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4 Simple Tips for Seller Financing Success in 2025
Crazy to think it’s 2025 already! I’m sure you’re thinking ahead, like I am. As always I have one big hope for you: that you are able to grow your portfolio in 2025 and beyond using the power of Seller Financing. Here are four simple tips to help you be as successful as possible in […]
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My wood stove taught me something important
Here’s a metaphor to hopefully tweak your perspective on your real estate investments and the role of cash flow. This is a wood stove in my house (and no, it’s not our only heat source!). But I love it–getting the wood, splitting it, stacking it, and building the fire each morning of the Winter. […]
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The [avoidable] #1 mistake
![The [avoidable] #1 mistake](https://www.thoughtfulre.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Wrong-Way.png)
I absolutely love hearing about real estate investors who want to buy their next off-market property with Seller Financing! In fact, I wish more investors would have this goal, because buying with Seller Financing can be a real game-changer that unlocks an investor’s ability to scale their portfolios at the rate THEY want to grow…not […]
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You’ve gotta listen to this!
I’ve had the pleasure and honor of being a guest on many different podcasts. And I’ve never gone back and listened to my own episode. Until this one. This time, I knew I needed to. This time, I knew that even though I already knew what the conversation sounded like, that I would learn more […]
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Buy the Next Property Sooner
There’s a silent conversation going on in the minds of most real estate investors. It goes something like this: “I want to buy my next property now, but unfortunately I have to wait…” Wait for what? we might ask. “For my credit to tick up a few points.” “For me to finish saving up a […]
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Moving the Chains
There was a football game the other day. The biggest one of the year. I’m not psychic, but before it even started, I knew one thing for sure: these teams would do their best to march down the field and score. And in doing so, they would try to move down that field in increments. Sure, there […]
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The Why Behind the Why
The average real estate investor only knows the seller wants money. A better real estate investor knows that the seller wants money to fix up an old car. The great investor knows that the seller wants money to fix up the old car because it was his dad‘s old car. The best investor knows that […]
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Pick Your Win
Some real estate investors are so focused on cash flow that they turn down a deal that could have delivered a different but great win. Others are so focused on getting a low price that they too pass on a deal that could have contributed greatly to their portfolio in a different way. In other […]
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How can ONE new loan refinance EIGHT deals?
My wife Jessica and I walked into the conference room at the title company around 11 am, and there they were. Eight thick folders awaiting my signatures. Eight refinances. All made possible by what was effectively ONE new loan. One of my favorite people in this business, my escrow officer Heidi, walked in behind us. […]
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The Gameboard
White printer paper. Blue sticky notes and yellow sticky notes. A black pen and a red pen. And some tape. I remember the first time I put all these elements together in my small office in Portland. The first time I built out my version of The Gameboard in physical form. I remember it because […]
