174: Lessons Learned From 2,000+ Transactions Over 44 Years with Dave Short

<p>Around BiggerPockets, we often encourage newer investors to sit down with an experienced real estate investor to “pick their brain” and soak up their wisdom. Today on the&nbsp;<a href="http://biggerpockets.com/podcast" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Podcast</a>,&nbsp;we want to do just that.&nbsp;Dave Short&nbsp;began investing in real estate nearly half a century ago and has an incredible level of insight&nbsp;into the ups and downs of building wealth through real estate. We cover everything from overcoming failure to flipping a hundred houses in four years and much more!</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul><li>How he&nbsp;got started&nbsp;in real estate from a factory job 44 years ago</li><li>The grave need for&nbsp;property management&nbsp;and liquidating their business</li><li>Thoughts on going through investing with over&nbsp;a million dollars in debt</li><li>Tips for making&nbsp;partners&nbsp;instead of having bank relationships</li><li>How&nbsp;help&nbsp;from the outside opened his eyes</li><li>Why you should stay in the game despite&nbsp;failures</li><li>The importance of working&nbsp;with the&nbsp;right people</li><li>How many&nbsp;transactions&nbsp;he has done over his real estate career</li><li>How he&nbsp;flips&nbsp;a house</li><li>Who’s on his&nbsp;team</li><li>How to&nbsp;hook a spouse&nbsp;on&nbsp;investing in real estate</li><li>How he&nbsp;buys&nbsp;his deals</li><li>How to get a good transaction as a&nbsp;wholesaler</li><li>Making a deal by&nbsp;solving&nbsp;other people’s problems</li><li>How to show&nbsp;yourself to be&nbsp;legit&nbsp;as a wholesaler</li><li>Why you should find a&nbsp;veteran investor&nbsp;in your market</li><li>What “pre-habbing” a house is</li><li>And SO much more!</li></ul><p>Links from the Show</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/jobs" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Jobs</a></li><li><a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?t=BiggerPockets_Podcast_:_Real_Estate_Investing_and_Wealth_Building_to_Help_You_Get_Bigger_Pockets&amp;view=/ps/Ixsdiql6