Jason appeared on Rod Khleif’s podcast, “Lifetime Cash Flow Through Real Estate Investing” on July 31, 2016.  He talked about hard money lending and what borrowers can expect to pay, how underwriting works, how to structure deals on fix and flip …
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What exactly separates business owners who cash in on their ideas from those who don’t? There are two different classes of entrepreneurs: those who play at business and those who do business. Chris’s first job out of college was in …
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Chris and Jason are talking about being day winners in your business. They are differentiating between tasks that are transactional and those that they see as growth and optimization “point scoring.” They believe a lot of people get caught up …
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I know it’s very tempting to purchase properties that currently has residents for a humongous discount. Usually, when you see publicly listed properties that seem to be very much under market value, there are occupants in there and you won’t be …
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For us, the whiteboard represents fundamental principles essential to business growth and success. These principles comprise the “Whiteboard Strategies,†the first being the Clean Slate Principle: The whiteboard illustrates and represents exactly what you can accomplish in business and in …
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Chris and Jason are talking about using social media in real estate and some of the hacks to make the most out of it. They spend some time discussing Facebook, since it is the number one social media platform, especially …
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Jason Balin appeared on “Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever” podcast with Joe Fairless.  He discussed choosing the right real estate investing partner and refining his business model, along with Chris Haddon, his business partner of almost 10 years. Click here to …
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Chris and Jason are discussing how vital it is to provide unexpected value to your clients. They believe that you should always go the extra mile outside the transaction, and that good customer service should be the bare minimum when …
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Idea generation is the first ingredient of savvy entrepreneurialism. Some ideas occur organically. They may pop into your head while you’re taking a shower or doing the dishes. If this doesn’t happen often for you, don’t despair. You can still …
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Chris and Jason are talking about audience critique and how to differentiate between constructive criticism and “trolls.” Once you start putting out content regularly, there will be some negative comments that come your way, however, you don’t have to pay …
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Chris and Jason are talking about human psychology and how it relates to business. They wonder if business would go more smoothly if conducted by robots, talk about getting stressed out and over analyzing, as opposed to not caring or …
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We like to call the big-fish opportunities “windfalls.†Unlike your wheelhouse, a windfall is that heavyweight business deal that flies through your doors at a moment’s notice. It’s an added bonus—a juicy profit you weren’t anticipating, but will welcome with …
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Chris and Jason are going over the results of a survey taken at our Meetup about what investors want out of a real estate group. The most important things to the people surveyed were being able to network with experienced …
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We all know what ambition entails. Yet few recognize the exceptional leverage that investing in it offers. For example, even though both of us had typical middle class upbringings, our ambitions led us to envision and realize a success beyond …
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Chris and Jason are talking about how to overcome your fear of marketing. Josh Weidman, head trainer of REI360.net, which is powered by Hard Money Bankers, recently said, “If you’re not marketing, you don’t have a business.” It’s the only …
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The key to getting the most out of your snowballs is strategic action and building your snowball now—not tomorrow or next year. Now. A snowball takes time to grow, especially during the beginning phases. It must roll down the hill …
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Chris and Jason are answering audience questions today. Some of you sent in questions, as we’ve been hoping you would, so thanks to RJ from Baltimore, David from D.C., and Ed from Buffalo. Their questions were about getting complacent when …
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Jason Balin appeared on Joe Fairless’s podcast on Wednesday, June 8 to talk about the 4 C’s and why they are critical to getting a hard money loan. Â Click below to listen!
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On this week’s episode, Chris and Jason are discussing the 4 laws of content marketing, which is the material you create for your business for marketing purposes.  The “laws” are the items they believe to be the most important things to …
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I was hanging out with a friend over the weekend and he wanted my opinion on a business in which he was looking to invest.  It was a business he didn’t have any experience in, but he did spend the …
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HMB co-owner and “The Whiteboard” coauthor, Chris Haddon, was featured on the podcast “School for Startups Radio” with James Beach on Monday, May 30.  He discussed Hard Money Bankers, REI360.net, and “The Whiteboard.”  Click here to listen to his segment, which starts …
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Chris and Jason are discussing fee versus asset based income, which is essentially cash versus equity. While fee based income is a great way to make money–you can even use cash from fees to buy assets–it is not how wealth …
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Social media is mandatory in business. If you want your business to stand a chance in today’s market you need to be in the public eye. A business without a social media presence is like a storefront hidden in the …
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