{"id":44589,"date":"2013-06-13T01:05:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T07:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=44589"},"modified":"2023-04-10T19:05:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T01:05:02","slug":"2013-06-13-marketing-new-construction-tucker-merrihew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2013-06-13-marketing-new-construction-tucker-merrihew","title":{"rendered":"Marketing Machines, Spec Houses, Flipping &#038; Wholesaling | Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most investors think of real estate investing as buying an ugly property and making it look good, today we sit down with an investor who runs a highly successful investing business that focuses heavily on investing in new home building, along with wholesaling and flipping as well. <strong>Tucker Merrihew<\/strong>, the owner of TTM Development Co in Portland, Oregon, shares a ton of great advice on creating a sustainable and automatic lead funnel, as well as numerous tips on a variety of investing techniques.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/pages\/bpp22-tucker-merrihew-podcast-transcript-marketing-flipping-wholesaling\" target=\"_blank\">Read the transcript for episode 22 with Tucker Merrihew here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>In This Show, We Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-43638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/BiggerPockets-Podcast-_-Real-Estate-Investing-and-Wealth-Building-9.42.11-AM1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"BiggerPockets Podcast _ Real Estate Investing and Wealth Building 9.42.11 AM\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How a <strong>&#8220;failed personality test&#8221;<\/strong> led to real estate investing<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>early mistakes<\/strong> that caused major problems for Tucker<\/li>\n<li>Do <strong>condos<\/strong> make good investments?<\/li>\n<li>How to build a<strong> marketing machine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Direct mail &#8220;<strong>shock marketing<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Why knocking down houses might <strong>make you money<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tucker&#8217;s <strong>online marketing<\/strong> strategy<\/li>\n<li>The financial benefits of <strong>spec building<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Tips for <strong>finding<\/strong> and <strong>working with<\/strong> great contractors<\/li>\n<li>Finding deals when the MLS is <strong>too competitive<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Listen to The Show on iTunes (Preferred Method!)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/biggerpockets-podcast-real\/id594419649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to listen on iTunes.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to the Podcast Here<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=BIGPOC2019585205\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Links from the Show<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usps.com\/business\/every-door-direct-mail.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Door Direct Mail<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"BP Podcast 010 : Flipping Houses 101 with J Scott\" href=\"\/renewsblog\/2013\/03\/21\/flipping-houses-101-j-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\">BP Podcast 010 : Flipping Houses 101 with J Scott<\/a><br \/>\nTucker&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttmcash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lead Generating Website<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Books Mentioned In The Show:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2akIEHq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump Books<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2alBeXq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Win Friends and Influence People<\/a> &#8211; Dale Carnegie<\/p>\n<h2>Tweetable Topics:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s motivation in weird places sometimes.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/oi7Fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Tweet<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When investing in real estate, you&#8217;ve got to have a website.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/8_74Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Tweet<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To be successful in real estate investing, you gotta build momentum.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/06JbZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Tweet<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Get in Touch with Tucker<\/h2>\n<p>Tucker&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/users\/TTMfinance\" target=\"_blank\">BiggerPockets Profile<\/a><br \/>\nTucker&#8217;s Company Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.TTMDevelopmentCompany.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.TTMDevelopmentCompany.com<\/a><br \/>\nTucker&#8217;s Facebook Page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/TuckerMerrihew \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.Facebook.com\/TuckerMerrihew <\/a><br \/>\nTucker&#8217;s &#8220;Lead generating direct mail post cards&#8221; 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