Racking Up Rentals

By Jeff Stephens

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Racking Up Rentals (formerly Sleaze-Free Real Estate Investing) is real estate investing education for everyday investors who want to build long-term wealth by building a portfolio of rental real estate. Hosted by Jeff from The Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneur, the show focuses on grassroots real estate acquisition strategies based on the timeless fundamentals of relationship and negotiating directly with property sellers. The show explores all aspects of entrepreneurial off-market real estate acquisition--from lead generation to left-brain negotiation to right-brain deal structuring, financing and beyond. Learn more about The Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneur at www.thoughtfulre.com

Episode Date
You Don’t Actually Invest In Properties
Jan 04, 2024
Don’t Underthink It
Dec 28, 2023
From People Come Numbers
Dec 21, 2023
Client Case Study: Pasha Buys Four Off-Market Duplexes at Once
Dec 14, 2023
The #1 Most Important REI Skill
Dec 07, 2023
The Best Type of Competition to Have
Nov 30, 2023
Two Different Things We MUST Gather From Sellers
Nov 23, 2023
Client Case Study: Tom Uses the Power of Relationship to Negotiate a Great Off-Market, Seller-Financed Triplex
Nov 16, 2023
The Best Seller Financing Isn’t From Sellers Who Are Doing a Favor
Nov 09, 2023
Should You "Always Be Willing to Walk Away"?
Nov 02, 2023
Why to Always Pay for an Inspection Report
Oct 26, 2023
Acquisition Strategies Are Completely Different Sports
Oct 19, 2023
200th Episode! Why I Don’t Think of Tenants as ‘Customers’
Oct 12, 2023
“I Can Tell You’re My Kind of People”
Oct 05, 2023
Only Buy Deals You’ve Personally Negotiated
Sep 21, 2023
The Myth of “Low Inventory”
Sep 14, 2023
The INCREDIBLE Growth You Can Experience in Just 5 Years, with Alexandra Haider
Aug 30, 2023
“Unreasonable Sellers” and Why I Love Them
Aug 25, 2023
5 Reasons Why You Should Happily Get Seller Financing for a Mere 10% of the Price
Aug 17, 2023
Putting Your Strengths to Work in Your Real Estate Investing Endeavors
Aug 10, 2023
Find a ‘School of Thought’ to Join
Jul 27, 2023
Client Case Study: Ryan Uses Relationship to Negotiate An Awesome Duplex with Seller Financing
Jul 13, 2023
A Simple 2-Step Seller Negotiation Framework
Jul 06, 2023
Define What You WON’T Do
Jul 02, 2023
Using “Seller Bonding” in Multifamily Investing, with Rod Khleif
Jun 14, 2023
How to Get Massive Traction in Your Real Estate Investing
Jun 07, 2023
Client Case Study Interview: Buying Additional Properties from a Previous Seller
May 23, 2023
Negotiating With “Tired Landlord” Sellers—Don’t Make This Mistake
May 17, 2023
Doing Land Deals to Propel Your Rental Portfolio Forward, with Brent Bowers
May 03, 2023
Get High Acceptances Rates for Your Seller Financing Proposals
Apr 26, 2023
Client Case Study: Off-Market Seller Financing Duplex with Steven Young
Apr 19, 2023
The Psychology of the Seller Financing Lender
Apr 14, 2023
Using Relationship to Negotiate Better Seller Financing Deals with Gabriel Hamel
Apr 05, 2023
Trying to Build a Cash Flowing Portfolio But Feeling Discouraged?
