The Private Lender Podcast

Keith Baker
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The show that shares practical advice and know-how for new and seasoned lenders: from private mortgages on single family houses to joint ventures on commercial projects, and beyond. Discover details about investment vehicles that you won’t find at your local bank or online broker. Listen and learn from private lenders and real estate investors, as well as from professionals and entrepreneurs as they share the details, strategies, and the insight that allows for successful and prosperous lending. This podcast is geared towards those who command and demand more from their investments. Now, get ready to increase your ROI !!!

  1. 08/31/2021

    PLP – 139 Know The History Of Your Property With Title Insurance With Rachel Luna

    When you buy a property, you want to be sure that it's free of any debt and lien. This is where title insurance comes in. You don't want to wake up one day, and your pool is torn down because it was built over a utility easement. Or the heir of the seller comes in and reclaims what is theirs. Title companies prevent these things from happening. Join your host, Keith Baker, and his guest, Rachel Luna, on the importance of title insurance. Rachel is the Agency Development Manager of Patriot Title. As The Texas Title Queen, she drops a ton of knowledge and discusses the parts of a title policy, what is covered, what is not covered, and why you need title insurance when you purchase a property. Learn the schedules of a title property and why title insurance is a must. If you're a lender, you better listen to this episode. --- Know The History Of Your Property With Title Insurance With Rachel LunaThe Texas Title Queen Breaks It Down For Lender NationI would like to thank you for sharing your time with me. If you're looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place. If you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can both avoid them and profit from them, then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink, my friend, and take some notes because this show is for you. I'm dedicated to giving people, like you and me, the knowledge and confidence for successful and profitable private lending. In this episode, I sit down and talk with the Texas title queen, Rachel Luna from Patriot Title Company, who has graciously agreed to come on this episode and drop a ton of knowledge around the topic of title insurance, what it covers, what is not covered and where to find things in the policy. Before we get to the heart of this episode, first, a little bit of housekeeping, number one, I'm about to lose my voice. The kids had a soccer tournament. They won the first two games and lost in the third. However, it was exciting. It was a blood pressure event. It was a good tournament. I’m proud of the kids but I shot my voice. I threw it out. Rather than waiting, I figured, “I'm going to make everybody suffer with me.” That's the first bit of housekeeping. The second bit of housekeeping is, have you joined the Private Lender Podcast Facebook group? If you haven't, why the hell not? Simply search in Facebook Groups for Private Lender Podcast, click on Join. Answer a few questions to let me know that you are a private lender and not looking for deals or looking for money and not looking to boost up your groups, but going to help add value to the community. Answer those questions, I'll let you in and then let you get started. While you're at it, head on over to PrivateLenderAcademy.com and click on Apply Now to learn more about putting the power of the banking system into your investment accounts or get some one-on-one time with me, I can answer your questions and show you my mistakes. That's PrivateLenderAcademy.com/apply. The housekeeping is finished and now it's time to get to the heart of this episode. Our guest has been providing title insurance and escrow services for Houston area investors for about as long as I can remember. I caught up with Rachel Luna at...

    44 min

  2. 08/23/2021

    PLP - 138 Utilizing Real Estate Books For Lead Generation And Beating Competition With Max Keller

    Writing a book can help you attract private money lenders and motivated sellers so you could win the marketing game in real estate. Today’s guest, Max Keller, proves that. Max Keller is a real estate investor, best-selling author, and business coach. In this episode, he joins Keith Baker to discuss utilizing books as a lead generation technique and how to get prospective sellers to trust you so you could stand out among competitors. He also shares the two ways to get deals through hunting and trapping. He explains how he gets deals through the use of different methods giving them a network of people. Tune into this episode so you could have the opportunity to build great relationships and make your business grow too! --- Listen to the podcast here:Utilizing Real Estate Books For Lead Generation And Beating Competition With Max KellerMax Keller Utilizes Books To Get Sellers To Know, Like And Trust HimI want to thank you for sharing your time with me. If you're looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place but if you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can one, avoid them and two, profit from them, pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink because this show is for you. This show is dedicated to giving people like you and me the knowledge and the confidence for successful and profitable private lending, the most passive form of real estate investment known to man. [caption id="attachment_3186" align="alignleft" width="200"] Home To Home: The Step By Step Senior Housing Guide[/caption] In this episode, I sit down and talk with Max Keller, who’s up in the North Texas area, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Max is using a very unusual strategy for finding his deals and that is to use books to get his sellers to know, like and trust him. Before we dive into the heart of this episode, I got to do a little housekeeping and need to ask you, have you joined the show’s Facebook group? Why the hell not? Simply go to Facebook Groups and search for Private Lender Podcast. Answer a few quick questions so that I know you’re serious and can follow instructions and you will be let in. You’ll get to hobnob and mingle with private lenders from all over this great country of ours. We may be divided but it’s still a great country. If you want to get your private lending off the ground for possibly some opportunities to bounce a few ideas off of me or perhaps we could even go down the coaching road if you like, please go to PrivateLenderAcademy.com and click on Apply Now. It's time to get down to the brass tacks of this episode. Max Keller was recommended to me by someone I held dear in the podcast industry. Julie Houston, thank you. She has helped me out in ways, mindset, technical, process, things that I wouldn’t think of. She hasn’t charged me a dime for it. All of her advice has been for free, maybe a lunch or two here or there. Considering the value that I’ve received from Julie, I’m in the deficits. Julie, thank you. A big shout out to you. Thank you for introducing me to Max. This has been a game changer in many ways for me. Thinking about this helps expand the...

