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Lighting Up Real Estate shines a light on people, strategies, systems, and ideas so you can become a real estate investor. Get expert advice from real estate investors, people in the field of real estate, and companies that can help your business grow. The host of this show, Candle Lockett is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and broker who created this platform to educate, share lessons, and inspire you. No B.S. Through interviews with wholesalers, flippers, landlords, commercial inves ...
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063: On the show today is Sarah Weaver, an investor, author, and business owner. Sarah talks about real estate investing, mindset, how she built her portfolio of 19 properties, and how she buys and manages them all long distance. She breaks down the numbers, and why it makes sense to add Medium Term Rental (MTR) properties to your rental portfolio.…
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062: Andrea Hardaway is a property manager and author. And this week's episode is so good! Listen in to learn how Andrea became a property manager, how she and her team find and qualify tenants for their properties, how they handle repairs, evictions, and so much more! If you have been thinking about hiring a property manager to manage your propert…
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061: Makeda Smith is a global event planner, real estate investor, and a brand new international real estate agent. This week, Makeda talks about how to buy real estate as an investor and teaches us how to sell as an agent. She talks about out of the box strategies about how to finance, choose your property and how to create other goals with your i…
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060: This week I talk with Kevin Jefferson, a mortgage lender in Atlanta, Georgia. We talked about so many strategies and ideas that will be a game changer if you're looking to buy a home in 2023 to live in or even invest in for 2023. We talk about Kevin's outlook for the current real estate market and four game changing hacks that will change the …
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059: Welcome back to Part 2 of my conversation with Dexter Brown, real estate investor. In this episode, we talk about note investing, becoming a debt holder instead of an equity holder, entrepreneurship, and his future goals in real estate. Grab your pen and paper. You don't want to miss this second part of this amazing conversation! Guest: Dexter…
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058: Real estate investor Dexter Brown from New Orleans, Louisiana is on the show and we are talking all things real estate and how he got into the excess funds business. How it works, his day-to-day, and how you can start an excess funds business. Guest: Dexter Brown Host: Candle Locket This show is sponsored by: Candle Real Estate Academy.com. Ed…
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057: Real estate investor Clive Davis, is the owner or investor of over 2k multifamily units. He is on the podcast telling us how we can do the same. He shares the steps to owning an apartment, why apartments are better than single-family, how his business is dealing with inflation, and more. Guest: Clive Davis FB group: African American Multi-fami…
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056: Real estate investor Shay Nabors comes on the podcast to share how she house-hacked her way into owning multiple multi-units as a first-time home-buyer. She talked about how she found her first property, how she leveraged banks, and her 2022 prediction in real estate. Guest: Shay Nabors Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Re…
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055: Real estate investor Zachary Juergensen is on the podcast teaching us all things metaverse- FOR BEGINNERS. We start with the basic foundation of the metaverse how and why it is created and how we prepare ourselves for the future of real estate. We also discuss NFT, blockchains, and cryptocurrency. Learn more about Zach here. Host: Candle This …
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054: Real estate broker Alexis Monroe joins the podcast to share how she has used the buying and selling of land as her strategy in real estate investing. In this interview, she shares how she went from flipping her first land deal and now turning this niche into a brokerage. Guest: Alexis Monroe Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Cand…
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053: 26-year-old Dallas Basha comes on the podcast sharing he saw a problem and now provides student housing for 140 students. In this interview we discuss: limited partnerships managing properties with a full-time job how he finds properties risks with student housing Guest: Dallas Basha Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Real …
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052: Starting off 2022, with financial advisor, author, and educator Rory Douglas. In this episode, we are talking about all things "financial literacy" for real estate investors. In this episode, you'll learn the number #1 thing you should do before you start real estate investing tax codes for real estate investors, whole life insurance, trusts, …
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051: Ready to learn about building your personal credit, mortgages, creating commercial loans, and how to use your personal home to get your first property? Real estate banker and investor Michael "Big League" McKenzie joins the podcast and is ready to tell all. Guest: Michael McKenzie Guest: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Real Es…
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050: Gene B. Johnson, flipper and real estate developer are here and ready to share his goal of flipping 40 properties in 2021, the year he turns 40. We discuss how got started as a wholesaler, works with investors for capital, finding properties, building his team, and transitioning from flipper to developer. Guest: Gene Johnson Host: Candle Locke…
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049: Real estate investor and YouTuber Tariq Thomas is on the podcast bringing all of this knowledge on flipping houses. He has been flipping real estate for over 20 years and he's here for all the rookies. We go over his top 5 mistakes rookies make when it comes to flipping houses. Guest: Tariq Thomas Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by…
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048: Hotel owner, insurance consultant, blogger, podcaster, and financial consultant Acquania Escarne is on the podcast sharing how to use life insurance to buy real estate. She is in her zone. We discussed the difference between whole and term life insurance. Real estate strategies you can use with life insurance. She also shares her exit strategy…
