All Forum Posts by: Maximilian Marck

For those of you making it happen, what do you spend 80% of your time doing, and what's the 20% of what you're doing that's getting you 80% of your results?

Has anyone used Alex Martinez's course? He reached out to me before he put it together a couple of years ago. He seemed like a standup guy. The program's pretty cheap, so I was just kinda curious about it.

@Mike Morrell 

It definitely helps.

Do you have a sense of the area's competition as compared to Charlotte?

I am currently looking for deals in Gaston County, but I'm curious about what you think about investing in SC areas like Fort Mill or Lake Wylie. 

Do you buy in these cities?

What would your concerns be about investing here? Taxes? Legal complications?

I'm looking forward to what y'all have to say.

I've recently gotten a new roommate. I knew him in college (I just graduated in May), and he's  a great guy. He was an excellent soccer player, valedictorian, and I was vice-president under him in the Catholic Men's Household. He doesn't really have any entrepreneurial ambition, let alone real-estate aspirations. But him moving in has been a big boost in my commitment and motivation in real estate, but in everything else too.  

What I realized is that you need to find people who are more than just competent investors. You need people who share your values, and strive to habituate them. Virtue, as Aristotle says, is a habit in accord with reason. In other words, virtue is knowing what you should do, and habitually doing it. If you have people around you who are virtuous, it doesn't matter if they are entrepreneurs. My roommate knows that he should, say, go for a run, and he does it. I see that, and I am edified by it.

Beyond what virtuous friends can bring to your business habits, the more important reality is that the virtue that they inspire in you is more crucial for your happiness than any deal could ever be. The reason, of course, is that the happiness of virtue comes from an internal source. You can be virtuous in any setting, even if you have lost everything. There have been virtuous men and women in penthouses, but there have also been virtuous men and women in concentration camps and cardboard boxes. No matter what your circumstances are, virtue--courage, temperance, generosity, honor, friendliness, and all the rest can serve to make you happier in the most human way possible.

The title pretty much says it. Who do y'all follow? It's easy enough to find the big instagrammers, but who are the smaller, no-nonsense, hype free people you follow?

Welcome Dominic!

It's been a long time! Decided to postpone my real estate work until after I finish college--and frankly, also because I didn't want it enough. I'm back now though.

Now I'm about to graduate, I've got rock solid reasons for working hard, and I want to jump back in.

I will be graduating in May with a double bachelor's degree in English and Philosophy (useless, I know; it's a long term plan). I'll need a way to pay the rent and put food in the fridge, but I'm also eager to get back into real estate. So I thought about seeing if I could get some kind of paid role working for an investor. I don't know exactly what this would be; I never looked into it.

My question to all of you is this: 

In the next 4-5 months, what kinds of skills (such as those which can be found on Skillshare or elsewhere) would make me most valuable in some capacity to active investors (especially flipping)?

I've just moved to a new area, and I plan on flipping homes here. I'm not really all that familiar with the area. I plan on driving for dollars, but I'm not sure where to start. What are some good strategies to single out good places to look?

I don't think I'm going to be able to make it. I'll be there next month!