Mar 23, 2023
Look for Opportunities, Not Properties
Mar 15, 2023
“Is this a Deal?” A Strategic Way to Evaluate Opportunities
Mar 02, 2023
The Hidden World of Investment Real Estate
Feb 22, 2023
Discover The “Hybrid Investing” Strategy, With Jesse Mills
Feb 16, 2023
Don’t Get Down About Down Payments—Part 2 of 2
Feb 08, 2023
Don’t Get Down About Down Payments—Part 1 of 2
Feb 02, 2023
Case Study: Nate Closes a Great Deal & Sets Himself Up to Buy Many More From the Seller
Jan 19, 2023
The Key to Finding Your REI Strategy: The Intersection of The Head and the Heart
Jan 09, 2023
How to Qualify for a Seller Financing Loan
Dec 20, 2022
Get our New Free Seller Financing 101 Video Training Course!
Dec 14, 2022
Do Buyer and Seller Have Opposing Interests?
Nov 30, 2022
Make This Adjustment in the New Market Cycle
Nov 17, 2022
3 Powerful Words to Use More in Your Seller Negotiations
Nov 09, 2022
Seller Financing in the Changing Market
Nov 01, 2022
A Personal Reminder About the Value of Financial Freedom from Rentals
Oct 25, 2022
Being a Conscious Investor Through Multifamily Syndication with Julie Holly
Sep 09, 2022
Don’t Wait Until You’re Ready
Aug 31, 2022
The Danger of Confusing Price and Value
Aug 26, 2022
Find Ways to Say Yes to a Deal, and Reasons to Say No
Aug 22, 2022
Mastering Mobile Home Investing, With Adrian Smude
Aug 02, 2022
Why Working Direct With the Seller is So Much Better
Jul 28, 2022
Every Deal Simply Comes Down to This
Jul 12, 2022
Build a Portfolio You Love
Jul 08, 2022
The Danger of Confusing the Seller
Jun 27, 2022
Properties Aren’t Bought by Investors…They’re Sold by Sellers
Jun 16, 2022
Is Everything Truly For Sale At The Right Price?
Jun 06, 2022
How to Add Units to Your Portfolio, Without Buying More Properties—With “That ADU Guy,” Derek Sherrell
May 24, 2022
Being an Introvert in Real Estate, With Ashley Harwood
May 10, 2022
The 2 Key Steps Most Investors Do In The Wrong Order
May 02, 2022
When Should You Transition to Off-Market Acquisition and Finance?
Apr 25, 2022
You Probably Don’t Need As Much Cash As You Think
Apr 11, 2022
Doing Your Breakthrough Deal—Client Interview With Michael Monteith
Mar 29, 2022
The Optional Appraisal
Mar 23, 2022
Why You Need a Coach and How to Pick One
Mar 03, 2022
The Invisible Negotiation
Feb 23, 2022
The REAL Benefit of Seller Financing
Feb 10, 2022
Financial Resilience > Financial Independence
Feb 07, 2022
Is the Goal to Pay off the Mortgage?
Feb 03, 2022
Skip the Mundane Deals; Do These Instead
Jan 28, 2022
“Beautifully Mismanaged” Properties
Jan 25, 2022
Relationship Currency—A Live Conversation
Jan 18, 2022
The #1 Mistake Investors Make When Trying to Get Seller Financing
Jan 14, 2022
Never Hire an Acquisitions Manager
Jan 11, 2022
Be the Seller’s “Travel Agent”
Dec 10, 2021
3 Keys to Establishing Enough Credibility to Get Seller Financing
Nov 29, 2021
On The Go Episode: Are You Balanced…or Balancing
Nov 16, 2021
Part 2: Using The OTHER Four Currencies in Real Estate Investing
Nov 09, 2021
Part 1: Using The OTHER Four Currencies in Real Estate Investing
Nov 04, 2021
What Game Are You NOT Playing?
