Land Academy Show

Profile of People Who Get It (LA 810) 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 DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about the profile of people who get it, and as always, it's not just about real estate.

Hottest Land Markets (LA 809) 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 Jake Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit. Broadcasting from sunny, southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about the hottest land market out there.

Is Learning the Guitar possible for You (LA 808) 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 is it possible to learn the guitar for you? What the heck does he mean by that?

Do You Have Startup Capital (LA 807) 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 DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about, do you have enough startup capital? This is frequently asked question week.

Is There Any More Land to Buy (LA 806) 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 DeWit broadcasting from beautiful sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about is there any more land to buy? And I have to, we,

Find Your Zen Investor Inside (LA 805) Transcript: Steve: Steve and Jill here. Jill: Hello Steve: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk, I'm Steve Jack Butala. Jill: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steve: Today, Jill and I talk about 'Find Your Zen Investor Inside' and I'm going to quote Jill right before the show.

How to Market Rural Vacant Land by Landio.com (LA 804) 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: I'm Jill DeWitt broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about how to market land by Landio.com. It's a site by one of our members

Number One Set Back for Land Investors (LA 803) 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 DeWit broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about the number one setback, as we see it, for land investors.

3 Ways to Value Real Estate (LA 802) 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 am Jill DeWit. And we are again broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about the three ways to value real estate. I'm surprised we haven't talked about this earlier.

OffersAcademy - Other Places Data Works for You (LA 801) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hello. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk, we hope. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I try always to be entertaining, Jill DeWit broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about Offers Academy, other places that data works for you.

Episode 800 What We Have Learned from our Members (LA 800) 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 DeWit, broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about episode 800 and what we've learned from our members. I can't believe-

Five Minute Land Due Diligence (799) 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: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about Five-Minute Land Due Diligent. When you buy a piece of property,

How to Choose a County to Send Offers (798) 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 DeWit broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about how to choose a county to send offers ... all week.

How to Price a Mailer by Land Type (LA 797) 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 DeWit. Broadcasting with Steven from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about how to price a mailer by land type.

How to Find a Money Partner (LA 796) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Good day. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy show, entertaining land investment talk. I am Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I am Jill DeWit, and we are broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about how to find a money partner. It's our number one frequently asked question.

Start with a Budget (LA 795) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steven 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 DeWit, broadcasting from sunny, like my shirt, yellow, sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about starting with the budget. It is imperative that you start all this stuff staring at a blank, blinking excel spreadsheet.

Buying Your Way Out of Cash Crunch (LA 794) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here- Jill DeWit: Jill and Steve here- Steven Butala: Oh, I started going ahead. Go ahead, go ahead. Jill DeWit: Jill and Steve here. Steven Butala: Hi. Jill DeWit: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I am Jill DeWit. Steven Butala: I'm Steven Jack Butala from sunny Southern California. Today, Jill and I are changing our roles. Jill DeWit: Today, Steven and I talk about buying your way out of a cash crunch.

Managing Work Burnout (LA 793) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve & Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi! Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy show. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from gorgeous, sunny, southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about managing your work burnout. This week.

Rules are Made for the Lowest Common Denominator (LA 792) 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 DeWit. Broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about how rules are made for the lowest common denominator, not the people who listen to this show,

Working with Your Wife (LA 791) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I am Jill DeWit, and we are broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Why is that funny? Steven Butala: It's not. Jill DeWit: Oh okay. Steven Butala: We just have a lot going on. Today, Jill and I talk about working with your wife

Plan for Your Last Acquisition (LA 790) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. 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 gorgeous southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talked about planning for your last acquisition. What the heck does that mean?

Funding Acquisitions (LA 789) 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 DeWit, broadcasting and hungry from Southern California. Steven Butala: Are you hungry? Jill DeWit: I am hungry. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about funding and acquisitions all week, because it's acquisition week.

Larger Than You Ever Imaged Acquisitions (LA 788) 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 Dewit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about larger than you ever imagined acquisitions.

Bad Acquisitions (LA 787) 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 DeWit, and we are broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about bad acquisitions.

Good Acquisitions (LA 786) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to The Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today jill and I talk about good acquisitions, one of my favorite topics. In fact, all week this week.

Creating Access for Land (LA 784) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. When I can talk. Jill DeWit: When you can talk. Steven Butala: 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 creating access for your land. Access, access, access.

Tiny Houses RVs and Mobile Homes (LA 783) 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 DeWit, broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about tiny houses and RVs and mobile homes as ways to improve your property. Should you do it or shouldn't you do it? I don't know, we're gonna talk about the pros and cons and the whole point to all of this.

Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi! Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I’m Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I’m Jill Dewit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about splitting parcels 101 all week this week.

Improve Your Land Before Selling (LA 781) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. 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 gorgeous, sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about improving your land before selling it. Is it a good idea? Is it a bad idea? We definitely have different ideas about this, but our goals are the same, I think.

Truth about Land Sales (LA 780) 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 DeWit broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about the truth about land sales. Yesterday was The Truth About Land Acquisitions, and I got a lot out of that myself actually.

Truth about Land Acquisitions (LA 779) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven 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. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about the truth about land acquisitions all week. It's everybody just wants the truth. We are gonna tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly about, and there's not too much ugly, the truth in acquisitions. We're gonna talk about the stuff that nobody ever talks about unless they got 3,000 deals under their belt.

Truth about Ugly Houses Franchise vs House Academy (LA 778) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi! 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 gorgeous, beautiful, sunny, Southern California. I have to throw all of those words in there. Steven Butala: Because it is all of that today, actually. Jill DeWit: It is. It's fun right now. This is an awesome time. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about the truth about the ugly houses franchise versus House Academy. We're not supposed to talk about houses on this show.

Truth about Property Tax Bills (LA 777) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I am Jill DeWit, and I am, we are, broadcasting from beautiful southern California. Steven Butala: After I turn the lights on. Jill DeWit: Thank you. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about the truth about property tax bills all week. It's everybody just wants the truth week.

Truth About Contracts Guidelines Rarely Get Enforced (LA 776) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about the truth about contracts. The guidelines are really enforced. So we're gonna talk about contracts with a lot of personal experience, actually. We're going through some of that stuff right now.

Eliminating Risk from Real Estate Deals (LA 775) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about eliminating risk from your real estate deals. I love this topic.

Deals Where We Lost Money (LA 774) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven 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. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about deals where we lost money. Wow, how can we make that interesting?

When to Partner on a Deal (LA 773) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from gorgeous Southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about when, or when not to partner on a deal. This never goes away.

Building Your Real Estate Team (LA 772) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven 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. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about building your real estate team.

Choosing a Property Investment Niche (LA 771) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining real estate 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 choosing a property investment niche. Like what are some of the niches of right off the top of your head that you can think of?

Real Estate Investment 505 Your End Game (LA 770) 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: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about Real Estate Investment 505: Your Endgame. All this week it's been 101, 202, all the way through to 505. This is it. You're long past quitting your job.

Real Estate Investment 404 Accumulating Wealth (LA 769) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk, we hope. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill Dewit, broadcasting from beautiful Southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about Real Estate Investment 404: Accumulating Wealth. This is my favorite stage.

Real Estate Investment 303 Your Small Business (LA 768) 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 DeWit broadcasting from our studio here in gorgeous, beautiful ... can't see it now ... sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about Real Estate Investment 303: Now This Is Your Small Business, or you're thinking about making it your small business.

Real Estate Investment 202 Few Deals Complete (LA 767) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from gorgeous southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about real estate investment 202. You've got a few deals done, and you like it.

eal Estate Investment 101 for Beginners (LA 766) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit. Broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about real estate investment 101 for beginners.

Financial Goals First, Then Plan Backwards (LA 765) 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 your financial goals come first, and then plan backwards from there, so that you actually make sure that they happen.

Task Rituals Make or Break Real Estate Investment Success (LA 764) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven 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. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about task rituals that'll actually make or break your real estate investment success.

