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bethCommunity Manager

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Introduce Yourself | Meet the Community

Hi Carroteers! My name is Beth and I am a Community Manager here at Carrot. So excited to be here with you and have a chance to create this space for all our Carrot members to connect, collaborate, empower and share knowledge with each other It will be wonderful if you introduce yourself here in the thread:Name Location Investor/Agent/Both How did you get into business and how long have you been in the real estate industry? What is your area of expertise (GIVE) (i.e: SEO, PPC, successful deal stories, anything you are proud of)? What are you looking to gain (ASK) (I.e: joint ventures, mentoring, marketing, sharing leads, anything and everything)? Feel free to add any other fun facts about you, throw in some hobbies, pet pics This is the best way for all of us to get to know one another!

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1 month ago

bethCommunity Manager

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March Member Profile: Content Strategist Brady Winder

1- Your name:Brady Winder 2- Agent, investor, both, or neither?Technically an investor, but a storyteller & marketer by trade. My wife & I flipped our first home and just finished our 2nd home with me as the GC and us doing 90% of the work, including design. 3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?4 Years 4- How did you get started?I got into podcasting through my failed attempt at producing bands in the music industry. Then, this guy named Trevor Mauch said he needed videos for his software company and tossed a camera at me. He taught me 90% of what I know about marketing. Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to hone my skills and find my lane in helping people tell their stories, more specifically helping investors & agents formulate & refine their ideas into content that generates leads. 5- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals?nope! But, I love seeing a high-quality flip that an investor is proud of. I’d also love to see more affor

6 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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January Member Profile: Andy Kolodgie

1- Your name: Andy Kolodgie – @Andykolodgie 2- Agent, investor, or both? Investor (although mostly on the passive side now) 3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?March 2020 4- How did you get started? I was looking for a way to accelerate income growth 5- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals? Lead Generation (SEO) 6- Are there any books you read that influenced your real estate business and in what way did they influence your business?No book in particular. I would say the podcast "The Game" has been the most influential content I've used since starting. Although it's not a book it's definitely a summary of a lot of different books. 7- Do you have any routines/regiments you feel necessary to become successful?Run and workout daily. Currently we're doing ArpWave right now and liz is kicking butt and leaving me in the dust! 8- Have you had any coaching you have paid for or continue to pay for that you feel is/was valuable to achieving your success?Not

8 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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December Community Member Profile: Tim Oppelt

1- Your nameTim Oppelt – @TimOpp 2- Agent, investor, or both?Wholesaler :) 3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?I decided I wanted to do real estate back in college in 2011. So I’ve been in the game for over 10 years but closed my first deal in 2015 I believe… 4- How did you get started?Like so many others, I was introduced to real estate via the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. I was in NJ at the time, and attended my local REIA. It was hosted up on meetup.com so I spammed everyone in the group saying “I’ll work for free teach me real estate please”. One lady agreed. She gave me access to this $25k FortuneBuilders course she purchased in exchange for me helping her put up bandit signs and scouring the internet for deals. This course is where I was introduced to the wholesaling model. 5- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals?Vacant single family fixer uppers that are inherited.It’s the easiest of all sellers and properties to wholesale. Easy to get buyers th

9 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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August Member Profile: Marketing Expert Kiley Newbold

1- Your nameKiley Newbold: @Kiley Newbold 2- Agent, investor, or both?Not an active real estate investor or agent. I invest when I see a good opportunity - both in real estate and as an Angel Investor for start up businesses. 3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?I am a life long marketer but began working exclusively with real estate investors in 2016. 4- How did you get started?From 2013 - 2016 I helped build The Color Run into the faster growing and largest 5k event series ever. I was feeling a bit burned out and looking for my next adventure. That's when one of my neighbors told me about Wholesaling. He asked for marketing advice and that was the spark that led to the creation of my digital marketing for real estate agency - Silver Street Marketing. 5- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals?We specialize in generating leads online using Facebook and PPC marketing. 6- Are there any books you read that influenced your real estate business and in what

1 month ago

GregBudding

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How to keep email inboxes organized?

Hey Carrot Community! I know @Trevor.Mauch is big on keeping inboxes organized and making sure your inbox doesn’t direct your daily actions. With that said, I’m trying to find the best way to keep all pieces of my business and life organized, and not miss anything important or be redirected by a flood of emails (looking at you, personal email inbox). Does anyone have suggestions for how to best organize these various emails I have? Personal - pbslayer@duck.com Home Buying Business - southernskyhomebuyers@outlook.comRealtor Business - greg@larsonsells.comLandlording Business - gmlinvestmentsllc@outlook.com My current plan is to route all business emails into one inbox, to where I can select which email to “reply from”. I think Gmail allows you to do this? Regarding personal email, I would keep that separate. However, I’d love to hear how you all are keeping your head on straight with multiple facets of business. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

1 month ago

bethCommunity Manager

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The Game-changer for Real Estate Investors: Unlock the Power of a Clear Business Vision

How clear is your vision for your real estate business? Not having a clear vision can result in problems if you aren’t. These can included momentum slowdowns, getting distracted, misalignment, and more.This blog post will lead you through getting clear on your business vision!Please post any insights you get while working on your business vision below!

