Land Academy Show

How to Train Your Real Estate Agent to Post Property (LA 1743) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steven, 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 how to train your real estate agent to post property. What? Jill K DeWit: You know, what's funny? Why do they change too? Have you ever had a, here's what happens to me? I go on the internet. I'm looking in areas to find good agents that are clearly selling property similar to mine. I can look at their postings. I can look at the closed transactions. I can see what they've done. I see good descriptions. I see good photos. I'm like, great. That's a person that I want. And they start off well. This is a normal how it goes. So I start off great, and then somewhere around deal number three, number four, when I stop looking at their postings, the

Jill Friday - Why AirTable is Imperative when Buying and Selling Land (LA 1742) 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, well, it's Jill Friday. Today she's going to talk about why Air Table is imperative when buying and selling land. Before you get into it, though, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free. Back in the day, it was nearly impossible to find land without a mailing address, which is almost all of the property that we buy. To solve this, we now access a live database by assessor's parcel number, APN, to find property instead of its actual address, like 123 Main Street. Like all of our products, we've developed it for our own use and then released it to the public on a websi

Jack Thursday - Beating the Odds at Getting Rich (LA 1741) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steven and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hello. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land and 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. I'm going to talk about beating the odds at getting rich. I found a very, very interesting summary of millionaires and billionaires and percentages and what really is going on out there in the world about getting wealthy in this country. Jill K DeWit: I love it. 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. Please don't forget to subscribe on the Land Academy YouTube channel and comment on the shows you like. Jill K DeWit: Drew wrote, "Hello all, and Steven Jack Butala, sorry in advance if I'm missing something, I'm rewatching Land Academy

Learn More About House Academy Here Land Academy Discord Walk Through Wednesday (HA 1740) 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... well, we're going to do a Land Academy Discord walkthrough. If you dig it, we're going to do it every Wednesday. Jill K DeWit:Well, I want to explain what Discord is. We started Land Academy... I'll try to make this brief, not like once upon a time. There was Adam and there was Eve. I'm not going to go there. So once upon a time, we started Land Academy. And then from the first month we launched, our people said, our community said, "We need to talk. We want to communicate with you, with each other. How can we ask questions and just get stuff?" So we said, "Oh, okay. We're going to make this an online community."

Why It Makes Sense to Make Your Hobby a Business (LA 1739) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steven 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 Dewitt, broadcasting from the valley of this sun. Steven Jack Butala: Jill and I talk about why it makes sense to make your hobby a business sometimes. Jill K DeWit: My latest hobby collecting cars, what's yours? Kind of the same. Steven Jack Butala: Well, here's what I'm going to talk about. If your hobby is price is no object, I want to collect statues and I will pay top dollar then making your hobby a business is a super bad idea. If your hobby is to try to get stuff cheap, it's obviously our hobby like land. Then maybe you can make a business out of it, which we're in the process of doing and I'll describe it. Steven Jack Butala: Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.c

How Real Estate Becomes Distressed (LA 1738) 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 real estate becomes distressed. Jill K DeWit: You know, I'm a little stressed. Steven Jack Butala: You're distressed? Jill K DeWit: Oh, I'm sorry. Is it distressed? I heard stressed. I am a little stressed. Steven Jack Butala: Who knows where sayings come from. This word distressed is really, it's a popular thing. It's been popular for a while. To throw real estate into this category of everything's great over here, oh no, this is distressed. We'll talk about that in a minute. Jill K DeWit: Okay. Thank you. You're going to clear it all up for us? Steven Jack Butala: Yes. Yes, I am. Jill K DeWit: Okay, good. Steven Jack Butala: As complicated t

Jill Friday - How Much Land Research is Appropriate (LA 1737) Transcript: Jill K DeWit: Steve and Jill here. Steven Jack Butala: Hello. Jill K DeWit: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Stephen Jack Butala. Steven Jack Butala: And I'm Jill Dewitt. Happy Friday. Broadcasting from the Valley of the Sun. Jill K DeWit: Today is Jill Friday. She's going to talk about how much land research is appropriate. Steven Jack Butala: This came up because of a phone call, a phone call I had the other day with a really nice gentleman, who was doing a lot of research in what I think is not the right areas, and not enough research in the areas he should be thinking about and wanting to get into land investing, like what we're doing. That's what I want to cover today. Jill K DeWit: Are you going to tell us about his story? Steven Jack Butala: Yeah. Jill K DeWit: Okay. Before we get into it- Steven Jack Butala: Nope. That's it. Jill K DeWit: That's the end of the show. I

