Today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we’re excited to bring you another fantastic interview by one of the most successful real estate authors in America.
Jay Papasan is best known to this audience as the co-author of The Millionaire Real Estate Investor (co-written with Gary Keller) which has been our top-recommended real estate book here from BiggerPockets Podcast guests. He also co-authored The Millionaire Real Estate Agent and collaborated on the best selling book FLIP and HOLD. Most recently, Jay is the co-author of The One Thing, which Brandon recently featured as the number one book on his list of the business books that changed his life in 2014.
Jay is also a savvy real estate investor, and he shares his incredible story and strategy with us today!
In This Episode We Cover:
How Jay got started writing real estate books
Why real estate agents don’t invest themselves
How to adopt an investor mindset
The habits real estate investors hold
How to do the math when looking at properties
Insight into The Millionaire Real Estate Investor
Clever methods for finding deals
What you should know about “The Domino Effect“
And SO much more!
Links from the Show:
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BiggerPockets Tools for Analysis
BiggerPockets Podcast Show 105 with Ophelia Nicholson
BiggerPocket’s The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down
Books Mentioned in this Show
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller
The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It’s Not About the Money…It’s About Being the Best You Can Be! by Gary Keller
The Book on Flipping Houses by Mr. J Scott
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley
The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich by David Bach
Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength by Bill Phillips
Go For the Goal by Mia Hamm
Rich Habits – The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals by Thomas C. Corley
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason
Rich Dad’s CASHFLOW Quadrant by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Managing Oneself by Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Tweetable Topics:
“Start looking at the world as an opportunity.” (Tweet This!)
“Every house is a surprise.” (Tweet This!)
“I’d always rather miss 5 or 6 good ones rather than buy one bad one.” (Tweet This!)
“I’d rather have fewer roofs to manage but have more net worth and cash flow over time.” (Tweet This!)
“Achievers have a clear sense of priority.” (Tweet This!)
“Action is how you make progress in life.” (Tweet This!)
“If I just teach him one thing, where do I begin that has the most impactful way for me to line up my life?” (Tweet This!)
“You figure out what your focus should be and act that way all the time.” (Tweet This!)
“The best way to learn something is to teach it.” (Tweet This!)
Connect with Jay
Jay’s Website
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