280: The Key to Making Great Deals (Hint: Overlooked Properties!) with Mark Hentemann (Writer for TV’s Family Guy!)

<p>On today’s show, we sit with&nbsp;<strong>Mark Hentemann</strong>, a writer and producer for TV’s&nbsp;<em>Family Guy</em>&nbsp;who also invests in Los Angeles real estate! Mark shares his incredible success stories, which include his trick for finding overlooked properties, house hacking for massive profits, adding value and utilizing the 1031 exchange—plus more! Mark’s strategy for filtering data will save you&nbsp;<em>tons</em>&nbsp;of time and help you find the deals others are missing. Listen and learn how Mark got into real estate investing through house hacking—and how that led to an $800,000 profit on his first deal! This episode is absolutely packed with motivating advice and fantastic ideas for getting started. Bonus? It will make you think&nbsp;<em>and</em>&nbsp;make you laugh!</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul><li>Mark’s day job as a&nbsp;<strong>writer for&nbsp;<em>Family Guy</em></strong></li><li>The first deal that gave him&nbsp;<strong>buyer’s remorse</strong></li><li>Having a friend as&nbsp;<strong>a first tenant</strong></li><li>Selling that first deal for&nbsp;<strong>$1.27 million</strong></li><li>The&nbsp;<strong>$250 dishwasher</strong>&nbsp;story</li><li>What’s a&nbsp;<strong>1031 exchange?</strong></li><li>Buying with&nbsp;<strong>solid fundamentals</strong></li><li>Finding&nbsp;<strong>low-cost-per-square-foot</strong>&nbsp;buildings</li><li>Having the perfect&nbsp;<strong>open house</strong></li><li><strong>Finding deals</strong>&nbsp;in today’s difficult market</li><li>The<strong>&nbsp;river mentality</strong>&nbsp;in regards to moving forward</li><li>The people&nbsp;<strong>on his team</strong></li><li>Finding people in the&nbsp;<strong>BiggerPockets</strong>&nbsp;community</li><li>His metric called “leverage&nbsp;<strong>cost per square foot”</strong></li><li><strong>And SO much more!</strong></li></ul><p>Links from the Show</p><ul><li><a href="http://biggerpockets.com/forums" target="_blank">BiggerPockets Forums</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/americaa