OPM Mastery
Markets and Investing
Building long term wealth and passive income comes from being able to build and grow your portfolio of rental properties. Your ability to use OPM or Other People's Money will provide you to scale your investments and grow your wealth faster. Whether you use banks, equity, hard money, or private money, you need to know how and when to access capital. The OPM Mastery Podcast is hosted by Mark Ferguson, a successful real estate agent and investor. Mark owns 16 rentals, flips 10 to 15 homes a year, and runs a real estate sales team of ten. Mark has been featured on the Washington Post, Time, Yahoo, Zillow, Realtor.com, Huffington Post, and many more major media outlets. Mark has written multiple best-selling paperback and Kindle books and loves hearing from his listeners and readers.
Location:
United States
Description:
Building long term wealth and passive income comes from being able to build and grow your portfolio of rental properties. Your ability to use OPM or Other People's Money will provide you to scale your investments and grow your wealth faster. Whether you use banks, equity, hard money, or private money, you need to know how and when to access capital. The OPM Mastery Podcast is hosted by Mark Ferguson, a successful real estate agent and investor. Mark owns 16 rentals, flips 10 to 15 homes a year, and runs a real estate sales team of ten. Mark has been featured on the Washington Post, Time, Yahoo, Zillow, Realtor.com, Huffington Post, and many more major media outlets. Mark has written multiple best-selling paperback and Kindle books and loves hearing from his listeners and readers.
Twitter:
@nvestfourmore
Language:
English
Contact:
9703716333
Website:
https://investfourmore.com/
Email:
info@investfourmore.com
Episodes
01: Welcome To OPM Mastery
2/21/2022
Welcome to the new iteration of Mark Ferguson's real estate podcast. Now under the name OPM Mastery, Mark really digs into how you can get the money to be a successful real estate investor. Mark shares how he got into real estate, what he did wrong, and what he learned.
Duration:00:50:36
150: Update on My Brokerage, Flips, and Rentals
5/18/2018
On my 150th episode of The InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I go over my business, which has been a little crazy lately. I started a new real estate brokerage in April, which we have been getting up and running as well as remodeling a new space. I am still flipping a lot of houses, but I have not been buying as many flips as I would like too. I have not been buying a lot of rentals, but the one rental I bought this year has been doing very well. On the podcast, I talk about all of this, the challenges, the progress, and the plan moving forward.
Duration:00:30:27
149: Creating a Million Dollar Real Estate Team with Christopher Watters
5/10/2018
On this episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I interview Christopher Watters, who started Watters International Realty. Christopher started out in the real estate business at a young age, but it took him a while to find his niche as a real estate broker. He obtained his real estate license right after college but was distracted by a number of jobs within the real estate industry before he started his own company. Christopher created a huge real estate team and then created a large real estate brokerage with multiple offices throughout Texas. On the show, we talk about Christopher's journey, including how he got started, how he created his team, how he finds leads, how to sell houses as an agent, how to create a brokerage, and much more.
Duration:00:53:20
147: Follow-Up with Hawaii Real Estate Investor Dean Ueda
4/27/2018
I interviewed Dean Ueda on the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast in 2016. We talked about how he has invested in rental properties in the mainland US while living in Hawaii. Dean also was getting his real estate license and had a couple of properties in Hawaii. On this podcast, we talk to Dean again about the progress he has made with his investing, his real estate license, and how he has bought more properties in the mainland and Hawaii.
Duration:00:33:07
Podcast 146: Super Successful Wholesaler with 24 Year-Old Ryan Dossey
4/20/2018
On this week's episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I interview Ryan Dossey. Ryan is a super-successful wholesaler and an investor. Ryan got started in real estate at a very young age and has found incredible success. He is only 24 and has set up a wholesaling business and bought many rentals. Ryan has also helped me with my direct marketing and runs a company that takes motivated-seller calls for investors. One of the biggest reasons I have not done much direct marketing was because I did not want to take calls, but his company takes the calls for me, vets leads, and gets as much information as they can for me to follow up with. We talk all about Ryan's past, his wholesaling business, his rentals, his direct marketing, and his company, Call Porter, on the show.
