I will never forget the first meeting Alex and I had with a “real” investor. Alex found him by cold calling “I buy houses cash signs” in the neighborhoods we were working. We were so excited to have a sit down with a legit investor and I am pretty sure it showed (mind you we were 23 & 24 and knew almost nothing about real estate). Little did we know that this moment would be the turning point in our infant real estate careers. We originally went in there to grow our buyer’s l

This may seem simple. But being specialized has exponentially grown our company. It is one the main reasons we have been able to grow to over $6,000,000 in just over a year and a half. It is a huge reason why our team is efficient, effective, and fun to be around (you know it’s true). We all know our role. We know our priorities. And we execute at a high level, improving with each experience within our role. It hasn’t always been like that, though. In the beginning, when it w

We have all heard the stories; investors who use under the table labor, try to pull as few permits as possible, and try to squeeze every penny out of a property they can, usually cutting corners in the process. I have seen firsthand how some investors will do this and try to fly under the radar in order to maximize their profit. One investor actually questioned our big sign in our front yard that has our name and contact information on it. He told me that bringing that much a

This week in Team Education we watched a Ted Talk which taught us to have powerful conversations in lieu of insignificant small talk. We’ve all sat through the agonizing time filler known as “small talk”. It’s one of those things that most people don’t like to do, but they feel like they have to. Everyone has been in a conversation and felt the only way to keep it alive is to ask questions such as: How are the kids? Where are you from? Wow, it’s a beautiful day outside, hu

Christian Chasmer here today to tell you how CC Solutions uses failure to succeed! The summer of my junior year in college I worked for an internship where I ran my own franchise of an exterior painting company. I did my own marketing and sales. I hired my own crew of painters and managed them. I did my own customer service and scheduling. And it was the hardest summer of my life. The average manager had 5 painters on their team and kept 4 the whole summer; I went through 23.