You’re Not Getting Any Deals – How To Handle the Waiting Game

When I first got started with flipping houses, I got my first deal off my first postcard campaign. I thought I was a genius! Then my mentor reminded that me I probably got a bit lucky and that it takes most people 6-9 months to get their first deal. And sure enough, that 2nd deal […]

Are You Too Busy to Succeed?

Sometimes we’re so busy that we can’t see that we’re working harder, not smarter. The problem is that being busy can often get in the way of achieving our goals. I remember when I purchased my first apartment building I was spending an inordinate amount of time managing my property manager. I was spending hours […]

The 3 Habits of Successful Apartment Building Entrepreneurs

Many investors want to get into apartment buildings. They rightly view it as a way to achieve their financial goals and they recognize that any other investing strategy (such as single family houses) will simply take too long. Some of those investors actually take action and invest in their education: perhaps they buy a course, […]

The 3 Pillars of Real Estate Start-Up Mastery

Through over a decade of starting various business and now working with students who want to get started with apartment building investing, I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way you can master any new skill, start any new business, or change anything meaningful in your life is to address each of the following three […]

5 Real Estate Investing Lessons Learned From Building a Campfire

My son recently crossed over as a boy scout, and these boy scouts LOVE to go camping — a LOT. As I was sitting in front of the campfire, the wild thought occurred to me that the process of properly building a fire can also teach us to properly build our real estate investing career. […]

MB 011: Learn from Your Mistakes To Become a Successful Commercial Real Estate Investor – With Spencer Cullor

http://www.TheMichaelBlank.com/session11: In this episode I talk with Spencer Cullor who chronicles how he got started with commercial real estate investing. After educating himself, he got into his first commercial real estate deal which didn’t pan out the way he imagined. He stuck with it, licked his wounds, and learned from his experiences and got into apartment buildings, and he’s never looked back.