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Jill Friday - How to Talk to a Seller (LA 1682) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Happy Friday. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to The Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewitt, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about ... Well, it's Jill Friday. She's going to talk about how to talk to a seller. Sounds trite and silly, especially to a data person like me, because people like me ... How to talk to a seller? This is how you talk to your seller. Steven Jack Butala: "Hello." Jill K DeWit: "What do you got?" Steven Jack Butala: "I'd like to sell ... Yes. I got your letter, and wondering if it's legit. Yeah. Come on. You're talking too slow. Let's go." Jill K DeWit: "Hurry it up." Steven Jack Butala: That's not how you talk to sellers. Jill K DeWit: "I sent out 3,000 offers today. Hurry up, ma'am. Hurry it up. Come on, lady. Get to the point." Steven Jack B

Jack Thursday - Tranche Your Land Deals (LA 1681) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hi. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Stephen Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today's Jack Thursday. And I'm going to talk about traunching your land deals. Jill thinks for some reason, this is some highfalutin concept, but I'm not sure. I don't think I agree. It's pretty simple, actually. Buy a bunch of property. Jill K DeWit: I wonder how many people are Googling this exact phrase right now. What do I want to do this week? I want to traunch my land deals. This is good. Steven Jack Butala: Traunching is used. It's a French word. Meaning- Jill K DeWit: I know. Steven Jack Butala: Separate and gather, or it's not just separate. Jill K DeWit: I always thought it was more, I thought it was grouping them together more than that. Steven Jack Butala: Yeah.

Learn More About House Academy Here House Deals Made as Easy as Land Deals (LA 1680) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala:Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit:Hello. Steven Jack Butala:Welcome to the House Academy Show. Entertaining real estate investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit:And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala:Today, jill and I talk about house deals, made as easy as land deals. Is there really, such a thing? Jill K DeWit:Yep. You know what's funny? I'll share one story with you now. And then I have another story for in a minute. Well, first of all, happy Career Path Day, for those of you who are with us and joining us in Career Path, today is day one day. One of the rest of your life. Steven Jack Butala:Jeez, that's cheesy. Jill K DeWit:I know, isn't it. Steven Jack Butala:Something's probably cheesy. Jill K DeWit:It's stupid. I know. Steven Jack Butala:Who else walked up to me and said, you are cheesy. Some people have said a lot of stuff to me.

How to Buy Your First Parcel of Land (LA 1679) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Good day. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land, investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about how to buy your first parcel of land, the ever present question. Jill K DeWit: Yeah. People watch, they hear us, they see us. They're like, "I can do this. Okay. What do I do? Ready, I'm here. I showed up. What do I do? Is there a list somewhere? Do I just pick from them?" Steven Jack Butala: Keep going. This is great. Jill K DeWit: Do I just, I don't know, go online and pick one that looks good to me and just call the person, just call the agent? Is that the best way? And they just handle it all. I just write a check. Steven Jack Butala: I'll tell you a hint, and we're going to obviously cover this all in just a few minutes here. The secret to

Are You Smart Enough for Land Academy (LA 1678) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hi. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewit, broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today Jill and I talk about are you smart enough for Land Academy? Who came up with this topic? Jill K DeWit: I know. Did somebody put that in Discord? Steven Jack Butala: No. And all kidding aside, this comes up every once in a while it comes up about, excuse me, geez. It comes up at the live event. It's come up and it just comes up in general. It's not so much, I decided to be really straight about it in the title. Jill K DeWit: Which we always are straight. So we'll talk about that. I have some notes here and there's always exceptions, but we want to talk about it with you, because we want for the right, well, how about this? You're all the right people. We want you to know, we

Jill Friday - Enthusiasm (LA 1677) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hi. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining, land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today Jill and I... Well, it's Jill Friday and she's going to talk about enthusiasm. One of my most favorite attributes about you. I mean it. Jill K DeWit: Oh, I thought you were going to say one of your most valued attributes, yours. I'm just kidding. Steven Jack Butala: I don't understand. What do you mean? Jill K DeWit: Well, you have enthusiasm. How about this, on a scale of one to 10, how do you rank yourself as, enthusiastic about life? Steven Jack Butala: Probably, six. Jill K DeWit: Child raising? Steven Jack Butala: Two, keep going. Jill K DeWit: Having fun on the weekend? Steven Jack Butala: 10. Jill K DeWit: Riding your bike around town? Steven Jack Butala: Nine. Jill K DeWit:

