LEARN HOW TO FLIP LAND & ESCAPE THE 9-5

How We Add Value and Get Paid as Land Investors

This module covers the mechanics of land investing. How do we add value and why is there an opportunity here? Core components are buying low by going direct to seller, inefficiencies in comping properties, profile of land owners (rarely use the land, out of state, etc), lack of bank financing for land/owner financing, adding value through marketing, and adding value from minor improvements ex:minor land subdivides, brush clearing, road development, etc.

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Different Land Subtypes

This module covers the different types of land ex: Infill lots, Rural Infill Lots, Rural Recreational

Different Land Investing Business Models

This module covers the different land investing business models and their relation to the different land subtypes.

The 4 Step Land Investing Framework

This module covers the 4 steps for running a land investing business. Market Selection, Data Aggregation, Pricing & Mailing, Acquisitions & Dispositions

Emulating My Business

This module provide recommendations based on my business. This covers property subtypes, marketing approaches, acquisitions channels, property size range, and property price point.

Sharpening The Ax

This module provides a worksheet + encourages the student to build out a road map before starting their land investing career. Prompts outline an acquisitions budget, operations budget, marketing channel to start with, property type to start with, and defining “what does success look like over the next 12 months?”.

Get Your First Deal in 90 Days

Use the LIA Learn, Implement, & Coach framework to get your first deal in 90 days or less.

Selecting Your Market

What are the ingredients that make for a great land investing market? Ownership data, non-disclosure states, outskirts of major metropolitan area, local attractions, monthly parcels sold, sold versus listings, price point, size range, and listing traction (views and saves).

Going a Mile Deep, Not a Mile Wide

Explaining the philosophy behind “micro mailers”. Select tightly grouped pockets of like kind properties, opposed to working entire counties at once.

Land Use & HOA’s

HOAs, covenants, restrictions, land use, etc.

Tools of The Trade

Every market is a bit different in regard to which platforms work best for market research. We use Redfin, Land.com, and Zillow. Explain how we use the different platforms.

Finding A Market Together

Real time selecting of a market. Also compare your findings between the different markets found in the demonstration. Highlight the differences and show which one is best.

Market Monday’s + Keeping Track of Your Findings

Market selection is one of the most important aspects of this business. It’s the top of the funnel for the results in your business. Teach the students how to make a consistent habit of selecting markets by doing “market mondays”. Show them how to keep track of their findings.

BONUS: Google My Maps (intro filmed)

In this Module, Rylan will be going through his process of Google My Maps

Reviewing Monthly Sell Through Rate

Using RedFin to track monthly sell through rate, as well as using 3 month and 6 month periods to track trends.

How To Use “Under Contract” Filters

Using the under contract tool to gauge real time demand on landwatch.com.

How To Use Property Control Center

Using Property Control center to review demand and to confirm pricing trends.

Tools of The Trade

Using Data Tree and or County GIS (include referral code for DT). Explaining the benefits of both options

Data Aggregation

Using DT to set your search criteria and reviewing the data

Preparing Your Data For Pricing

Show the process for transferring the raw data from the original sheet into the new sheet for pricing. Also show the format which we do our mailer in.

BONUS Systematizing Your Marketing

Set a goal and stick to it; 1000 pcs of mail per week for example. If you budgeted for it in your operation expenses. No reason why you shouldn’t hit it every week

BONUS Becoming an Excel Ninja

In this module, Michael Bull will be sharing his expertise on becoming an Excel Ninja

Selecting Your Offer Type

Explaining differences and benefits of blind offers, neutral letters, and range offers

Using Our Offer Templates + How To Make Your Own

In this module we provide copy writing tips for creating an offer letter and provide templates for blind offers, neutral letters, and range offers.

Rules of The Road For Pricing

This module explains general pricing frameworks. 30-50% of market value. Explaining inverse relationship of offer percentage relative to property value. Explaining inverse relationship between acreage and price per acre. Explain pricing theory for hot markets versus more rural markets.

Getting Comps on Redfin

As name implies

Getting Comps on Lands of America

As name implies

Getting Comps From Land.com Search

As name implies

Getting Comps From Data Tree

As name implies

Getting Comps From Zillow

Only use when RedFin is not available.

Putting it all together

Quantifying your different data sets to determine average price per acre for properties in a given size range. Applying your pricing to the data set. Accepting that you are not always going to be 100% correct in your pricing, the Pareto principle is at play here. The best way to test a market is by mailing it.

Mailing Your Offers

Learn how to mail out your offers to begin generating seller leads

BONUS Watch Me Build a Mailer in Real Time

In this video, you will see me build out a Mailer in real time to explain our process

Direct Mail Economics

Review KPI’s for mailer yield and cost per deal.

Expectations For Mailing Results

Explaining the typical mailer yields. Also explain the different forms of seller outreach. Email, Mail, Call, etc.

Organizing Seller Leads

Add sellers to FUB. Explaining seller stages. Explain important information that gets added to FUB.

Reviewing New Deals

In this module we cover everything we do when we get a new lead. Check Legal Access, Physical Access, Floodplain, Topography, Correct Owner, and taxes.

Comping New Deals

Once the property passes the sniff test, demonstrate our comping process.

Working With Sellers

Explaining follow up and sales approach. Responsiveness is the name of the game here (speed to lead). Deals get done on the phone. Follow up until you get a yes or a no.

Renegotiations

This is a critical part of the business. Nature of sending blind offers. Explain negotiation approach. I can only pay “x” because of “y” for the property.

