The Rehab Math Mistake That’s Quietly Killing Investor Margins

I spend most of my time behind the scenes, not on job sites. But when the same mistake shows up over and over across our investor base, it’s worth pulling on the thread.

Here’s one that costs people real money: they run a full gut rehab through the exact same formula they’d use on a paint-and-carpet flip. The numbers come out wrong before they’ve even bought the house.

I saw it again recently in a deal one of our students brought to a coaching call. Small ranch, under twelve hundred square feet, needed everything: electrical, plumbing, windows, roof,

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How to Pick a Wholesale Real Estate Market (The Data-Driven Way)

how to pick a wholesale real estate market

Hey there, Josh Brown here.

Cam and I get some version of this question almost every single time we do an Inner circle call…how to pick a wholesale real estate market?

Someone’s got some money, some ambition, a lot of motivation — and they’re staring at a map of the United States trying to figure out where to point it.

And I get it. This decision feels huge. Pick the wrong market and you’re spinning your wheels. Pick the right one and deals can happen fast.

Here’s the thing though. Most investors overcomplicate this. They spend weeks

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The Negotiation Advantage Nobody Talks About: Why Sellers Take Less From Someone They Like

Hey there, Josh Brown here.

I want to tell you something that took me a long time to really internalize — and something I heard Cam say recently that stopped me in my tracks because it was so simple and so true.

He was negotiating on a deal near his place in Florida. Small waterfront property. Inheritance situation. He’d already told me he was at $400,000 on his offer — and he knew there were probably people who’d pay more.

His next line was: “But she’s gonna like me the best.”

He wasn’t joking.

He meant

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