David Greene Show: The Investment "House of Cards": Why Most Investors are Failing Right Now I Episode 122

About this episode

Emily Lopez discusses her journey in real estate and the current challenges investors face.

Meet Emily Lopez-RE broker, salesperson, contractor, investor, and flipper. Emily shares her story of how she built a RE business and portfolio including her background learning how to do construction and leading into how she built her RE business and then brokerage. Emily shares the mindset shift that happened when she realized money is just a form of energy and how she used that information to start several successful businesses. Emily shares what she sees today’s home buyers getting right, what they’re getting wrong, and how different locations have different strategies that will work. Emily and David discuss how to determine who you are serving, how to provide what they are looking for, and the lies that distract you from making solid investment decisions. They discuss the house of cards so many investors are caught in and what deals look like in today’s market. Download today!

People in this episode

Host: David Greene

Guest: Emily Lopez

Topics covered

• real estate
• investment strategies
• mindset shift
• home buyers
• market analysis

Keywords

• real estate business
• investment failures
• construction
• brokerage
• successful businesses

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RE

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