The REtipster Podcast | Land Investing & Real Estate Strategies

240: In this episode, I'm sitting down with Ron Apke, one-half of the Apke Brothers and co-founder of Land Portal.

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These guys are changing the game in land investing software. We dig into what it’s really like building a company with your brother, the biggest land investing mistakes, and how Land Portal is solving massive problems in the real estate data world. Tons of great insights in this one!

239: In this episode, I talk with Mason McDonald, a land investor, licensed realtor, and adventurer in the wild world of mining claims.

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Mason shares how becoming a realtor totally changed his land investing game, giving him the edge to make massive commissions, close unusual deals, and tap into a totally new stream of revenue that most land flippers overlook.

We also go deep on mining claims, how Mason ...

238: In this episode, I caught up with my friend and REtipster Certified Coach Travis King to talk about the major changes we’ve seen in the land investing market in 2025.

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We dove deep into why most land investors are quitting, why the old playbooks don’t work anymore, and how the top 20% are adjusting their strategies to win in this tougher market. Travis also shares insights into market selection at ...

237: In this episode, I’m talking with Brandon Cobb, CEO of HBG Capital.

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Brandon’s journey from medical device sales to managing $22M+ per year in land development is packed with lessons, wins, and million-dollar mistakes. We break down his exact process for finding development sites, getting properties entitled, raising capital, and selling to national home builders, even without taking ownership of t...

236: In this episode, we sat down with Callan Faulkner to talk about how she transitioned from land investor to AI architect—building a $4M business in under 18 months.

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Callan walks us through real examples of how land investors can use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Zapier, and even AI agents to streamline SOPs, write legal docs, score sales calls, and train "digital employees" t...

235: In this episode of the REtipster Podcast, I sat down with Steve Hokanson, land investor, founder of Thacksland Books, and one of the few people who’s seen the actual numbers behind dozens of land investing businesses.

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Steve provides fractional CFO and bookkeeping services to land flippers, which gives him a front-row seat to the real profit margins, biggest mistakes, and surprising truths in our i...

234: In this episode of the REtipster Podcast, I sit down with Hamza Ali, a FlexSpace developer who has built a $370M+ portfolio in one of the most underrated corners of commercial real estate.

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Originally from Dubai, Hamza moved to the U.S. less than a decade ago and carved out a niche in Flex industrial real estate, an asset class that most investors don’t yet understand. In fact, Hamza played a key r...

233: In this episode of the REtipster Podcast, Ajay Sharma joins me to unpack one of the biggest problems land investors are facing in 2025: fewer deals and more seller resistance.

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We dive deep into the real bottlenecks holding investors back on the acquisition side, including whether your issue is a leads problem or a conversion problem. Ajay breaks down the 4 most common objections we face when talki...

232: In this episode, I talk with Imee, the 24-year-old executive assistant who’s become the backbone of a land investing empire.

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Imee isn’t your average VA. She’s running operations across multiple businesses, hiring and managing global teams, building systems, protecting the CEO’s time, and even closing deals. We cover exactly how she earned that trust, what she looks for in other team members, how s...

231: I never thought someone 5,000 miles away could out-compete local land investors, but Ciaran Sheil does it 40-50 times a year, all without setting foot in the U.S. 🇮🇪➡️🇺🇸

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In this episode, I talk with Ciaran about:
- The data-driven process that picked his winning markets.
- Replacing blind offers with conversion-focused mail.
- Building a lead-manager team that books his c...

230: In this solo episode, I'll share my personal journey of building a land investing business while working a full-time job—and eventually quitting that job after finding financial freedom.

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If you're wondering whether it's still possible to start land investing part-time in 2025, or if you're feeling overwhelmed by the changing landscape of this business, I recorded this episode j...

229: In this episode, I sat down with land investor and educator Femi Ajose, someone who has flipped land in 48 states and built a powerhouse business from the ground up.

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Femi started as a track star, aiming for the Olympics until COVID hit and forced him to pivot. What followed was an obsessive dive into wholesaling and, eventually, land investing.

We talk about:

• The $50K land deal that pr...

228: In this episode of the REtipster Podcast, I talk with David Hansen, Arturo Paturzo, and Emanuel Wijkhuisen, three real estate investors who teamed up to take on a high-stakes land entitlement project in Alabama.

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This deal was originally meant to be a simple land flip, but they quickly pivoted into a full-scale platted subdivision. They faced many challenges: a shady real estate agent, a ghosting e...

227: In this episode, I’m joined again by Vernon Henry, a land investor and former professional landman with over 20 years of experience in mineral rights.

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If you’ve ever bought or sold land and wondered, Do I own the mineral rights, or could an energy company drill on my property? This episode is for you.

Vernon breaks down the complex world of mineral rights into simple, actionable knowledge. We cover...

226: In episode 226 of the REtipster Podcast, I’m talking with Tyler Cauble, a commercial real estate investor and YouTuber flipping the script on the CRE game. Tyler started selling Cutco knives in college, dropped out, and built a massive portfolio without ever touching residential real estate.

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We dive deep into how he has built massive value, like finding $215K in equity without doing any ...

In this episode, I'm back with Neil Clements to deliver a brutally honest mid-year market update for 2025, especially for land investors.

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The market is shifting, and it's hitting even the top producers hard. Land sales are slowing, sometimes selling much slower, even at 20% below market value. We’re seeing funding dry up, rural land is sitting unsold in many markets, and investors are being for...

225: In this episode, Ajay and I sat down with Josh Pierce, a fast-rising land investor who built a high-performing business from scratch in under two years. Josh went from having zero experience and no capital—literally funding the business on a credit card—to now running a team of nine and generating six figures in monthly gross profits.

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What makes Josh especially fascinating is his unconventional bu...

224: In this episode, I sat down with Arvand Sabatian, the founder of ZipRent, to discuss how he's transforming the world of rental property management.

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Arvand shared how his frustration with traditional property managers led him to create a tech-enabled, full-service solution that offers transparency, consistency, and flat-rate pricing across 15+ states (and counting).

We discussed the problems wi...

223: In this episode, I sit down with Luke Smith—land investor, and now commercial dealmaker—who shares how he’s evolved from flipping rural land to orchestrating massive deals in high-traffic retail locations. Luke breaks down how he took a $127K purchase and turned it into a $700K sale by leveraging buyer demand, traffic data, and reverse deal engineering.

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We cover how land investors can pi...