Dec. 16, 2023

Mariana's Journey: Juggling Mom, Hospital Nurse and Military Duties to Flip Her First 3 Houses in 9 Months

This interview is with our awesome FlipSisters Coaching Program Member Mariana in Florida makes $24,000 in just 3 months using none of her own cash.

She has military duties, works 12-hour shifts at a hospital, has a newborn AND still MADE the time to complete 3 successful house flips in her first 9 months with us. 

She was brand new to investing. Brand new to real estate. Brand new to her city. 

All of the above are excuses we hear people make for why they can’t be successful. 

And Mariana’s story is so powerful because it’s proof that if you want something bad enough, you will make the decisions you have to make in order to get it.

In this episode we cover:

  • Her answer to, “what would you say to someone who says they don’t have enough time?”
  • How she juggles many responsibilities and prioritizes her business which will eventually get her the time and financial freedom she craves
  • How she found her first flip
  • How she financed it all with no cash out of her pocket
  • The challenges she faced just getting to the closing table 
  • The naysayers along the way
  • Navigating this business with a baby on board 

…and so much more. 

This is an episode you don't want to miss!

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Transcript
Speaker 1:

You're listening to the Flip Houses Like a Girl podcast, where we educate, empower and celebrate everyday women who are facing their fears, juggling family and business, embracing their awesomeness and wholeheartedly chasing their dream of flipping houses. Each episode delivers honest to goodness tools, tips and strategies you can implement today to get closer to your first or next successful house flip. Here's your spiky-haired breakfast taco-loving host. House flipping coach Debbie DeViery.

Speaker 2:

Hey there, I hope that whatever you're up to today, you're having an easy one. Thanks for tuning in and listening to this episode today. I'm really excited to share this story. Yes, I say it every time and I mean it every time. This will inspire you. So if you have ever said I'm too busy or I just don't have the time to do this thing, flip houses, whatever your thing is that you really want to do I want you to listen to this story because Mariana okay so if anybody was too busy, she would definitely fell into the category of too busy. She has military duties, she's a nurse at a hospital working 12-hour shifts, she has a newborn and she started this business. So how did she do that? Plus, not only that, she flipped three houses successfully within her first nine months in our program. Studying her story forces us to drop our story of I'm too busy to XYZ. You're not too busy. I'm not too busy, we are not too busy. We just don't have our priorities right. All right, and you're going to hear so much more. Just stay tuned. You're going to love her. She's in Florida. She's going to talk to us about how she found her first flip, how she financed it using none of her own cash, how she almost didn't get to the closing table because she had some lender issues. There were so many hurdles and this woman just kept pushing through. There wasn't something that was going to happen that was going to make her quit. It just made her dig deeper. Oh my gosh, I love this story. Thank you, mariana, so much for sharing it with us, and let's get into it. Let's start with who you are, where you are, what you're up to in the world, aside from flipping houses.

Speaker 3:

Okay, so my name is Mariana and I am currently living in Jacksonville, florida. I am 31 years old and I am also a military, so I am in the Air Force, I'm currently in the Guard, but I was active duty. I was stationed in Ohio and I recently actually moved to Jacksonville. So this is not my hometown or a city I know thoroughly or anything like that, which I know matters as well. So this is a new market for me. I don't know anything, I don't have connections, I don't know my neighbors, I don't know any of that. So we got pregnant with my baby, and so we decided that it was time to move back to Florida. My mom is here, so that's why Jacksonville, and so we've been here for a total of 10 months. So brand new space for us. Yes, and I'm also a respiratory therapist, so I work at a hospital. That is my day job, as I say, and so I do work shifts of 12 hours and full time for me is about three shifts a week, even though with the baby, I've been doing about one to two shifts a week is usually what I've been doing and the company. So because I have the military and I have the hospital and I have my baby and I have the company and I have my family.

Speaker 2:

So you don't really have much going for you right now. You don't have anything. You have nothing going on with your days Relaxing yeah, no. Wow man, that is a lot Okay. So one of the big things we hear I don't have enough time. I have a full time job, I have a family. What would you say to that?