Tips and Tricks For Making Deals Happen

Resend PA via mail. Send PA for e-signature. Follow up with hand-written notes. Premise is, once you have a good deal, you do everything in your power to make sure it gets accomplished. Do not leave “the ball” in the sellers court, always lead the charge (i.e. I’ll mail this PA into you)

Defining a Good Deal

Setting expectations for deals. Typically a good deal is a double your money situation. For terms deals we typically want to see our basis returned in no longer than 12 months. Terms deals
should typically be a 300-500% return. Explain that as we do bigger deals in terms of price, these numbers will be skewed. Understand that the sell through rate is ultimately what’s most
important. All of these percentages go out the door when you are working in markets where land is selling very fast.

Closing Your Deal

Difference between using a title company versus self closing. Encourage using title companies as you get to outsource the work, get title insurance, have the DD done for you, and insert a
level of trust with the seller.

Self Closing Your Deal

This module explains the self close process. Benefits and drawbacks. Encourage using freelance title abstractor.

Performing Your Own Due Diligence

Hire title abstractor to explain deed search and chain of title review. Explain different types of deeds and when to use them. Use lawdepot for drafting deeds.

BONUS Finding a Freelance Title Abstractor

In this module, you will see Sumner finding a freelance title abstractor

Acquisitions KPI Tracking + Template

Review the essential Acquisitions KPIs and provide KPI template sheet.

Watch Sumner Comp Properties in Real Time

Peek over Sumner’s shoulder and watch him comp deals from his CRM in real time.

What To Do While You are Closing Your Property

Explaining workflow to get done while your property is closing. Create pre-marketing checklist.

● Send neighbor letters
● Coordinate photos and videos
● Prepare Ad copy
● List on all platforms besides MLS
● Update Spreadsheet
● Create PDR
● Decide if you want to use a realtor or FSBO

Should I Use a Realtor?

Explaining logic behind using a realtor opposed to hiring a salesperson or doing your own sales. Explain common percentage splits and contract tips (no commission if you sell the property). Explain how to find a land centric realtor.

Creating Listings That Sell

Add CTA/lead magnet to listings. Painting the “picture” and highlighting relevant information. What info should I include in the listing?

Where to List Your Property

This module explains all listing sites

Using a Flat Fee MLS Provider

When to use and how to use. Get Brokerless referral link.

Pricing To Be The Next Logical Sale

Create pricing that would make you the next logical sale in the area. Explain velocity of money.

Adding Owner Financing

This module explains owner financing rationale. Explain typically DP’s and monthly rates.

How To Communicate With Buyers

Besides your first day email, all other FU’s should be pushing to a phone call. Deals get done on the phone.

Keeping Track of Buyers

FUB setup, note taking, and setting relevant follow up.

Collecting Holding Deposit + Document Prep Fee

Send intake form, draft PA and send to title. For Owner Finance sales, send PA, Contract for Deed, and Promissory Note. Create real time video of building out the documents.

Managing Owner Finance Notes

GeekPay, Moonclerk, etc. Prorate taxes, add service fee, and late payment fee. Talk about default timeline (30-90 days).

Collecting Social Proof

There is a high level of skepticism in this business. Counteract this by asking buyer who had a good experience to leave a review or write you a private review and feature on this site.

To Use FB or To Not…

THis module explains pros and cons of using FB Marketplace

Using Drip Texting To Engage Buyer Leads

Review tools and strategies to engage buyers with drip texting

Repricing Strategy

Cover our 3 tier repricing strategy and how to utilize price changes in your marketing.

Building a Cash Machine

Creating SOP’s for your business. Figuring out what can be automated, delegated, or eliminated. Start with the end in mind. How can I build a business that runs without my day to
day involvement. Most land investors have a high paying job, not a business.

Acquisitions and Dispositions Sheet + KPI’s Sheet

Provide our templates

Using FUB Automations

Explaining FUB automations and our setup

Hiring Overseas or US

Overseas is better 99% of the time. Explain where to find talent and VA placement option.

Using a Call Center

Provide script and explain how to setup PatLive. Get Patlive referral link

Using Onlinejobs.ph

Freelancer Contract Template

Building a World Class Sales Team

Managing Team Meetings

See how Sumner manages his weekly team scrum and how Sumner’s team runs their daily sales huddle.

How Sumner Uses Follow Up Boss

In this live training Sumner speaks to the LIA Group on how he uses FUB for his Acquisitions and Dispositions team.

Watch Sumner Train His Acquisitions Manager

Watch Sumner train his Acquisitions Manager. In this call, Sumner reviews Jordan’s pipeline, reviews hard to comp properties for Jordan, discusses how Jordan should manage his time in regard to comping properties, and much more.

Deal Funding Strategies

● Deal-based Joint Venture
● Bank Line of Credit
● Institutional Financing
● Promissory Note
● Multiple Investor Debt Fund
● Equity Partnership

Parcel Funders

How Cold Texting Works

Breakdown the ins and outs of how the cold texting process works.

When To Add Cold Texting To Your Business

There is a specific time and place to utilize this approach. In this module we breakdown how to know when the time is right to add texting to your business.

Setting Expectations

Setting reliable expectations for lead flow and yield from cold texting.

The Tools Needed

Breakdown of all the tools needed with discounted pricing.

Using Trello For Managing Texting Workflows

How to use Trello to never lose track of where your team is at in the texting process.

How To Find Success With Cold Texting

Key components that make this acquisition channel work most effectively.

Systematizing The Process

Turning texting from a skill to a reliable acquisitions funnel.

Watch Us Prep a List

Watch us in real time prepare a list for texting.

Discounted Tool 1: Rocket Print & Mail

Discounted Tool 2: DataTree

Discounted Tool 3: MapRight

Discounted Tool 4: Launch Control

Discounted Tool 5: PatLive

Discounted Tool 6: Brokerless (flat fee MLS)

Discounted Tool 7: SignNow

Discounted Tool 8: Wise (team payments)

Discounted Tool 9: Direct Skip