{"id":57214,"date":"2014-05-08T00:05:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T06:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=57214"},"modified":"2023-04-11T04:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T10:56:19","slug":"2014-05-08-bp-podcast-069-getting-first-deal-quitting-job-successful-marketing-brandon-krieg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/2014-05-08-bp-podcast-069-getting-first-deal-quitting-job-successful-marketing-brandon-krieg","title":{"rendered":"Getting Your First Deal, Quitting Your Job, and Successful Marketing with Brandon Krieg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s episode of the\u00a0<a href=\"\/renewsblog\/category\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BiggerPockets Podcast,<\/a> we sit down and chat with a real estate investor who is a successful wholesaler and rehabber\u00a0out of the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Grand Rapids, Michigan area<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Brandon\u00a0Krieg<\/strong>\u00a0shares his insights on how he\u00a0transitioned out of a full-time job to become a full time real estate investor\u00a0and shares some incredible insight for others who are thinking about making the leap themselves. During the show, Brandon\u00a0speaks on the importance of integrity in business and the priority of taking care of family\u00a0and then continues on to shed light on his innovative marketing tactics, that has him\u00a0<strong>averaging a 15-25% response rate with direct mail!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether you are a new investor struggling to figure out how to generate deal flow or struggling with making the transition from part-time real estate to full-time or you&#8217;ve been investing for years and need some marketing tips to take you to the next level,\u00a0this is the show for you.<\/p>\n<h2>Read the Transcript<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/bpp69-brandon-kreig-podcast-transcript-first-deal-successful-marketing\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read the transcript.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to The Show on iTunes<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/biggerpockets-podcast-real\/id594419649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to listen on iTunes.<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to the Podcast Here<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=BIGPOC9742938385\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>In This Show, We Cover:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How to transition from a<strong> full time job you hate <\/strong>to full time real estate<\/li>\n<li>How to <strong>find\u00a0good wholesalers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The\u00a0keys<\/strong>\u00a0you need to succeed at wholesaling<\/li>\n<li>How Brandon\u00a0uses\u00a0direct mail with an\u00a0<strong>\u00a015-25% response rate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>How to <strong>ethically use bandit signs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>How Brandon\u00a0used\u00a0<strong>BiggerPockets<\/strong>\u00a0to grow his network<\/li>\n<li>Who Brandon <strong>uses<\/strong> for his direct mail success<\/li>\n<li><strong>How many<\/strong>\u00a0deals should you do before jumping into real estate full time?<\/li>\n<li>How to handle leads outside your <strong>comfort zone<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>How important are <strong>business systems<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>And a lot more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Books Mentioned in the Show<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aaQ0gA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Game of Thrones<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0George R.R. Martin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2an5sZr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E-Myth<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Michael E. Gerber<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2arTu3Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lord of the Rings<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0 J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/flippingbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Book on Flipping Houses<\/a> by J Scott<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/flippingbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs<\/a> by J Scott<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aedDsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FLIP<\/a>, by\u00a0Rick Villani and Clay Davis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tweetable Topics<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If I quit real estate when it gets tough, I lose my chance of gaining success from it.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=%22If%20I%20quit%20real%20estate%20when%20it%20gets%20tough,%20I%20lose%20my%20chance%20of%20gaining%20success%20from%20it.%22@biggerpockets%20podcast%20069%20bit.ly\/1fVxvPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ask yourself, &#8220;If this client was my sister, my cousin or my uncle, how would I help them?&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=%22Ask%20yourself,%20%22If%20this%20client%20was%20my%20sister,%20my%20cousin%20or%20my%20uncle,%20how%20would%20I%20help%20them?%22%20@biggerpockets%20podcast%20069%20bit.ly\/1fVxvPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The greatest moments of growth in my life have always been sparked by great books.&#8221;\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=%22The%20greatest%20moments%20of%20growth%20in%20my%20life%20have%20always%20been%20sparked%20by%20great%20books.%22@biggerpockets%20podcast%20069%20bit.ly\/1fVxvPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet This!<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Connect with\u00a0Brandon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Brandon&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/users\/HoneybeeHomes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BiggerPockets Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brandon&#8217;s Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehoneybeehomes.com\/home\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TheHoneyBeeHomes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today&#8217;s episode of the\u00a0BiggerPockets Podcast, we sit down and chat with a real estate investor who is a successful wholesaler and rehabber\u00a0out of the\u00a0Grand Rapids, Michigan area. \u00a0Brandon\u00a0Krieg\u00a0shares his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17340,"featured_media":119603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4565],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biggerpockets-podcast"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}