REI Partner Podcast

Spending more on marketing doesn't equate to more deals. If you're looking to 5X your business than 5xing your marketing spend with direct mail is not going to give you the desired result. Instead it's going to erode your profits from previous deals. The smart way to grow your business is to add additional streams of leads. For example, add bandit signs and online marketing to your direct mail. You'll see a better ROI on your dollars. My favorite marketing mix right now is bandit signs,...

This year I decided to add hard money loans to my investment strategy. As of late I haven't been able to find too many high equity deals and I'm sitting on a decent amount of cash. A local investor asked me to fund one of their projects and I decided to take the leap. Keep in mind I only fund the purchase of the asset and not the rehab. I'll only lend on assets that will cash flow if the original borrower defaults. If you have any additional questions than connect with me on Facebook or...

I like to do this type of podcast every year because tactics change when it comes to driving motivated seller leads and you need to stay on top of it. we buy mobile homes Commercial Lease Locators on Facebook

Step 13 - If you're not leveraging a chat bot for lead gen than you're leaving a ton of money on the table. I truly believe that these bots will change the way to drive leads. I break down which software is best and how to get started. If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 12 - Schema mark up can get kind of technical but you shouldn't worry because there's plenty of tools that make it easy. There's really no reason to get into the technical details. What you need to know is that you must have schema mark up on your site Schema Generator - https://jsonschema.net/ If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 11 - Here's an easy way to create a location page that will rank for your major keywords in "incorporated" and "unincorporated" cities that surround your main target area. Most websites overlook this strategy and they're missing out on tons of leads. Here's the "how to" on setting up location pages for your site. Here's my commercial leasing site that targets Southwest Austin, TX If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 10 - Creating and setting up internal pages correctly can be complicated if you don't have a solid road map on how to interlink the pages. In this episode I go over how to setup internal pages and the interlinking process that I follow. As always you can use my Commercial Leasing site to help guide you with this - https://commercialleaselocators.com/retail-space-for-rent/ If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 9 - Everyone does blog posts but most don't know how to do them correctly. In this episode I'll go over how to setup your blog posts so that they're topically relevant and push your internal pages up the search engines. Take a look at my office space for lease posts - https://commercialleaselocators.com/the-overlook-at-barton-creek/ If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 8 - One of the most overlooked on page SEO tactics is image optimization. There's no reason to go crazy with this tactic but if you stick to the basics than you'll be rewarded with local rankings and a map listing. I use the Smush IT plugin to assist with compressing large image files. If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 7 - Header tags can be confusing and misunderstood. So, I put together a short podcast on how to optimize H tags and which ones you need to use for your lead gen site. You need to spend time setting these correctly because they have decent influence on local rankings. If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators - Business Space

Step 6 - We're going to go over how to optimize the title tag and meta descriptions for your website. Getting these two items correct is critical to ranking for your main keywords. If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 5 - We're going to go over how to setup your webmaster tools in Google and Bing. I'll touch on how to setup Google Analytics as well. Plus, I share with you my favorite social media profile, Pinterest, and how to setup a business profile. If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 4 - We're going to go over which SEO plugin is best and how I use it. If you set this up correctly you can score some easy wins in the organic search rankings. Where to find the XML sitemap Social settings and how to optimize them Setting up the tags for the webmaster tools If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 3 - We're going to go over which plugins you need for the back end of your website. The plugins mentioned will help you with optimization and lead capturing. Gravity forms - Highly recommend this plugin for the lead capture FS plugin - My second favorite lead capture plugin Smush IT - This one is great for optimizing images If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

Step 2 - We're going to go over which hosting provider you should choose and setting up the SSL certificate. I'll touch on how to choose the right domain with the right amount of keywords in the name. You don't want to mess this up. If you'd like to follow my progress than take a look at my current project - Commercial Lease Locators

I'm going to walk everyone through how I setup a lead gen site from the start. I get asked all of the time "what's the best way to setup a website for your business?" So, here's a free guide on how to do just that. You can follow along and watch me in real time build out a site, rank the site, and setup paid traffic for the site. I'll provide you with monthly updates on business metrics as well as my rankings in the search engines. You can follow the progress of the site here -...

For the last 5 years I always passed on mobile homes and never really paid attention to them until 2017. During a networking event 2 investors asked if I had leads for mobile homes and what was I doing with them. Needless to say we partnered up and they showed me how mobile home can produce sizeable profits with little dollar risk. If you're not doing these deals than you're missing out on a solid revenue stream. I use a "sell your mobile home fast" lead gen page to drive motivated seller...

REI Partner Podcast In this episode I'll be giving my quarterly update on how Q3 went and what I'm planning on doing in Q4 and 2018. Lots of new investments coming online with lead gen sites for small cities in Texas. Mobile home deals have been on fire and continue to produce sizable gains with little risk. Q4 is a great quarter to pick up properties with little competition from your competitors. 2018 - I'm going to add commercial investments to the mix and look to expand my knowledge...

These are the exact steps I'd take if I lost everything and had to start over. By understanding this action list I have the confidence in knowing that I could build a revenue generating business fairly quickly. Real Estate Investing Blueprint 1. Get a job 2. Reduce expenses 3. Buy bandit signs 4. Wholesale 5. Buy a fixer upper and homestead 6. Invest in a website 7. Go directly to Adwords 8. Close more deals 9. Take the money from deals and invest in SEO 10. In 2.5 years sell my...

Ways To Drive Motivated Seller Leads Bandit Signs Direct Mail Foreclosure List Tax Sales Online Why Online Highly motivated sellers Lots of ways to make money on the deal First in line to Equity Easy to scale Allows for expansion Connect on Facebook