Victories

After joining FortuneBuilders in March of this year, I knew that I had rental property ownership as my end goal, possibly several years from now. Please note, I am a finance professional, and have been for over 25 years. However, I have never been an entrepreneur, and never had clients that were entrepreneurs. Then, I…

Just finished my first Phase of courses. My new goal is to stat networking with other local investors in Billings MT by the 1st of next Month! Can anyone help me reach my new goal?

Wendell and I have so far been impressed with the format and coaching we have received. We look forward to coaching from you and staff. We really hope that when that 1st of many deals come about we can call and say should I or can I etc. Just knowing we have the education, experience…

Despite many obstacles I still set aside time for my business

It's past midnight and I just sent out an email offer to purchase a off market deal. It would be remiss of me not to share my latest CAWS from the past few days. Since last Friday we have our first rehab in escrow over asking after 6 days on market. Then on Sunday I…

We put up our first round of bandit signs last week - 22 signs. We got 2 leads that we are now running numbers on, hoping for a deal!! Also, as we were driving around picking sign sights, we saw several homes that certainly looked like they were in need of some love!! At first…

CAW! Rex and I have been FB Mastery students since the end of June of this year. Since then, we have been very busy: We decided on two business names; We established addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and resident agents for both entities; We set up both LLC's (Home Overhaul for flipping and wholesaling and…

14 days closed, 4 weeks rehab tenants ready to move in - 1st property. Just bought the 2nd property to do it again.

With the help of my coach, Mel Feller, and Michael Schumaker, a real estate agent on our team, I avoided a potential loss on a property I was considering purchasing. The property was found thru a Craigslist posting. The seller is an investor and flips properties. He purchased it thru an online auction, Hubzu. What…

Before we joined Fortune Builders (March,2013) we purchased 2 properties to renovate and resell in Kansas City, MO. Needless to say, the first one went over budget and we ended up losing money. We decided to simply sit on the second property until we came up with a better strategy. Just last week we called…

My husband and I started Fortune Builders Mastery in May 2017. In October 2017 we closed on our first rehab. The rehab took 4 weeks and after placing it on the market, it went under contract in 4 days with a full price offer! I just found out that the home appraised for a little…

Celebrated Christmas and cooked Christmas dinner gor the first time for our family

We got our 1st few leads on some properties in the area. Very excited to go and check them out. I will be taking a look at them tomorrow.

I just joined the FB community.

I was starting to get a little discouraged in getting a hard money loan because I didn't meet any of the qualifications with numerous companies. I also had no clue how to find a PML nor did I have any personal connections with anyone who just had cash laying around. Basically everyone I know is…

Submitted my first job request for a VA. Doing what was taught at the Wholesale Bootcamp!

I was given a free course valued at $800 on learning how to invest in mortgage notes. This in another avenue I want to add to my profit earning repitoire so I'm so excited to learn from one of the industries leading experts!

Met a new potential JV partner at Ignite

Hi everyone, My name is Derrick Britt and my wins is that I just joined the Mastery family and I am very excited for this opportunity to learn the real estate business. I look forward to one day mmeting other Mastery students who came before me and have taken the same steps I am taking…

Funny story: A classmate who attended the Fortune Builders 3-day introductory seminar also attend a class for our real estate licenses. We didn't know this about each other prior to attending our real estate license class. As our friendship has developed, he is a real estate investor with his father and brother. We are leveraging…

I followed my coaches orders and attended my first REI meeting last night. I meet a good number of individuals who were new to the business, and long time in the business. I met two Realtors one wants to invest in flipping a home and the other in rental. I met an insurance agent offering…

Last year my son Alex and I attended the Wholesale Bootcamp in San Diego. I had a picture taken of Than and I. I took one look at that picture and relized (I never have pics taken) how fat I had gotten. I have made a goal to loose 75 lbs and get back to…

Just sold another property! and appraisal came in at value today with a COE of 3/30/17. Why is this so amazing? The subject proiperty area had been lacking closed sales of model matches. In order to help strengthen our deal I put together what I call the "Appraisal presentation Packet". Please see attachment and/or check…

This was a deal that came to us from a Absantee-Out of State owner campaign. We put this 2 family occupied house in Oceanside, Long Island under contract for 217K and wholesaled it for 285K. We had some issues as the buyer wanted us to deliver the property with a valid COO which it didnt…

Hello FB family well our LLC is doing it very well so far, Got through the curriculum, got or LLC, turned or 401k into solo 401k, Got home equity loan, And made our first offer on a house, didn't get it but great first run!!, feeling blessed! the course works you must work hard at…

Chris Lewis, a principal of KC Redevelopment LLC's manager Riffle Management LLC, just negotiated a commercial lease for the last empty unit of a commercial retail center purchased last year through an entity whose owners include a trust managed by Riffle Management LLC. Revenue from the new lease will not only increase the property's debt…

Started a mail marketing campaign targeting seniors and absentee owners, I've already received almost 15 phone calls from only 60 postcards sent out, no contracts yet but my list has over 1800 names, lot's more to mail out!

