Land Academy Show

Jack Thursday - Less Frequent but Bigger Land Deals (LA 1661) 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 Jack Thursday. And I'm going to talk about my personal 2022 goals, which are less frequent, but bigger land deals. Jill DeWit: I want to hear about some of your other goals. Steven Jack Butala: Like try to be a better husband? Jill DeWit: No, no, no. Let's see here, find a new hair stylist, because I failed at that one. So you're... Steven Jack Butala: Yeah, if you are watching this, you can see. Jill DeWit: I got to share this. I walked into a local bar the other day and the sweet, sweet bartender says to me, "Jill, wow. Did you cut your own bangs?" I said, "You know, it might look like that, but no, I did not." Steven Jack Butala: When someone says, "Do

Learn More About House Academy Here SFR vs Multitenant Investments (LA 1660) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala:Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit:Hi. Steven Jack Butala:Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land and 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 Jill and I, we're going to talk about houses versus- Jill DeWit:It's really the House Academy Show. Steven Jack Butala:Oh, yeah. It's the House Academy Show today. Jill DeWit:Yeah. Steven Jack Butala:Houses versus apartment buildings. The name of the show is SFRs versus multi-tenant investments. Jill DeWit:Mm-hmm (affirmative). Before we get into it, I have a question. Do you use all your luggage for hauling things other than clothing? Because that's what seems to happen to all of our luggage. I had to hold on, physically hold back my one good rollaboard because he wanted to fill it up with stuff. Steven Jack Butala:Ammunition's really heavy, and the easi

Only You Know the Meaning of Time Well Spent (LA 1659) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Hello. Welcome to Land Academy Show, entertaining land, investment talk. I'm Stephen Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today Jill and I talk about only you, know the meaning of time well spent. Jill DeWit: By the way, if you don't recognize us. Yes, we did both get haircuts. Steven Jack Butala: Jill's is better. Jill DeWit: Yep. Well, no, I didn't mean yep. Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. I didn't know that's what you were going to say. I had yep already coming out. So yeah. Steven Jack Butala: We just moved back to Arizona from California and we got to find new people to do our stuff and... Jill DeWit: Oh yeah. That's a process. Steven Jack Butala: What do you say? You know every guy's gone through this. It's like, "Yep. I can see it in the mirror. It's all going to hell. I'm watching it unfold". Jill DeWit: I'm in the

Taking Land Acquisition Orders from a Single Buyer (LA 1658) 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, Jill and I talk about taking land acquisition orders from a single buyer. Jill DeWit:Oh my gosh. This is so funny because I think we have different opinions on this. I think, we started to talk about this for just a few seconds before we sat down, and turned everything on and he's like, "Why is this bad?" I'm like, "Where do I start?" So, hold on. I have a lot to say about this. Steven Jack Butala:I made a career out of taking acquisition orders for commercial property when I started out. Jill DeWit:And this is a tad different. So I'm going to share that with you. But before we do that, first I want to say, thank you very much, the gift basket on the shelf behind me is from A

Jill Friday - Quitting Like Prince Harry (LA 1657) 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... Well, it's Jill Friday, and she's going to talk about quitting like Prince Harry. Jill K DeWit: It's so funny. So as I started to say, I was reading an article on my phone the other day and I just had this disgusted look on my face. And this one says, "What? What's going on? What's got you so mad." I'm like, "You got to hear this one." And it's Prince Harry promoting quitting. And I'll tell you more because I have the article pulled up here. We went into a long discussion on... And you've heard him say this before, I'm going to quote you, "When is that okay?" So, we're going to talk about when is that okay and then in these situations, it's not okay

Jack Thursday - Land Academy Word Association Test (LA 1656) 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 is Jack Thursday. And I'm going to talk about this little game that I devised called land academy word association test. Jill K DeWit: Can I ask what the outcome is supposed to be of this? Steven Jack Butala: Well, okay. I mean, since you brought it up, you should take this question real quick and then I'll get all into it. But here's a little prelude. Jill K DeWit: Okay. Steven Jack Butala: If I say customer, and you say no. If I say, not you necessarily, Jill, because you won't. But if I say, I don't know, 10 or 15 of these words, like customer $50,000 a month. Ranch land. Nope, nope, nope, nope . Jill K DeWit: Is this to help you decide if you're a land p

Learn More About House Academy Here What to Do When Your Buyer Needs Financing (LA 1655) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala:Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit:Hello. Steven Jack Butala:Welcome to the Land and 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 what to do when your buyer needs financing. Of all time, since we've been doing this, since 2014, '15, this has been, consistently been at least a top 10 question, maybe top five. Jill K DeWit:It comes up often because people fall in love with your property and they go, "Oh, I don't have the money." Steven Jack Butala:What I brought, I wanted to make this an episode today because it's really different for houses and for land. Very, very, very different financing animals for a bunch of reasons. Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the LandInvestors.com Onl

