In this episode, Alex and Trent discuss the overview of what the home buying process looks like. Getting pre-approved, hiring the right real estate agent, shopping/ making an offer on a home, the rest of the loan process, and KEY DAY! This is a 30,000 ft level, if buying a home is on your radar in the next 6-12 months then they high...

Trent Werner:Cool. Okay. Project management with myself, Trent Werner.Trent Werner:So, the overall process of project management usually comes in the order of you do the scope of work, see what needs to be done to whatever project that you are going to be managing, determine the order of operations for the work being performed, schedule b...

In this episode, Trent shares his experiences of his first real estate investment. He bought a duplex with his wife, owner-occupied one unit, and rents out the other side to help offset their monthly expenses. That's not all,  hear about how he dealt with tenants that he inherited, renovating a unit by himself, and re-rentin...

Taylor:Cool. All right. So I'm here to talk about some more in-depth circle prospecting, how you should think about starting to put together lists and what those lists of people might be looking for, or might be interested to hear about. At the end of the day, what you want to be doing is providing value to people and you're frami...

In this episode, Taylor Rhodes joins us to discuss how he overcame his cold calling fear, studies sales techniques to boost his career, and how being a leasing agent has boosted his career. Taylor has experience in many different sales positions and now focuses on real estate sales. He is a licensed real estate broker in Oregon with Uptow...

Speaker 1:Yep.Jacob:Cool. Ready whenever.Speaker 1:Go for it.Jacob:All right. I did a little book report for you guys. I read Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller and I got a really good amount of value out of it. I've been trying to figure out a good way of directing my marketing and trying to figure out the best way to reach my cu...

In this episode, Trent and Alex dive into credit. They discuss what credit is and how big of an impact it can have on people. Credit isn't something to mess around with, think of it as an adult report card like back in elementary school. Credit is how you are judged when looking to have money lent to you. Be wise and smart with your c...

In Episode 7 of the Desk Talk podcast, we are coming at you with one of the most important things to remember in business.... YOUR NET WORTH IS YOUR NETWORK. Alex and Trent discuss the meaning behind this powerful statement, how we both interpret the meaning, how it has affected our business relationships, and where to start. You do not w...

Speaker 1:Sounds good. All right, so as you guys know, I took the PMAR class, it's about an hour and a half long, on the new forms. By new forms, I mean the changes to the old forms. There are some pretty significant changes, and then there are just, kind of, terminology changes. This is the samples of the new forms that are coming ou...

In this episode I interview AJ Shepard, co-founder of Uptown Properties, a multi-faceted real-estate investment company based out of Portland, Oregon, focusing on the BRRR strategy with multi-family properties, as well as property management, construction and syndication... and if that's not enough, he runs a multi-state distribution ...