Went to our 1st REIA meeting and made some new contacts.

Textbook win. PP: $115,000 Rehab: $70,000 Sold: $279,000 (under contract 3 weeks before completion)

On July 18, 2014, almost 1 year to date from our joining Fortune Builders we bought our first house on an auction site, 3BR-2BA, built in 2000, for $105,000 which appraised for $150,000. After doing $11,000 in cosmetic updates/minor repairs, we decided rather than having a good resale, it would be an even better rental.…

Our names are John & Kelly. I'll just give the facts because otherwise I will go on and on . My wife and I joined Fortune Builders over a year ago. We studied night after night listened to Pat Precourt over and over" ( I'D like to wrestle that dude ) John lol ." We…

Our first deal!! Why not go with Scottsdale.... What an incredible accomplishment. I joined mastery with 3 others from my church. Between the 4 of us we had about one expert's knowledge of the Real Estate industry... maybe not expert, but we knew what a house was..... We found this deal through another Fortune Builder…

CAW! Rex and I have been FB Mastery students since the end of June of this year. Since then, we have been very busy: We decided on two business names; We established addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and resident agents for both entities; We set up both LLC's (Home Overhaul for flipping and wholesaling and…

Got property off MLS, it was a flood house from the Great Flood of 2016 in Denham Springs, Louisiana. When we purchased the property in Dec 2017, Denham Springs market was still hot but by the time we finished the rehab and put on the market in March 2018, the market turned and homes were…

got investors funding letter

Yaayyy!!! i just graduated from the 8 week fortunebuilders program!!! just had my last call with my coach, leigh smith. learned a lot! looking forward to getting to a bootcamp at some point. i have much to study and many opportunities await me as i learn more, continue making connections, and continue streamlining my business.…

Had a good week --- over the last two weekends we visited a number of estate sales -- got some really good leads and doing a mass "yellow letter" mailing. Also found out the Borough that we live in is participating in a Vacant Property Recovery Program!! Need to do a lot of homework on…

Calculated my MAO. Maximized my SEO. Educated a team member so well today I gained a great lead and also acquired a new lender!---JDP

started building relationships with Realtors

I reconnected with my friend who is a realtor and approached him differently about getting paid for referrals legally and he's agreed to do so and I taught him the MAO formula so he can help me find deals! I also learned how he adjusts comps for inflation in the market!

Our house is offically listed on the MLS as of tonight, so if you live in Illinois check out listing #08768039!

I put an offer in on a lake house Friday for a rehab project contingent upon deal approval from lender. This will be my first. Seller accepted offer over the weekend. I believe the deal will be approved, now I need to submit the deal and find another lender to cover some of what I…

My wife and I just had our first fortunebuilders mentor session. We are really excited about getting started. We have taken the first step towards reaching our dreams!

First cold-call door knock today! A realtor gave me a lead on an empty house. I went to knock on the owner's door (they lived elsewhere). People I was looking for had moved, but the new people who had moved in were really interested in what I do and requested to be on my Buyer's…

Acquired my LLC

Today we hit a major milestone in our Fortune Builders career with the initiation of our Rehab project starting on our first home in Peterborough, NH. We are excited for the demo to begin this week and watch the progress of our first rehab transform from it's potential to its peak.

We just put another rehab under contract on the selling side. We are excited to move forward to closing and hand over the home to our new buyers!

We Got Props, LLC has come to an agreement with home owner for a seller financed deal. 12 year term at 6% interest, no money down at $60K. WoW!

We structured our business on paper and Created the logo with my partner. I have started a soap business before from scratch and even though this is something small, it actually is a big thing as you watch what was dreams and ideas, begin to take physical form. Like a baby being born. I'm proud…

I have read, listen to, and completed Prerequisites Real Estate Fundamentals