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Learn all about investing in real estate in Toledo, Ohio with a combination of real estate financial planning and modeling with numbers specific to Toledo plus syndicated, more generalized recordings of live and pre-recorded real estate investing classes (not all specific to Toledo).
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RJ Bates III, affectionately referred to as the Viking Wizard by his students, started his real estate investing career in 2014 after attending a real estate education program that put him $65,000 in debt. RJ contracted his first deal he found on the MLS and wholesaled it for a $7,500 assignment fee. That was the end of his former life and the beginning of his venture into becoming a real estate investor. Since that moment, RJ has become an influential figurehead in the real estate investing ...
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Functional Obsolescence Unveiled: The Silent Value Killer in Real Estate Investments—and How to Defeat It!
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Functional Obsolescence Unveiled: The Silent Value Killer in Real Estate Investments—and How to Defeat It! There's a often overlooked risk of investing in reale state: obsolescence. Whether we're focused on properties that are or will become functionally obsolete or drift directly into economic or physical obsolescence... these are real-world risks…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Jesus Toledo and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as Jesus answers five different questions while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,500 Videos, this is the #1 c…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Mitzi Dyane and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as Mitzi answers five different questions while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,500 Videos, this is the #1 ch…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Tadi Tedemet and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as Tadi answers five different questions while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,500 Videos, this is the #1 ch…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Nicholas Nick and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as Nicholas answers five different questions while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,500 Videos, this is the …
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Will Denis and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as Will answers five different questions while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,500 Videos, this is the #1 chan…
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Real Estate Hot Takes with Shaun McCloskey
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Shaun McCloskey and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as Shaun answers five different questions while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,700 Videos, this is the #…
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Real Estate Hot Takes with Christina Krause
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Christina Krause and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as Christina answers five different questions while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,700 Videos, this is …
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Real Estate Hot Takes with Dolmar & Keisha Cross
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Dolmar & Keisha Cross from A&E's Zombie House Flipping in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as they discuss five different topics while attempting to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,700 Vid…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Join Alex Ottewell and RJ Bates III in this episode of Real Estate Hot Takes as they discuss five different topics while Alex attempts to eat the hottest buffalo wings in Tampa, Florida. Enjoy the laughs and hopefully enjoy the interview! With over 1,700 Videos, this is the #1 c…
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How to Analyze an All-Cash Rental Property Purchase
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How to Analyze an All-Cash Rental Property Purchase Deal analysis is important. Learning how to analyze deals is a critical skill for all real estate investors, whether you're financing 100% of the purchase or buying a property without a loan at all and paying all cash. In this class, we will look at how deal analysis changes when you plan to buy a…
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How Return on Investment Changes Based on Credit Score With PMI
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How Return on Investment Changes Based on Credit Score With PMI Does your credit score really matter when you're buying rental properties? Sure, your credit score impacts the mortgage interest rate you can get with traditional mortgages. And yes, your credit score affects how much private mortgage insurance (PMI) will cost. Your credit score can al…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Brad Chandler sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss self-love, identifying as a real estate investor and if he believes wholesaling real estate is a worthy career. With over 1,700 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling.…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Bob Lachance sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss being a professional hockey player, owning a virtual assistant company and his biggest accomplishment in life. With over 1,700 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. S…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Sheik Mendiola sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss how he is a professional creep, played guitar in a band and has no clue what his greatest achievement in life is. With over 1,700 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesali…
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Is It Better to Buy Rentals with 25% Down or All Cash After Buying an Owner-Occupant?