    46 min

  3. 08/16/2021

    PLP-137 Is This The New Normal?

    Is This The New Normal? Hello Private Lender nation and welcome to episode 137 of the Private Lender Podcast, I’m your host, Keith Baker and I’d like to thank you for sharing your time with me today. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » If you’re looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place. But do you want to learn from my mistakes so you can both avoid and profit from them? Well then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink, my friend. Because this podcast is just for you, as I am dedicated to giving people just like you and me the knowledge and confidence for successful and profitable Private Lending. In today’s episode, I will bore you and discuss some very recent conversations I had while on a trip to San Francisco and the Bay Area, and I heard some interesting insights from some friends of the show. But before we get to the heart of the matter, first I need to do a little housekeeping. 1 - Have you joined the Private Lender Podcast Facebook group? Well why not? Head over to the show notes for the link or simply search Facebook groups for the Private Lender Podcast. Private Lender Podcast Facebook Group 2 – And, please head over to PrivateLenderAcademy.com and click on Apply Now to learn more about how to get your Private Lending off ground and for opportunities to receive coaching from me. Apply – Private Lender Academy OK, the housekeeping is finished and now it’s time to get down to the brass tacks of today’s episode: Are we normal? I took a short trip and flew to San Francisco earlier in August and spent a few days catching up with some friends of the show as well as a few dear old friends who call the Bay Area home. And I caught an A’s game against the Rangers, so I’ve now ticked 3 Major League Ball parks off my bucket list. I’m glad I was able to take the trip before the government tries to lock us down again, which brings me to the question I have for you, dear listener: Are we in the new normal, or are we simply in a bubble in the housing market cycle? I won’t name any names yet as I haven’t’ asked whether I could mention names (you know, in case they are wrong) and I had the idea for today’s topic and wanted to get this episode recorded and distributed so here we go: One position I heard, especially in the case of the Austin, Texas market, is that we are in the new normal. Austin will mimic housing in the Bay Area historically speaking, which means high prices are here to stay (at least in the Austin area) and they will only continue to rise. Then, I heard the belief that we are long in the tooth for this market and a correction is coming – a very popular opinion that many investors share. Especially those investors who lived through 2008 and the mortgage crisis. In the case of the Houston area, I did a little reading and have found the following:  Average house price up 14%1 month of inventory (6 months is considered a stable market)500,000 people move to TX every yearConstruction material shortage, lumber up 250%Days on Market are almost non-existent So, which side are you on? Are we in the new normal with prices continuing to increase? Or is there a correction looming? Connect with me on social media and let me know: Private...

