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makes more sense! The South Florida market is
very different than other markets. There are some
general characteristics and basic principles that
are the same no matter where you are flipping
houses, but not enough to lead you down the path
of success.
Even some of the small details, like how the
City of Miami Gardens requires a new Certificate
of Occupancy issued when you buy the house.
This process is determined by Code Enforcement
performing an inspection of the property.
If the house fails the inspection, you cannot
purchase the property to flip it so you potentially
just lost your profit. There are different rules and
regulations imposed by different city and
county governing bodies.
There are different contracts that are
used in different states. There are even
different cultures that exist as microcosms
within a city or state that can mandate
how one is received by sellers and buy-
ers. If your mentor doesn’t know their way
around, they cannot guide you!
investors and rehabbers that have been in the
South Florida market for about 20 years!
The BREIA headquarters is not only where
daily one-on-one coaching sessions are given,
but there is also a large classroom for the stu-
dent support classes that range from marketing
strategies to roll playing sessions to learn how to
actually talk to sellers.
There are even classes given by some of the
corporate members of BREIA like the HUD class
and how to do a proper closing when selling a
property. Both the Broward REIA and the Miami
Dade REIA are accredited chapters of the Nation-
al REIA.
A look inside a Broward REIA training.
3.) YOUR MENTOR
HAS TO HAVE A
FUNCTIONING NETWORK!
If someone has the necessary expe-
rience and knowledge to mentor you,
then they will have all the connections
you need to eventually build your own team. From
contractors, to real estate attorneys, to trusted title
companies, you will need trusted experts in your
area. As they say: It is all in who you know!
The Broward Real Estate Investors Association,
in conjunction with the Miami Dade REIA, has one
of the most successful mentor programs in the
country…. but they only mentor students one-on-
one in their market.
The owners, Ryan Kuhlman and Anish Dave,
as well as their Director Antonio Lopez are not just
out in their market teaching how to flip houses,
they are a team of highly successful wholesale
They are the only members of the National
REIA in South Florida, and with the collective ef-
fort of the NREIA’s 155,000 members nationwide,
the BREIA mentor students have more knowledge
and experience available to them then they will
ever need.
So be wise when making a commitment to any
mentor. Get out your checklist and don’t be afraid
to put the mentor to the test. Anyone that fails
or doesn’t feel comfortable with you questioning
them is probably not confident about what they
can teach you. v
The Broward Real Estate Investors Association, in conjunction with the Miami
Dade REIA, has one of the most successful mentor programs in the country…
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