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Welcome to the Mario Dattilo Show Podcast!
Mario talks with Chris Prefontaine about creative investing and best practices. Chris is a real estate expert who advises seeking out free and clear properties, screening for good partners, building an education company, and paying a premium for the right deal. Chris and Mario discuss how listening is the best way to find solutions to problems. Chris also advises on how to exit creatively and avoid exposing yourself to a bank. Mario also predicts a more rental society. Together they discuss finding a niche you're passionate about as well as experienced partners and mentors. And why it’s important to focus on your business for at least five to seven years to see real results. Finally, Chris recommends working with people who have failed and learned.
Chris Prefontaine is the four-time best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms, The New Rules of Real Estate Investing, and Sell With Authority for Real Estate Investors. He’s also founder of the Wicked Smart companies and host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast.
Today Chris and his family and team run their own creative financing business and are still in the trenches every day. Their main focus is helping students across North America plan their escape from their W-2 jobs by getting in the trenches and doing deals with them. They’ve completed over $100 million in transactions.
Find out more about Mario at MarioDattilo.net
Talking Points:
00: 38 Chris’s Real Estate Origin Story
01:44 Starting Creative Financing
03:38 Transitioning From Land Owners
04:33 “The Great Debacle” and Chris’s Book
04:47 The Market Changes, Strategy Changes
05:29 How Should We Be Thinking Differently Now?
07:42 “You Get Paid In Life By How Much Value You Bring”
07:53 Remember Everything Changes Continuously
08:17 What Are The New Strategies?
10:08 Seek Out The Free and Clear Properties
11:52 How To Be Aware of Seller Financing and Dodd-Frank
14:24 Screening for Good (and Bad) Partners
16:49 Make Sure Your Mentors, Coaches, and Partners Have a Track Record
17:27 How Do You Vet Inexperienced Partners?
18:22 Building An Education Company Around Real Estate
20:33 Cash Upfront Mindset to Paper Mindset
22:02 Paying a Premium For The Right Deal
23:25 Listening and Finding Solutions to Problems
23:59 The Quadrant: Price, Term, Monthly, Downpayment/Interest
26:45 Local Investing or Long-Distance Investing?
27:31 Self-Manage or Third-Party Management?
29:19 Creative Angles to Exit
29:51 “Don’t Expose Yourself to a Bank”
31:29 Buying Differently Than You Sell
33:04 What Is Chris Looking At Doing Next?
34:08 The Three People Who Get Effected
35:20 A More Rental Society
36:35 How to Go From Your Job to Real Estate
37:04 Find a Niche You’re Passionate About
37:19 Find Experienced Partners and Mentors
37:49 Put “The Blinders” On For Five to Seven Years (Focus)
40:02 Working With People Who Have Failed and Learned
43:03 Who Should Get Ahold of Chris
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**Links & Mentions From This Episode:**Wicked Smart Finance
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Chris Prefontaine
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Chris Prefontaine is the four-time best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms, The New Rules of Real Estate Investing, and Sell With Authority for Real Estate Investors. He’s also founder of the Wicked Smart companies and host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast.
Chris has been in real estate for over 31 years. His experience ranges from constructing new homes in the 1990s and owning a Realty Executive Franchise to running his own investments (commercial & residential) and coaching clients throughout North America.
After the crash of 2008, Chris reengineered his entire business to weather all storms and economic cycles. Understanding these challenges, he helps students navigate the constantly changing real estate waters.
Today Chris and his family and team run their own creative financing business and are still in the trenches every day. Their main focus is helping students across North America plan their escape from their W-2 jobs by getting in the trenches and doing deals with them. They’ve completed over $100 million in transactions.
