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REI Automated Marine Vet turned REI Coach. Deals in 34 states. 400+ investors coached nationwide. Creator of DealBase CRM + DealGPT.

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26/05/2026

"Spam Likely."

"Suspected Spam."

You've seen it on your own phone. I hate it. You hate it. Everybody hates it.

Here's the problem most cold callers don't realize.

When you dial heavy on limited phone numbers, those numbers get flagged fast.

Mojo gives you a limited set of numbers. Dial them hard and the carriers tag them. Once that happens, your answer rates absolutely tank.

You're not getting fewer pickups because your script is bad. You're getting fewer pickups because nobody sees a real number on their screen.

That's where BatchDialer changes the game.

It's built specifically for real estate investors. Starts at $139 a month for the basic plan.

But here's the part that matters. Phone number reputation monitoring.

BatchDialer watches your caller IDs across T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon. It alerts you the moment a number gets flagged as spam or scam likely.

You stop flying blind. You know exactly when to rotate.

DM me "STACK" and I'll send you the details.

I almost lost $13,500 to a loophole.Not in a deal. In my own contract.Early on, I partnered with another investor. We sh...
26/05/2026

I almost lost $13,500 to a loophole.

Not in a deal. In my own contract.

Early on, I partnered with another investor. We shook hands. We split the work. We had a JV agreement in place.

At least I thought we did.

The agreement had a gap. One piece of weak wording. And when the deal got messy, that gap is exactly where everything fell apart.

Months of work. Gone.

$13,500 I should have walked away with. Gone.

Here's the thing about joint ventures. The handshake feels good. The partnership feels solid. But when money hits the table and pressure shows up, the only thing protecting you is what's written down.

I learned that the expensive way.

So I did something about it. I sat down with real attorneys. Not a template off the internet. Not something a guru sold me. Actual legal counsel.

We built the strongest JV agreement I could put my name on.

Then I put it to work. Deal after deal.

100+ closings across the country. Over $1.53M in profit. Zero partnership disasters since.

This agreement covers the stuff that quietly blows deals up.

Clear roles, so nobody can claim they didn't know their job.

Built-in accountability, so both sides actually execute.

Clean bookkeeping, so the money is never a mystery.

Expense rules, so a partner can't blindside you with spending.

Boring? Maybe. But boring is what keeps your profit in your pocket.

If you're running JV deals on a handshake right now, you're one bad partner away from my $13,500 lesson.

Don't learn it the way I did.

Comment "JV" and I'll send you the exact attorney-reviewed agreement I've used on 100+ deals.

25/05/2026

I read a post the other day that stuck with me.

A stay-at-home dad trying to wholesale his first deal.

Medical issues. One car. His wife working overtime to keep things afloat.

He wrote: "I don't have mounds of cash. How am I supposed to come up with earnest money?"

Here's what nobody told that guy. What I wish somebody had told me on deal number one.

In 9 years of wholesaling, I have never put up more than one dollar in earnest money.

One dollar. Across 34 states. Hundreds of contracts. And I have the paperwork to prove it.

If you've ever talked to a motivated seller, gotten excited about a good deal, then froze because you didn't know where you'd get the deposit money...

This is for you.

You are not too broke to start. You've just been told a lie about what it actually takes.

DM me "EMD" and I'll send you the exact contract I use.

24/05/2026

$150K in contracts or every penny back. Comment GUARANTEE

23/05/2026

Running comps manually is costing you deals. Want the fix? DM me DEALLABS

23/05/2026

Here's a question I get all the time.

"Keith, you tell me to get 3 contractor bids. That's expensive. How do I get contractors to bid on a property I might not even buy? And how do I get it for free?"

Fair question. You've got 2 options.

Option 1. Build a relationship with a contractor who understands investors.

Call them up. Be upfront. "Hey, I'm going to be bringing you multiple deals."

They'll bid knowing you're a serious, repeat buyer. Not some tire-kicking wholesaler wasting their time.

Option 2. This one isn't free. But it's cheap.

Offer to pay them for their time. Something reasonable. Maybe $100, maybe $200 for a detailed walkthrough with pictures and an estimate.

Think about that. $200 to know exactly what a property needs before you buy it.

That's cheap insurance against a bad deal.

DM me "BUFFER" and I'll send you the details.

"I like talking to you compared to most of the people I talk to."That's what Sean told me toward the end of the deal."Yo...
22/05/2026

"I like talking to you compared to most of the people I talk to."

That's what Sean told me toward the end of the deal.

