Gear up for another entertaining episode with Tommy Harr, a successful real estate flipper and wholesaler! Today, he spills the good and the ugly side of being an investor, the positive outcome of running a wholesaling business, and how he kept going despite the risks surrounding the investment market.

Learn the edge of venturing into multiple real estate strategies and niches in this interview!

Key Points & Relevant Topics

• Tommy’s career shift from working in his dad’s home inspection company to real estate investing
• How flipping has helped Tommy start to recover from his investment losses
• Advantages of having a business partner in real estate wholesaling
• What makes wholesaling a great investment strategy
• Growing a rental portfolio by acquiring and keeping wholesale deals
• Ways to find private capital and partners for BRRRR and flipping strategy
• How people from social media are vetting deals and operators online before putting their money into an investment
• The power of building your credibility and online presence before making business relationships
• Benefits of hiring virtual assistants when doing multiple business ventures
• Surrounding yourself with the right people to keep pushing forward and grab more opportunities in real estate

Resources & Links

• To join the Real Side RE Community, go to https://www.tommyharr.com/join-re. 
• BiggerPockets Podcast
• Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor

About Tommy Harr

In 2017, Tom jumped full-time into his dad’s home inspection company where he 5x’d revenue, systemized the business, and inspected over 5000 houses. After walking away from the inspection company, he went all in on real estate investing where he has renovated over 150 houses, wholesaled 150+ deals, owns a 65-unit rental portfolio worth nearly $15,000,000, and 25 STRs managed in-house. He was able to retire his mom from her teaching job to work full-time in his business in 2022! He was featured twice on Business Insider in 2022 and he has coached over 350 students nationwide on how to invest in real estate and teach the REAL SIDE of real estate! 

They recently launched The Real Side Real Estate Education to educate the ins and outs of investing in real estate, but the non-guru way! They have over 130 members and growing within the community as of December 2023. 

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