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Our Goal

1,000 Apartment Units in 18 Months

About Your Mentors

“What we know for sure is that there are a lot of people who need help. Everyday investors, owners, and agents head out to their entrepreneurial real estate ventures. Some are reaping in the rewards of smart work habits and others are just trying to "eek" through another month.” –Scott and Beth Friedson

 

ABOUT US

 

Our goal is to help people create monthly recurring streams of cash flow using the same techniques we practice daily operating a multimillion dollar real estate business.

Founders Scott and Beth Friedson are no strangers to real estate investing success. For over 15 years, real estate investors across the country have benefited from their real-world experience and straight forward business practices.

“We are real estate investing zealots. We live, eat, and breathe income properties so we understand investor’s biggest questions, greatest needs, current challenges, and desire to sharpen their entrepreneurial skills. Real Estate Investing Mentors is our greatest accomplishment because we can help thousands of real estate investors increase returns, improve management and create real estate investment "dream teams" for our members. Our 360 degree training modules is designed to encompass each stage of a real estate investor’s business model beyond just getting "into" a deal. In our book, mentoring people in the world of real estate investing needs to encompasses each stage before, during and after you do a deal so you know not only what to look for when you're in "acquisition mode" but also so you'll know how to manage your property for maximum profits as well as minimize liabilities – that is the true job as a real estate investing mentor.

We love helping others succeed. Complimenting training with a network of specialists is the formula that helped us, now we can help others.” –Scott Friedson

The husband and wife team have already helped thousands succeed investing in real estate using their own proprietary “Close and Cash Flow” business model. The secret is, there is no secret. They simply employ a common sense business approach to investing in real estate.

Success includes…

  • Real Estate Investors of the Year award from the National Apartment Association
  • 600% return in 3-1/2 years investing in apartments
  • Preceding partners have made millions from their participation
  • Owners gain significant increase in profits and operational efficiencies
  • Sellers have locked in substantial profits
  • Buyers successfully acquire assets with low risk and high returns
  • Agents add and/or improve value to clients offering investment property services

Be assured, we are not your typical real estate investment training company and you should not expect your typical real estate investment training experience. We want you to expect more because we deliver more. In fact, we guarantee it!

Scott Friedson has earned a distinct national reputation as “The Investor Agent”. Less than 1% of all real estate professionals’ nationwide hold the licensing and experience he has achieved. He a Texas licensed Real Estate Broker whose highly successful real estate brokerage National Income Property has performed hundreds of millions of dollars in residential rental unit transactions ranging from single family houses to 200+ unit apartment buildings.

In addition to his brokerage success, he has obtained a loan officer license, securities licenses 22 and 63 for Tenant-In-Common institutional grade real estate investments and perhaps most importantly he is a seasoned apartment owner.

Beth Friedson is one of the best owner and operators in the business. She has taken numerous properties from 50% occupancy to 100% in days. Her extraordinary profit management techniques and style help owners tackle the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual activities they encounter.

She is a certified apartment manager who was instrumental in making over a 600% return in her last real estate investment and won the National Apartment Association's Paragon award for real estate investor of the year.

"Common Sense Real Estate Investing” uncovers step by step our proprietary real estate investing business model “Close and Cash Flow”. Instead of being like every other “Guru” that sells you static information in the form of books and tapes in a market that is constantly changing, we decided that people would really benefit by coupling 15 years of experience with real-time information and the most powerful online membership based training community available anywhere in the world.

What We Do

We help people like you achieve maximum value while maintaining minimal risk so you can successfully harness the wealth building power only real estate investments offer ethically, legally, and without any monkey business. We want to help as many people as possible know what to look for and look out for when investing in real estate without a huge price tag!

Our greatest sense of satisfaction comes from training regular people how to acquire the skills to build recurring monthly income that helps pay for a mortgage, or college tuition or hey, if we do really well, maybe you could actually retire!

Why Do We Want To Help You?

  1. Because many great people have helped us
  2. Because we can
  3. The only thing worse than “Gurus” who steal people’s time & money is robbing them of hope!

What We've Done

  • Over $100,000,000 in real estate investment transactions as a Texas licensed real estate broker
  • Acquired, renovated, optimized, stabilized and sold C-Class apartment s for a 600%+ return
  • Organized and advised partnership structures
  • Helped 100's of buyers and sellers
  • CAM - Certified Apartment Manager
  • CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Member
  • Financed multiple projects from houses to apartments
  • Worked with some of the best and brightest in the business
  • Helped one of the country's fastest growing real estate clubs flourish
  • Securities real estate offerings known as T.I.C.'s (Tenant-In-Common)

What We’re Doing No

  • Leveraging our experience and success to help others

Our interests….

  • Living a dream life everyday
  • Enjoying good health
  • Maintaining a happy family
  • Having great friends
  • Appreciation for all of the above

WARNING: Any "guru" who tells you that there is nothing to do after you buy an investment property is flat out lying. They are manipulating you to stay focused on getting you "in" to a deal and once you're "in", their job is over and yours has just begun!

What good is adding more dollars to the bottom line if you don't have time to enjoy it? Knowing how to proactively anticipate your needs, head off issues before they escalate, reduce headaches and improve work life is the difference between an unhappy slumloard and a happy rental property owner.

You're here to find answers.

TRUTH: There is more than one answer to the same question depending on an individual’s personal circumstances. We help people make confident and educated decisions before, during and after they make an investment in real estate.

So, here is your first real estate business decision, only you have the power to choose which option makes sense for you. What do you want to do?

  1. Do nothing
  2. Learn on your own
  3. Have someone else teach you
  4. Let us help you

Choose a True Business Partner

There are lots of "gurus” who can offer you visions of lifestyle fantasies, investing tricks and a never ending stream of up selling packages with increasing "premium package" prices. Yes, you can jump right in with no training and be a fumbling landlord in no time at all. But be warned, we’ve seen this play out time and again. A vast majority of those who tried to take a “something for nothing” shortcut end up with no buyers, no tenants, no chance to profit from their properties.

Think about it. We don’t have a historic foreclosures occurring because there is an abundance of real estate geniuses running around. Do not end up falling for the old-fashioned schemers and scammers and finding yourself in a foreclosure situation that ruins you

  • Ask yourself, if you could wave a wand, who would you prefer as your real estate business partner?
  • What qualifications do you consider in a ranking order when selecting a business partner?
  • How do their interests align with your success?
  • Are they licensed?
  • Are their communication skills encouraging or arrogant?
  • What awards have they won?
  • How accessible are they?
  • Are they really financially independent or is it just part of their sales pitch?
  • Are their business practices ethical?
  • Are they credible?
  • Are they solution oriented or fear driven?
  • What professional results have they achieved that can help you?

Pick a WIN-WIN oriented partner whose business is your success.

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