Nov 01, 2021
Stop Asking This Question; Start Asking Another Instead
Oct 22, 2021
How to Create Snowballing Momentum as a New Real Estate Investor, with Lisa Sarullo
Oct 18, 2021
Add “Negotiation Dynamic” To Your Buying Criteria
Oct 14, 2021
Remember This Secret Truth About Lenders
Oct 11, 2021
Thinking Bigger, With Justin Stoddart
Oct 04, 2021
The Real Reward of Reaching Financial Freedom
Sep 21, 2021
Financial Freedom One Rental at a Time, with Michael Zuber
Sep 16, 2021
Strategic Networking, With Brian Trippe
Sep 07, 2021
Finding the Hidden Treasure in a Deal
Sep 03, 2021
Being a Lazy, Successful Real Estate Investor, with Dion McNeeley
Aug 31, 2021
You Don’t Have To See The Whole Path Before Starting
Aug 27, 2021
Sellers Always Like THIS Idea the Most
Aug 24, 2021
How to “Give Up Bad Days,” With Jeffrey Holst
Aug 20, 2021
To Reach Your Goals, “Arrive Before You Depart”
Aug 16, 2021
It Doesn’t Matter How Many Deals You’re Analyzing (or Offers You’re Making)
Aug 13, 2021
When Problems Become Opportunities
Aug 10, 2021
Why Good Marketing is Hard to Measure
Aug 06, 2021
Creating Referrals Through Relational Acquisition, with Melissa Johnson
Jul 27, 2021
Should You Max Out Your Conventional Loans?
Jul 23, 2021
Evaluating Risk Thoughtfully
Jul 14, 2021
Understanding Why Your Seller Wants What They Want
Jul 10, 2021
Creative Acquisitions with John Crutchfield
Jul 05, 2021
How to BRRRR With Seller Financing
Jul 02, 2021
Every Seller is Moving Toward Something, or Away from Something
Jun 29, 2021
Thoughtful Home Building, With George Hale
Jun 25, 2021
Your Price, My Terms
Jun 22, 2021
This is the Perfect Negotiation
Jun 17, 2021
Episode #100! An Interview With My Mentor, Greg Pinneo
Jun 14, 2021
The Art of Incremental Negotiation
Jun 11, 2021
The Value of Emotion in Real Estate Investing
Jun 07, 2021
Buying Properties Without Cash Flow
Jun 03, 2021
5 Reasons You Can Still Buy Off-Market, Even in a Seller’s Market
May 27, 2021
Don’t Be Limited by Your Resources
May 25, 2021
Financial Independence Through Real Estate, While Keeping a W-2 Job, With Kimberly Kesterke
May 20, 2021
Should You Buy in a Hot Market?
May 17, 2021
The Daily Actions Full-Time Real Estate Entrepreneurs Take
May 10, 2021
Thoughtful Property Management with Mark Dolfini of Landlord Coach
May 06, 2021
3 Steps to Continuously GrowingYour Rental Portfolio
May 03, 2021
Are you Coachable?
Apr 26, 2021
Convert What You Have Into What You Want
Apr 22, 2021
Do You Have “Imposter Syndrome” When Working With Sellers?
Apr 19, 2021
How to Pick Your Off-Market Lead Generation Strategy
Apr 15, 2021
A Profitable Deal Comes from Finding the Delta
Apr 12, 2021
3 Difficult Seller Questions and How to Respond to Them
Apr 08, 2021
Lack of Money is NOT Your Problem
Apr 05, 2021
The Difference Between Sellers Who “Want” to do Seller Financing and Those Who are “Willing To”
Mar 29, 2021
What to do When the Seller Says No to Seller Financing Up Front
Mar 25, 2021
5 Steps to Going Full-Time as a Real Estate Entrepreneur
Mar 22, 2021
Is “Creative Financing” Really That Creative?
Mar 19, 2021
From Pro Athlete to $4 million BRRRR with Nat Borchers
Mar 15, 2021
What is Your Seller’s Currency?
Mar 11, 2021
Ask the Seller Questions You Already Know the Answer To
Mar 04, 2021
How NOT to Communicate With Your Seller
Mar 01, 2021
Why You Should Stop Worrying About DTI
Feb 25, 2021
How to Nurture Your Seller Leads With Amazing Follow Up, With Robert Syfert
Feb 22, 2021
How to Reach New Levels of Success by Changing the Thermostat Setting of Your Life
Feb 18, 2021
The Two Very Different Types of 1031 Exchange Sellers
Feb 08, 2021
Can You Get Better Financing Terms From a Bank Than a Seller?
