House flipping strategies, renovation tips, and how to scale your fix-and-flip business.
31 episodes
1:23:52Real estate investor Beau Belmont shares how he built a $157 million portfolio by flipping over 2,500 houses, including Kanye West's $21 million Malibu property. He explains his innovative fractional investment model that democratizes real estate investing and his transition from subprime lending to large-scale property flipping across 13 states.
1:20:19Steve Trang interviews TJ Tijani, who generates a million dollars annually through short-term rentals. TJ shares his journey from mechanical engineer to Airbnb entrepreneur, covering rental arbitrage strategies, property acquisition, guest screening, and building scalable systems. Listeners will learn practical steps to start their own short-term rental business.
58:09JR Piper shares how he generates $20,000 monthly in passive income through rental properties while traveling the world, operating with just himself and one assistant. He explains his direct mail marketing strategy, why he keeps properties instead of just wholesaling them, and how he uses cross-collateralization to build wealth through real estate investing.
1:18:48Steve Trang interviews BJ Gremillion and Brad Young of the BC team about running multiple 7-figure businesses while maintaining sanity. The partners share their journey from door-to-door sales to building a real estate empire spanning wholesale, flipping, construction, property management, and plumbing companies, emphasizing the importance of delegation, systems, and staying focused on core profitable businesses.
1:02:35Steve Trang interviews Cody Barton, a Phoenix real estate investor who went from six-figure MLM success to struggling realtor to owning dozens of rental properties through wholesaling and creative financing. Barton shares how partnering with visionary PACE Morby transformed his business and discusses the importance of understanding your role as an integrator versus visionary in real estate investing.
1:09:56Steve Trang interviews Casey Ryan, a Las Vegas real estate investor who generated $2 million in revenue in 2019 while maintaining an exceptional 68% profit margin. Casey shares his journey from engineering student to successful wholesaler and flipper, detailing his marketing strategies including SMS texting, PPC, and SEO, plus the systems and mindset that allowed him to achieve industry-leading profitability.
1:25:25Chris Jefferson from Richmond, VA shares his journey from getting arrested in high school to flipping hundreds of homes and building a successful wholesale business. He discusses how he overcame early failures, the importance of mentorship, and why he shifted focus from development back to wholesaling for better cash flow and less stress.
1:12:37Steve Trang interviews Ty 'Flip Man' Taylor, a real estate wholesaling pioneer who started creating YouTube content in 2008 and has helped create multiple millionaires through free education. Taylor shares his journey from making $2,500 on his first deal in 2003 to building a sustainable wholesaling business, discussing market crashes, lead generation strategies, and his philosophy of giving away valuable content for free.
1:10:16Chris Naugle, money mentor and former HGTV host, reveals how the ultra-wealthy use specially designed whole life insurance policies to create private banking systems. He explains how anyone can implement these strategies to recapture interest payments on cars and credit cards while building tax-advantaged wealth through uninterrupted compound interest.
58:26Annie Draginova shares her journey from Bulgarian immigrant to running multiple seven-figure businesses including Higher Offer (10 deals/month wholesaling) and Batch Skip Tracing. She discusses overcoming leadership challenges, the power of collaboration in real estate, and building systems that scale across multiple companies.
54:25Tang Nguyen and Eric Kane, the 'Odd Brothers' from Dallas-Fort Worth, share how they're generating six-figure returns over 30 years from deals other investors pass on using subject-to acquisitions and owner financing. They explain their creative financing strategies for helping pre-foreclosure sellers while building long-term cash flow through wrapping mortgages and finding buyers who can't get traditional financing.
1:06:27Steve Trang interviews Matt Strong from Sierra West Funding, who has flipped over 400 homes and funded $125+ million in hard money loans. Matt shares his journey from selling new homes to becoming a successful flipper and hard money lender, discussing his unique lending model, deal sourcing strategies, and lessons learned from market downturns.
1:08:16RJ Bates III shares how he and his partner Cassie scaled from general contractors to flipping houses in 10 different markets across the US in under 5 years. He discusses the challenges of rapid expansion, raising private capital through podcasting and masterminds, and the importance of slowing down to build proper systems and processes.
1:19:31Steve Trang interviews Ryan Scialabba from Urban Capital, who shares how he and his partner flipped 70+ houses for $1.9 million in gross profit in 2019. Ryan discusses his journey from personal tragedy to building a successful flipping operation, the challenges of scaling too quickly, and his unique approach to traditional marketing in Pittsburgh's older demographic market.
1:21:06Matt Larson shares how he built a massive real estate empire, flipping over 3,000 houses and owning 200+ rental properties. He discusses overcoming a devastating property management theft that cost him $1 million, creating systems that allow him to flip 25-30 houses monthly, and building competitive advantages through vertical integration including his own materials warehouse and property management company.
1:01:21Steve Trang interviews Mike Hambright, founder of FlipNerd and Investor Fuel Mastermind, who shares his journey from corporate America to flipping 65 houses in his first year during 2008. Hambright discusses the critical importance of building genuine relationships through networking, his $1 million failure with the original FlipNerd platform, and how giving value to others without expecting returns has been the foundation of his success in real estate investing and business.