    10 min

  4. 08/09/2021

    PLP-136 George Salas On Getting Long-Lasting Revenue Through Short-Term Rentals

    Most people flip houses, become a landlord, or purchase properties to get the most returns in real estate. But for George Salas, he found an incredible opportunity in short-term rentals, where a lot of people don't even consider. He joins Keith Baker to delve into how rent arbitrage increased his ROI significantly. He shares how he acquires his financing and puts together ample funding to keep the ball rolling. George also explains how he deepens relationships with the people that he trains, eventually building joint ventures. --- George Salas On Getting Long-Lasting Revenue Through Short-Term RentalsLearn How Rent Arbitrage Can Increase Your ROIIf you're a regular reader to this show, then you know that I do my best to keep the topics of the interviews either strictly private lending-related or at least interesting from a different investment or personal perspective. The topic of the episode is no different as guest George Salas is flip and crushing it in the short-term rental space. I met him at a Mastermind in Key West and I'm happy that we connected. I got on the plane to fly to Key West. I did not want to go. It had extremely limiting beliefs and yet is one of the best things I've done. I love to know stories of innovators and how people pivot when times change or when they get bad, and given the recent COVID scamdemic and the current bubble and the retail housing market. It's a real disease. All that stuff is over 99% survival rate. It's a flipping scamdemic. We are in a bubble. I'm calling it. Greenspan said, "You can't see a bubble until you're beyond it or it's burst." I'm calling it a bubble. More than $50,000 above ask in the market is a bubble. You can bookmark this show and can come back to it and give me grief or cheer me on when I'm proven right. I couldn't think of a better time to introduce you to my guest and his business model. The best thing of all is that George Salas is crushing the short-term rental game right here in Houston, in H-Town, which makes my smile a little bit bigger. Let's go ahead and get down to the brass tacks of the show and straight to the interview with George Salas. --- George, welcome to the show. Thank you very much, Keith. It is an absolute honor to be here. I'm looking forward to you to explain your business model. That is, you don't flip, landlord, own or finance but you do short-term rentals. I'm going to give you the floor. Tell us how you got into real estate, short-term rentals and the basic mechanics of your business. My journey started when I was six years old. I'm sitting in the living room of my parents' house. My mom and dad pulled my brother and me aside and said, "Guys, we need to talk to you. You're going to go to your grandma's. You're going to stay there for a little bit." This is from a city by the name of Lima in Peru, the capital. We moved to a small town. It was just my mom. It was an environment where I get to stand by my dad. We left that city into a small little town and then the town was 20,000 people. I didn't get to see my father for nine years but he came back again into my life. We were moving here to the US. I came when I was fifteen. I wouldn't get to say bye to him twice and it affected me my entire life until I realized that I didn't need to be better for my dad. I didn't need to be in a place I’m good enough because I felt I wasn't good enough. I felt that because my father was never a great provider. We moved here. All through my young 15, 18 to 20, I was a grocery stacker. I worked at Kmart. Then I got into the nightlife and I...

    33 min

  5. 08/02/2021

    PLP-135 The Fifth cure to a Lean Account Balance

    Hello Private Lender Nation!!!! If you’re looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place. But do you want to learn from my mistakes so you can both avoid and profit from them? Well then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink, my friend. Because this podcast is just for you, as I am dedicated to giving people just like you and me the knowledge and confidence for successful and profitable Private Lending. In today’s episode, we will continue with our monthly lesson from the book by George Clason's the Richest Man in Babylon. Today’s lesson is the 5th cure for a small account balance, which is simply: Make your house a profitable investment, or in other words, own your own home. but before we get to the heart of the matter, first I need to do a little housekeeping. 1 - Have you joined the Private Lender Podcast Facebook group? Well why not? Head over to the show notes for the link or simply search Facebook groups for the Private Lender Podcast. Private Lender Podcast Facebook Group 2 – And most important of all, the Private Lender Academy still needs some work before I introduce her to the world and therefore I’m departing from the original plan in hopes of getting the course to life. However, on August 17th at 7:30pm CST, I am holding a webinar/Facebook Live where I will begin to teach the principles of the academy. The purpose of the webinar is to get 10 committed people to opt-in to group coaching where I teach you everything I know about originating private loans. As a result of participating in the group coaching, you will help me refine the PLA and receive a free copy of the course once it is complete. I am looking for 10 students to form this focus group that will help refine the course over a 4-week period beginning in late August. So head over the www.PrivateLenderAcademy.com and click on Apply Now Apply – Private Lender Academy OK, the housekeeping is finished and now it’s time to get down to the brass tacks of today’s episode: the 5th cure for a lean account. And like so many lessons in life that we should heed, the principle is quite simple, but sometimes we humans seem to have trouble with the execution. Let’s get down to the brass tacks and listen to what Arkad tells his students: Make your house a profitable investment. A. K. A. - Own your Home "If a man sets aside none parts of his earnings upon which to live and enjoy life, and if any part of his nine parts can be turned into a profitable investment without detriment to his well-being, then so much fast will his treasures grow." So spoke Arkad to his class at their fifth lesson.  "All too many of our men of Babylon do raise their families in unseemly quarters. They do pay to exacting landlords and liberal rents for rooms where their wives have not a spot to raise the blooms that gladden a woman's heart and their children have no place to play their games except in unclean alleys. "No man's family can fully enjoy life unless they do have a plot of ground wherein children can play in the clean earth and where the wife may raise not only blossoms but good rich herbs to feed her family.  "To a man's heart, it brings gladness to eat the figs from his own trees and the grapes of his own vines. To own your own home and to have it a place he is proud to care for, puts confidence in his heart and greater effort behind all his endeavors. Therefore,

