Real Estate Spy

A Real Estate Investing Enthusiast’s Look at People Over Profits

How’s it going?

As my Digital Property business continues to grow and I add on employees and acquire larger clients, I realize that to be prepared for battle, I’ve gotta get my mind right…

I feel like I need as much mentorship as possible.

Check out my “recommended resources” section to see the latest of the things that are helping me.

AND I’m still trying to get my sh*t together for sure. (for instance, never start a sentence with And) #myblog #myrules. LOL

Lemme ask you.

How’s your mind? Seriously, ever wondered if people knew what was really going on in your head whether they’d be terrified? I have…

I don’t know about you, but in reality, I tend to always feel like I got things figured out. Until… life teaches me I DON’T.  Hear about the royal @ss kicking life gave me for being stupid here.

Sevenly and Dale Partridge

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A Closer Look at Darius M. Barazandeh: Does his program work?

A Texas Attorney Who’s All About Tax Liens and Deed Sales

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Is Wholesaling or Working with Wholesalers a good option for your REI business?

Looking for the secrets to wholesaling properties and making your wallet whale over with wealth? Think again…

Would you like fries with that?

Imagine you’re in the McD’s drive-through you’re already envisioning that bag of hot fresh salty fries that most likely won’t last the drive home. when you get to the window, you hand the cashier your money.

She takes it and recklessly slips the bills crinkled and all into the money slots and with brute force smashes the change into the black dividers in the drawer.

With a half smile she looks at you and says do you want to come inside sir?

Your response… >>UH, What?<<

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HGTV Fixer Upper Show Critique

Looking at Season 1 Episode 5, I gotta blog on this one.

Why?

Cause I gotta take a break from doing the same ole routine of local SEO stuff. Wanted to chillax and hang with ya here for a bit.

I’m getting more and more business and I’m not gonna lie. It can be intense.  Ever since I got into digital property management, I want to spend all my time creating more streams of income.

This blog is actually fun for me. So I figured what a great way to pay attention to a cool show and ask a bunch of questions that always made me go….yeah how’d ya do that?

To those Flip Guru TV Types.

The flip TV programs were one of the big influences for me getting into the Real Estate Investing Scene.

Gettin’ a bit more real though, I don’t believe it is ever as easy as it seems on some of these shows.

Prob because I never approached the projects with the types of teams that we see on these shows.

I tended to get the cheap, broke ass contractors that disappeared like Houdini in a large tank of purple piranhas in the middle of a project.

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A Chuck Smith Real Estate Investor Critique

Hey, what’s goin’ down?

Paul here, Real Estate Spy.

I do the sleuthing; you do the deducing.

That’s why you paddled into my info pond, yes? To get the 411 on Chuck Smith? Well, your canoe aimed true. I’ve got a review for you, and we’ll get to it in two secs.

First I’m gonna get some 411 on you, if that’s ok. Stick with me…I’ve gotta purpose here.

What brings you to these waters, really? Got a 9-5 that’s lost its jive? An itch to get rich that ya just can’t ditch? A guy in a tie that’s sucking you dry?

You’re eyeballing real estate investing and you’re like, baby, if they can do it, I can too. Just need a dish of the skinny and I can rock this!

I get it. I mean, I used to get it. If that’s you, then you were me.

I got the low-down on the real estate gig and I rocked it for a few spins around the dial. Got a nice stash o’ land; held some, flipped some, took some to the bank to turn in for jewels and gold, and strutted out like a king.

And then Mama Misfortune, a.k.a. the ekonomy krash, brought down her heavy hand on my backside and whupped the tar out of me.

(To Chuck in one sec.)

All of my awesome props took themselves away, with the able assistance of the bank suit, found an ocean, toppled in, and glug-glugged their way to the bottom. Leaving me gaping at the swirling eddy that they left behind.

And then sinking in after them, faster than you say, hell, no. Oh, hell, no.

Took me a looooooooooooooong time to dog-paddle my way back to the white-sand strand.

