Ep. 18 St. Louis Realtor Podcast With Adam Kruse-Than Merrill of A&E's Flip This House

In this episode, Adam talks to Than Merrill of A&E's Flip This House and Fortune Builders.They talk about how realtors can better work with investors, keeping contractors on a payment schedule, seminars, private money lending, how to make money in any market, and the value of partners. Email questions to [email protected] ITUNES- http://goo.gl/rs1q9X Blog - http://www.hermannlondon.com/?p=25845 Stitcher- http://tinyurl.com/oyaxrv9 Guest - Than Merrill http://www.thanmerrill.com/ Host - Adam Kruse http://www.hermannlondon.com/adam-kruse/ Producer-Joey Vosevich Theme Song by Trastornobeats 1:07- http://www.wizah.com/ is Hermann London’s new property search website 1:55-Than Merril calls in 2:21-Than asks Adam about the benefits of doing a podcast 3:07-Than’s background in real estate 4:00-How Adam came to know about Than 4:30-How can a realtor structure their business so that they can work with more investors 8:31-Why it is good to know what kind of deals an investor likes to be a part of 11:30-What are the Fortune Builders Find And Flip events 13:30-What is Than’s business model for running his office 18:10-Does Than do mostly buy-and-flip or buy-and-hold deals and which one is better 21:10-Than talks about being a private and hard money lender and making money in any market 22:56-Adding payment schedules to vendor contracts to ensure high quality work that’s done on time 28:34-The value of having partners versus doing it all alone 32:14-Being an investor and an agent 33:45-What blogs, podcasts, or books does Than recommend 37:17-Who is Than’s mentor and how has he thanked them