Speaker 3:

How bad do you want it? How bad do you want it? That's it. It's possible. There's always time. There's always time. It's. How uncomfortable do you want to get? How uncomfortable maybe you don't want to get uncomfortable, but how uncomfortable are you willing to get to make it happen and get it done? Because, whether it's jobs, whether it's the military, whether it's family, a baby, whether it's whatever, there's always morning time, there's always nighttime, there's always in between time. I mean, even right now, when I'm at the hospital, I see my patients and I have rounds and I round throughout the day. But I carry my AirPods now with me and I have like little notes and stuff in my pocket. And when I'm maybe waiting for people or maybe I'm in between rounds and I have some time, I'm listening to podcasts, I'm listening to educated material, or if I have a property I'm working on, I'm pulling comps, if people are sending me properties, if I'm trying to do market research, I mean I use every minute that I have available so you can do it. What is the end goal? Oh, the end goal for me is just time with my family, just being financially stable. That's what I want. I want financial freedom because I want time with my family. I want time with my baby and I want time with my partner and I've realized in my 30 years of life that the military has been a wonderful opportunity for me. I've loved serving. I love serving. It's not about that. It's more about time with my family and it does take that from you. It is a sacrifice that you make and that's a sacrifice you make with jobs like hospital jobs. I work with people day in and day out. I hear it from everybody. Everyone's like oh, how many shifts do you have left? Oh, this is my third one. Thank God I'm not gonna have to come back until like three days from now, and that just blows my mind. I'm not okay with that. I can't live like that. I know people that have had these jobs for 20, 30 years and that's how they live their life. They retire. I respect that. That's fine, but that's not for me. That's not the life I want. I want to not have to do that and count down the minutes to when my shift is gonna be over and dread going back to work Like, oh my God, I have to work on Monday, like I don't want that. All of those things is why I don't want that, and that's why I want this yes.

Speaker 2:

You have purchased three properties. Did you just close on the third right? Yes, yesterday, and it's been like five months since you came.

Speaker 3:

It's been, yeah, since March. Oh my gosh, april, may, june.

Speaker 2:

July you were brand new. Brand new to real estate, yes, Brand new to Jacksonville. Yes, let's talk about your first flip. Walk me through. How did you find it All settled? And when you went, you saw the house. Obviously you ran the numbers, did the spreadsheets. Were you really scared putting in that offer?

Speaker 3:

Yes, I was super scared. I was actually so with that wholesaler. We connected over Facebook because after I saw how the business rolls on Facebook, I am like a lady with a mission. So since I was looking for a house, I mean, I was like, I was dedicated. It was nonstop. Like any post, I had to do with a house, anyone that was a wholesaler, anyone that was selling something, I was like is this available? But is this available? Hey, my name is so-and-so. Is this available? I'm a flipper, I have a company, you know, and is this available? I need to go see it and I would get on list and get on list and get on list. And that's how I networked with all of these wholesalers. You know, and this was one of the wholesale companies that I connected with, One of their members was on one of those groups that had posted a house and when I reached out asking if it was, when he put me on his list and I started getting the emails and it was like a legit company. It's actually Florida wide, they're pretty big and they manage a lot of different properties and I keep getting their emails. And so that house came up. I had gone to see a boatload of houses right At this point, and it was talking, I guess, because I might forget later talking about sort of like mental blocks. I know that was one of the things my baby, you know, like I have my baby. And so, yes, I'm not working but I have my baby, so it's not like I'm just like free to just go and do whatever, you know, I mean I can, but I have to bring my baby. And so it was when I went to see houses, when I went to meet people, when I went to meet contractors, I had my baby, you know, and it was one of those things where, at the beginning and when I started this process of going to see properties, I was sort of like a little embarrassed, you know, because not because of my child, but because I'm very professional. And so, because I'm very professional, you know, we have this sense of, I think, just the professional world. You know, here in the United States it's very like, you know, kids and family. It's not, it doesn't blend right, like if you have a meeting, you don't bring your kid to your meeting, you know. And if you have this training, I'm not bringing my kid to my training. So in my mind I'm like, okay, this is business, this is business activity. You know, I'm bringing my kid. I feel like that's gonna be unprofessional or inappropriate, or people are gonna judge me, or you know like, oh, she's bringing her kid, you know. So I remember the first time I went to see a house, I brought my baby, you know, and I was meeting one of the contractors who now today she's my contractor, right, and I was kind of embarrassed, I mean, my internal thoughts were, oh my God, like I'm gonna show up with my baby. And you know, they're probably gonna think like, oh gosh, she brought her kid, like you know. And I was like, but I have no choice, you know. So I got to the house and I put him on the baby carrier and in, we went to the house, you know, and he was just like looking around doing his thing. And I met the GC and she was, you know, she was actually very nice. Nobody seemed to care. I mean, yeah, they kind of looked at me like, oh, there's a baby, that's weird. But that was about it, you know, she didn't really care. She was just kind of like, oh, your baby's so cute. Okay, let's go look at the house. And you know, we looked at the house and whatnot, and it did take me a couple properties for me to kind of have that like sit down with myself and be like you know what this is. This is what I'm looking to do, right, I'm trying to build this business and the reason I'm trying to build this business is because I want to be with my son and I want to be with my partner. So if for me and my company, that's what my business looks like. Is me taking my kid to the bank, to wholesalers, to walking properties, to closings which we've gone to too now and he was walking on the closing table, like he was crawling on the nice fancy wooden table that they have at title companies you know, where they have like all those fancy pens and stuff my kid was literally crawling on her table, pulling all her pens out, and I'm like I'm pretty sure you don't have a lot of babies walking on your table. And she's like, yeah, no, this has never happened and I'm like I'm glad we're your first, I don't care anymore. I don't, because I kind of got that mindset where that's what my business looks like, that's what my company looks like and that's what fits me and that's what I need to do and, as a matter of fact, I like that he's with me because I want him to see these things. That's the point, exactly that's the point. But you have to take that mental barrier out of yourself because nobody else is sitting there being like shame on you, mary Anna, for bringing your baby. Like you're putting those limitations on yourself and your mind and you're embarrassed because you want to be and you think it's inappropriate, because you're putting that stigma on yourself. Nobody else says and if you come in with a baby and you're rocking the baby, nobody's going to tell you that a baby can't be there, right, like nobody's saying that that's wrong. That's just on you to kind of change that framework and own it. And by the fourth house we were walking in there and my baby Luca, he was like mama and looking at houses and he already knew the drill. I didn't care Anyone. It's a lot of dudes, usually for the most part, usually a lot of men that are taking videos and looking at the houses and stuff. Usually not a lot of women, and I'm used to being on mostly men because the military is there's 33% of women in the military, so I'm comfortable with being with a bunch of dudes, I don't care. So it was one of those things where, by the fifth house, it was awesome and I'm like I'm packing my baby, I'm packing my camera, we're going to look at these properties and we're good to go, we're rolling. So that was definitely one of the biggest things for me to just be comfortable, just doing what I need to do. However, it is that I need to do it for myself, for my family, my business, right.

