Chris and Jason have outsourced work and used virtual assistants for years. On this episode, they are talking about finding and hiring help, the pros and cons of local, national and international hires, and the tools, tips and software that …
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Chris and Jason are talking about the keys to keeping your business stable, in tough times and when things are going well. Â They suggest marketing, keeping your finances tight, staying focused, and when needed, adjusting your staff and operations. Â Please …
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Jason’s guest today is Mike Green from real estate investing company, Restorahouse. Â Mike is one of the leading real estate investors in our area. Â Over the past year, he came to the realization that if he did less deals that …
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Chris and Jason are talking about the rungs on the way to the top of the “value ladder.” Adding value is crucial for any client driven business, but they are focusing on hard money lenders and real estate agents today, …
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Chris and Jason are discussing masterminds and how beneficial and potent they are to your business. They reference Napoleon Hill’s book, “Think and Grow Rich.” Hill was the person to coin the term “mastermind” as “the coordination of knowledge and …
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The willingness to design and engineer success through high-aiming goals and consistent action requires planning and discipline; it necessitates a deepened level of commitment to your life’s work. The process isn’t easy, but it’s meaningful. As the French writer Antoine …
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Chris and Jason are talking about the concept of playing offense and defense in business. They define defense as the transactional, necessary tasks that must be done every day to keep the business running, as opposed to offense being the …
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The question is how to fully harness ambition. It’s hard to be ambitious about a goal if you don’t believe it’s possible. It’s also difficult to rally ambition if you’re already anticipating a negative outcome. The key to mastering ambition …
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Chris and Jason are diving into the topic of business coaching. They have been fans of coaching for many years now and are big believers in the power of having an outside consultant to help get to the next level …
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Once we began to alter our idea of what we thought was possible, we began using the whiteboard, in a very literal way, to help us narrow down the “a-ha moments.†Then we began brainstorming these business ideas and plans …
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Chris and Jason are talking about doing basic tasks at a high level. Â They use words like “black belt,” “consistency,” and “proven” to underscore their point that crazy strategies and the hot new angles aren’t necessary. Â Stick to the basics, …
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The Serendipity Effect is a strategy in our whiteboard methodology that is extremely effective in helping you meet your goals in the shortest time with the least amount of struggle. Some people call our fast rise in real estate lending …
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Jason’s guest today is RJ Breeden of The Breeden Group of Re/Max Sails. Â RJ had previously been a one man operation, and now has a team that he’s been growing for the last three years. Â He decided it was time …
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If you are dabbling with the idea of entrepreneurship and unsure what industry to enter, the consumer-based sector is a top choice. It will always be the innovative force behind new technology because it’s focused on the largest market: the …
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Risk is the final ingredient in the savvy entrepreneurism dish. We want to say upfront that it isn’t necessary in all situations. We also want to acknowledge that risk is more accessible to some demographics than others. We took a …
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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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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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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 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 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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Yes, burnout is real. It’s an extremely destructive phenomenon that is the direct result of chronic imbalance. In fact, it has the power to upset both your work and your life. Once you reach this frazzled point of exhaustion, you …
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