Jack Thursday - Land Investing Rules to Live By (LA 1736) 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 land investing rules to live by. It's the same rules that I live by to get deals done, and have been for many, many, many years. Jill, not so much. Jill's got her own rules. She kind of just wakes up each day and see what's- Jill K DeWit: Well, what's that word? R. What starts with an R? What was that word? Steven Jack Butala: Rules. Jill K DeWit: Oh, I'm not familiar with that word. Please explain. Steven Jack Butala: Jill has to have feelings, and I have to have discipline. Jill K DeWit: Rules were meant to be talked about after I figure out how I want things to go. Steven Jack Butala: All kidding asid

Brandon Koon Land Academy Member Interview (LA 1735) If you enjoyed the podcast, please review it in Apple Podcasts . Reviews are incredibly important for rankings on Apple Podcasts. My staff and I read each and every one. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me directly at steven@BuWit.com. The BuWit Family of Companies include: https://BuWit.com https://offers2owners.com https://landinvestors.com https://landacademy.com https://landpin.com https://parcelfact.com https://countywise.com https://deedperfect.com https://ownersdata.com https://houseacademy.com I would like to think it’s entertaining and informative and in the end profitable. And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts.

3 Types of Land Investment Deal Buckets (LA 1734) 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 the three types of land investment deal buckets that we kind of live by. Jill K DeWit: Yep. I think it's interesting that ... These change by the way. You're one, two, and three different kind of buckets that you're working with, and properties, and prices. It's going to change and evolve. If you know us, you've learned that over the years if, and heaven forbid you've been watching us and following us for the seven years we've been doing this. But we- Steven Jack Butala: Yeah that's [crosstalk 00:00:38] Jill K DeWit: - are getting really good at eating our words. We at one time were going to do a whole separate podcast on poor broker agent ba

Six Steps to Getting Your First Land Deal Complete (LA 1733) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steven Jack Butala here. Jill K DeWit: And Jill DeWit here. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. Oh, I already said it. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill K DeWit: That's okay. And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from the valley of the sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I are talk about the six steps to getting your first land deal complete. Super popular question. We just got done, Jill and I, wrapping up the most recent Career Path, I guess it was Career Path number three. Jill K DeWit: Yep. Steven Jack Butala: And we always follow this format throughout Career Path and we leave no detail out. So I figured we'd just do a short summary here about how to get a deal done. Jill K DeWit: That's great. Can I pause for a second and just let everybody know, since you mentioned Career Path, that Career Path number four is open. And by the time this airs, I beli

Why Smart People Understand the Land Investment Business Model (LA 1732) RERUN Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve 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 sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about why smart people understand the land and business model, and maybe why some un-smart people don't. Jill DeWit: Un-smart... Smart-less. Steven Butala: Like all these topics, there's something going on below the surface. I know what it is. 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. Jill DeWit: Greg wrote, "I'm buying blocks of lots out West, but the acres and the dimensions on the plat map don't seem to match up with ParcelFact, and Parlay 2.0 specifically. One dimension of lots is 165 feet on the plat, while as best I can measure, is 145 feet, accordin

Chasing False Due Diligence (LA 1731) RERUN Transcript: Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Jack Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about chasing false due diligence. And right at the end of the show yesterday, I asked Jill to tell us a story about how this episode came about. Can you please repeat it? Jill DeWit: Yes. So we have a new member in Land Academy. First deal came in, they loved it, submitted to me for deal funding. I looked at it, I didn't love it. Specially- Jack Butala: Loved the asset, not the price. Jill DeWit: Not the price. It's like, I wasn't in love with it. And don't be afraid to do this. I just sent an email out yesterday, by the way, to a seller. They got our offer in the mail. Instead of calling, they decided to email me and I said, "All right." And she's like, "Hey, it's my grandma's propert

