How Agents Can Build a Rental Portfolio This Year ft. Cody Sperber

The “Clever Investor,” Cody Sperber, joins the Massive Agent to discuss how agents can start building a rental portfolio, how much time agents should invest in it, what it cost him to win at the money game while losing in his relationships, and his game-changing AI real estate system.
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On this episode of The Massive Agent Podcast, we’re talking with the “Clever Investor,” Cody Sperber—one of the biggest real estate investment names in the game—about how you as an agent can start to acquire an extra two homes a month to start building your own rental portfolio

The beginning of the interview is very tactical, and the end…gets very, very real. Cody is someone I look up to—as many of you do, too. This is an episode you’ll want to listen to multiple times. 

If you’re an agent who has any desire to start building your own portfolio of rental properties—maybe you want to start flipping, maybe you just want to start wholesaling for some extra cash, maybe you don’t know what any of that means but you know that real estate investment is something you need to pay attention to (and you would be right). 

You’ll come away from this episode knowing a lot more about real estate investing and the mindset behind it than most agents on the planet know—including those who’ve “toyed with the idea” of investing in real estate. 

The last 20 minutes of this episode are heavy. You’ll know exactly what I mean when you hear it. So, block out some time and get ready to take some notes—and then take action

Listen to the podcast above or click on any of the timestamps below to watch:

00:0009:37 Intro

09:37 Meet Cody Sperber.

13:22 How bad investors piss off agents—and what Cody does instead

19:25 How he gets agents paid when they participate in some of his creative deals

24:56 Targeting free-and-clear homeowners

29:27 In real estate, you will never have a money problem—only a creativity problem.

32:21 Some of the biggest objections he gets from agents

36:20 What to do if your state laws impose restrictions on real estate investing

38:19 The due-on-sale clause

44:45 How much time should an agent put into real estate investing?

48:01 How to turn this difficult market into an inexhaustible source of investment opportunities

56:43 The cost of winning at money but losing in health, character, and relationships.

01:01:39 Winning the game of life—step 1: You cannot give what you do not have.

01:03:52 Burning to the ground and then rebuilding: What does it mean to set a standard?

01:08:27 Cody’s favorite new offer right now: AIRealEstateSystem.com

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About the Author

Host of the Massive Agent Podcast and creator of the Massive Agent Society, Dustin considers himself a marketer who sells homes. He is a Top 3 Finalist for an Inman Innovator of the Year Award and an industry keynote speaker, appearing on stage at Gary Vaynerchuk’s Agent2021, Inman Connect, Sales Mastery, HousingWire, and more.

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