Land flipping is an unusual real estate investment. Unlike all the rest, there are no utilities, renovations, or tenants to take care of. It’s really as simple as buying a piece of land with high demand and finding a seller who either wants to build or sit on it. But can it be that easy? If land flipping is low cost, low risk, and high reward, why aren’t more investors buying raw land? What are everyday real estate investors like us missing that land flippers like Paul Hersko and Willie Goldberg understand?
Paul and Willie, like many investors, didn’t start out in real estate. Willie worked in investment banking while Paul was busy running an ecommerce business. Both were feeling unfulfilled by their work and wanted to build something bigger and better on their own. After a casual skydiving session, Paul and Willie realized they’d be perfect partners together, deciding that buying, selling, and financing raw land was what interested them most.
Now they’re making massive multiples on literal dirt, selling plots online to investors and retail buyers who want to own real estate without the big banks, down payments, and high interest rates. Paul and Willie have built an entire business around these types of deals, and even though land is low-cost, you’d be surprised by how much they make off of a simple land sale. This could be the best low-risk real estate investing out there!
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This is the BiggerPockets Podcast Show 704.
Paul:
Every day I wake up and we’re building this thing that, in my opinion, is providing so much value in this real estate space and we’re providing a real service on the front end and the back end. We’re helping fulfill people’s dreams on the back end of owning their dream property. Maybe they don’t own a home, but it’s pretty easy for them to go and put their credit card in and pay $200 a month. And in 5 to 10 years, they’re going to own this thing that they can pass down to their children. That’s a story that we…
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