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Robert Purcell comes from Detroit, Michigan, and has been working for the past twelve years as a software developer. His real estate adventure began as an "accidental landlord" in 2012 when he, his wife Tricia, and three children upgraded to a large house. Somehow he came upon Smart Real Estate Coach and eventually, he joined the associate community as a High 6 and now as a full-time real estate investor.   Jose Ayala has over 40 years of experience between military and government service. With the same dedication and commitment, he now devotes it toward building his family-owned business, Mi Casa Real...

Burton Alicando lives for data. He is the Media Relations Director and Product Specialist at PropStream, where users can combine any number of criteria and extract lists of properties that meet the exact investment profile they're looking for. PropStream has nationwide coverage in the areas of pre-foreclosure, MLS properties, bank-owned real estate, vacant properties, as well as tax, IRS, HOA and utility liens, bankruptcy, divorce, and more.   What you will learn in this episode: What is PropStream and how do they help you generate leads and analyze properties How PropStream differentiates from other data collectors What types of investors (solopreneur to...

Ernie Vargas purchased his first house in 1994, not knowing what he was doing. He continued doing real estate part-time while working full-time jobs not hitting the success he felt he was capable of. In 1999, after an accident that placed him in a coma, he realized that life was short and he needed to make a major change as he didn’t want to continue to live a life where he had to ask a ”boss” for permission to take time off to spend quality time with his family, so he quit his job and went full time into investing.   It...

Nathan Buchheit is a partner and owner of businesses within real estate. He has been around real estate since an early age — and has built a portfolio of his own since college. While attending school in Northern Iowa and walking on the basketball team he owned his first rental property, where he House Hacked one of the rooms while renting to other college friends. After graduating and marrying his wife, he moved to Washington state. Since moving to Washington, Nathan has been let go from the 9-5 due to COVID, transitioned to working for himself while helping with his...

Scott is the owner and managing member of WeCloseNotes.com, an Austin-based, defaulted note buying company. He specializes in finding non-performing notes on residential and commercial properties and purchasing these notes for his portfolio. He is also a nationally syndicated radio host of the popular podcast, The Note Closers Show which has millions of listeners across 17 AM and FM radio stations and downloads across 130 countries.   Scott has a variety of classes and educational products to help other real estate investors looking to learn more about notes and distressed debt investing. He teaches a 3-day workshop for investors on buying defaulted...

Chris Prefontaine is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He’s also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast.   Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990s and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker/owner which maintained high per-agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000s included coaching ½ million and higher REALTORs® to scale &...

Dr. Amanda Barrientez is an NFA - No Fucking Around - mindset and habits coach who helps entrepreneurs build thriving businesses. What makes Amanda unique is how she coaches by coupling her social sciences training with her real-life experiences of overcoming big challenges. After getting divorced, then having her next relationship fall apart, Amanda was living in survival mode, on food stamps, and trying to work her way through grad school as a single mama. In a breakdown moment, she knew she had to change. After accessing free knowledge on podcasts and Youtube and then doing whatever it took to...

Jordan Montgomery is the owner of Montgomery companies. He's a highly regarded performance coach and keynote speaker whose clients include business executives, sales organizations, and entrepreneurs. His coaching is directly related to everything he does, from small town, Iowa, to a dominant force in the performance coaching industry. Jordan travels the country speaking and coaching executives at Fortune 500 companies, professional athletes, and salespeople.   What you will learn in this episode: What Jordan learned from losing his job after reaching success at 27 years old Why vulnerability and communication are important to be a great leader What is the one leadership style...

Bryan Driscoll is the Co-Founder of Motivated Leads, a digital marketing agency that helps real estate investors expand their portfolios quickly by generating quality motivated seller leads. They handle online marketing so investors can focus on what they know! Bryan and his Co-Founder, Chad, have run Facebook marketing and SEO for local businesses, startups, and fortune 500 companies with Bryan being the SEO expert of the agency. Digital marketing is their craft, and they have been recognized by Forbes and other major publications for their work perfecting it over the past 12+ years.   However, five years ago, after buying some rental...

Chris Prefontaine is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He’s also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast.   Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990s and selectively to date), has owned a Realty Executives Franchise (Massachusetts 1994-2000) as broker/owner which maintained high per-agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. The 2000s included coaching ½ million and higher REALTORs® to scale &...