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047: We have back "Real Estate Superwoman" Ashley Jennings. She shares how she transitioned from a full-time employee to a full-time real estate investor, how she syndicates deals, how she works with her capital investors, and her next venture in real estate. Guest: Ashley Jennings Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Real Estate …
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046: Justin Corritore is co-owner of Stonehouse Management Company, he comes on the podcast to share his step-by-step strategy of how he built this massive portfolio. How he used the leverage of relationships to build his business model. Guest: Justin Corritore Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Real Estate Academy.com. Educatio…
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045- 26-year-old real estate investor Abrahana James shares her experience buying her first investment property by house hacking. She explains her strategy in buying the right duplex, how she manages the property, how she lives off 40% of her income, and the other streams of income besides rental she has come in every month. Guest: Abrahana James H…
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044- Today we are talking with the "Tax Lien Queen" Shantelle Owens. She teaches us why tax liens are the best advantage when buying real estate, how to buy at auctions, buying as a business, the best strategies for picking the best properties, and more. Guest: Chantelle Owens Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Real Estate Acade…
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Real estate broker, investor and mogul Tamairo Moutry joins the podcast to share her strategy on how to use the B.R.R.R.R method the right way so that you can build wealth through real estate quickly. Guest: Tamairo Moutry Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Real Estate Academy.com. Education for real estate professionals.…
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042: Real estate agent, investor and budding developer Dwight Hall joins the podcast to give us the details on how and why he started DHall Homes; a development company focused on bridging the homeownership gap for black and minority prospective homebuyers in Little Rock, Arkansas. Listen in to get tips and the strategy on how you can do the same i…
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041: Real estate investor Tan Akles-Fitch joins the podcast to give us all the details on investing in short-term rentals. Tan shares why you should focus on short-term rentals, the strategy behind determining which properties will be most profitable and how you get started with your own Airbnb property. Guest: Tan Akles-Fitch Host: Candle Lockett …
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040: Real estate investor and mortgage note expert Saprina Allen joins the podcast to give us all the details on mortgage note investing. Saprina shares what mortgage note investing is, how it’s different from real estate investing and how you can get started in this industry with as little as $500. Guest: Saprina Allen Host: Candle Lockett This sh…
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039: Today we are lighting up how to be your own general contractor. Our guest Karee Martin is a general contractor, real estate developer, registered VA builder, renovations specialist and more. We talk about the pros and cons of being your own general contractor, the skills needed to be your own general contractor, and her opinion about land. Thi…
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038: Today we are lighting up mobile home investing. Our guest Nichole Briscoe turned $20k into $180k in one year through mobile home investing. We talk about the steps she took to achieve success as a mobile home investor, how she did her first and second deals, what first-time investors should do the day they start out, and the multiple reasons w…
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037: Today we are lighting up how to joint venture in real estate. Cleon Coleman is the guest today and we talk about how to find a partner for joint ventures, the purpose of banks, and the fundamentals of investing and money. We also talk about how Cleon is using real estate to serve a higher purpose in the community. Guest: Cleon Coleman Hosts: C…
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036: Tiffany Taylor, a realtor that specializes in listing estate properties. Estate sales are trillion-dollar businesses that are overlooked by investors. Tiffany is here to share the strategies in finding these properties, getting your offer accepted, and even how to protect your own real estate from going through probate. Listen to this episode …
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035: How to use hard money lending in new construction explained by Kenneth Igwe. Kenneth Igwe, Director of Baker Collins & CO has expertise in business, real estate, finance, and banking. Kenneth enjoys walking others through the journey of entity selection, formation, maintenance and dissolution, and business succession planning. Guest: Kenneth I…
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034: CPA and tax strategist, Michel Valbrun joins the podcast and shares countless tax strategies to help us save thousands in real estate investing. Learn what strategies give the best incentives, how to make real estate work for us, how the IRS sees operational and passive income, how to protect our assets with LLC’s, the new tax code under the B…
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033- On this episode, I have certified coach and mindset strategist Martin Perdomo. Martin Perdomo also known as "The Elite strategist" is an inspired instructor, speaker, philosopher, and entrepreneur that has inspired thousands around the globe. Martin is available for leadership trainings, sales training, business consult. and coaching. In this …
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032: This interview celebrates Lighting Up Real Estate's One Year Anniversary!!! Hotel strategist, Davonne Reeves is lighting up real estate sharing how she and her partner closed a historic deal purchasing an 8.3 million dollar Hilton hotel. You'll learn in this episode what inspired Davonne to become a hotel owner. The biggest misconceptions abou…
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031- Sometimes it’s hard for beginning real estate investors to relate with high level investors that have 60+ rental properties and close 7+ flips a month when they want to learn how to buy the 1st property. On the show today, Natasha Russel shares how she just closed her 1st real estate deal on the hood of the car. Learn her system for lead gener…