Establish Daily Consistent Content (LA 763) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hi. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy Show. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from gorgeous sunny California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I, talk about how and why, and why it's important to establish daily consistent content to grow your follower ... Your following group. Jill DeWit: It's the daily part that gets annoying. Steven Butala: We do it with the podcast. Jill DeWit: But you go to do it. Steven Butala: Yeah, we actually ... Both of us have a lot to say about this because truth told it's not our favorite thing. Jill DeWit: It's hard. Steven Butala: But it has to get done. Jill DeWit: It does, and it pays off. Steven Butala: It does pay off. It's just ... It crazy pays off. Jill DeWit: And then when you get to a certain point you can actually hand it off, so we can talk about that too. Steven Butala: We are almost at that point. Almost. Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm. Steven Butala: It's been years. Three year. Nope, no. It has been probably five years. Jill DeWit: I stopped counting. Steven Butala: I mean this is show 763. Jill DeWit: Oh, this. Oh, for the podcast daily? Steven Butala: And then we started doing all this stuff way before that until we discovered that a podcast suits us good. That's part of what I would talk about. Jill DeWit: For about three years ... Well, which summer ... Oh, wow. We've been doing this for about three years. Steven Butala: Summer. 'Cause it's summer of '18, and we started the summer of '15. Jill DeWit: Summer of '15. And then it was like rocky. It was a little bit ... 'Cause we were trying to take it ... You know what we tried to do? We tried to take it, immediately outsource it, and found out that doesn't work. We had to do the show in house. Steven Butala: Yes. Jill DeWit: That's a good thing to talk about too. Steven Butala: Yeah. Jill DeWit: Who you can't outsource, and when you can't outsource, and all that. Steven Butala: And if you're a chronic control freak like Jill and I, it's hard to outsource anything. Jill DeWit: Oh, my goodness. Yes. Steven Butala: Until your head blows up. Jill DeWit: Exactly. And somebody is crying. Steven Butala: It's usually not me, or you. Jill DeWit: It's usually me. Steven Butala: No, it's not you either. Jill DeWit: It used to be me. Steven Butala: No. Jill DeWit: Ha ha. Steven Butala: Maybe once or twice. Jill DeWit: Okay. Steven Butala: I cried probably more than twice. You just don't know it. I go and do it in the bathroom. Jill DeWit: That's true. Everybody cried. You know you're doing it right if somebody's crying. Steven Butala: Jill said to me one time "Don't you choose money over people?" Jill DeWit: I did. Steven Butala: And I said,

Buy the Property the Same Day the Seller Calls (LA 762) 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: I'm Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny southern California. Steven Butala: Today, Jill and I talk about how to buy the property the same day the seller calls back. Jill DeWit: Like the same phone call. Steven Butala: Same call would be perfect. Jill DeWit: Yeah. Sometimes you can, sometimes you can't. We'll talk about that. Steven Butala: Yeah. People lose interest. Time kills deals. Air quotes, "Time kills deals." Jill DeWit: Even for us. Steven Butala: Yeah, that's an original ... Jill DeWit: We have people that have lost deals us buying them, because we got bored and moved on. Steven Butala: Yeah, because they're not responding fast enough. Stuff just changes. Ask any person in sales. You just got to close right then. Jill DeWit: If you can. You got it. Steven Butala: Before we get into it thought, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the LandIntestors.com online community. It's free. Jill DeWit: Gary asks, "Hello, Land Investors. Trying to nail down the best process for exchange of purchase funds and land ownership docs. When I sell properties, my buyers have been very hesitant and downright unwilling to send in the purchase price of the land without an escrow company, because, obviously, they bring up the fact that I could take their money and not send them a warranty deed and transfer docs. I see their point, so I've been using the procedure listed below. What I've been doing as a replacement is sending the signed warranty deed and notarized affidavit of value, or other notarized docs, to a notary located in the buyer's area where they reside. And, paying this notary priced somewhere between $80 and $125 for this notary to schedule a time and a place to meet the buyer to exchange the funds and docs. The notary is required to take possession of the purchase funds in the form of a cashier's check or USPS money order. Then provide the transfer docs to the buyer and return the purchase funds to me within a FedEx prepared return envelope to my company address. Anyone feel like they have a better process or tweaks to this I should consider, I'm totally open and willing to consider any other better procedures." First of all, I got to say, not a crazy workaround. I get it. I think I know why this is happening. Because, he's not established. We never have to do this, because of how many documents we've done, how many properties are available on our website. All that stuff. It's very easy for the people that are buying from us to go, "Oh, boy, are they legit." It's like when you start a brand new eBay account and you have only one closed transaction. Yeah, people are not going to feel comfortable. Or, it's you have zero closed transactions. I totally understand that. But, if you're looking at some seller's eBay account and you're one of 15,000. Okay. I don't worry about you. I know you're legitimate, you're established. I can see your rating. I can see your comments. I can see all of that good stuff. I think that's what's going on. I think that it's only going to take some time to get there. However, a couple you can do ahead of time. Number one,

