BTM126: Tech Giant Money Partner For Flippers & Landlords with Ross Hamilton

Ross Hamilton started investing in real estate in 2001 at 19 years of age and has personally owned or partnered in hundreds of real estate investments around the US. In his early 20’s, using the profits earned from his real estate investing business, Ross founded ConnectedInvestors online platform. The Connected Investors platform has grown into a real estate investment marketplace and the premier social network of over half a million real estate investors.

His platform is the first company to build a private money marketplace that allows real estate investors to easily get loan offers from multiple private money lenders by simply tapping a few buttons. The tech company facilitates over $3B in fix and flip and buy and hold funding requests each month.

 

Key Points From This Episode:

  • Ross’s transition from BMX to Real Estate
  • The emergence of Facebook for Real Estate Investors
  • How Ross linked up with the CEO of LendingTree
  • How Connected Investors grew to hundreds of thousands of users
  • Where to find the best/cheapest private money
  • What else to look for in a private money partner
  • How to become a private money lender
  • How to get private money lenders to fight for your deal
  • If you should find funding 1st or the deal 1st
  • As a brand new lender, how you should price yourself
  • Amazon and Real Estate
  • How to find deals in todays market
  • Hyper Targeting deals (cheatcode)

 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Ross’s Website

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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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