Jack Thursday - Welcome to Your Comeback (LA 1676) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy show, entertaining land, investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting for the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today's Jack Thursday. And I'm going to talk about, welcome to your comeback. Jill K DeWit: I like this. I love that title. Steven Jack Butala: This came from two sources. So Jill and I went to a Christmas party recently with some people that we've known for a lot of years. And they're real good personal friends of ours. And the host walked up to me and said, "Amazing comeback." Because when we met, he said that to me personally. He said that to me because we all met each other during the great recession in real estate... The real estate depression in 2010 when Jill and I basically had nothing. Steven Jack Butala: We had to sell our house. We had to move into a house that we had

Learn More About House Academy Here Renovation Nightmares (HA 1675) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala:Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit:Hi. Steven Jack Butala:Welcome to the House Academy Show today. Entertaining real estate investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit:And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala:Today, Jill and I talk about renovation nightmares. Jill K DeWit:Is this not a show? This should be a show. Steven Jack Butala:I think it might be. Jill K DeWit:If not, it should be. Steven Jack Butala:You mean just like a title on HGTV? Jill K DeWit:It should be. That would be cool. Speaking of which, I have one of my notes here is the first thing I was going to share is when we have done renovations, it does give you nightmares. That's a real thing. Steven Jack Butala:I'm going to really press [crosstalk 00:00:40]. Jill K DeWit:Documented. Steven Jack Butala:When we get into the topic here, I'm going to give you a mathematical example of all the things

Everyone I know is Killing it in the Land Business (LA 1674) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Howdy. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, Entertaining Land Investment Talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from the Valley Of The Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today Jill and I talk about how everyone I know is killing it in the land business. This topic came from- Jill K DeWit: A quote. Steven Jack Butala: A talk that Jill attended I think- Jill K DeWit: I was on. Steven Jack Butala: Clubhouse. Jill K DeWit: I jumped. I now and then just have some free time and I'm trolling Clubhouse. If I find a real estate-based or women in business community that sounds interesting, I'll just jump in the room. This was a real estate one and they were talking about getting financing, financing for deals. I'm like, "All right, let's hear how you guys go about it," and it was comical. That's a whole other show. Jill K DeWit: Anyway, I do n

Truth about Taking on New Employees (LA 1673) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Good day. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about the truth about taking on new employees. Jill K DeWit: I'm excited. Steven Jack Butala: This is a requested topic by one of our really active members. And it's very timely because we just took on a new employee and it's actually going really well. That's not always how it goes. Jill K DeWit: It's true. Steven Jack Butala: Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community, it's free. And don't forget to subscribe on the Land Academy YouTube channel and comment on the shows you like. Jill K DeWit: Okay. Luke wrote, "Do you pull out any recently bought properties from your list?" So in

Jill Friday - Waking Up Tomorrow a Land Investor (LA 1672) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today is Jill Friday. And she's going to talk about waking up tomorrow, a land investor. Jill K DeWit: So this topic came up, we were talking about how many people... Well, first of all, it's very interesting when you think about all the people that we have in Land Academy and the professions that they come from. Jill K DeWit: And some are really established careers; pilots, engineers, finance positions. What were you going to add? But for some reason either they wanted to do this to supplement their income or pay for something else, or they just wanted to do something different. Steven Jack Butala: We've been doing this for how many years? People join Land Academy.

Jack Thursday - 2022 Land Budgeting and Goals Made Simple (LA 1671) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today's Jack Thursday. And I'm going to talk about 2022 land budgeting and goals made simple. Jill K DeWit: Did you see my nail polish? Because I put it right around here. I figure this is the perfect opportunity to touch up my nails, and I don't know where I left it. Sorry. Steven Jack Butala: It really is simple, and it's not as boring as you think. Jill K DeWit: Oh, good. Oh, good. Steven Jack Butala: But it's necessary. Jill K DeWit: Yeah. Steven Jack Butala: What were you just saying on... We were recording another show, and you said, "People just do this stuff, they put flooring in the garage." Jill K DeWit: Oh, because it's on sale. Steven Jack B

Learn More About House Academy Here 5 Things That are a Waste of Time Flipping Houses (HA 1670) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala:Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit:Hello. Steven Jack Butala:Welcome to the land... I'm sorry. Welcome to the House Academy Show, entertaining real estate investment talk. I'm Stephen Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit:I'm Jill Dewit, broadcasting from The Valley Of The Sun. Steven Jack Butala:Today, Jill and I talk about five things that are a waste of time when flipping houses. Jill K DeWit:I'm excited. Steven Jack Butala:Me too. Jill K DeWit:So we each wrote down our top five, and then I want to do... You want to do yours that way too? I'm doing the order like the Dave Letterman top five lists and countdown. Steven Jack Butala:Sure. Jill K DeWit:Okay, good. This is going to be fun. Steven Jack Butala:Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free and don't forget to subscribe on the Land Academy YouTube chan

