Gavin Welch Tells us How to be Real Estate Agent Extraordinaire (CFFL 0165)

Gavin Welch Tells us How to be Real Estate Agent Extraordinaire Jack Butala: Gavin Welch Tells us How to be Real Estate Agent Extraordinaire. Every Single month we give away a property for free. It's super simple to qualify. Two simple steps. Leave us your feedback for this podcast on iTunes and number two, get the free ebook at landacademy.com, you don't even have to read it. Thanks for listening. Jill DeWit: Jill DeWit here with the Jack and Jill Show. Today we have with us, Gavin Welch. Gavin Welch is a real estate investor and realtor that loves real estate. He spent 3 years studying real estate investing, and is primarily a buy and hold investor. However, he has flipped, wholesaled, and built spec homes. Gavin Welch is a native Floridian, and is passionate about real estate. He's a member of the National Association of Realtors, and lives with his family in Lakeland, Florida. Welcome, Gavin. Gavin Welch: Thank you very much for having me. Jack Butala: Great to hear from you, Gavin. Hey I checked you out before the show, and you've got pretty impressive internet presence. You're totally qualified to teach people how to be a real estate agent correctly. Gavin Welch: Well, that's what I spend most of my time doing. I do a lot of YouTube video. The game of being a real estate agent has changed, and I'm just trying to teach new agents how to stay on top of it. Jack Butala: Let's start right there. How has it changed? How do you think it's changed, let's say the last 5 years? Gavin Welch: Okay, well my grandmother was an agent. I remember sitting in her living room when I was a kid, and looking at these big MLS books. They were yellow. Jack Butala: Ours were blue. We're maybe the same age. This is [inaudible 00:01:20]. 42. Gavin Welch: Anyway. I remember going through the black and white pages. Well, today everything's online. We have the most powerful tool in real estate is in your pocket. It's your phone. I shoot a ton of video with my phone. I have a wide angle lens clipped on my phone. I just pan from room to room. I deal with a lot of investors, and the YouTube is owned by Google. YouTube traffic gets more seniority on Google than if you pay for it, and it's free. Jill DeWit: Got you. Gavin Welch: I can leverage the YouTube video, put them up on the YouTube and then I can put a link across the top of that video back to my website. "Hey, you like this home? You want to see more like it?" Boom. Everything drives traffic and goes back upon itself. Jill DeWit: Do you find that your online presence even leads you more credibility in your day-to-day business operation? Gavin Welch: Well, I think so, and it didn't start out like that. It was an accident. My online presence was an accident. Jill DeWit: All right. Let's hear. I want to know what happened. Was this like a ... Gavin Welch: I love real estate investing, and it's something I've done for a long time. It's a family disorder. Everybody in my family does it. I started the podcast on a whim, just go "Hey, let me go 7 episodes, and see where I get." Well, I'm 105 episodes into it. It's built it's own traction. I keep it real organic. I don't edit. You'll hear me cuss, and you'll hear me hit my head against the microphone. That's it. I'm a t-shirt and jeans guy. If you ask me a question, I'll tell you the answer, but you better be ready for the answer. Jill DeWit: I love it. [crosstalk 00:03:10]. Gavin Welch: The podcast is the same way. Jill DeWit: I have to say, it was so funny seeing that I was kind of spending a few minutes looking over some of your shows and your titles before we did this show. I noticed that most of your shows are rated, I guess G. I mean they're clean, but there was one that was explicit, and I think it had your wife in it. I was like [crosstalk 00:03:32]. Gavin Welch: She is a force to be reckoned with. Jill DeWit: