The Real Estate Power Hour Podcast: Real Estate Investing  Lifestyle Design  Cash Flow Creator

Mark's kicking back with a cigar in Palm Beach, ready to give you the low-down on the reality of virtual real estate investing. A recent Facebook post drew a lot of attention when Mark commented on what makes a true "virtual investor." Virtual real estate investing is a new thing and Mark is one of the first people who went virtual. He's living in Palm Beach but closing deals in other places, like Ohio. He's able to do what he wants, where he wants, while still doing business at incredible levels just as he's always done it. That's what "virtual" provides. It's the freedom you can have in your lifestyle while still doing great work that builds your business. Everything to close a real estate deal can be done virtually, long-distance, in a way that never requires you to go to a closing or walk into a title company. It's not that it's a bad thing to go to a closing. Mark loves that aspect of the deal - meeting people and getting relationships to grow. But he's not been to a closing since 2006, because he doesn't have to and because he doesn't need to. Mark has learned how to leverage other people and the power of a team to make his own lifestyle exactly what he wants while still making the deals happen. Don't misunderstand; virtual work still includes hard work. It’s not about being lazy or having nothing to do. It's about working smarter instead of harder and creating the life you want. Mark has his business set so that it works with him or without him. There's a team in place, a system that keeps working regardless of whether Mark is present or whether he answers his phone or not. He's able to live spontaneously, to live the life of his dreams because he's set up the systems and team to make it happen. Mark's sharing with you today because he wants you to reassess the things you're doing to see how productive you're really being and what you can do to make your lifestyle goals clearer and more achievable. Listen in. This is good stuff you have to understand. Points covered in this episode There's been a Social Media explosion this week over a post mark posted. Here's the details. What does it mean to do virtual real estate investing? Why is virtual work important and what can it accomplish for you? Magician or mule, which are you? What is your definition of work? Why many people really go to closing. In every area of life, you can always level-up. The deal-a-thon and Hot Seat events are coming up. Contact Mark to secure your place. The next show is all about team-building. Don't miss it. LINKS SHARED IN THIS EPISODE Mark's voice mail recording (mentioned in the show) Contact Mark to get in on the Deal-A-Thon and Hot Seat events. TWEETS you can share to spread the word!

It's 2015 and Mark's back with powerful Real Estate mentoring advice. On today's episode he's revealing 3 of the most common amateur mistakes he sees in the business of real estate investors and teach you how to avoid them and profit from them. PLUS, Mark's going to teach you how to take your dreams and turn them into the kind of actions that will bring those dreams into reality. Most big dreamers work far too small. They keep everything in their own lap, unwilling to pass along vital aspects of their business to other people who can help them accelerate it into the stratosphere. Keeping it all on your own plate is too small, it's too limiting. You can't get high level results if you don't work in high level ways. That means building a reliable, competent, high level team and a high level system for that team to work. Mark's able to do this no matter where he is in the world, no matter what's happening in his life, and no matter what's going on in the world. No push-button system is going to do all the real work that has to be done for your business to grow. You can't be managing real estate all the time, you need to be managing people. It's those people that will move your business forward. That means you'll have to find people to take on the specific roles you need - sales managers who can build sales teams, detail-oriented people who can handle your administration and paperwork, graphic artists who can create the copy and images that will sell your business for you. You don't have to bring them on full time or even part time. You can start out doing it on a case-by-case business. Stop dreaming big and playing small. Take the action steps that will move your big dream forward. Then Mark's going to reveal the 3 amateur mistakes many real estate investors make. Trying to sell instead of engaging and extracting. Leaving a potential deal without a signed contract. You don't have a chance of making any money until a contract is signed. Continuing to call a potential buyer with more and more questions. Take your time to figure out all the questions and ask them all at once. Finally, Mark's personal invitation to the upcoming Hot Seat Event. OUTLINE OF TODAY'S SHOW Are you dreaming big but playing small? Mark's advice on how to get out of that place. The importance of building a team that works for you. 3 Amateur things, how to fix them, and how to profit from them. The value of being real in every interaction. The power of learning to engage and extract. LINKS MENTIONED If you have $5000 and want to ramp up your business, you need to talk to Mark about the upcoming Hot Seat event. TWEETS YOU CAN USE TO SHARE THIS EPISODE WITH OTHERS