Career Path Starts Next Month in January (LA 1654) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: And welcome to the Land Academy show, entertaining land investment talk. 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 career path starts, next month in January. And I've just been told that this has the possibility of being inspirational. Jill K DeWit: Oh. I hope all our shows are, in some way. 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: Waiting for it, waiting for the teleprompter. Mitchell says, my second mailer is working. We have three good sellers who reach out to us, I would like to reach out to a local land agent and get his opinion on

How One Land Academy Member Nets $75,000 per Month (LA 1653) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Speaker 2: Hello. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show: Entertaining Land Investment Talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Speaker 2: And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from not so sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about how one Land Academy member nets 75000 bucks a month. Speaker 2: You know, I would first like to start with what we just talked about 30 seconds before we rolled. It's a blustery day. You don't like the sweatshirt look? Steven Butala: Oh, Jill, you don't have to explain. You of all people do not have to explain one thing to like anybody on this planet- Speaker 2: I like my little- Steven Butala: Least of all- Speaker 2: Cozy sweatshirt. Steven Butala: Me. Speaker 2: Well, here's the thing [crosstalk 00:00:40] Steven Butala: I was just asking you about what it's all about. Speaker 2: Well, I'm wearing a sweatshirt because it's a cold day, and

Jill Friday - Identifying with vs Emulating Rich People (LA 1652) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Happy Friday. 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 Jill and ... Well, it's Jill Friday, and Jill's going to talk about identifying with versus emulate rich people. Jill DeWit: Do you want me tell you where this came from now? Steven Jack Butala: I would love to. Jill DeWit: Okay. So here's how this topic came about. I'm laying in bed, on my tablet, like most nights. And I'm just looking and I'm just looking at news articles and I jump into different things, and then I'm in Facebook and I'm like, "Here we go again. Grant Cardone got another airplane." I'm like, "How many times are we going to see this?" I'm like, "He went from the Rolls Royce, now he's kind of off that." Steven Jack Butala: [crosstalk

Jack Thursday - Breaking My Own Rules Equals Personal Growth (LA 1651) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Good day. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewitt, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today is Jack Thursday, and I'm going to talk about how I break my own rules constantly, but it actually equals personal growth. Jill DeWit: It's okay when you do it. It's not okay when I break your rules. Steven Jack Butala: You know how when you're watching, yeah. If anybody's going to break my rules, it's me. Jill DeWit: That's right. That's the only one. Steven Jack Butala: The same thing happens if I try to break your rules. Jill DeWit: Yeah. Number three and I know that. Don't do that to dad. Steven Jack Butala: You know how you, absolutely. You fast forward through whatever you're watching on Netflix, or Amazon, or Hulu, no matter how short it i

Learn More About House Academy Here We Now Use Real Estate Agents or Fixed Price MLS on Every Deal (HA 1650) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala:Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit:Hello. Steven Jack Butala:Welcome to the Land Academy Show. I'm sorry, the House Academy Show today. Entertaining real estate investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit:And I'm Jill DeWit. And we're putting up with his allergies again. Broadcasting from the valley of sun. Steven Jack Butala:Today Jill and I talk about how we now use real estate agents or fixed price MLS on every deal. Jill DeWit:I'm going to do that every time. There's something oh, sorry. Allergies. Steven Jack Butala:Nobody knows what you mean now though. Jill DeWit:Well, if you listened Monday and Tuesday, you do. Steven Jack Butala:Yeah. Jill DeWit:Okay. So you have to go back and listen. It's funny. 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 f

We Now Price above 60 percent (LA 1649) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to The Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewitt broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about how we now price a lot of our mailers above 60%. Jill DeWit: I was going to say, I noticed the other day you were showing me our podcast numbers and how well they're doing and how many people were gaining. And I took a step back and I thought, I wonder why? And it made me think about all the children that are using this at night to fall asleep. Steven Jack Butala: I almost spit my coffee all over your face. Jill DeWit: All the parents of those children who are turning us on to lull their children to sleep. You're welcome. Steven Jack Butala: There's a conversation that Jill and I had right before we just threw the microphones on. We had a house full of people for

We Now Site Visit on Our Own Properties (LA 1648) 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 DeWitt, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about, we now visit all of our properties. Jill DeWit: The ones we can get to. Wait, wait, I want to call this AK... What'd you call this week? Steven Jack Butala: I called it breaking our own rules. Jill DeWit: I call it eating our words week. Steven Jack Butala: This week we're going to talk all about how really, what we're talking about is how our business model has evolved. Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Steven Jack Butala: But yeah, I mean, stuff that we talked about on the show like a thousand episodes ago. Yeah. Jill DeWit: I know. Steven Jack Butala: Don't listen to that. This is better. Jill DeWit: It's funny. We started land academy seve

