The R.E.I. Diamonds Show
The Real Estate Investing Podcast for Experienced Investors

2026 is the Best Market You’ve Experienced Since 2021 2021 was a true Black Swan event (read Talib’s Black Swan). Once in a lifetime circumstance caused by the perfect storm of millenials realizing they want home ownership (& could afford it!), airbnb bubble, hedge fund cash buyers (remember Zillow was buying houses), covid craziness, and of course, and probably most impactful, near-zero interest rates. There was A LOT OF LUCK in the market, and it took only a moderate level of skill to succeed However, I Declare 2026 will be BETTER than 2021!! This time, now, you have 5 more years of life experience. 5 more years of understanding values, sales & follow up skills, and valuable wisdom. If you’re

Warren Buffett’s #1 & #2 Rule of Investing Never Lose Money See Rule #1 If you are a private lender who loans money to real estate investors for 10% interest, or more, follow rule #1 – NEVER LOSE MONEY. As a real estate investor, I have lost money on deals funded by private lenders. NONE of my private lenders have ever lost money funding my short term fix & flip deals. Nor have they been shorted out of any interest as promised under our agreement. Not even when the deal itself cost me and my partners more than $100,000. Never Lose Money. To review future Private Lender opportunities, sign up at www.FundRehabDeals.com. This time of year is a bit slower,

Make More Offers Here at Diamond Equity we have 4 Critical Decisions that are responsible for creating (or missing) every deal. The 1st Critical Decision is “Pursue the Deal? Book the Appt? Make the Offer?” (The other 3 Critical Decisions are shared only internally, within our team – You are invited to join us) Most often, the answer is Yes, pursue the deal and make the offer. However, making effective offers requires time: Determining the offer Booking an appt and walking the property, Doing further due diligence. Deciding on the Appropriate Offer Amount (could this obvious decision also be one of the 4 Critical Decisions in any deal??) Whether or not to Pursue any Deal IS a Critical Decision because

2025 Year in Review Last year I proclaimed that we would double our profit. While that didn’t occur, we did have our best year ever: 20% Growth: While we didn’t double our profit, we did grow by more than 20%. We also have 35% more inventory on the books, somewhere in the range of 140 deals. This is the best position the company has ever been in. Biggest Deal Ever: We did our largest deal ever, reaping multiple seven figures on a single deal. The Goal for 2026 The goal, once again, is to double the profit of the company in 2026.  More & larger deals means more & larger profit shares for every partner on team assisting in making

What are YOUR Real Estate Talents? Here’s a summary of the Parable of the Talents. You can read the full story here. The Setup: A master entrusts his property to three servants before traveling: five talents to one, two to another, and one to the third, “to each according to his ability”. The Investment: The first two servants trade with their talents and earn an equal amount more. The third servant buries his single talent in the ground. Note, there is SKILL in investing successfully. More to come. The Return: Upon his return, the master praises the first two for their faithfulness and rewards them, but condemns the third servant as “wicked and lazy” for doing nothing. The Consequence: The