This information-rich episode is sure to blow your mind as Mark reveals some basic real estate investing mindsets that can propel anyone to success. Mark's had a great holiday break, spending time with family… and he's learned a lot even when he wasn't "working." The time with other people has demonstrated the importance of mindset in new ways. In this episode Mark's going to tell you how to listen to the conversation going on around you to hear the negative, victim mindsets that people have, and show you how to use that to drive you forward toward success. As an example, Mark's going to share the details of a new deal he's working on; it's less than 48 hours old. This deal came from a Craigslist ad that Mark saw. He called, talked with the guy for 45 minutes, and is putting together a deal where he'll get paid to buy two properties, make cash from the sale of one of them, and build a duplex on the other to make even more money for himself; all with no money down. The cool thing about this deal is that anyone could do it. Seriously, you could do this deal if you knew how to think about it and had the right mindset to pull it off. It's not that hard. Here's a recap of what you'll hear in episode 36 of The Real Estate Power Hour show: Mark's last few weeks - a recap of family events and exciting business deals. Marks' word on the importance of family in a world of business responsibilities. "Life is too short to be living someone else's dream," a quote by Hugh Hefner - with Mark's thoughts. The power of habit-based goals - not New Year's resolutions. The first step to becoming better is to discover what you absolutely suck at. Your invitation to the upcoming "Hot Seat" event in Vegas, February 2-3, 2015. A no-cash craigslist deal Mark's working on that anyone could do - how it happened and how it's going to go down. How to listen to the conversations around you and use their negative examples as fuel to drive you toward success. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You can be a part of the upcoming "Hot Seat" event in Las Vegas - February 2-3, 2015. Get in touch with Mark to take the first step toward changing your life. TWEETS YOU CAN USE TO LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT THIS AMAZING EPISODE

Today Mark has a special guest to introduce to you - another Mark - Mark Ferguson, the Lamborghini goal-setter!! Listen in as your host asks Mark some insightful questions about how he's built his real estate business to a massive level using internet-based techniques. But before launching into that Mark asks Mark (boy, this is going to be tricky) about a few key things that have to be in place to really scale things to another level. FIRST - Learning when it's time to bring on additional help to make your business run smoothly and to free yourself to do the really important things. Mark reveals how he knew when it was time to hire an assistant and how he went about passing along work to them in a systematic, patient way. He also talks a bit about using VA workers in your business for administrative tasks. SECOND - Learning the local market where you're working: How do you learn about the market, what role do local real estate agents play, and how do you go about working the market in an intelligent way? Those are all covered in this section of the conversation. It's worth gold if you'll just apply it. Then the conversation turns to how Mark has used his website to generate massive amounts of traffic and new relationships. You can check out his site at www.InvestFourMore.com. Mark shares powerful articles that come from the trenches of his hard-learned experience and how you can apply his lessons to your business. It's a powerful, positive, can-do blog telling you the practical things you can do to advance your business today. One of his most recent articles tells you why it's important to get started in your investing while you're young. Mark's top articles to read are How to find an investor-friendly real estate agent How much money do Real Estate Agents make? Buy rental properties while you're young How I was able to buy a Lamborghini through my real estate business Then Mark shares why he decided to buy it as an incentive for his hard work. It's an incredible story about setting goals and working hard to achieve them as Mark worked hard and accomplished his goal within a year. Opportunities are abundant if you are willing to set goals, work toward them, and not give up. Develop tunnel vision to get to the things you want. Mark suggests that you decide what your focus is going to be and focus on that 100%. 20% effort in a number of efforts won't get the same results as an intense focus in one area. Get out there. Do it. SUMMARY OF THE EPISODE Introducing Mark Ferguson Mark's thoughts about working in his father's real estate business and how it served him like handcuffs! How do you know when it's time to hire some help? Learning about your market as a key to building your wholesale business. Internet power for building your real estate business. The first step in being successful. Mark's Lamborghini goal and how he achieved it. Making your family a motivator for your business and doing right by them with your hard work. Take time to work on yourself, not just your business. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS SHOW www.InvestFourMore.com How to find an investor-friendly real estate agent How much money do Real Estate Agents make? Buy rental properties while you're young How I was able to buy a Lamborghini through my real estate business  TWEETS YOU CAN USE TO SHARE THIS SHOW!

