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Podolsky Claims 1,000% ROI on Owner Financing and 300% on Flips
“Our average ROI is over a thousand percent on owner financing and 300% on flips.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 10:24 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Insight
Podolsky Says Direct Mail Land Offer Acceptance Should Be 3% to 5%
“If it's over five percent, I know that I was off on my offers. It was too high. And if it's under three percent, I probably went a little too low in that county.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 3:45 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Insight
Podolsky: Raw Land Owner Financing Is the Ultimate Subscription Business
“I think I have the ultimate subscription model in the sense that I'm buying an asset that requires no renters, no rehabs, no renovations, no rodents. But then I, what I do is I do owner financing. So it's a one-time sale and then I get recurring income every s…”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 4:24 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Insight
Podolsky: Raw land is exceptionally difficult to value
“Land is a very difficult thing to actually value. It's one of those last bastions of assets that it's truly what a buyer and a seller agreed to.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 5:12 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Disclosure
Podolsky Sees a 20% Default Rate on Owner-Financed Land Deals
“About 20%.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 9:49 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
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Podolsky Claims His Worst Deal Across 5,000 Transactions Made $100,000
“Out of those 5000 unique transactions, my worst deal was I made a 100,000 dollars on a on a community that was overdeveloped.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 11:33 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
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Podolsky Claims His Land Business Is 95% Automated, Requires Minimal Work
“We've got it to a point where it's 95% automated with software, too. So you've got software, you've got systems. And you know, I probably work on this business maybe an hour or two a week.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 12:04 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Podolsky Has Completed Over 5,000 Unique Real Estate Transactions
“5000 unique transactions.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 2:03 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Insight
Podolsky: Land Investing Scales Virtually Unlike House Flipping
“If you're a house flipper, you can't do that much volume. But the great thing about Land investing is that it's scalable, and you can do it virtually.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 2:14 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
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Podolsky Flipped a 160-Acre Parcel Bought for $6,200 for $54,000
“So the last deal I did was I bought 160 acres for 6000 dollars. Now the person had back taxes of about 200 dollars. So I'm in it for 6200 dollars. And we flipped that 160 acre parcel for 54,000.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 2:39 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Disclosure
Podolsky Charges 12.7% Interest on Owner-Financed Raw Land Sales
“12.7%.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 7:54 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Disclosure
Podolsky Generated Over $1M in Top-Line Revenue in 2014
“So it was over a million dollars, but what I'm most proud of is the fact that my passive income exceeds my fixed expenses.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 9:19 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
Disclosure
Podolsky Generates Over $20,000 Monthly From Owner-Financed Notes
“So we're generating on notes over 20,000 a month.”
Mark Podolsky Jan 23, 2016 ▶ 9:27 Smart Way to Buy Profitable Land with Mark Podolsky of Landgeek
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