1:09:33In this episode of Real Estate Disruptors, host Steve Trang interviews Brian Manley, a Phoenix-based real estate investor who shares how he built a virtual wholesaling business generating $100k+ monthly while operating remotely across multiple markets in the Carolinas. Brian discusses his transition from corporate sales to real estate, the challenges and benefits of partnerships, and his strategies for virtual deal-making including pay-per-click marketing, remote closings, and building systems that allowed him to earn $75k during a 10-day vacation.
47:54Real estate investor Brandyn Schwalm shares how he built a virtual wholesaling operation that generated $1.4 million in 2018 while traveling over 20 weeks out of the year. He discusses his transition from flipping houses to wholesaling, building a remote team across Florida, and maintaining company culture without a physical office.
1:01:03Franco and Chris Milan share how they scaled their wholesale real estate business to $250,000+ monthly revenue by operating virtually across four states. They discuss their transition from local fix-and-flips to virtual wholesaling, building a team of 20+ cold callers, and providing exceptional customer service through their 'OfferNow experience' that includes moving services and apartment finding assistance.
1:09:46Steve Trang interviews Scott Oots from SJO Investments, who shares how he transitioned from flipping cell phones for $80-90k monthly to building a 150+ deals per year wholesale real estate business in Southern California. Scott discusses his systematic approach to processes, team building, and achieving average wholesale fees of $70,000 through superior customer service and rapport building.
1:14:34Ryan Pineda shares how he built a million-dollar real estate flipping business without any marketing budget or staff by leveraging MLS deals, building relationships with wholesalers, and using social media strategically. He discusses his journey from professional baseball player to successful real estate entrepreneur, revealing his systematic approach to finding deals and scaling operations.
54:58Real estate investor Garri Tigranyan shares how he's flipped 200+ properties in LA and made $300K on a single wholesale deal. He reveals his consultative approach to distressed homeowners, using door knocking and offering foreclosure prevention services before presenting buying options, which keeps his acquisition costs in the hundreds rather than thousands per deal.
1:02:10Host Steve Trang interviews Haim Mamane, known as 'the virtual wholesaler guy,' who shares his journey from a nine-to-five job to building a virtual wholesaling business and eventually transitioning to seven-figure flipping in San Francisco. Mamane discusses how he prioritizes lifestyle design, emphasizing the importance of creating passive cash flow and maintaining work-life balance while scaling a real estate business.
1:08:14Kenny Caceres shares how he's flipped over 150 properties in three years by building relationships with realtors instead of cold-calling homeowners. He explains his unique approach of networking with real estate agents, offering them higher commissions, and using private money partnerships to acquire and flip properties quickly.
57:28Joe Dillon shares his journey from car flipping to scaling a wholesaling business to hundreds of thousands per month across multiple markets. He discusses strategic marketing techniques, team building, and the systems that enabled consistent deal flow before his recent business exit.
1:18:59Host Steve Trang interviews Corey Thompson from Roughneck to Real Estate about building wealth through mobile home parks and multifamily properties. Thompson shares his journey from oil field worker to real estate investor, detailing how he grew from flipping houses to owning 10 mobile home parks and apartment complexes through creative financing and forced appreciation strategies.
58:36In this episode, Steve Trang interviews Donovan Ruffin from Equity Cash Offers, who shares how his Texas-based wholesaling operation closes 30-40 properties per month. Ruffin reveals his systematic approach to scaling through building sales teams, leveraging 36 cold callers across Mexico and Philippines, and focusing on people development over marketing tactics.

Jack Bosch, known as 'The Land Guy,' shares how he's flipped over 4,000 land properties by targeting motivated sellers through direct mail and selling at significant discounts. He explains why land investing offers advantages over houses including no tenants, toilets, or termites, and demonstrates how to buy properties at 5-25 cents on the dollar and create lifetime cash flow through seller financing.
52:40Real estate investor Brian Kingdeski shares how he systematically manages 20-30 house flips simultaneously while maintaining a lean operation. He discusses his relationship-focused approach to building long-term partnerships with investors, contractors, and wholesalers, emphasizing the importance of doing deals correctly through proper contracts and licensed processes.
1:05:02Steve Trang interviews Jerry Norton, founder of Flipping Mastery, who shares his journey from low-margin, high-volume wholesaling to high-profit luxury flips and new construction. Norton explains how he transitioned from making $25k per flip on $150k properties to earning $400k on luxury deals, while building systems that allow him to work only 10 hours per week and flip properties remotely across multiple markets.

Steve Trang interviews Ivo Draginovic, who has flipped over 200 houses and currently wholesales 8-10 houses per month through his company Hire Offer. Ivo shares his journey from getting his real estate license in high school to building a successful wholesaling business, discussing marketing strategies like direct mail and cold calling, the importance of finding the right mentor, and why he prefers wholesaling over flipping in the current market.
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