Could it be true that you're killing your success, ruining relationships, and getting the short end of the stick? If you're the person Mark describes in this episode - it's likely you are. It's the week after Thanksgiving and Mark's just returned to beautiful Palm Beach Florida and took the opportunity to fly his sister and her kids down to spend some time with Uncle Mark and his family. How can he do it? Because he's got his business organized and on auto-pilot. The business goes on as usual, even though Mark is not hanging out in an office somewhere. It's an example of how you should always be learning… learning to minimize your effort and maximize your business all that the same time. In every interaction and conversation you need to be listening for what there is that you can learn and apply to your life and business. In everything you do, you should be thinking, "Is this going to get me closer to my goal or further away?" If it's further, you don't do it and if it's closer, you do it. That's how you learn day after day. When you learn like that, you build the confidence in yourself to go out and make your goals happen. You don't waste the time of important people by asking them to give you a "deal" and help you get started. You learn what they have to say by listening, then you go out and apply it yourself. It's about working smarter, not harder. You are killing your success, ruining relationship, and getting the short end of the stick if you're trying to lean on the "experts," trying to get them to help you , when you should be helping yourself by stepping up your game and applying what you learn day by day. The main thing you learn is that you are the only one who can control you or determine your destiny. You don't blame others for your failure. You don't lean on others for your success. You make things happen yourself by learning, applying what you learn, and determining your destiny yourself. Listen to the show to hear more about this topic and hear Mark's thoughts on what smart people understand about money. TOPICS MARK COVERS IN THIS EPISODE Mark flies his sister and her kids down to FL for a visit. Mark's example of why you need to always be learning. The difference between a person who is a tire-kicker and a person who is a dream maker. Successful people take responsibility for their actions and their failures. What smart people understand about money. Buying properties for cash-flow instead of investment. Take what you're learning and consider how you can help your prospects and clients excel financially and become financially free. Start elevating your buyers. You are the only one who can change your life. Links Mentioned Show #2 - the buyer's funnel.  Tweets from this episode - help us spread the word!

One step to explode your  income and reduce your stress You can implement it immediately and watch your business take off. In this episode Mark breaks down THE key to putting your business and life activities into a whole new level that will skyrocket your income and reduce your stress at the same time. The beauty of it is that you can implement this immediately. What's the key? Keep things simple. Real estate investors and business people in general tend to overcomplicate things. Yes, you need systems that work. But you don't need systems that have so many steps and so many details that it's killing you to pull it off. If it can't fit on one piece of paper, it's probably over-complicated. Pare it down. Streamline it. Keep it simple, and watch your stress level go down while your profits go up. Another simple way to ramp up your business is by elevating your business partners. When somebody agrees to do a deal with you, you work the deal, and it comes out great - don't stop there. Talk to that person about the potential of what you could do together. Tell them you want to more deals next month, and you want them to be involved in every one. You'll challenge them to step up their game while creating a relationship and opportunity for yourself at the same time. You don't need another investor. You've just created a long-term investor out of a relationship you already have. You can also simplify through outsourcing - a topic Mark is going to cover on a future podcast. Or you can do it my looking over the activities that are consuming your time right now and eliminating the ones that aren't necessary. Chances are, there are a lot of those lurking in your daily work flow. Take the time. Look over your activities, and get rid of the things that are not producing the results. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Don't forget to get involved in Mark's upcoming "Hot Seat" event - February 2015. It's got limited space but will launch your business into the next level. The cost is $4000 and it's for serious business people who want to seriously grow their business. Connect with Mark to let him know why you are the right candidate for the event. EPISODE OUTLINE: The question to ask: "How can I do less?" The problem of over-committing. The power of simplicity Examples of how Mark has created a simpler business Simple Referrals Elevating your business partners to increase your game and theirs. Learn to listen to your prospects. Care for the prospect, even if it means you lose out on that deal. Finding the source of your overwhelm. Don't add people into your system when you have a bad system. Build a simple investor/buyer list. February 2015 - Mark's Las Vegas Hot-Seat - $4000 Help us spread the word about the show with these TWEETS!

In this episode Mark breaks down THE key to putting your business and life activities into a whole new level. This tip will skyrocket your income and reduce your stress at the same time. The beauty of it is that you can implement this immediately. What's the key? Keep things simple. Real estate investors and business people in general tend to overcomplicate things. Yes, you need systems that work. But you don't need systems that have so many steps and so many details that it's killing you to pull it off. If it can't fit on one piece of paper, it's probably over-complicated. Pare it down. Streamline it. Keep it simple, and watch your stress level go down while your profits go up. Another simple way to ramp up your business is by elevating your business partners. When somebody agrees to do a deal with you, you work the deal, and it comes out great - don't stop there. Talk to that person about the potential of what you could do together. Tell them you want to more deals next month, and you want them to be involved in every one. You'll challenge them to step up their game while creating a relationship and opportunity for yourself at the same time. You don't need another investor. You've just created a long-term investor out of a relationship you already have. You can also simplify through outsourcing - a topic Mark is going to cover on a future podcast. Or you can do it my looking over the activities that are consuming your time right now and eliminating the ones that aren't necessary. Chances are, there are a lot of those lurking in your daily work flow. Take the time. Look over your activities, and get rid of the things that are not producing the results. Don't forget to get involved in Mark's upcoming "Hot Seat" event - February 2015. It's got limited space but will launch your business into the next level. The cost is $4000 and it's for serious business people who want to seriously grow their business. Connect with Mark to let him know why you are the right candidate for the event. EPISODE OUTLINE: • The question to ask: "How can I do less?" • The problem of over-committing. • The power of simplicity • Examples of how Mark has created a simpler business • Simple Referrals • Elevating your business partners to increase your game and theirs. • Learn to listen to your prospects. • Care for the prospect, even if it means you lose out on that deal. • Finding the source of your overwhelm. • Don't add people into your system when you have a bad system. • Build a simple investor/buyer list. • February 2015 - Mark's Las Vegas Hot-Seat - $4000 LINKS MARK MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST Episode 26 - the Power of Prescriptive Selling Episode 2 - How to Build a Powerful Buyer's List Want in on the February 2015 "Hot Seat?" - Contact Mark Tweets for you to use

