Proven (LA 939)

Proven (LA 939) 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 the word proven. And full disclosure, I was watching a basketball, a college basketball game, and Ford commercial came on and it said, "Proven." And I'm like, you know what? Jill DeWit:                            Is that where this came from? Steven Butala:                   Ford is proven. We're proven. Jill DeWit:                            Oh. Steven Butala:                   There's a lot in that word. Jill DeWit:                            There is. Steven Butala:                   A lot. I have a lot to say. Jill DeWit:                            I'm sure you do. Steven Butala:                   Hey, before we get into it, though, let's take a question. Before we get into the question, even, I have been ... I don't think you see the comments people make about this show. Jill DeWit:                            No, I don't look at them. I don't. Steven Butala:                   Recently, there's been a couple of comments about how- Jill DeWit:                            Uh-oh. Steven Butala:                   ... will you guys quit screwing around? Jill DeWit:                            Oh. Steven Butala:                   You're making ... This wonderful somebody says ... Jill DeWit:                            Or I'm here to get some education. Steven Butala:                   "You guys are so unprofessional- Jill DeWit:                            Oh. Seriously? Steven Butala:                   You're laughing and joking and the only jokes are inside jokes. No one cares." Yeah. Stop having so much fun. It's like my high school- Jill DeWit:                            Teacher. Yeah, don't enjoy this. Steven Butala:                   ... social studies teachers. Jill DeWit:                            You're not supposed to enjoy your childhood. Steven Butala:                   Stop having so much fun. Jill DeWit:                            Or enjoy your adulthood. Steven Butala:                   Stop laughing. Jill DeWit:                            Exactly. We're here to get serious, young man. Steven Butala:                   Yeah. Yeah. We're here to buy and sell real estate. Jill DeWit:                            Not enjoy this. I don't care how big your bank balance is. Do not enjoy it. Steven Butala:                   Before we get into it, let's take a question by one of our members on the landinvestors.com online community. It's free. And do not laugh. Whatever you do. Jill DeWit:                            I promise. Steven Butala:                   And don't smile. Jill DeWit:                            I won't. Nope. Sorry. I will not have fun. It's like I used to do that with the kids. Ben C. asks, "Hi, everyone. So this is my first official post. Tested out a comment yesterday, but figured this was the best place to start. My wife and I have been researching vacant land investing somewhat passively, I might add, for the better part of six months." Good. Steven Butala:                   Good. Jill DeWit:                            "Over the past two months, I figured it was time to take it seriously and really buckle down the research and looked at something other than YouTube videos and gave myself a launch date of June 1, 2019." This is awesome. Steven Butala:                   This is great. Jill DeWit:                            Yeah. "The goal is to target vacant land residential lots between a quarter and five acres to start, supplement with larger wholesale lots to get experience with bigger deals without the risk and scale upward from there.