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So, are you stressing out over higher mortgage interest rates and properties not cash flowing as well as they used to, or in some markets, not having positive cash flow at all... even with 25% down? What's a real estate investor seeking financial independence to do? In this class, we will compare two strategies. In both strategies, you first buy an…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Megan Harris sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss how awesome running a title company is and other amazing topics. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. SUBSCRIBE NOW! https://www.youtube.com/@RJBates…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Bob McIntosh sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss being a digital marketer, Scottish heritage and his orange beard. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. SUBSCRIBE NOW! https://www.youtube.com/@RJBate…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Al Nicoletti sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss being a probate attorney and some other riveting topics. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. SUBSCRIBE NOW! https://www.youtube.com/@RJBatesIII ____…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Brian Davila sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss his similarities to Jamil Damji, why he loves Ryan Pineda's content and his admiration for Mormons. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. SUBSCRIBE NO…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Omer Bloch interrupted RJ Bates III's lunch to sit down on Between Two Belts to discuss hardly anything worthwhile and to consistently mispronounce RJ's name showing he lacks any sort of intelligence. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtu…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! John Jackson sat down with RJ Bates III on Between Two Belts to discuss Lease Options, how he married his wife and the X-Men. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. SUBSCRIBE NOW! https://www.youtube.com/@RJBatesIII ________…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Joe McCall sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss living in Saint Louis, Flipping Land and why he doesn't shave his head. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. SUBSCRIBE NOW! https://www.youtube.com/@RJ…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Nick Legamaro sits down on Between Two Belts with RJ Bates III to discuss how he learned everything creative finance from the Godfather of Creative Finance, Pace Morby. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for all things Virtual Wholesaling. SUBSCRIBE NOW! h…
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The Impact of Buying Properties at a 5% Discount When Nomading™
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So, you're considering Nomading™. Excellent! But as you dig into the details, you may wonder what the impact would be if you chose to buy a more desirable, higher quality, but maybe less optimal property at full price (without a discount), versus focusing on finding a slightly less desirable, slightly lower quality, but slightly more optimized rent…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! THIS IS A SATIRE COMEDY PODCAST...KIND OF Leon G. Barnes sat down with RJ Bates III on Between Two Belts to discuss his career at Collective Genius, what he despises about Steve Trang and how proud he is of having children. With over 1,300 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTu…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! THIS IS A SATIRE COMEDY PODCAST...KIND OF Dean Rogers sat down with RJ Bates III on Between Two Belts to discuss his NFL career, his greatest achievements in real estate investing and how proud he is of his children. With over 1,600 Videos, this is the #1 channel on YouTube for …
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Deal Alchemy™ - Black Box Cash Flow Deal Alchemy™ is all about manipulating returns to get the returns you desire most. One variation of Deal Alchemy™ has you think about your rental property investment as a black box. You put money into the black box, some magical things happen over the next few years and out pops profit which you can spend like c…
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My Secret Weapon to Success That Nobody Talks About
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Can sobriety be the secret to business success? Join me, RJ Bates III, on this eye-opening episode of Titanium Vault as I reveal how staying sober has transformed not only my life but also the operations at Titanium Investments. I recount my father's struggles with alcoholism an…
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Warning - Risks of Rental Demand Declining When Investing in Real Estate
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Warning - Risks of Rental Demand Declining When Investing in Real Estate Risk, risk, risk... Life is full of risks. To a limited degree, we get to choose which risks we voluntarily take on. For example, if you choose to invest in real estate, you choose to take on some additional risks that you might not—directly—face if you opt to invest in someth…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! What happens when you face a loss that leaves you questioning your path? Join us as I recount the early setbacks Cassi and I encountered, including a lawsuit from a house-building project gone awry due to a client’s unrealistic demands. These tough lessons underscored the import…
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Private Mortgage Insurance Myths Reputation can be a challenging thing. I have found, through many conversations with clients over the years, that Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has a questionable reputation with home buyers in general and investors in particular. However, much of its reputation is based on half-truths, bad information, lies, and…
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Nick Perry: How To Enjoy Life & Be A Real Estate Investor
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! As I sat down with Nick Perry, I couldn't help but marvel at his extraordinary journey. From a humble beginning sleeping in his car to soaring as a real estate titan, Nick's story is one that shatters norms and preconceptions about the path to success. Throughout our conversatio…
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Warning - Risks of Neighborhood Decline When Investing in Real Estate
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Warning - Risks of Neighborhood Decline When Investing in Real Estate Everything in life has risks. Not investing adds certain types of risks, while investing adds other risks. One risk that some real estate investors face is the possibility that the neighborhood they're investing in will decline, causing values and/or rents to drop. So, how do we …
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Dane Bollwinkel: Real Estate, Oil, Crypto, Oh My!!!
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Embark on a transformative journey with Dane Bollwinkel as he sheds his corporate shackles to embrace the unpredictable yet rewarding world of real estate entrepreneurship. This episode of Titanium Vault showcases Dane's compelling narrative, moving from his initial trepidation …
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How to Analyze a Duplex Some real estate investors are sensitive to their ability to get ten 30-year fixed rate financing loans and would prefer to fill those loan spots with larger purchases than just single family rental homes. One way to do that is to buy more expensive properties like duplexes, triplexes or fourplexes. In this class, James will…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Towards the end of 2019 my business was chaotic… We were simultaneously building our rental portfolio… doing virtual flips in different states… and still wholesaling deals. And I just keep acquiring more and more deals… (My team called me the cookie monster lol). And more and mo…
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How to Analyze Deals with Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
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How to Calculate PMI If you're a house hacker, Nomad™, investor buying properties with less than 20% down, or buying creatively where the seller has PMI, you'll want to make sure you know how to analyze deals that have Private Mortgage Insurance. In this mini-class, James will cover how to analyze deals that have PMI, with an emphasis on doing it u…
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Amanda Webster: How To Fund & Grow Your Business
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Unlock the secrets to funding your real estate dreams as I team up with Amanda Webster of Fund & Grow. Together, we'll reveal how revolving business lines of credit can become your ace in the hole for scaling operations, igniting marketing endeavors, and implementing crucial sys…
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Is it Better to Pay Off Properties with Cash Flow or In Full When Nomading™?
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In many cases—not all, but many cases—real estate investors can speed up the time it takes to become financially independent by choosing to pay off the mortgages on their properties early. Sometimes it makes sense to take every extra dollar beyond a healthy amount of reserves and aggressively pay off properties as quickly as possible. Other times, …
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Darlene Root: Someone Moved The Real Estate Cheese
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! I sat down with the incomparable Ms. Darlene Root, whose 45-year dance with real estate has been nothing short of a masterclass in navigating the market's ever-changing rhythms. She wove her tale from an impromptu start at 19, guided by parental skepticism, to a seasoned investo…
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Deal Alchemy™ - Residential vs Commercial Property
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Deal Alchemy™ - Residential vs Commercial Property Deal Alchemy™ is all about manipulating the returns you're earning on your investments. Often, this is done through the choices we make when selecting the investment property and the strategies we choose to implement. For example, you could choose to invest in residential properties where your tena…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Unlock the true potential of entrepreneurship with Tom Kroll, the revered coach's coach, as he shares his journey from job dissatisfaction to becoming a real estate investing powerhouse. This episode promises an arsenal of strategies for nurturing a business that flourishes on i…
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Warning - Risks of Loan Called Due When Investing in Real Estate
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Warning - Risks of Loan Called Due When Investing in Real Estate Investing in real estate adds some risk to an already risk-filled life. However, certain activities and strategies when investing in real estate create additional risks that other strategies and activities do not have. For example, choosing to utilize strategies where the lender has t…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Embark on a transformative journey with me, RJ Bates III, as I engage with the visionary Gene Blinkov from Speed to Lead. Together, we unpack the incredible synergy that's driving the sales force behind Titanium Investments. From Gene's leap from Boston's drone videography scene…
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How to Analyze Buying a Rental Property at a Discount
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How to Analyze Buying a Rental Property at a Discount in Toledo Some real estate investors insist on only buying properties where they can purchase them at a significant discount. While not mutually exclusive, other investors insist on buying quality properties at a fair price as long as it gets them their desired returns and will stand the test of…
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Unlock the door to financial freedom as I interview credit wizard Scotty Tregellas to reveal how to harness the power of credit in real estate investing. Discover the secret sauce to using credit cards at zero interest for down payments and funding your business operations, from…
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How to Calculate PMI If you're planning to buy a property and put less than 20% down, you're likely to be required to pay Private Mortgage Insurance. Lenders prefer that you put at least 20% down, but if you insist on putting less than 20% down, they may still make the loan. However, they will usually do so at a slightly higher mortgage interest ra…
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Megan Harris: Why Investors Love Empora Title
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Send me a text about what you love and want to see on future episodes! Ever felt the sting of a real estate deal turned sour due to clunky title processes? Say goodbye to closing headaches and hello to seamless transactions with Megan Harris from Empora Title, who joined me in the Titanium Vault for an eye-opening conversation. Megan unveils how th…
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Is it Better to Buy Rentals with 20% Down or For All Cash After Buying an Owner-Occupant First?
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There are a large number of investing strategies you could pursue as a real estate investor: Nomad™, house hacking, fix and flip, buying 20% down rentals, buying 25% down rentals, saving up to buy free and clear rentals and many, many more options. Which is the best? Which gets you to financial independence fastest? Which gives you the highest net …
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