This episode Mark is going to give you a behind-the-scenes look into the "Hot Seat" event he took part in recently. It's a room full of people, all ready to share about their life, their business, their mindsets, and their season of life. The key to a "hot seat" even working right is that everyone in the room is a business owner or entrepreneur. Everyone is listening without judgment, ready to give back in a clear, concise way. You get a personal invitation to my upcoming "Hot Seat" event - but you have to be willing to invest in yourself. Often times we know what we need to do, but hearing it from another person hits us in a way that we see it clearly and are ready to take action. A group like this helps you take things more seriously, move ahead more diligently, and get your life moving. Mark's going to share some experiences from the "Hot Seat" he attended, giving some broad brush pictures of the folks who attended and how they benefitted from this amazing event. Today's episode is a mini "hot seat" where Mark talks about his own issues and journey. He's also going to reveal his plans to host his own "Hot Seat" on the west coast (U.S.) for people who are interested. It will be a $5000 investment in your life and career. If you're interested, let Mark know. Episode outline: Mark's experience at a recent "Hot Seat." Mark's plans to host his own "Hot Seat." Stories from the "Hot Seat" Mark attended and how they can benefit you. Mark's experience after discovering what "virtual investing" really was, and the success that it led to. The truth about getting "more leads" for your business. The biggest mistake people make when doing direct mail. The power of raising your standards. Mark's newest "practice what I preach" example. What are you going to do to raise your standards and therefore raise your life? Links Mentioned: If you want to be involved in the upcoming "Hot Seat" you need to reach out to Mark, tell him your story and your goals, and the two of you can determine if the event will be a good fit for you. Reach out today. Mark also mentioned an outstanding speech given by Jim Carrey. It's here for your convenience. Tweets for you!

Money Mindset - is yours right? Today's show comes to you from the insanely beautiful island paradise of Bora Bora. Really, it's an amazingly stunning place. Here's some photos from our visit and a video we shot while we were there. The coaching tips you'll receive in this episode are all about money, and your money mindset. Of course, Mark talks about money a lot on the Real Estate Power Hour show, but not like this. This is about the mindset that should exist behind your pursuit of money. Why are you trying to gain money? What is the benefit that will come of it for you and for those around you? Do you know? Have you taken the time to answer those vital questions? When you hear the word "money," what emotion runs through you? Fear? Anger? Bitterness? Insecurity? Many people think that pursuing money is bad or wrong. Do you believe that? Is that part of what's holding you back? Today Mark is going to challenge that mindset because it's not about the money, it's about the way that your life can be leveraged for greater benefit to your family, to charities, to those who work for you, and to those around you. In this episode Mark challenges you to take a long hard look at your money mindset because what you think and what you understand about money dramatically impacts not only the way you deal with money but also the way you head toward financial success. Listen in as Mark talks about the money mindset that can propel you to almost guaranteed success. He's going to address motivation, obstacles, and new ways of thinking that will help you move ahead in your business pursuits so that you can improve the quality of your own life and the lives of the people around you. Episode outline: How do you feel when you hear the word "money?" Your mindset about money will either hurt or help you and others. You can develop a right money mindset to change your ability to provide for your family and bless others. Asking yourself specific questions to get new results. Begin thinking and dreaming bigger. Learn to become specific about what will set you free financially. How mindset impacts the reality of what you do in real estate investing. The impact of mentoring on developing the right mindset. It's not about the money, it's about the dream, the passion, the purpose. Stop chasing the money and start helping people. The journey is the fun part of the process. Are you allowing other people or circumstances to limit your dreams? You can change other people's lives by reaching for your dreams. Links Mentioned: Mark mentioned that you need to learn how to sell -and referred to his episode on "Prescriptive Selling" - it's powerful stuff - http://therealestatepowerhour.com/treph-026-episode-26-how-i-sold-17-houses-in-one-day/ Tweets for you:

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