How You Make Money In Chicago In Your Early 20s with Alex Diaz

This Is How You Make Money In Chicago In Your Early 20s with Alex Diaz Alex Diaz Shares Success Despite Roadblocks He Had To Overcome! Real Estate Flipping, Renovations, Wholesaling, Cold Calling, Direct-to-Seller Marketing Alex Diaz explains how he left his day job as a barber to successfully flip and wholesale real estate for a living at 24 years of age! Alex starts by sharing how he made the jump from being a barber to wholesaling real estate. He explains how he acquired his first property; a househack sourced off-market! Alex provides tactical advice on marketing directly to sellers to create deal flow. He talks about lessons learned from flipping and gets granular on the real estate market in Aurora and the surrounding suburbs. This is another motivating show with an investor thriving at a young age! Show notes 00:00 Surrounding yourself with the right people changes everything 01:31 How early exposure to real estate sparked the journey 06:55 Why procrastination—not money—held him back 10:29 The first house hack: finding it on Craigslist and following up for 3 years 14:30 Discovering wholesaling through necessity 16:10 Scaling with direct mail and Egypt-based VAs 21:29 Recording and reviewing calls to improve sales skills 26:38 Partnering with a GC to walk flips and control costs 30:24 Why sharing an office with other flippers leveled him up 34:46 Using hard money and private investors to fund deals Join us as we share our winning strategies, success stories, obstacles we've encountered, and most importantly, the lessons we have learned along the way. If you are ready to learn the ins and outs of the investing in Chicago and suburbs. SUBSCRIBE: http://ow.ly/pNzU50BFJtU Got an idea for the show? Shoot us an email at straightupchicagoinvestor@gmail.com Follow us behind the scenes on Instagram: http://ow.ly/lquy50BGadL Make our acquaintance on our Club: http://ow.ly/RZvr50BGaei Give us a shout on Facebook: http://ow.ly/Qqr350BGaeM Visit our world directly: https://www.straightupchicagoinvestor.com/ Listen to the 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗨𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 on your favorite streaming service: http://ow.ly/lI7050BGafp