How to Work Smarter in Your Land Business (LA 1669) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land, investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about how to work smarter in your land business. Jill K DeWit: You would think we'd be doing this every day. Steven Jack Butala: We have... Yeah, this is a whole string in Discord. Jill K DeWit: I'll tell you one way we don't work smarter is like right now. Steven Jack Butala: What do you mean? Jill K DeWit: Like, it's Tuesday and we're recording for Tuesday. We kind of never do that. Talk about cutting it close. That's not very smart. Steven Jack Butala: Jill and I were just talking about it. We are still reeling from the holidays and reeling from 2021. Jill K DeWit: Mm-hmm. It was a good year. Steven Jack Butala: We moved states. We had a grea

Blast From The Past: What's Possible Land Side Hustle Math (LA 1668) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hello. Steven Butala: And welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala ... Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about what's possible in your land side hustle, specifically the math. Jill DeWit: Oh. Steven Butala: Like these shows. Jill DeWit: You didn't tell him it was going to be math class today. I did not prepare for that. Steven Butala: There's going to be some math in this. Not going to be math, it's just going to be ... You don't have to do any math, you just have to listen to the- Jill DeWit: All right. Good thing I have a notepad and a pen. Steven Butala: Listen to the good and the bed and the ugly about what's possible and what's not possible. I'll tell you, here's a hint though, it all starts with getting a mailer out. Jill DeWit: You wan

Jill Friday - New Years Land Investors Resolutions (LA 1667) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to The Land Academy show entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala- Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun on New Year's Eve. Yay! Steven Jack Butala: I can't believe it. Jill K DeWit: Yay! Steven Jack Butala: We've been doing this show, this is show number 1,600- Jill K DeWit: And 67. Steven Jack Butala: Amazing. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I, well, it's still Friday. She's going to talk about New Year's land investor's resolutions. Jill K DeWit: 1667. That sounds like a year. Like, "I wonder what happened in 1667?" You know? It's kind of funny. Steven Jack Butala: Yeah. Jill K DeWit: Yep. Cool. I have some good notes. I came up with a cute little... Don't read my notes. All good. Get with a cute little saying that I'm going to share too about this. Steven Jack Butala: Before w

Jack Thursday - We are Zip Code Lucky (LA 1666) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from The Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today's Jack Thursday and I'm going to talk about how we are all, or nearly all of us are very ZIP code lucky. The way that we send out mailers is very ZIP code-based now and there's tons and tons and tons of information that's broken down by the census and all kinds of other organizations that's free out there about what's going on in any given ZIP code. And the way that it's all organized and orchestrated, you can compare it. There's tons of amazing tools online, especially now because 2020 passed, which is every 10 years they do a census so we got real good, fresh data. Well, I'll get into it in a minute here. Steven Jack Butala: Before we get into it, let's take a question posted

I Have 10 Thousand Dollars What Should I Invest In (LA 1664) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Stephen Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewitt broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today Jill and I talk about, well, I have $10,000. What should I invest in? Jill K DeWit: This is so funny. So here's where this came from. We're sitting here thinking about out what's going on at the end of the year. We want this last week to be really valuable, some good information for you to ponder. And there's a lot of people on Facebook that have this exact thing. Like, Hey, I've got some money saved up. It's the end of the year. Going into 2022, what should I do? So I wrote down some real answers and some of them are like, what the heck? It's funny. So I will share those, and we'll talk about what we think you should do if you're in this situation. Steven Ja

Taking Action (LA 1663) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewitt broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, jill and I talk about taking action. Jill K DeWit: That's it? Steven Jack Butala: That's it. So the new year's is coming up and nothing happens on its own. And I got to thinking nothing happens, forget about land for a second, nothing happens unless we take action. We're talk about that in just a minute here. But before we do, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com. Jill K DeWit: I was going to ask you about your Christmas first. You just jump right in there. Do you know you have a co-host over here? What the heck? Oh, I'm sorry Jill, are you there? Steven Jack Butala: I had what I call an amazing Jill Christmas. Jill K DeWit: Oh yeah? Steven Jack Butala:

Jill Friday - Jillifying Year End Land Deals (LA 1662) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to The Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today is Jill Friday. She's going to talk about identifying... Jill DeWit: I'm going to talk about- Steven Jack Butala: She going to talk about Jillification. Jill DeWit: Yep, Jillifying it over the holidays. We got this. It may not be written down, but I remembered, because I have that kind of an amazing memory. Steven Jack Butala: Someone did the script wrong. Jill DeWit: Like an elephant. Steven Jack Butala: I wonder. Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free. And don't forget to subscribe on The Land Academy YouTube channel and comment on the shows you like. Jill DeWit: Am I remember