S7|G19 The Most Overlooked Asset in Real Estate with Mike Deaton
About this episode
In this episode, Maurice D. Chism, Sr. interviews Mike Deaton about the overlooked potential of land investing for achieving financial freedom.
What if the most powerful path to financial freedom wasn't flipping houses, managing tenants, or chasing the stock market — but quietly buying and selling the vacant dirt that everyone else drives right past? In this episode of That Will Nevr Work, host Maurice sits down with Mike Deaton — founder of Flipping Dirt, author of the Flipping Dirt book series, land investing expert, and partner in over 1,200 units of multifamily real estate — for one of the most grounded, practical, and genuinely inspiring conversations about building wealth and lifestyle freedom we've ever featured on this show. After losing his corporate job in 2016, Mike chose land flipping over traditional real estate to avoid tenants, repairs, debt, and burnout — and what he and his wife Ligia built from that layoff is a seven-figure empire, a coaching movement, and a life of complete freedom hiking the mountains of Colorado. Pre-Zero Sports Talk In this episode, you'll discover: How Mike and Ligia turned a dual corporate layoff into a seven-figure land business — and the mindset that made it possible Why vacant land is the most overlooked and underestimated wealth-building vehicle in all of real estate The six…
People in this episode
Host: Maurice D. Chism, Sr.
Guest: Mike Deaton
Topics covered
- real estate
- land investing
- financial freedom
- entrepreneurship
- wealth building
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Flipping Dirt
Books & works: Flipping Dirt book series
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