Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast

What if you could have hundreds of realtors looking for land deals for you? You don’t need a big direct mail budget to make that happen. You need a phone, a simple offer, and consistent follow-up.

I call realtors with vacant land listings that have been sitting for six months or longer. Sure, I’d love to buy the listed property at the right price, but that’s not the biggest opportunity. I want that realtor to remem...

One of the biggest mistakes I see land investors make is overcomplicating the marketing. You don’t need some fancy system or a huge budget to start getting offers in front of sellers. I want to show you how simple this can actually be.

I walk through how I narrow thousands of vacant lots down to a highly targeted list, pull comps, determine my cash and owner-financing offers, and get an actual offer mailed to a seller. The coo...

One of the coolest things about land investing is that you don’t necessarily need a pile of your own cash to do deals. I walk through a real 2.5-acre property and show you exactly how I structure an offer using owner financing and private money.

Instead of only giving the seller a low cash offer, I can offer a higher price with better terms. Then I can turn around and sell that same property with owner financing at a premium. ...

I love land investing, and I love technology. When you combine the two the right way, you can save a ton of time and focus your energy on the leads that actually have a chance of becoming deals.

I sat down with Phil Jones, a land investor and self-described tech nerd who built an AI-powered system to evaluate properties, qualify leads, and communicate with landowners at scale. His AI can have hundreds of conversations simultaneously...

I’m taking you behind the scenes as I analyze a vacant lot and make a real cash offer. No theory here. I’m looking at actual sold and active comps, figuring out what I think the property can sell for, and working backward to determine my offer.

The numbers suggest this 1.14-acre lot c...

I love deals where we can make the seller the bank and then turn around and become the bank ourselves. Clay Hepler is doing exactly that with land, and the numbers on one of his current deals are pretty incredible.

Clay is buying 356 acres for $350,000 with only $25,000 down and $1,500 monthly principal-only payments. He plans to subdivide the property into about 10 lots and sell them for roughly $87,000 each, creating a potential $...

Success leaves clues. When I’m looking for vacant land markets, I don’t try to guess where the next hot area will be. I follow the money and look for where people are already buying land.

I start broad and quickly narrow things down from the country to the state, county, and eventually the specific zip codes where deals are happening. Using tools like LandWatch, Redfin, Zillow, ChatGPT, and the Land Portal, I can see whe...

One of the biggest mistakes I see investors make is trying to market to everyone. The truth is, you don't need thousands of random properties to find great deals. You just need the right ones. In this video, I walk you through exactly how I start with a brand-new market and narrow thousands of vacant lots into a small, highly targeted list that actually makes sense t...

I sat down with Austin Marvel to talk about one of my favorite topics in real estate investing: flipping vacant land. We covered a lot, but one strategy really stood out. Instead of sending complicated mailers or blind offers, I share the simple postcard that has consistently gotten me response rates of 8% to 12%, far better than what I ever saw with houses. It's proof that simple marketing, paired with consistent follow-up, can ou...

One of the biggest mistakes I see investors make is spending too much time trying to find the "perfect" market before they ever send an offer. The truth is, you don't need the perfect county. You just need a market where there's already strong demand. In this lesson, I show you exactly how I research new land markets using real data instead of guesswork, and I walk through the same process I use when I'm starting from scratch.

I bre...

One of my favorite ways to build real wealth with land isn't just flipping it for a quick profit. It's creating long-term cash flow through owner financing. In this conversation, I share one of my favorite land deals, where I bought a property for just $3,700 and turned it into a $13,000 sale with monthly payments that kept paying long after the deal closed.

What if you could stop choosing between cash now and cash flow later? In this conversation with my good friend Eddie Speed, I share how I turned a simple $3,800 land deal into a $13,000 owner-financed sale—and why that strategy completely changes the way I look at vacant land investing.

Most investors only make low cash offers and hope one sticks. But when you learn how to give sellers options with owner financing, you can get...

A lot of people think success in land investing comes from finding cheap properties. I used to see people make that mistake all the time, and it usually led to frustration. The truth is, the pros don't win because they find the cheapest land. They win because they know exactly where to buy, how much to offer, and how they're going to sell before they ever make an offer.

In this episode, I pull back the curtain on three simple strate...

What would happen if you stopped trying to learn everything and simply focused on making more offers? That's exactly what Zach did. While helping his wife care for their newborn, he spent about two hours a day working his land business and closed 13 deals in less than 10 months, averaging around $8,000 per deal.

His story isn't about hustle, long hours, or becoming a real estate expert. It's about following a simple system, trusting...

One of the biggest mistakes I see real estate investors make is trying too hard to sound like a salesperson. The truth is, sellers don't want a pitch. They want a real conversation with someone who listens, asks good questions, and understands what they're trying to accomplish.

Over the years, I've learned that the best deals come from being curious, not convincing. When I talk to sellers, I'm not trying to pressure anyone into a de...

I see this mistake all the time, and honestly, it drives me crazy. Investors spend thousands of dollars on direct mail, PPC, and other marketing campaigns, then completely ignore the very leads they paid to generate. Someone calls, leaves a voicemail, hangs up, or submits their information, and nobody follows up. That's not just a missed opportunity. It's like taking your marketing budget and flushing it down the toilet.

Money loves...

For years, I thought the best way to succeed in real estate was by buying houses, managing tenants, and dealing with all the headaches that come with them. But over time, I realized there was a much simpler path.

That’s when I started focusing on vacant land. No tenants, repairs, or late-night calls. Just a straightforward business model that can be run from anywhere. In this short episode, I explain why I believe land investi...

Ross Hamilton has been around the real estate investing world for a long time, and this conversation was packed with lessons most people never hear about success, mentorship, and personal growth. We talked about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, protecting your mindset, and learning how to focus on the things you can actually control every single day.

Ross shared how he went from BMX riding and knocking o...

I share one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done and how it turned into one of the best lessons I could give anybody trying to get started in real estate. Years ago, my wife and I went cave exploring in Arkansas, and I found myself squeezing through tight underground tunnels thinking, “Why in the world am I doing this?” The only thing that kept me moving forward was following the biggest guy in the group. I figure...