    13 min

  6. 07/27/2021

    PLP-134 Mindful Money: How To Make Better Money Decisions With Jonathan DeYoe

    How does the state of our mind affect the way we make money decisions? You came to the right place to find out. Keith Baker’s guest today is Jonathan DeYoe, founder and CEO of Mindful Money. Jonathan explains to Keith Baker how mindfulness creates a space between the external stimulus and your response. It’s that moment of calm you need to make the right decisions based on facts instead of emotions. When you adapt mindfulness in your finances, you start making better decisions. How can you practice mindfulness? Tune in to find out! --- Mindful Money: How To Make Better Money Decisions With Jonathan DeYoeInvesting In Your HappinessI'd like to thank you for sharing your time with me. If you're looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place. If you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can both avoid and profit from them, then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink because this show is just for you. I'm dedicated to giving people like you and me the knowledge and confidence for successful and profitable private lending. [caption id="attachment_3155" align="alignleft" width="194"] Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend[/caption] If you're looking to join a community of private lenders then head over to the Private Lender Podcast Facebook group to connect with other private lenders and to share experiences, stories and opinions. While you're at it, head on over to the PrivateLenderAcademy.com to learn more about the forthcoming course on private lending and click on Apply Now to register for pre-launch discounts and other goodies. I was a little skeptical when I first learned about our guest. I wasn't sure he'd be a good fit for the show at first because I didn't spend a whole lot of time digging too deep, but after speaking with him for a minute, I knew he had to be on the show so we booked it. I'm happy to share Jonathan DeYoe with you and hopefully introduce you to him. As I've shared in previous episodes, I am on a bit of a mindfulness journey. I like to sign off wishing you mindfulness from every episode. Given that life has happened to me in the last few years, divorce, etc., I'm happy that someone has applied the mindfulness approach to money. As I look back, I wish I would have applied mindfulness years ago especially to money because at least in my case, with the relationship with my ex, money wasn't a huge issue but it was large enough. If we both had been mindful about it, maybe things would have been different, at least on the money front. I’m not saying I'd still be married but the awareness and the understanding would have been a lot better. Such an approach can eliminate a lot of the money pains and ill feelings that couples have. Let's go ahead and get down to the brass tacks of this episode and get straight to the interview with Jonathan DeYoe. --- Lender nation, I am throwing a curveball to you because we're not going to talk about private lending and all but we will be talking about money. Our guest has an interesting approach to money, one that I certainly want to use this...

