REI139: Current Market Environment, Deal Structure, and Books w/ Brandon Blum

In this week’s episode, Robert Leonard talks to Brandon Blum about the current market environment, why real estate deal structures are so important, books that have had a big impact on Brandon’s life, and his overall real estate journey. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - What books Brandon loves and why. 03:29 - How to balance reading versus doing. 11:44 - Why focus is more important than intelligence. 22:09 - How deal structure is more important than the size. 46:28 - What’s going on in the current market? And much, much more! *Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Kyle and the other community members. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant. How to Get Rich. Company of One. The Everything Guide to House Hacking. What is house hacking? All of Robert’s favorite books. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our Millennial Investing Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try Kyle’s favorite tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: HelloFresh Fundrise Linkedin Marketing Solutions TurboTax NerdWallet NetSuite Connect with Robert: Twitter | LinkedIn Connect with Brandon: Website | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Millennial Investing by The Investor’s Podcast Network is hosted by Patrick Donley and Kyle Grieve.  Millennial Investing is one of the top-ranked investing podcasts in the world geared to the millennial generation. Here’s what we do: - We have conversations with the world’s best investors, entrepreneurs, authors, and thinkers and explore their ideas, methods, and stories to help YOU better invest your time and money. - Think of us as your research team who finds the most interesting and profitable investing and business insights that you'd normally have to pay for. Except it’s free! - Our mission is to improve people’s financial literacy and business savvy to help in making better investment decisions with their time and money. Start listening. Master the best of what other people have already figured out so you can use their lessons in your life to learn how to invest and build wealth. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @JPatrickDonley, and Kyle on Twitter @IrrationalMrkts.