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030- Meet Kendall Petersen, he was a firefighter making $1,800 a month to now owning Magella Homes, a full-time virtual wholesaling business. Kendall shares how he left his career as a firefighter to becoming a wholesaler and turning into a team of six. Learn how he manages his day-to-day, and how he’s using wholesale to create multiple streams of …
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029- Real estate broker, Realtor, and investor Ashley Jennings, also known as A.J. joins the show. This real estate powerhouse explains in detail how she runs her real estate business in multiple states all while holding a full-time job. In this episode you’ll hear about her day to day management, members of her team, how she works with contractors…
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028- In this conversation, home inspector Marlon Page shares why home inspections are important when buying your 1st home or 1st investment property. Learn what to expect at inspections, the three 3 things inspectors are looking for, how to choose home inspectors, and more. Show notes :https://www.lightinguprealestate.com/ Guest: Marlon Page Host: …
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027- This is our third episode in our “Homeownership Series”. This episode is about how to purchase insurance for your home and investment properties. Octavious Smith joins the show to discuss the process of purchasing insurance for your home, high deductible vs. high premium rates, how to file claims, renter’s insurance, and more. Guest: Octavious…
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026- This is the second episode in our “Homeownership Series." This episode is about the homebuying process with a Realtor. Terry Mills joins the show to discuss the process of buying a home. We also discuss how to choose a Realtor, what Realtors do and not do, his journey to real estate investing, and a big opportunity for listeners who want to ge…
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025- This is the first episode in our “Homeownership Series” teaching you how to buy your 1st home as a real estate investor. In this episode, mortgage lender Padi Goodspeed shares all her knowledge and advice on how to finance. We discuss the best type of home financing for investors, financing for multi-units, students loans, commingling, LLCs, b…
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If you use the Clubhouse App and have gone into any real estate investing room you will recognize the voice of Brittany Rose. A real estate investor and popular room moderator. She joins the show to have a conversation about how she has made it her mission to close the racial wealth gap. We discuss how her 1st flip was a disaster but pushed her fur…
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023: Real estate developer Alex Sanders joins the podcast to talk about how you can become a private equity investor. In this episode, learn the difference between crowdfunding and private equity investing, how to vet companies, his prediction for real estate under the Biden-Harris administration, and why he learned more about attending an HBCU tha…
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022: Marijuana is legal in 38 states. If you thought about how to start a marijuana business this episode is for you. Allison shares: Tips for finding land to start a marijuana business A breakdown of this loan product is available How to qualify for a loan The pros and cons of creating a partnership The approval process Guest: Allison Cross Host: …
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021: If you ask any real estate investor why they invest in real estate the most common answer is “financial freedom”. This sounds so much easier said than done. If you want to start investing but are afraid to get off the sidelines, consider hiring a coach to help you through the deal. Real estate investing coach Rhianna Campbell is on the show. S…
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020: Real Estate investor and Realtor, Shenice Brown specializes in working with investors who want to purchase “buy and hold” properties. In our conversation, she shares misconceptions about Realtors, how to find a Realtor for your business, how they help you find the right property, and the process of choosing tenants with government vouchers. Gu…
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019: In this episode with investor and appraiser Sanedria Potter, you learn the most important part of real estate investing- how to value your property. Sanedria is a licensed appraiser in Atlanta, GA. She gives her expert advice on real estate appraisals, the process of appraising a property, what will increase the value of a property and what wi…
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018: In this episode, Jeanine Smith, real estate investor and Founder of Black Girls in Real Estate shares her expert advice on all things hard money. She explains the process of getting a hard money loan, why using hard money is better than using your own money, how to manage your hard money during your flip, how she manages multiple flips at a ti…
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017- Do you have a plan to protect your properties and other assets when you are no longer here? In this episode, Attorney Chimere Trimble joins the show and explains how real estate investors leave their legacy through estate planning. She explains the difference between simple wills and trust, how to determine who gets your properties, and more. …
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016: In this episode real estate investor Keith Stone shares his step-by-step process of becoming real estate developer and building a town-home community in Dallas, Texas. You will learn how to secure financing, how to create a team, the timeline process, and more. Guest: Keith Stone Host: Candle Lockett This show is sponsored by: Candle Real Esta…
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015: In this conversation, 26-year-old AirBnB Superhost and real estate investor Errol Allen joins the show. He shares how to earn income through subleasing. We cover a step-by-step system for finding a subleasing property and getting it rented on AirBnB. He also shares how to work with the landlord, the value of solving problems in real estate, th…
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014: Let's talk about how to make your money work for you through real estate investing. Investor Rob Van Harris joins the show and shares strategies so you can invest your money as a silent investor in flipping homes with no risks, protect your interest, recognize a good deal, and more. Guest: Rob Van Harris Host: Candle Lockett This show is spons…
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