1 month ago

bethCommunity Manager

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July Member Profile: Investor Keith Sant

1- Your nameKeith Sant: @Keith 2- Agent, investor, or both?Investor3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?Full-time for the last 5 years4- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals?I love creative finance deals and deals that are hard to find and hard to close. Complex title issues etc.5- Are there any books you read that influenced your real estate business and in what way did they influence your business?Communication and negotiating are two things I really struggled with for a long time. My parents weren’t the best communicators and so I didn’t learn by example. Applying lessons in these books really helped me in my real estate business and in all my personal relationships.Never Split The Difference - Chris VossPeople Skills - Robert BoltonThe Like Switch - Jack Schafer6- Do you have any routines/regiments you feel necessary to become successful?Consistent focused practice is required to be really good at anything. Whatever you’re working on implementing

2 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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CarrotCast EP 452: From Day Job to Consistent House & Land Deals w/ High-ROI Marketing w/ Brian Hemmerle

This is a great conversation with Investor Brian Hemmerle talking with our own @bradywinder about:@bhemmerle’s journey into real estate investing Building as team Learning from and doing deals with your competition Shoutout to @Keith for helping Brian with his seo 😎 More info on Keith’s services here.

2 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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June Member Profile: Investor + Loan Broker Jacquelyn Jackson

1- Your name:Jacquelyn (Jackie) Jackson @TXLoanBroker 2- Agent, investor, or both?Loan Broker and Real Estate Investor 3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?Since 2006 Rental Property. Since 2012 Getting working capital for subcontractors. 4- How did you get started?I ran a construction company with my husband, which is a general contractor. Help subcontractors get funding by packaging them up to go to the banks. My father past and left three rental properties for my mother to maintain, so I began to help her with her rental property in 2006 5- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals?When it comes to funding, I like the real estate deals that require bridge loans. As a real estate investor, I like the fix and flips. Taking something and making it better and the profits I have made with this type of deal have been profitable. 6- Are there any books you read that influenced your real estate business and in what way did they influence your business?-"The E-

3 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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New Wholesaling Laws Coming To North Dakota

Anyone here wholesaling in North Dakota? Some new laws are going into effect on August 1, 2023.Looks to be mostly about disclosures to the seller.More info here from the North Dakota Real Estate Commission.Let me know what you think about this and if you will be affected in the comments below!

4 months ago

grace1Budding

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The screenshots needed Ma'am Beth

Hello Ma’am @beth,So here is the webpage ‘https://beaconriseller.carrot.com/’. On the top of the page there is an ‘SEO’ tab then he just selected 'Check links to this URL'. Then it lead him to this error page, stating that he "don't have access to that property". Again our concerns are why is that the case? does he not own this website/property? What could we do for him to access this section? Please assist us with this Ma'am, we really appreciate it.

4 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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May Member Profile: Investor Bryan Driscoll

1- Your name:Bryan Driscoll @Motivated Leads 2- Agent, investor, or both?Investor doing buy and holds. I own 25 properties all in 1 zip code. 3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?10 Years 4- How did you get started?Bought a course from Ron LeGrande and failed miserably back in 1998. Got back in it about 10 years ago. 5- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals?BRRR Method. I buy junkers, fix them, and keep them as rentals. 6- Are there any books you read that influenced your real estate business and in what way did they influence your business?Richest Man In Babylon by George S. Clason, specifically the 5 Laws of Gold. I base a lot of decisions on that kind of stuff. 7- Do you have any routines/regiments you feel necessary to become successful?Being really focused and taking action. Just do things and take action. Don’t overthink it.Wake up early and exercise in the morning. I work a lot and stay hyper focused. 8- Have you had any coaching you have

4 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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Real Estate Millionaire Teaches Newbie How to Get First Deal

Hi Carrot Fam!This is a great video that walks through how to effectively manage your time and money to get your 1st wholesale deal especially when you are in a smaller market. This includes how to pull lists from software, getting a tax delinquent list from your county, how to clean your list, and how to track your progress. Link up any questions you have for @TimOpp and @brent about the process or Brent’s progress in the comments below!

5 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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April Member Profile: Agent + Investor Josue Velney

1- Your name:Josue Velney 2- Agent, investor, or both?I am a full-time real estate developer; however, I am a licensed contractor with a broker’s license. 3- How long have you been in the real estate industry?I made my first purchase in November of 2010 and never looked back. 4- How did you get started?I purchased my first property leveraging the first-time home buyer’s program. I was a house hacker before that was a term used in the real estate industry. 5- Do you have any specialties or favorite types of deals?Ground-up construction and value add projects. 6- Are there any books you read that influenced your real estate business, and in what way did they influence your business?The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz. That book explained how focusing on everything was getting me to know where. Today I only focus on Real Estate Development and use my other skills to support that business. I also like Your First 100 Million by Dan Pena. Dan explains how to scale a business by taking quan

5 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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bethCommunity Manager

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How to Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire with Dan Martell

Hey Carrot Fam!This is another interview with Dan Martell where he talks about his book and creating systems to buy back your time + how much your time is worth. It’s a very interesting conversation and reframing on when to hire/get help in your business. Link up any questions or insights you have below!