Crawled out like a wet dog, gasping for O2, and then lay there all undignified-like while I sifted through sand to collect the fragments of my life.

Mid-sift, a guy with some dashing digital experience looked down, tapped me on the shoulder and said, hey bro, there’s another way. Check out this ride: digital properties.

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Scammer or the Real Deal? Larry Holder: Maybe Irrelevant Now…

Hey there.

I’m Paul, the Real Estate Spy.

I make it my business to put real estate guys and gals under the microscope, and it’s Larry Holder’s turn today.

(Although . . . preview . . . there isn’t a whole lotta stuff out there about him. But I’m getting ahead of myself. . . . )

First, I want to do a quick check-in on YOU.

Yep, you.

What brings you to this page? Beyond the obvious, I mean (the review on Holder).

Why are you looking into real estate investing trainers? You wanna get into real estate investing yourself?

Cuz . . .

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A Hard Cold Look at Wayne Phillips’ Program

Hey, good morning!

It’s the a.m. for me, anyway. (Maybe not for you, I know.)

Got my cuppa joe close by, got my feet up, and I’m all set to chat with ya for a few minutes.

The guy under the microscope today is Wayne Phillips.

I’m thinking you probably already know it’s a Dudsville review. The guy was a bad apple and didn’t do right—but since he wrote a book and was a light in the sky for a bit, I’ll give him a lil attention.

Aaaaaaand, since you dropped your chute onto my page, I’m going to be bold and ask what brought you here.

Tired of life serving up the same old same old? Looking for a little light refreshment? Want a whole new menu change?

Thinking real estate? A side gig or two . . . maybe even career change?

I’m tracking with you. That was me, not far back. Learn more about me here.

I gigged it and then I un-gigged it.  I rocked the REI dream . . . then the bottom fell out . . . then the bank suits unrocked my dream and bam, I was officially ungigged.

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Can Roger Dawson Teach You the Secrets of Power Negotiation?

Hey, there.

First a heart-felt HELLO from my current office in the Florida Keys. (My wife snapped a pic of me.) I look out and see clearly where the blue sky meets the green blue ocean. Gorgeous… Def. not hard to take. Gotta love the laptop lifestyle.

Not gonna oversell it… ’cause nobody sees me grinding like a blacksmith at midnight when I’m due for a deadline for one of my clients, but again this is as good as it gets…ever! in MY BOOK.

Thanks for dropping in! Glad you’re here!

Can I ask what brought ya? I mean, I know you’re here for the 411 on Roger Dawson.

But beyond that, what?

Are ya sick of the rise ‘n shine at oh-dark-nine? The rush-rush in the metal crush? The i’s to dot for the cop on top?

I know the drill.

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A Look at Jack Miller’s Real Estate Offering and Legacy

Hey, hey . . .

What’s chillin’ in your world, my friend? So glad you dropped your chute onto my page. Peel off those goggles and stay a while.

We’re gonna have a good time.  Let’s get goofy.

I’m Paul, and I am the Spy Master.  Read about me here.

Yep. Real Estate Spy Master.

And you dropped in because you’ve got your scope dialed in on Jack the Man Miller, amiright?

Good move. That guy is solid. We’ll get to my review on him in two secs.

Gonna back out of the field for a minute to ask you what you’re doing here, besides untangling your chute.

What’s the real deal? What’s going down?

You got troubles in the crib, yo? Lack of cash at the end of the dash? Not enough bucks to pay for your trucks? Shortage of green stuff making you a mean muff?

So you’re here checking out real estate because you KNOW that’s where you can fly high to the good life. I mean, cousin Vinny made it big flipping cribs, so why not you?

Hey, I get it. Or, I got it. I’m OK now, but that wasn’t my rap a few years back.

(To Jack in one sec.)

I dove into real estate investing like a frat boy at a sorority bash. Energy? Oh yeah. Passion? Definitely. Stamina? Come on. Ya even had to ask?