Land Academy Career Path is Not Just for Pros (LA 1730) RERUN Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWitt: Hello. Steven 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 sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. Steven Butala: When will we be back in California to do this? Jill DeWitt: I don't know. Steven Butala: In the middle of May. Jill DeWitt: Maybe. You'll be there and I'm going to go back for a couple of days in a week or so I think. Steven Butala: Oh, I didn't know that. Jill DeWitt: Yeah. It's on the calendar. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about how Land Academy career path, it's not just for pros. Before we get into it though, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free, and if you're already a member, join us on Discord. Jill DeWitt: You know what I should've said is I'll be back when it warms up. Steven Butala: Yea

Land Academy Membership vs Owning a Franchise (LA 1729) RERUN Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve 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 awesome Scottsdale, Arizona. Steven Butala: Today. Jill and I talk about Land Academy membership versus owning a franchise couldn't be more different. Jill DeWit: But sounds like, well, hey, wait a minute though, well, Land Academy to be an investor, right? So it's really kind of about being an investor versus this business... What business do you want to be in? You want to be an investor, which is what we teach you how to do and set you up for, versus owning a franchise, which is kind of, they teach you how to run, let's just say it's Cold Stone Creamery. You even go to Cold Stone school, and then you have your business. But there's a lot of different things going on. Steven Butala: We teach you how to get free, and aut

Barb Avery Land Academy Member Interview (LA 1728) If you enjoyed the podcast, please review it in Apple Podcasts . Reviews are incredibly important for rankings on Apple Podcasts. My staff and I read each and every one. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me directly at steven@BuWit.com. The BuWit Family of Companies include: https://BuWit.com https://offers2owners.com https://landinvestors.com https://landacademy.com https://landpin.com https://parcelfact.com https://countywise.com https://deedperfect.com https://ownersdata.com https://houseacademy.com I would like to think it’s entertaining and informative and in the end profitable. And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts.

Jill Friday - Investing Like a Girl (LA 1727) 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 this Sun. Steven Jack Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about, well, it's Jill Friday, and she's going to talk about investing like a girl. Jill K DeWit: You came up with this topic. Are you picking my brain here? You want to know what I've been reading and what I think about? Steven Jack Butala: There's a book on Jill's desk by Warren Buffett. Jill K DeWit: It's by a girl who works for Motley Crew or Motley Fool. Steven Jack Butala: Crew? Jill K DeWit: A brilliant woman who works for Motley Crew, I mean, Motley Fool. She wrote a book, and it's called Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl and Why You Should Too. Steven Jack Butala: I see. Jill K DeWit: It's not written by Warren Buffett, sorry. Steven Jack But

Jack Thursday - Is it Okay to Bend Rules to Succeed (LA 1726) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Jack 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. I'm going to talk about when it's okay to bend the rules to succeed. I have several examples professionally and socially. You're either going to love the show or hate it. Like all Land Academy episodes. Jill K DeWit: If you know me, I've never bend the rules. Steven Jack Butala: Jill's middle name. Jill K DeWit: I'm a rule follower. Steven Jack Butala: Jill's middle name is- Jill K DeWit: [inaudible 00:00:34]. Steven Jack Butala: There's several, I'll save it for the show. Before we get into it. Let's take a question posted by one of our members on the land investors online community it's free. And don't forget to subscribe on the Land Acad

3 Circumstances That Tell Us it's Okay to Flip a House (LA 1725) Transcript: Steven Jack Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill K DeWit: Hi. Steven Jack Butala: Welcome to the House Academy Show, entertaining real estate investment talk. I'm in 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 three circumstances that tell us it's okay to flip a house. Jill K DeWit: There's probably 30, but we broke it down to three. Steven Jack Butala: What are you guys talking about? What are you talking about? Why are you talking about houses, Jack? I thought you buy and sell land. We don't advertise it, but Jill and I also have a company called House Academy. You can check it out on houseacademy.com. It's got regular members who buy and sell houses, usually alongside their land operation. Steven Jack Butala: And it's not something that we're really, really focused on right now. Actually that's the content of this episode, b

Josiah Ronco Land Academy Member Interview (LA 1724) If you enjoyed the podcast, please review it in Apple Podcasts . Reviews are incredibly important for rankings on Apple Podcasts. My staff and I read each and every one. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me directly at steven@BuWit.com. The BuWit Family of Companies include: https://BuWit.com https://offers2owners.com https://landinvestors.com https://landacademy.com https://landpin.com https://parcelfact.com https://countywise.com https://deedperfect.com https://ownersdata.com https://houseacademy.com I would like to think it’s entertaining and informative and in the end profitable. And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts.