Last year I was introduced to Austin Davis. I was told about Austin from another investor I follow. The real estate teacher whose program I learned about apartment investing in referred me to Austins program. First, unlike the program I had already bought on apartment investing thi s program was just for funding. If you are a newbie grab a starter course like Monica Main’s (its cheap and broad). I started with a program by Monica Main for less than $100 and it helped me a lot. Since Austin was offering a 60 day money back guarantee I decided to give it a try.

His website was to the point and easy to understand and get a feel for his program. I was able to download the program right away too. The price was a big investment for me at $1,000 but it did come with a 60 day guarantee. Now that Austin has become so famous you can get his program for 50% off fairly easy. Austin is up front that he wants you to bring him deals for his property scout program – you don’t get partnership but just a flat fee – but you can buy on your own too if you are ready. You are not required to send him deals for his property scout program though. I wanted to buy my own apartment building and did not want to just get a fee for referring it.

I sent his staff a email and got a reply 3 days later with help which was very helpful. I got help on how to submit a deal using the forms each week from his staff. I got a year of support included for free when I bought his program which was really nice. I just include my name and email and date I ordered to get the free support. I had to work up 9 deals before the numbers finally worked, but with $3,200 a month in cashflow it was well worth it. I was able to buy with nothing down thanks to his investor fund. What was really good for me is that I do not qualify for any special grants from the government so this came as a big surprise to me.

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If you are a real estate investor or you’ve long wanted to become one there has never been a better time to get started. The good news is while 98% of investors are running after single family homes there are less than 2% of investors going after the real money. The easy and real money is in commercial real estate. 

The common belief is that you have to have a large network and lots of cash to get into commercial real estate. Nearly everyone who has bought commercial real estate who didn’t come from money has stumbled upon it or been shown the ropes on how to do it from those who already have it. 

I managed to get an interview with one of the top real estate coaches in commercial real estate to find out more about it. Austin Davis is well known in old real estate circles of commercial real estate and for good reason – he started with very little and has built a large portfolio of commercial real estate in the United States over the past 30-40 years. While using hardly any of his own money and keeping his own assets protected with trusts, corporations and keeping things out of his own name. 

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