Feb 04, 2021
The 3 Paydays of Buying and Selling on Terms, with Chris Prefontaine
Feb 01, 2021
Slow is Smooth, and Smooth is Fast
Jan 28, 2021
How to Diagnose and Treat the Real Estate Investor’s Disease, “Deal-itis”
Jan 21, 2021
Sellers Say Yes When They Feel Understood
Jan 18, 2021
You Have to Put the Relationship in Contract Before You Can Put the Property in Contract
Jan 14, 2021
Case Study Part 2 Conclusion: Buying Your Primary Residence Off-Market with Seller Financing
Jan 11, 2021
Case Study Part 1: Buying Your Primary Residence Off-Market with Seller Financing
Jan 07, 2021
Becoming The Person Capable of Success, with Kari Lyke
Jan 04, 2021
Managing Your Own Rentals, with Laurence Jankelow from Avail
Dec 23, 2020
Deals Are Not “Found,” They Are Created
Dec 17, 2020
Building an Intentional Business, With Alex Pardo
Dec 14, 2020
Why I Never Buy Properties From Wholesalers
Dec 10, 2020
Being Your Own Banker, with Joey Mure and Russ Morgan from Wealth Without Wall Street
Dec 07, 2020
Is Marketing for Off-Market Leads More Work Than Doing Listed Properties?
Dec 04, 2020
“Failure is NOT an Option”—Retirement Planning for Real Estate Entrepreneurs, with David Rosell
Nov 30, 2020
3 Things You Should Be Doing During the Holidays
Nov 27, 2020
The #1 Key to a Successful Off-Market Marketing Strategy
Nov 23, 2020
Upgrade from “Driving for Dollars” to “Street Time”
Nov 19, 2020
Being a Blissful Real Estate Investor with Moneeka Sawyer
Nov 16, 2020
SHARPEN AND AGREE: Step 6 in The Y.E.S.S.E.S Framework
Nov 12, 2020
EMPATHETIC PROPOSAL: Step 5 in The Y.E.S.S.E.S Framework
Nov 09, 2020
SOLVE THE DEAL: Step 4 in The Y.E.S.S.E.S Framework
Nov 05, 2020
SOLVE THE PERSON: Step 3 in The Y.E.S.S.E.S Framework
Nov 02, 2020
ENGAGE THOUGHTFULLY: Step 2 in The Y.E.S.S.E.S Framework
Oct 29, 2020
YOU: Step 1 in The Y.E.S.S.E.S Framework
Oct 26, 2020
The Y.E.S.S.E.S Framework for Getting Off-Market Sellers to Accept Your Offers
Oct 22, 2020
When Structuring a Deal, Solve for Awesome
Oct 19, 2020
When Your Sellers Don’t Want To Do Creative Financing
Oct 15, 2020
5 Ways to Make Money in Self-Storage with Stacy Rosetti
Oct 12, 2020
How to Buy Multiple Properties From the Seller—At the Same Time
Oct 09, 2020
What I Learned from Losing a Deal I Really Wanted
Oct 06, 2020
Why Off-Market Leads are Better than FSBO
Sep 25, 2020
The Most Valuable Seller Leads You Can Find
Sep 21, 2020
3 Huge Benefits of Slowing Down in Your Seller Negotiations
Sep 15, 2020
Welcome to Racking Up Rentals!
Sep 09, 2020
SFREI #34: 5 Steps to Battle Overwhelm (and Some Exciting Changes!)
Aug 31, 2020
What Makes Great Real Estate Agents, with Kevin Kauffman
Aug 18, 2020
Build Wealth By Revitalizing Small Town Main Streets with Robb Crocker
May 15, 2020
SFREI #31: Off-Market Seller-Financing Duplex Live Coaching Case Study with New Investor
Apr 20, 2020
SFREI Special Bonus Episode: Real Estate Entrepreneurial Adjustments from COVID-19 Mike Nuss
Apr 10, 2020
SFREI #30: Aligning Money with Purpose, With Dill Ward
Apr 06, 2020
SFREI #29:  COVID-19, The Perfect Storm of Ethical Opportunity
Mar 30, 2020
SFREI #28: Podcaster and Author Josiah Smelser on Crushing Your Real Estate Investing Goals
Mar 02, 2020
SFREI #27: Key Insights to Uncover About the Seller In Order To Make a Winning Proposal
Feb 03, 2020
SFREI #26: Marketing “What” You Do, vs. “How” You Do It
Jan 26, 2020
SFREI Quick Takes: Direct mail marketing to off-market Seller leads
Jan 13, 2020
SFREI #25: When should you start negotiating with the Seller?
Dec 24, 2019
SFREI #24: How to optimize your deal to squeeze out the most value possible
Dec 17, 2019
SFREI #23: Opportunity Vision--Seeing all the elements of possibility in a deal
Dec 09, 2019
SFREI Quick Takes: The superiority of off-market deals, how to avoid risking your own money and knowing if a rental is a good deal
Oct 31, 2019
SFREI #22: Brian Trippe on the Power of Networking--How Relationships Are Like Rental Properties
Oct 09, 2019
SFREI Quick Takes: How to attract Sellers, how to know if they are truly motivated, and how to decide where to learn real estate investing
Sep 18, 2019
SFREI #21: Coach Carson on Using Real Estate to Help You Do More of What You Want
Sep 04, 2019
SFREI #20: What Financial Independence Means to a TREE: Part 2
Aug 26, 2019
SFREI #19: Part 1: What ‘Financial Independence’ Means to a TREE
Aug 04, 2019
SFREI Bonus Episode! Jeff’s Interview on The Daily Real Estate Investor Podcast
Jul 20, 2019
The Most Amazing Part of Owning Rental Properties That Nobody Talks About
Jul 13, 2019
SFREI #17: Two Different Strategies for Achieving Financial Freedom Through Cash Flow
Jun 23, 2019
SFREI #16: The Real Thing You’re Trying to Create With Your Rental Portfolio
Jun 19, 2019
SFREI #15: The Role of Rental Properties In a Thoughtful Portfolio
Jun 14, 2019
SFREI #14: How to Renegotiate With the Seller Based on Your Due Diligence Findings
Jun 02, 2019
SFREI #13: “Deal Feel”--The 5 Critical Seller Dynamics to Monitor
May 19, 2019
SFREI #12: Conclusion: The Epic Case Study of an Incredible Real Estate Acquisition
May 14, 2019
SFREI #11: The Epic Case Study of an Incredible Real Estate Acquisition
Apr 28, 2019
SFREI #10: Seller Financing, the Ultimate in Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Apr 21, 2019
SFREI #9: 5 Myths of Seller Financing
Apr 15, 2019
SFREI #8: Part 2, Relationship Wholesaling
Apr 07, 2019
SFREI #7: Part 1, Relationship Wholesaling
Apr 04, 2019
SFREI #6: The Triple-Threat Acquisition Strategy
Mar 24, 2019
SFREI #5: Part 2: The 3 Categories of Seller Marketing, & Which Are Lowbrow and Thoughtful
Mar 17, 2019
SFREI #4: Part 1: The 3 Categories of Seller Marketing, & Which Are Lowbrow and Thoughtful
Mar 10, 2019
SFREI #3: Why Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneurs Buy Property Directly From Sellers
Feb 28, 2019
The Difference Between Real Estate Investing and Real Estate Entrepreneurship
Feb 17, 2019
Introducing the Sleaze-Free Real Estate Investing Podcast
Feb 17, 2019