From The Nest Podcast

On today's episode, Chris and I discuss capital gains and 1031 exchanges as it relates to our latest properties. We review the 7 rules of 1031 exchanges that are required to qualify for this strategy. As always, we share our real estate updates for the week, some exciting projects coming up and end with our tips of the week! Check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/21. To follow all of our behind the scenes shenanigans, check us out on instagram @buildingbluebird. If you are feeling really generous, please leave us a rating and review on iTunes and don't forget to subscribe! :) Thanks for listening!

Thanks for tuning in to episode 20 of From the Nest Podcast! On today's episode, Chris and I discuss our newest rental property (Balky) and the steps we are taking to get it ready to rent in 30 days! As always, we share our real estate updates for the week, some exciting projects coming up and we end with our tips of the week! To see all all of our tips and to get a full video tour of our rental property, check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/19. To follow all of our behind the scenes shenanigans, check us out on instagram @buildingbluebird. If you are feeling really generous, please leave us a rating and review on iTunes and don't forget to subscribe! :) Thanks for listening!

Thank you for tuning in to episode 19 of From the Nest Podcast!  On today's episode, Chris and I discuss 5 changes we would have made (or wish we could have made) to the Drummond Flip House if we were to do it all over again. As always, we share our real estate updates for the week, some exciting projects coming up and end with our tips of the week! To see all of the before and after shots of the Drummond flip house, check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/19. To follow all of our behind the scenes shenanigans, check us out on instagram @buildingbluebird. If you are feeling really generous, please leave us a rating and review on iTunes and don't forget to subscribe! :) Thanks for listening!

Thank you for tuning in to episode 18 of From the Nest Podcast! Today we are so excited to be interviewing Jenn McMurray of Bachelorette Pad Flip. Jenn is a licensed real estate broker in Arkansas and has leveraged real estate investing to pay off student loans and grow her wealth. Tune in as Jenn shares her story and gives us tips on how to find the perfect flip and how to complete it successfully. To learn more about Jenn, check out her website at bachelorettepadflip.com and follow her on instagram at @bachelorettepadflip. Don't forget to check out the show notes with all of the interview information and more at buildingbluebird.com/blog/18. For more behind the scenes shenanigans, follow me on instagram @buildingbluebird.

Thanks for tuning in to episode 17! Todays episode takes you through the ins and outs of utilizing comparables when buying/selling homes. In this episode we discuss how to find the comps, how to analyze each property and how to confidently determine the appropriate price for your home. We take you through using comps when buying/selling your home, finding a fix and flip (with ARV) and comps for buy and hold properties. For a full breakdown of our discussion on comparables, check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/17. To follow all of our behind the scenes shenanigans check out our instagram account @buildingbluebird.

Welcome to episode 16 of From the Nest Podcast! On today's episode, I talk with Kate Stephens about our quest to purchase a mobile home park. We discuss our experience at the 3 day Mobile Home University course, our success with mailers and how three promising deals fell through. Tune in to hear all of our lessons we learned and our plans for the future in the mobile home park space. For more details check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/16. For more behind the scenes shenanigans of all of our real estate investing adventures, follow me on Instagram at @buildingbluebird.

Big episode this week! Today we talk to Sarah Karakaian of the Nestrs to learn about their Columbus takeover. They are using some seriously cool strategies to invest in real estate and are sharing their passion of home design with the Columbus community.  They call themselves Home Saving Superheros and I have to agree! Along with saving unsuspecting homeowners from purchasing the dreaded booblight, Sarah and Nick are sharing their short-term rental knowledge with the community, organizing, staging and designing local homes, flipping houses all while keeping their Super Host status on the Airbnb platform.  Listen to the full episode to learn more about all of their strategies and their journey from NYC to Ohio's capital, Columbus! For more info, check out todays show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/15. To follow more of my home renovation shenanigans, check out @buildingbluebird on Instagram. Lastly, if you are feeling generous, I would be so grateful if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! Have a gre

Thank you for tuning in to the latest podcast episode of From the Nest Podcast! Today we are talking about the good, the bad and the ugly with home inspections. We have gone through our fair share and every transaction provides new lessons, especially when it comes to handling home inspection reports! We highlight 5 lessons we have learned so that our listeners will be well educated and prepared when they encounter their next home inspection. Thanks for listening and don't forget to check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/14 To follow all of our behind the scenes shenanigans, check out our instagram feed @buildingbluebird

Thanks for tuning in to episode 13 of From the Nest Podcast! As always, Chris and I discuss our real estate adventures of the week. This week includes a great book recommendation, a project we are helping my parents with and we tell you all about the "Skidmore Game of Life." This weeks topic is about easy and affordable ways to make your home more energy efficient. The show notes recap all of our tips and include lots of links to the products discussed in todays episode. Check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/13 To follow all of our behind the scenes shenanigans, check us out on Instagram at @buildingbluebird

Thank you for tuning in to episode 12 of From the Nest Podcast! On todays episode, Chris and I walk through the three kitchen options we considered for the Drummond Flip House and how we ultimately chose the winning design! We share tips on creating the most functional layouts and, of course, cost saving tricks. For the show notes for episode 12 - buildingbluebird.com/blog/12. To follow all of the behind the scenes shenanigans, follow me on instagram at @buildingbluebird.

