We Brought Back the Advanced Group (LA 1519)
Transcript:
Jack Butala:
Steve and Jill here.
Jill DeWitt:
Hello.
Jack Butala:
Welcome to the Land Academy Show, entertaining land investment talk. I'm Steven Jack Butala.
Jill DeWitt:
And I'm Jill DeWitt, broadcasting from pretty Paradise Valley, Arizona.
Jack Butala:
Today Jill and I talk about why we brought back the Land Academy Advanced Group.
Jill DeWitt:
I don't think it ever really went away.
Jack Butala:
It really didn't.
Jill DeWitt:
No, it was kind of just on a hiatus, and we'll talk about that.
Jack Butala:
Yeah.
Jill DeWitt:
And why it's getting big now.
Jack Butala:
Massive traction. Here's a hint, it has to do with funding.
Jill DeWitt:
Mm-hmm (affirmative).
Jack Butala:
Funding new people's deals, and funding each other. Before we get into it, let's take a question posted by one of our members on the LandInvestors.com online community, it's free, and if you're already a member, please join us on Discord.
Jill DeWitt:
So there's two places you can connect with us is what that means. Okay, Nolan wrote, "I've sent out a couple mailers. I have had a few signed purchase agreements come back, and a good amount of leads I'm working through, but access to the land seems to be my issue. I do have a couple in the hopper I'm pretty excited about, but I'm waiting to hear back from a broker what they think they can sell them for before I buy them. It certainly takes time, and being new and in the weeds is tough, especially hunting for deal number one. It will come, I just have to keep at it." Nolan gave his own advice.
Jack Butala:
Self-motivation.
Jill DeWitt:
Exactly. I know it, I know what you're going to say, it's like when you're a kid, and you walk in like, "I know Dad, I know I'm wrong. I know I screwed up, I know I", whatever it is, "I wrecked the car, you don't have to tell me. The policeman already did it, we had a whole talk. I'm good." So that's kind of ... But you're not in trouble, obviously.
Jack Butala:
Everybody goes through this, that's why I included this. It's not a question, it's a statement.
Jill DeWitt:
Yeah.
Jack Butala:
And actually, this is his response to several people saying, "My mailers are out, I've got some stuff coming back in", it's just that oh my God moment, and we all went through it.
Jill DeWitt:
Yeah. And you're doing it.
Jack Butala:
So important.
Jill DeWitt:
Access to the land. That's fine.
Jack Butala:
Yep.
Jill DeWitt:
And you know what to do, Nolan. You know the difference between physical access and legal access, and I love that you're bringing in, if you're really on the fence, that's one of the best, safest things you can do is call someone really local to the area and just say, "What do you think? What could you sell this for?" Without telling them any of the backstory, just what do you think and how fas could you do it? And then you know, "Oh, I need to hurry up and buy this", or, "Oh, don't bother."
Jack Butala:
Today's topic, why we brought back the Advanced Group. This is the meat of the show. If I wrote this title, and I didn't, I would say, "Why we brought back the Advanced Group, which never really went away."
Jill DeWitt:
Yep. Well, maybe some people are on our staff are a little confused, and again, it never went away. We've always had the Advanced Group, but now we've added to it. We've added to the services, and the time, and the energy, and the group. So our Advanced Group was really a core, handpick, I want to give the back story.
Jack Butala:
Sure.
Jill DeWitt:
This was a core, handpicked group that started like 20 people that you identified as heavy hitters, like minded, sending out a ton of mail, buying a ton of deals, doing big numbers, big dollar amounts. People that we all need to kind of learn from each other, and again, it's still kind of handpicked who gets in the group, period. And if you're in the Advanced Group, you should know, you are handpicked.