    1h 2m

  7. 07/05/2021

    PLP-133 The Fourth Law of Wealth

    The Fourth Law of GoldHello, Lender nation and welcome to Episode 133 of the Private Lender Podcast! I’m your host, Keith Baker and I’d like to thank you for sharing your time with me today. I hope everyone is enjoying their 4th of July observance the day this episode goes live, and to the other 194 countries not named the united states of America, then I hope you have a good Monday! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » If you’re looking for practical tips and advice on Private Lending and how to keep your money safe, then you are in the right place. But if you want to learn from my mistakes so you can both avoid and profit from them, well then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink my friend, because this podcast is just for you! Today we continue with the lessons taken from the book The Richest Man in Babylon: the fourth law of wealth. This is but one old-world principle that has remained relevant and true through the centuries, no matter the currency, and no matter the political climate. But before we get to the brass tacks, I would like to perform the housekeeping: 1 - Have you joined the Private Lender Podcast Facebook group? Well, why not? Head over to the show notes for the link or simply search Facebook groups for the Private Lender Podcast. Private Lender Podcast Facebook Group 2 – And most important of all, the Private Lender Academy is launching in just a few weeks and if you would like to get on the list for pre-launch bonuses like discount codes, then head over to PrivateLenderAcademy.com and click on “Apply Now”: provide some background on your investing experience and goals Apply – Private Lender Academy The Private Lender Academy is slated to launch after July 4th, 2021. OK, the housekeeping is finished and now it’s time to get down to the brass tacks of today’s episode: the 4th Law of Wealth (Gold). In the book, the Richest Man in Babylon, there are 7 cures for a lean purse, and 5 laws of Gold (wealth) and today we will discuss the 4th law of wealth, which is simply: “Gold slips away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar, or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep.”“To the man who has gold, yet is not skilled in its handling, many uses for it appear most profitable. Too often these are fraught with the danger of loss, and if properly analyzed by wise men, show small possibility of profit. Therefore, the inexperienced owner of gold who trusts to his own judgement and invest it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar, too often find his judgement imperfect, and pays with his treasure for his inexperience. Wise, indeed, is he who invests his treasures under the advise of men skilled in the ways of gold.”The lesson here is simple: seek the advice from those who have a successful track record of investing theirs, and other people’s money, to help ensure your success. Gather opinions and seek counsel from proven investment strategies. Do not get caught up in the swell of a bubble market when “everyone is doing it” or “it’s so easy, why aren’t you doing it?” Do not bet your treasure on the shiny object. But rather seek friendship, fellowship, counsel, and advice from those skilled in successfully handling and investing money. Let them help guide you beyond the wolves and the hype of speculation. Remember, you’re net

    8 min

  8. 06/28/2021

    PLP-131 Guiding The Lender: Sarah Montes On RMLOs

    Once you become a lender and you're looking for people to purchase your property, how do you find the buyer? How do you make it look affordable? How do you know which rules and regulations to follow? An RMLO or a residential mortgage loan originator will do just that. Learn from Sarah Montes who is the President of Texas Pride Lending on why you need an RMLO. Joining Keith Baker, Sarah explains how an RMLO guides the lender on the payment process. Listen in today on how Texas Pride helps lenders in this regard. --- Guiding The Lender: Sarah Montes On RMLOsI would like to thank you for sharing your time with me as well as your consideration. If you're seeking practical tips and advice on how to increase wealth without cheap banks or unpredictable Wall Street through private mortgage lending, then you are in the right place. If you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can both avoid and profit from them, then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink because this show is for you. This episode has been more than four years in the making. It has got a bit of a story behind it. Before we get to that, I want to encourage you to join the Private Lender Podcast Group. It is a public group, but I personally vet the applicants to ensure that it truly remains a group of just us private lenders. After years of empty threats and promises, the Private Lender Academy is finally launching in July 2021. You have the opportunity to get in when the doors open as a founding member, which means you won't be charged full price and you'll receive founder pricing on additional courses in the future. Go to PrivateLenderAcademy.com for more info. Click on that Apply Now, fill out some information, tell us a little bit about yourself, and you'll be on the list for the founding member. It is time to get down to the brass tacks of this episode. It's when my best borrower switched his business model from buying and converting into owner-financing notes using private lender money as the underlying lien. He streamlined his business and went more into a wholesaling model, which means he didn't need a private lender. He also went into a small apartment complex, which was way above what I had to offer. He did me a favor and introduced me to his friend, Landon Rothstein, who has been on the show. I initially was Landon's private lender before coming as his partner in Asset REI in 2017. At that time, Landon was a student of Mitch Stephen. He was looking to use my money as a first position and then wrap it with seller financing with an additional lien. He explained that we would use an originator to keep everything legal and above board. Since this came from Landon, I was skeptical and decided to investigate things myself. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that Landon wasn't BS-ing me. He was indeed accurate, right, and correct. Before we put an owner-occupant inside a house with my money providing the lien, we used Texas Pride Lending, which took the end buyers' application, financial information, records, and everything that a bank or loan officer would take. They confirmed that the borrower could reasonably be expected to make the mortgage payments based on their finances, how the note was structured and the length of the note. It...

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The show that shares practical advice and know-how for new and seasoned lenders: from private mortgages on single family houses to joint ventures on commercial projects, and beyond. Discover details about investment vehicles that you won’t find at your local bank or online broker. Listen and learn from private lenders and real estate investors, as well as from professionals and entrepreneurs as they share the details, strategies, and the insight that allows for successful and prosperous lending. This podcast is geared towards those who command and demand more from their investments. Now, get ready to increase your ROI !!!

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  • Creator
    Keith Baker
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2021
  • Episodes
    148
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright Keith Baker
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    The Private Lender Podcast