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Season 1, Episode 16: When and How to Stage a Property [Podcast]
September 9, 2015
Listen to the Audio http://andrewcordle.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iflipuflip‐s1e16.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Click here for audio. Watch the Video Click here to watch the video. Learn how to professionally stage a property! “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” -Jim Rohn Click To Tweet Binge on All of the Current Episodes! If you want to listen to more episodes, you will find all of the currently released episodes of Season 1 Here. I release both audio and video episodes weekly. Share the Love If you enjoyed this week’s Podcast, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the Podcast. Subscribe to my Podcast ...
read moreSeason 1, Episode 15: How to Appear as a Professional Landlord [Podcast]
August 19, 2015
Listen to the Audio http://andrewcordle.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/iflipuflip‐s1e15.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Click here for audio. Watch the Video Click here to watch the video. Learn how to appear as a professional landlord! On this episode of the iFlipuFlip podcast I’ll tell you about: Why your first impression with tenants is extremely important How the way you answer your phone can say a lot about you professionally The persona you put off when you show a rental property The biggest mistake you can tell a tenant Why you shouldn’t waive any fees How being a professional landlord starts with the first phone call and is a process “Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional” -Jahangir Khan Click To Tweet Binge on All of the Current Episodes! If you want to listen to more episodes, you will find all of the currently released episodes of Season 1 Here. I release both audio and video episodes weekly. Share the Love If you enjoyed this week’s Podcast, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the Podcast. Subscribe to my Podcast ...
read moreThere Are Things You Can Control
August 17, 2015
Thirty-five year old George Cowan, a Civil War veteran who had moved to Helena, Montana, to prospect for gold and to work as a lawyer, was thinking of some way to console his wife Emma, who had just lost their first child. Emma was 24 years old. Five years earlier, Yellowstone National Park had been officially dedicated and opened to the public for tourism. Wondering if it would be safe to take his young wife there for some camping and fishing, George spoke to an army scout from the area who said, “You will be as safe in the park as in New York City.” On August 5, 1877, George and Emma, accompanied by Emma’s brother Frank, her sister Ida and 6 other men, left their home for Yellowstone. Nine days later, the group was in their camp in Yellowstone preparing to go fishing only to find themselves surrounded by Indians from the Nez Perce tribe. The Nez Perce had been living in the Wallowa Valley area of Washington State. They had felt forced to leave by encroaching cattlemen. They felt a new home with the Crow Indians of Eastern Montana would be more accommodating. That or they could migrate to Canada to join the Sioux Indians there. The federal government ordered them to stay in Wallowa temporarily until a better arrangement could be negotiated, but the Nez Perce decided to strike out east on their own. Attempting to prevent their movement, a drunken band of soldiers fell upon a smaller group of the Nez Perce and killed nearly 100 of them, mostly woman and children. Now the Nez Perce felt the bitterness and heavy hand of the federal government and decided to covertly move to Canada and escape. They were passing through Yellowstone on their journey when they met the tourists of George Cowan’s party. On their two-year anniversary, George and Emma found themselves in the middle of the last great frontier Indian battle of the USA. Emma heard Indians outside of their tent. George, fearing that some bandits may be attempting to steal their provisions, grabbed his shotgun and headed out to meet the intruders. The Indians were indeed trying to talk some of Cowan’s party out of provisions, but George insisted no one would take them without a fight. George’s legal training along with his stubbornness caused him to argue with the Indians who were well-armed and in superior numbers. Years later, George confessed to his daughter Ethel that perhaps his well-known bluntness might have escalated the situation. His great-granddaughter said, “I think my great-grandfather realized he could’ve handled it a little more diplomatically. It’s one of those incidents where hot-headedness prevailed both with the young Indians and my great-grandfather.” The Indians began to escort the Cowan party to their chiefs at the main camp. The chiefs wished to free them but only if they would surrender their fresh horses, most of their food and all the ammunition. With not much choice, the Cowan party began their trek back to civilization. The Indians warned them to stay off the main trails because of some of the renegade younger warriors who were still set on vengeance over the recent slaughter of the nearly 100 Nez Perce. The Cowan party did not follow...
read moreHow to Flip A House – Flipping Houses 4 of 50 (Video)
August 14, 2015
One of the fastest ways to build a fortune in real estate is by flipping houses! I have spent the last decade flipping houses and have been very successful at it. Once you start flipping houses, the sky’s the limit! So what are you waiting for? Study my educational video library and start investing today! A seasoned investor with over 10 years in the industry, Andrew is a nationally recognized speaker and educator. His passion is helping people find their purpose and in 2013, he celebrated a groundbreaking strategic alliance with Home Depot, Inc. Andrew has flipped hundreds of homes in multiple states and tours the country sharing his vast wealth of knowledge with investors of all experience levels. Andrew loves to teach new investors how to flip a house and mentors a small, select group of student investors who have had great success applying his proven systems. Click here to watch the video! ...
read moreMiracle in the Andes
August 10, 2015
Does the name Nando Parrado mean anything to you? If you relish raw, visceral survival stories it should. And if it doesn’t now, you soon won’t forget him. Nando details the gut-wrenching story of his survival following a plane crash in the Andes mountains in his book, “Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home.” On Friday the 13th of October, 1972, Nando was one of the 45 souls who boarded the chartered Fairchild turboprop, Uruguayan Air Force flight 571. Nando was a member of the Old Christians Club rugby team on their way to a match. Along with the team were several of the teams’ family members and friends. The flight was in poor weather. The pilots did not factor in the heavy headwinds when they guesstimated their position incorrectly. They turned the plane into the face of an unnamed mountain peak. Later on it was named Cerro Seler, or Glacier of Tears. The plane clipped the peak at 13,800 feet, shearing off both wings. The tubular fuselage slid down a steep slope before coming to rest in a snow bank. When the wings came off, they were viciously twisted backwards so that the spinning propellers sliced through the fuselage. Additionally the tail section broke off. Of the 45 souls on board, 12 were killed immediately. Another 5 died by the next morning and 1 more died on the 8th day. The 27 remaining faced 35-below wind chill temperatures. There was no food but the few chips and candy bars and bottles of wine they scrounged from the luggage. They had no cold-weather clothing and many of the 27 had severe injuries. 22-year old Nando himself was in a coma for 3 days and was assumed dead by his companions. Nando’s mother and 17-year old sister perished in the flight as well. To add further terror and insult to the survivors, an avalanche on day 16 claimed 8 more lives. There were two pivotal moments however that decided the ultimate fate of the 16 eventual survivors of the air disaster. First, on day 9 the survivors held a 2-hour meeting to discuss what they would do for food. There was only one obvious choice, since the mountain was frozen and afforded no trees, shrubs or animals of any kind. The decision was agreed upon to cannibalize the frozen bodies of their fellow travelers now deceased. They concluded the meeting by agreeing that if any of them died, they granted permission to the living to use their corpses for food. Their argument played on the idea that eating the flesh of the dead was not dissimilar to receiving an organ transplant from a deceased person. Secondly, the huddled group had a small transistor radio they found in the luggage. On day 11 they discovered that the search for their wreckage and any survivors was called off. Many broke into sobs and prayers. Nando tells of Gustavo Nicolich saying, “Hey boys, there’s some good news on the radio. They’ve called off the search.” Another shouted angrily, “Why is that good news?” Nicolich responded, “Because it means that we’re gonna get out of here on our own.” Nicolich’s courage prevented a flood of total despair. For 49 more days,...
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