spots in our lives
- Dealing with impostor syndrome
- Worth doesn't come from being comfortable
- Business and Tetris
- Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
- Investing after October
- Surrounding yourself with the right people
- Who are the five people I spend the most time with?
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Marketing, Economics, and Growing Your Business | Free Agent REI
Stratt and Mike talk about what it takes to grow a business and get it to the next level. Marketing channels, social media, Central Valley’s economy and a lot more.
Show Notes:
- Sustainable Marketing (Cold Calling vs. Direct Mail)
- Diminishing Returns In Marketing Channels
- Diversifying your real estate business
- Central Valley Economics
- Growth as a business and as an entrepreneur
- The value of the dollar
- Understanding economics and paying attention to the consumer economy
- Scaling your investment
- Old and Emerging Markets
- Deal Flow
- Private Adjuster for fire damage
- Social Media and the value of building a genuine brand
- Real Brokerage and the power of downlines
- What really made Kim Kardashian rich -
How to ask the right questions to get the most from your mentors | Free Agent REI
Stratt and Mike talk about asking questions from your mentors the right way, and how those questions can shortcut to your success.
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