How to Plan and Execute an Offer Campaign (LA 761) 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 am Jill DeWit, broadcasting from sunny Southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about how to plan and execute an offer campaign. This week is all about staying on track here in the land investment world. I'm going to approach it from a data/task standpoint. How are you going to approach this, Jill, because I know we do stuff differently. Jill DeWit: That's a good thing, isn't it? Steven Butala: Yeah, it's great. Jill DeWit: We do things very differently. No, but I'm going to talk about the touchy-feely part and how that all works out. Steven Butala: Okay, I know we do stuff so differently. Jill DeWit: Very differently, so- Steven Butala: But you should be celebrated. You're right. It shouldn't be like, "Oh my gosh, does she get it or not?" Jill DeWit: What if we were both exactly like you? Steven Butala: That would be terrible. Jill DeWit: Or both exactly like me? Steven Butala: That would be better. Jill DeWit: Thank you. Steven Butala: Than my first option, but- Jill DeWit: Thank you. Steven Butala: This way is the best. Jill DeWit: It's best. Steven Butala: Before we get into the topic today though, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the LandAcademy.com online community. It's free. Jill DeWit: Okay, Bae asks, "I have sold a property for seller financing two months ago. I told the buyer that I am okay with him using the property to build his house while he's in the financing stage. Two weeks ago the county emailed me and called and said that the buyers built an illegal shed without getting any approval. I contacted the buyer and asked them to tear down the structure, but he always finds an excuse to postpone the date and was not being responsible. The county was also getting sick and tired of her excuses and they decided to have a hearing next week-" Steven Butala: Geez. Jill DeWit: "Regarding this issue. They informed me that I will take full responsibility as a property owner. Therefore, I told the buyer if he's not going to act on this by Friday, I will hire someone to tear down the building and bill him the cost. He's mad and said that he will tear down the building, but at the end of the week, and walk out of his land contract. 1. What kind of paperwork do I need to send him to document the situation since he's violating the building code and opts to terminate the contract? Does this require both parties to sign? 2. He has just paid the down payment. If he is the one who decided to terminate the contract, do I have the right to keep what he paid?" Steven Butala: Yes. Jill DeWit: "And, 3. Can I end the contract right away-" Steven Butala: Yeah. Jill DeWit: "Without giving him any default period? Thanks in advance." Steven Butala: So this is hard to answer this question. That's a great question. Jill DeWit: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Steven Butala: [inaudible 00:02:29] from the very beginning by the way- Jill DeWit: Almost. Really,

Land Investment Diversification (LA 760) Transcript: Steven Butala: Steve and Jill here. Jill DeWit: Hello. Steven Butala: Welcome to the Land Academy show, and happy Friday. Entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala. Jill DeWit: And I'm Jill DeWit broadcasting from beautiful southern California. Steven Butala: Today Jill and I talk about land investment diversification. Jill DeWit: That's a mouthful. Say that three times fast. Steven Butala: Land investment diversification. I can do it. Jill DeWit: Land investment diversification. Land investment diversification. That's hard. Steven Butala: How complicated could this possibly be, Steve? Jill DeWit: Were you clearly not ... were you going for the SEO on this show or something? Steven Butala: No. Jill DeWit: Does that come up a lot? No one else uses that, that's for sure. If anybody typed in land investment diversification, we would pop to the top. Thank you, Steven, for thinking ahead. Steven Butala: Jill, that's why we have you on this program, to lighten the whole thing up and make sure we don't take ourselves too seriously. Jill DeWit: Wow. That is way too serious. Yeah, I'm here to save everyone, and starting with you. Steven Butala: Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the LandAcademy.com online community. It's free. Jill DeWit: Okay. Hi Milan. Milan asks, "You have a land you bought for $4,000.00 and self-closed. You sell it for $25,000.00 on a four year payment plan-" Steven Butala: That's good. Jill DeWit: "At the end of your term the buyer asks you for a title close. Title finds some issues and refuses to insure it. Are you obligated to give a refund to your buyer? How would you guys handle a situation like that?" Well, I have a couple of things to say. Steven Butala: I have a bunch of stuff to say. Go ahead. Jill DeWit: Number one, I happen to know who this person is, and he's been with us, following us, for many, many, many years. I don't ... he's not actually a member- Steven Butala: Oh. Jill DeWit: So I don't know if he's able to do his due diligence like the rest of us do- Steven Butala: Oh. Jill DeWit: And unfortunately, if he did have access to all the things that we do, like with Title Pro and all the stuff that we have- Steven Butala: Oh, Jill- Jill DeWit: If he would have saved himself a little bit. Steven Butala: You're nailing it, actually. Jill DeWit: So, I mean that's my first gut instinct, because that's one of the things we all do, Milan, is we all do our own homework. We're pretty much doing our own title work- Steven Butala: Our own title work, yeah. Jill DeWit: Ahead of time before we act on the transaction, and purchase it ourselves. If you had all that stuff, and you could easily pull a report, or whatever they had just come up, just even going back and checking the transfer of title more than just who you bought it from- Steven Butala: Yeah. Jill DeWit: Because that's what it sounds like happened. I'm guessing you bought it from somebody and it all looked legit at that point, but you weren't able to go back to the person before t...