Duration:00:33:44
145 Moving into my New Real Estate Brokerage
4/13/2018
I started Blue Steel Real Estate last week. It has been an exciting and slightly stressful process. We opened earlier than we thought we would open, but everything has worked out extremely well and I am glad things happened the way that they did. On this episode of the InvestFourMore Podcast, I talk about the move, the process, and how everything has gone so far.
Duration:00:25:47
144: The Difference Between a Work Vacation and a Family Vacation
3/29/2018
In March, I was lucky enough to have two vacations! I took a work vacation by myself in the mountains, and I took a vacation with my family to Turks and Caicos. The work vacation was meant to help me focus on work and accomplish as much as I could in a couple of days. The family vacation was meant for me to have fun and not think about work. Both vacations were awesome, and both were great for my business, even though one is all about business and the other has nothing to do with business. You can listen to why I loved both vacations on this episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast.
Duration:00:20:34
143 What is an Automated Investment Fund? With Ray Sturm
3/23/2018
On this weeks episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I interview Ray Sturm who was one of the founders of Realty Shares and is the current CEO and founder of Alphaflow. Alphaflow is a company that brings a brand new investing concept to the market. They invest in hard money loans that are typically used by house flippers. Alphaflow buys hard money loans for their investment fund, which is available to get involved with. On this episode, we talk about Alphaflow, how it works, how to invest in it, as well as why Ray likes to start companies and what is involved in building a startup.
Duration:00:34:08
142: How to supplement your income with a real estate license and rental properties
3/14/2018
On this episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, Jason Downing is our guest. Jason is a personal trainer who has bought rentals and become a real estate agent. Jason has an interesting story as he is just a regular guy with a regular job who has been successful as a part-time real estate investor. Jason is a personal trainer and knew his income was limited to how many hours he could work. He looked to supplement his income and chose real estate to help him. Jason was able to buy 7 rental property units in a couple of years, and he also recently got his real estate license. On this show, we talk about Jason buying his first rental, how he has found his deals, why he got his real estate license, and what his plans are for the future.
Duration:00:27:13
141: How to Find and Manage Great Contractors
3/7/2018
When I am completing up to 22 flips at once, having great contractors and a system to keep track of them is vital to my business. It has taken some time, mistakes, and multiple people, but I have things running relatively smoothly now. On this episode of The InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I go over exactly how I have developed my contractor system, how I hire contractors, how I find them, how I pay them, and how I use subcontractors.
Duration:00:35:40
140: Agent, Property Manager, Investor Sean Morrissey in Chicago
2/21/2018
On this episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I speak with Sen Morrissey, who is a real estate investor, broker, and property manager in Chicago. Sean got into the real estate business in 2001 when he bought a rental property. He was then able to quit his corporate job by becoming a real estate agent. He has bought 23 rentals and managed over 200 properties at one time as a property manager. Sean has a very interesting story, and we hear all about it on this week's show.
Duration:00:30:41
139 Buying a 68,000 Square Foot Commercial Building
2/16/2018
A couple of weeks ago I bought a 68,000 square foot commercial building for 2.1 million dollars. I bought this property with a partner, and also plan to open my own real estate office in the building. The building was a great deal, is less than one block from where I work now, and accomplishes one of the goals I set for 2018. I have been trying to buy a building like this for many years, and it feels awesome to finally do it. On this episode o the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast I go over why I bought the building, my plans, the loan, and much more information.