I am so excited to welcome our first guest of From the Nest Podcast - Deb Unverferth! Deb is one of the most talented gardeners I know and on todays episode Deb shares her tips for creating a beautiful flower bed to welcome guests into your home!  We talk about how to determine the shape of your flower bed, how to choose your plants and determining the best mulch for your beds. Check out pictures from her stunning garden in todays show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/11. To follow all of our real estate shenanigans, follow us on instagram @buildingbluebird. Thanks for tuning in!

Thank you for tuning in to episode 10 of From the Nest Podcast! On todays episode, Chris is taking the drivers seat and interviewing me on my one year anniversary of leaving corporate life to start my career in real estate. Listen in to hear our tips of the week and our plans as we wrap up the flip house renovation. For the show notes for episode 10 - buildingbluebird.com/blog/10. To follow all of the behind the scenes shenanigans, follow me on instagram at @buildingbluebird.

Thanks for tuning in to Episode 9! Today on the podcast we are talking about our latest investment property purchase that we bought site unseen! We will cover how we found the deal, our analysis and our experience as we attempted to meet the renters at the property as the purchasers of the home. As always, we cover our adventures in real estate this past week and end the show with our tips of the week! To see all of the full notes and analysis of this deal, check out the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/9 For more behind the scenes shenanigans, follow me on Instagram at @buildingbluebird.

Thanks for tuning in to Episode 8! Today on the podcast we are talking about one of my favorite topics - staging a house to sell fast! We cover our top 5 tips to make your house stand out from the competition at your open house. As always we share all of our real estate adventures from the week and follow up with our always useful tips of the week. Thanks for listening. For the full list of our staging tips (10 total), head on over to the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/8  For more behind the scenes shenanigans, follow me on Instagram at @buildingbluebird.

Thank you so much for joining us for today's episode! Today Chris and I recap our busy week and discuss the EntreLeadership conference, the #bbhoneroomchallenge, our deadline goal for the flip house and a house that I fell in love with this weekend. Our main topic for the day is facing your fears and tackling that bathroom renovation. Bathrooms can be scary but once you get past your first one, you realize it is totally doable. We are on our fourth bathroom renovation and we are sharing our tips and tricks with you on todays episode! We cover three areas of renovating your bathroom: - Permits - Layouts - Contractors As always we will conclude the episode with our tips of the week! For all of todays show notes, click here. For more behind the scenes shenanigans, follow me on Instagram at @buildingbluebird.

Welcome to episode 6! Today we are recapping our busy week at the Drummond Flip House, we talk about a property we put an offer on and even discuss a major parenting fail that has resulted in another home reno project on our list. The main topic for today that we cover is 5 way to finance your first investment property! Conventional loan Refinancing your home (HELOC) Self directed IRA House Hacking Private lenders Check out all of the show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/6 and follow us on Instagram at @buildingbluebird for more behind the scenes info!

On todays podcast we are talking about how we completed three house flips in Denver while working full time jobs and raising our two kids. The key to our success was by focusing on "bite sized" projects each week and working our way through the home. We will take you through three of these "bite sized" projects that we completed in Denver. Chris and I recap our week in renovations and end the podcast with each of our tips of the week! For the full show notes visit buildingbluebird.com/blog/5 BBH One Room Challenge: It's not too late to sign up for the One Room Challenge! I am upping the stakes with the 8 day challenge and will be choosing my favorite renovated space at the end of the challenge and that participant will win one $50 gift card to Home Depot!  To sign up for the challenge beginning on February 18th click here - buildingbluebird.com/challenge To see more behind the scenes content from all of my home projects - follow me on Instagram @buildingbluebird

Welcome to episode 4! On todays podcast we are breaking down the numbers our first investment property. We talk about if would still consider this to be a good deal, what we would change if we could do it all over again and we provide our tips of the week! Check out the photos of the fully renovated property and our calculations in the show notes at: buildingbluebird.com/blog/4  Thanks for listening! BBH ONE ROOM CHALLENGE If you are interested in learning more about this challenge to turn an energy zapping room into one that inspires you, check out this link for more information: buildingbluebird.com/challenge

When Chris and I are working on houses, our son, Thomas, is frequently right by our side helping out with various projects. On todays bonus episode, I sit down with Thomas to talk about what he likes about home renovation projects and what he wants to do when he grows up. In true Thomas fashion, he flips the interview and ends the episode by asking me a handful of questions. I think he has a future as a radio host. :) I hope you enjoy our story through the eyes of our 6 year old!

Welcome to Episode 3! On todays podcast we recap our projects this week in our two investment properties, we discuss our 5 simple steps to take if you are considering entering the world of real estate investments and wrap up the show with two tips for our listeners. For a more detailed recap of the show, check out the full show notes at buildingbluebird.com/blog/3 To check out more behind the scenes content, follow @buildingbluebird on instagram. Thanks for listening!