Jill Friday - Doing Deals During the Holidays (LA 1647) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Stephen and Jill here. Jill Dewitt: Hi. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Stephen Jack Butala. Jill Dewitt: I'm Jill Dewitt, broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today is Jill Friday. She's going to talk about doing deals during the holidays. Jill Dewitt: My favorite time of year and I will tell you why. I have four things for you to know, and number four is the best, and that's all I'm going to say. Steven Jack Butala: Before we get into it, let's take a question. Jill Dewitt: I'm not going to tell you now. Steven Jack Butala: Posted by one of our members on 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 Dewitt: Yu rewrote. Does anyone have a good system in place for handling people who want to be taken off the mailing list

Jack Thursday - Your Land Investing Niche Chooses You Not the Other Way Around (LA 1646) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: ... Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. 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 Jack Thursday, and I'm going to talk about your land investing niche that actually chooses you, not the other way around. This is not the first time we've discussed this on the show, I guess as is with most things, since we're on episode 1,646. Jill DeWit: There might be some duplicates in here. Steven Jack Butala: There's some overlap. Jill DeWit: But you know what, though? I would argue there's a reason they come up, because we've figure out something new. I'm sure on show 646 we had different things to say about niche than we do 1,646, and know that's not a typo. Steven Jack Butala: This is a very common theme that you hear i

Learn More About House Academy Here Affordable Housing vs. Affordable Cadillac Escalades (HA 1645) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala:Steven and Jill here. Jill DeWit:Hi. Steven Jack Butala:Welcome to the Land Academy Show, House Academy Show today. Entertaining real estate 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, Jill and I talk about affordable housing versus affordable Cadillac Escalades. Jill DeWit:Do you know before we start, I would like to follow up with something from yesterday, because I'm sure you are dying to know. I checked on Milli Vanilli, and let me tell you what happened here. In case you weren't sure, they were German-French R&B band from Munich founded in 1988. So what all happened everyone? Well, here it is. In July of 1989, they were doing fantastic by the way. I liked them, who didn't like them? Steven Jack Butala:Me. Jill DeWit:Okay well. But it was fun, easy to dance to, good music, right?

Rational Growth and Cash Flow in the Land Business (LA 1644) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Good day. 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, Jill and I talk about rational growth and cashflow in your land business. Jill DeWit: What if I don't want rational? I think I want through the roof growth. Steven Jack Butala: Well, that's one of the reasons you're the girl for me. Jill DeWit: There's nothing rational about anything that I do, is there?Actually, that's a whole nother show. Steven Jack Butala: Yesterday, we answered a question from a person who said, "I just sent out a thousand mailers. I got five calls back after about two weeks." And you can go back and listen to the question, and the first 10, five calls or whatever were from people that- Jill DeWit: Not interested. Steven Jack Butala:

Career Path and Mobile Homes (LA 1643) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steven and Jill here. Jill DeWitt: Good day. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWitt: And I'm Jill DeWitt, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I are going to talk about Career Path, a new product that we launched last year, or I guess in 2021. Jill DeWitt: This year. Steven Jack Butala: That we're going to pretty dramatically expand in 2022 in mobile homes. Jill DeWitt: Yep. Jill DeWitt: I would like to note, we are committed with a capital C. If you are picking up on a little like, oh, I don't know a hoarseness or raspiness to my voice. No, I have not taken up smoking. I've never smoked and I won't go there, but we're coming off the holiday weekend and I'll tell you right now, it's early for us. We are here recording way off our normal schedule because of the holiday. Steven Jack Butala: Still people in o

Jill Friday - What Jill Learns from Her CEO Club (LA 1642) Transcript: Steven Butala:Steven and Jill here. Jill DeWit:Hello. Steven Butala:Welcome to The Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit:And I'm Jill DeWitt, broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Steven Butala:Today, Jill and I... Well, it's Jill Friday. And Jill talks about what she's learns, learns in a future tense, in her CEO club. Jill DeWit:Okay. We're going to talk about our November meeting, basically. Steven Butala:I hope you're stuffed full of turkey. Jill DeWit:I know, that's it. I hope you're shopping. I hope you are enjoying- Steven Butala:Not shopping. Jill DeWit:Well, hold on a moment. I hope you're enjoying Black Friday deals from the comfort of your couch. And watching football, and eating leftovers, and shopping on your computer. And it all arrives on time. Steven Butala:You know the Detroit Lions play on Thanksgiving? Jill DeWit:Thanksgiving. As do the Cowboys. Steven Butala:And the