All Forum Posts by: Blake R.

Quote from @Melanie P.:

I intend this constructively: Stop being so lazy and get focused in on your goals.

What are you trying to accomplish? What do you have right now to get there?

Then once you have your goals articulated you can draw out a road map that will get you there in time. "Make the most money possible with the least effort/work" is NOT a goal. Stop with the guru sites, the videos, all that nonsense is pure crap designed to drive the lazy into highly risky investments or investment schemes that will surely see you make a little or lose a lot. 

Do look up REIA meetings in your area and start attending them. Introduce yourself to people who are actually doing what you want to do every day as opposed to creating videos and selling educational materials.

I appreciate this.  I am starting to see that these gurus are confusing me more than helping.

Quote from @Chris Seveney:

Quote from @Blake R.:

I wanted to get involved in land investing and made a post about it during the summer and have continued to look at it until now.
I was questioning if I should trust a land guru in my area so I asked about it and got some feedback.
So then I have searched for land investing education programs and a name was at the top on google and I saw he had a lot of information out there.

I did research on him and watched a lot of his videos and it all sounded good but I heard him talk about how he now owns over 1000 doors in multi family, so I started thinking about it. 
Maybe land isn't the way to go? 
If one of the top land gurus is talking about making money in multi family maybe I should just go there.

Any advice? 
Is multi family a better place to go than land? 
Is land just an easy starting point but I will want to do something more after? 
If that is true, is there any reason not to start with multi family?

I have no experience in real estate investing and don't want to waste my time in something and then end up somewhere else down the road and realize I should have started there.  

Appreciate any feedback.  

You say the following below: To me it sounds like you want to take the easy road - there is no easy road in real estate - its hard. Multifamily will be 100x harder than land. I would first start by getting experience in real estate. Work for free for someone, intern, do something and see if you even like it or not. 

I have no experience in real estate investing and don't want to waste my time in something and then end up somewhere else down the road and realize I should have started there.

I appreciate the reply.  I did not mean it to imply that I did not want to work or take the easy road but if the educators I look at are doing other things than what they teach, it has be wondering if going down that road is a waste of time since they are doing things other than what they say is all you need to do.  Does that make sense?

Quote from @Wale Lawal:

@Blake R.

From my experience, land investing is a low-cost, flexible entry point but lacks the cash flow and quick appreciation of multifamily properties. Multifamily offers steady income, scalability, and tax advantages, though it requires more upfront capital and management skills. Starting with land can help build funds for bigger opportunities, but multifamily is a solid path if your goal is long-term cash flow and financial independence.

Good luck!

Thank you.  Sounds like a solid plan.

I wanted to get involved in land investing and made a post about it during the summer and have continued to look at it until now.
I was questioning if I should trust a land guru in my area so I asked about it and got some feedback.
So then I have searched for land investing education programs and a name was at the top on google and I saw he had a lot of information out there.

I did research on him and watched a lot of his videos and it all sounded good but I heard him talk about how he now owns over 1000 doors in multi family, so I started thinking about it. 
Maybe land isn't the way to go? 
If one of the top land gurus is talking about making money in multi family maybe I should just go there.

Any advice? 
Is multi family a better place to go than land? 
Is land just an easy starting point but I will want to do something more after? 
If that is true, is there any reason not to start with multi family?

I have no experience in real estate investing and don't want to waste my time in something and then end up somewhere else down the road and realize I should have started there.  

Appreciate any feedback.  

Bill, thank you for this and thank you for your advice in the past.
I have to say that I know next to nothing about land investing but thanks to the advice from you and others, I have saved a lot of money.
I agree with your review of Only Land Fans and Kendall Lejeune.  I was looking at him mainly because he is in my area but I had a lot of questions.  I agree that he seems confused in his videos.  He does often seem like he is lost or has not idea what his guest are speaking about.
I also think his business name is very unprofessional. My girlfriend finds it offensive and I see that others do also.

 
After your response to my post about him and your message to me, I started digging more.
One thing struck me.  I noticed that most of his posts in his group were liked or commented by the same 3 people.  One was himself.  The other was Alicia Jarret that you mentioned in your post.  The third is someone names Branden Hill.  I noticed that Branden likes or comments on most of Kendall's posts and talks about how great they are and how much Kendall helped him, so I clicked on Branden's profile.  It seems that Branden is Kendall's partner or spouse.  You talked about him being unauthentic.  I will go further.  I say he is completely deceitful.  Thank you for helping me to avoid what I was concerned about.  I will look at some of your recommendations closer as I wanted to learn land investing. 

Hey, first post.  I have seen a lot of posts here about what land investing programs are the best.
I want to go at it a different way.  What programs or teachers are the ones you would not recommend?

I was looking at Kendall and Only Land Fans.  He is in my area but the more I looked the more skeptical I became.
A bunch of his videos are just him working out with words about investing written across them.
His business name is very unprofessional.  My girlfriend finds it offensive and I guess others do too.
He says to do one thing in one video and then the next week he says something else. 
He also says to do a lot of things that others are not saying to do.  This could mean that he is a trend setter but he does not have the deals to back that up and has not been investing long.  
A lot of things raising a lot of questions.

Do any of you agree or disagree with my view?  
I am looking at other options.  Are there any others that you would say to make sure to avoid?