Duration:00:26:14
138 Why I am Starting a Real Estate Brokerage
2/9/2018
I had big goals for 2018 and so far it is starting out with a bang. I bought a 68,000 square foot commercial property a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to buy a 50,000 square foot or larger building this year, and along with that goal I wanted to start my own real estate brokerage as well. Now that I have the building, I have already started to remodel the space I am going to move into. I wanted to start my own brokerage for a while, but I have had a lot of things going on, and I wanted to be able to rent space from myself. On this podcast I will go over why I want to start a brokerage and some of the things I have to do to make it all work.
Duration:00:22:42
137: Buying More Than 500 Properties in Five Years with Tom Cafarella
1/31/2018
On today's episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I speak with Tom Cafarella. Tom has been a real estate investor for a long time, but in the last five years, he has done some amazing things. He has bought over 500 properties to flip, wholesale, or hold as rentals. He has also started a real estate brokerage that has added over 20 agents in 2 years! On this show, I talk with Tom about how he has been able to buy so many houses and add so many agents. I will give you a hint: the two go hand in hand.
Duration:00:35:52
136: The First Single-Property REIT in the United States with Stephane De Baets
1/24/2018
On this week's episode of the InvestFourMore Podcast, I speak with Stephane De Baets, who has created the first single-property REIT in the United States: Aspen REIT. Stephane has a ton of experience with large commercial projects in Europe, Asia, and the United States. His company bought a resort in Aspen Colorado, refurbished it, and now they are offering it as an REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust). On the show, we talk about how Stephane became so successful in real estate, why he started this REIT, and how it works.
Duration:00:25:34
135 Real Estate Money Questions Answered by Jordan Goodman
1/19/2018
Jordan Goodman is often called the money answers man. He has been giving advice on money for decades after starting his own newspaper and working for money magazine for 18 years. Jordan has been on just about every major network and many national radio shows talking about money as well. On today's episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast I talk to Jordan about money and real estate. He has many great ideas and simple things people can do to save money, pay off their mortgage faster, or invest better with real estate.
Duration:00:36:31
134 My Goals and Plans for 2018
1/12/2018
Every year I write at least one post and do a podcast about my goals for the upcoming year. I also talk about my previews goals and how things went in the prior year. This episode of the InvestFourMore Podcast is all about goals with details on my business. I had a lot of goals for my real estate team, house flipping, rentals, my blog, and my personal life in 2017. I accomplished some of those goals, did not accomplish others, and had some surprises as well. In 2018 I want to build on 2017, change a few goals, change how I look at some or my goals, and add some big changes to my business and life.
Duration:00:31:57
133 Flipper, Wholesaler, Landlord, and Multifamily Investor Devin Elder
1/5/2018
On my first podcast of the new year I have Devin Elder as my guest. Devin has done a lot in real estate, and is expanding his business more every year. He started out as a rental property owner, moved into flipping houses, wholesaling some deals, and now he is focusing on investing in multifamily properties. Devin has recently bought a 75 and 192 unit apartment building and is looking to buy more. You can hear him discuss his real estate career on this podcast.
Duration:00:39:28
132: How to Invest in Real Estate with Non Performing Notes with Paperstac
12/21/2017
On this episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I interview Rick Allen and TJ Osterman who created Paperstac. Paperstac is a company that helps investors find, buy, and sell performing and non-performing notes on real estate. Rick and TJ both have extensive experience investing in real estate themselves. They have bought and sold over 400 homes before they got into the note business. I talk to both Rick and TJ to learn how they got into real estate, what they love about the real estate note business, and how others can get into it as well.
Duration:00:47:45
131: Why Do Most Prospective Real Estate Investors Fail?
12/15/2017
I have operated my blog for over four years and have talked to a lot of people over that time. Many people want to invest in real estate, but few actually do it or stick with it. I do not like to use the word fail, but many prospective investors set out to buy real estate and never do. I think failure results from giving up before accomplishing something, not simply having things go differently than you had planned. On this episode of the InvestFourMore Real Estate Podcast, I talk about why so many people who want to invest in real estate fail. The biggest reasons tend to be money, time, attitude, and fear.
Duration:00:29:05