"You're just very... I don't know. But cordial."

It's a weird compliment, right? But it stuck with me.

Because here's the reality of what we do...

We're dealing with people at some of the most stressful moments of their lives.

Sean was trying to sell his house fast so he could buy his parents' place before someone else did. His wife Elena was stressed. They had two teenage boys doing online school during COVID.

An anxious dog that barked at everyone. Storage units filling up.
Everything was riding on this deal going smoothly.

And most investors would've treated him like a transaction. Sign here. Initial there. See you at closing.

I did something different.

I walked him through the entire contract paragraph by paragraph.

On speakerphone with his wife so she could hear too. Explained exactly how I make money and why.

"We buy houses for a profit," I told him. "When I sell your house, I keep the profit."

No games. No hiding the spread. Just honesty.

When he got nervous about the back-out clause, I called him proactively to explain it.

When he had questions, I answered them same day.

The deal closed smoothly. $62,649.54.

But what I remember most isn't the profit.

It's that comment.

"You're just very cordial."

In a business full of sharks trying to lowball motivated sellers, being genuinely human is a competitive advantage.

Not a tactic. Not a script. Just... decent.

Turns out that's rare enough to be remarkable.

This check says $96,163.73.JD did not pocket $96,163.73.Here's the real number.That's JD in the photo. Retired Marine. H...
22/05/2026

This check says $96,163.73.

JD did not pocket $96,163.73.

Here's the real number.

That's JD in the photo. Retired Marine. He stepped out of uniform in June 2025 and did not waste a day figuring out what was next.

By August he joined REI Automated.

By November he had his first property under contract. $45,000 purchase price.

Six months later it sold. That check is the proceeds from the sale.

But proceeds are not profit.

After JD paid back what he spent to buy the house and the six months of renovation, his actual profit was $15,683.92.

I'm telling you that on purpose.

Every guru online holds up a giant check and lets you assume the whole thing went in their pocket. That is how people get a warped idea of this business.

$15,683.92 is the honest number. And the honest number is the one that matters.

Here's the part that still gets me.

JD was my boss in the Marine Corps. He used to give me orders. Now we work deals together.

He did not coast into retirement. He did not burn his pension on stuff that doesn't matter. He picked up a new skill, put in the reps, and turned one contract into a real check.

That first deal will not make him rich. It made him something better. It made him certain.

Your first deal is not supposed to change your life. It's supposed to change your mind.

JD didn't wing it. He followed a system, step by step.

It's the same method I give every new investor I work with.

Comment "FREEDOM" and I'll send it to you.

JD, congrats brother. You earned every cent of that $15,683.92.

21/05/2026

Here's a trick nobody tells you.

Your first hire leads to your second hire.

A good property manager introduces you to a good agent. The good agent introduces you to a good contractor. Your whole team builds from that one relationship.

So spend the most time getting the property manager right. Everything else flows from there.

I'm blessed with amazing property managers. That's why I can invest across 55 cities in 34 states.

Now the part that scares everyone: buying a house you've never walked through.

It scared me too the first few times. But here's what I learned.

You're not a home inspector. Who are you to walk through a house and catch every little thing wrong? Let the inspector be nitpicky. That's their job.

Step one, before you even order the inspection: get a video walkthrough from your agent. Not photos. A video.

Have them walk the entire property live on a call with you, or record every single room.

You set yourself up to win or lose based on who you choose. Start with the property manager.

DM me "REIMAP" and I'll send you the full breakdown.

I built a real estate business on a 60-minute lunch break.Stationed in Hawaii. Active duty Marine. Couldn't use my phone...
20/05/2026

I built a real estate business on a 60-minute lunch break.

Stationed in Hawaii. Active duty Marine. Couldn't use my phone at work.

3am Hawaii time is 9am Florida. Too early to call before work. Too late after work.

So I had one window. Lunch.

60 minutes a day. Monday through Friday. That was my entire business.

By year four, I was making $300K in net profit. Enough to walk away from the Marines.

Here's what nobody tells you.

You don't need 40 hours a week. You don't need to grind nights and weekends. You don't need to quit your job to start.

You need a system that actually fits your life.

Most programs hand you 350 hours of videos and say good luck. No CRM. No scripts. No support.

That's theory without action. That's why you're still stuck.

If I did this on a 60-minute lunch break in the worst time zone on earth, you can do it with 1 to 2 hours a day in any market.

Comment CASE STUDY and I'll send you the full breakdown. The same 90-day roadmap I use with my students.

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