22: Building a Marketing Machine, Spec Houses, Flipping & Wholesaling with Tucker Merrihew

<p>While most investors think of real estate investing as buying an ugly property and making it look good, today we sit down with an investor who runs a highly successful investing business that focuses heavily on investing in new home building, along with wholesaling and flipping as well.&nbsp;Tucker Merrihew, the owner of TTM Development Co in Portland, Oregon, shares a ton of great advice on creating a sustainable and automatic lead funnel, as well as numerous tips on a variety of investing techniques.</p><p><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/pages/bpp22-tucker-merrihew-podcast-transcript-marketing-flipping-wholesaling" target="_blank">Read the transcript for episode 22 with Tucker Merrihew here</a></p><p>In This Show, We Cover</p><ul><li>How a&nbsp;“failed personality test”&nbsp;led to real estate investing</li><li>The&nbsp;early mistakes&nbsp;that caused major problems for Tucker</li><li>Do&nbsp;condos&nbsp;make good investments?</li><li>How to build a&nbsp;marketing machine</li><li>Direct mail “shock marketing“</li><li>Why knocking down houses might&nbsp;make you money</li><li>Tucker’s&nbsp;online marketing&nbsp;strategy</li><li>The financial benefits of&nbsp;spec building</li><li>Tips for&nbsp;finding&nbsp;and&nbsp;working with&nbsp;great contractors</li><li>Finding deals when the MLS is&nbsp;too competitive</li></ul><p>Links from the Show</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm" target="_blank">Every Door Direct Mail</a></li><li><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2013/03/21/flipping-houses-101-j-scott/" target="_blank">BP Podcast 010 : Flipping Houses 101 with J Scott</a></li><li>Tucker’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttmcash.com/" target="_blank">Lead Generating Website</a></li></ul><p>Books Mentioned In The Show:</p><ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2akIEHq" target="_blank">Donald Trump Books</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2alBeXq" target="_blank">How to Win Friends and Influence People</a>&nbsp;– Dale Carnegie</li></ul><p>Tweetable Topics:</p>