6 months ago

beaconriBudding

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GoDaddy DNS Changes

@beth Hi Beth - I’m responding to the message you sent my VA here in the community to get feedback from others as well as your input.“Hi Grace,I forgot to mention that I noticed your godaddy domain name looks like it was reset in godaddy and isn't linked up to the site.Please come in to live chat with your login info and the guys in chat will get that fixed for you.Thanks for your help with this.Beth” I discovered last night that my site was down. I worked with Ryan in chat and we seemed to have fixed it. What we found was that my DNS settings had gotten changed. We both couldn’t understand how this could happen. We fixed it. If it wasn’t for Ryan, I wouldn’t have been able to fix this issue in a timely manner. Huge shout out to Ryan for helping me work through it.I was on the phone for 2 hours with GoDaddy last night. And they could not tell me how the DNS settings got changed. They could only tell me when I changed them back to the right settings. So I’ve checked in again this

6 months ago

TimOppBudding

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Biggest challenge in your business right now?

What is your biggest challenge or frustration in your business right now? I’ll start. Lead quality for me has dropped in the past 6 months...deals are getting harder for me. I think it’s temporary, but its definitely unknown. And unknown = Tim stresses lol.

6 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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The 3-Level Strategy to Buying Back your Time & Energy w/ 8-Figure Serial Entrepreneur Dan Martell

This interview is from 2021 but it’s a great one that talks about mindset. Dan Martell is Trevor’s coach and they cover a lot of topics including Dan’s personal story + how he coaches his students. Dan Martell is a serial entrepreneur and coach to some of the top SaaS companies in the world. His passion is growing businesses and people and I am one of the fortunate ones that get to call him coach. Dan has challenged me personally and within my business and has initiated transformation on the highest levels. Building businesses of impact and freedom are what we are all about here at Carrot. Today I was honored to sit down with Dan to talk about life and the strategies he uses and teaches to buy back your time. Timestamps0:00 Intro2:04 Start Small5:33 Who is Dan Martell11:06 Coaching16:38 Personal Story21:41 The Next Level26:51 Stepping Up30:46 Impact34:38 The Pain Line35:21 The First Principle38:02 The Buy Back Budget40:56 Dan’s Book Link up any questions below!

6 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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Anyone wanting to get into Airbnb or short term rentals? Conversation with Jorge Contreras.

Hi Carrot Fam!In this CarrotCast, @bradywinder talks to Jorge Contreras about how he makes 6 figures automating short term rentals. He talks about his backstory, how he got started, the systems he created for these short term rental, how to lower your risk, get started without a lot of money, and how he pitches the idea to landlords.This conversation is packed with ideas to get started with short term rentals. 00:00 Intro3:00 Jorge's crazy story10:28 Jorge's AirBnB business model17:48 Pitching to landlords20:13 Profit & Starting with no money22:48 Automate short term rentals27:29 Finding properties32:09 Risks, Regulation, & Seasonality40:35 The future of AirBnb InvestingJorge on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejorgecon...Work with Jorge: https://therealsystem.com/ Ask any questions below!

6 months ago

cbreedenBudding

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Company Name Importance

Company name question: When I chose a name a month ago for my company I didn't realize that it might be a good idea to include "house buyers" in the title. I went with Sentry Real Estate, but looking back I feel like I should have gone with "Veteran Home Buyers" or something like that more related to REI. Any opinions on if it's worth changing it now? I already have the LLC and the webpage built (only been a month) but just trying to get opinions on it.

7 months ago

bethCommunity Manager

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February Member Profile: SEO Expert Bryan Sekine

1- Your name:Bryan Sekine 2- Agent, investor, both, or neither?Neither! I'd like to get more into investing, but instead of flipping houses I would flip websites. 3- How long have you been in the SEO (search engine optimization) industry?It will be 6 years this May! 4- How did you get started?I got started working on my own sushi website (secretsofsushi.com). I took a course on 'how to build your own website' and it had quite a bit of SEO knowledge in there - mostly in the form of keyword research. Once I started to see some success with it, I decided to look more into SEO. That's when I got hooked! I've been studying web design and SEO ever since. 5- What do you find most challenging about being in the SEO industry?It's constantly changing and it can be difficult to stay focused. Prioritizing what to do next with SEO is hard, but also immensely rewarding. 6- Are there any books you read that influenced being in the SEO industry and in what way did they influence your business?There a

7 months ago

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