Speaker 2:

Yes, aim into that.

Speaker 3:

But the house. So the house. They were originally selling it for $129. So I said $120. She's like, ok, no, well, what about $125? And I was like I look at the DA again. Mind you, I've never negotiated for a house before. Ok, so this already is like, oh my god, like dear Jesus, we're negotiating for a house. Like, is this really happening? And so she's like $125. I'm like, no, I can't do $125. I mean, that's $5,000 over. So then I was like, glory to you, $125. And then we were over here like my partner and I were like, oh my god, they want $125. What are we going to do? So look at the DA again. And we're like, ok, maybe let's look at this again, let's look at the closing cost. What about the realtor? What realtor are we actually going to use? Maybe we can negotiate the commission with the realtor. And I was like, ok, yeah, and Lori had said she's like, yeah, actually I know a realtor That'll actually do that percentage a little bit lower, so let's go ahead and put that percentage lower. And we tweaked it to where we came to $122. And so I was like $122. And she's like, well, $125. And I was like, dude, literally I can physically give you no more. I mean literally. I told this wholesaler I'm like, I am not even lying to you. I physically cannot give you any more money.

Speaker 2:

This is my very best. This is all I have, jesus.

Speaker 3:

And so, without trying to sound desperate, you know what I mean. I'm like, literally, I cannot give you. It is $122. Or this is a no, because there's no margin here, and she's like all right, $122. And yep, I know.

Speaker 2:

And then were you like oh crap, yes, what did I just do? Let me make sure the numbers were right. Did I look at the numbers right? What did I miss? Wait, what's happening? Does that sound right Exactly?

Speaker 3:

That sounds 100% correct.

Speaker 2:

That's exactly it still happens to me too this day. No, ok, that's comforting, a little less panic involved, but that still is like oh crap, wait what I missed. Did I do that right? It's like because it just you know our brains freak out, yeah, yeah, because it matters too, right?

Speaker 3:

So it does.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, ok, so you got it for $122. What were you thinking the repair amount was going to be when you were like doing the numbers on the DA? What were you thinking your repairs were going to be $26,000. And what did your repairs come in at?

Speaker 3:

$32,000.

Speaker 2:

Hmm, Not bad, okay, so what were some of the surprises?

Speaker 3:

Oh Lord, so what? Well, since we're on topic of getting the house on a contract and talking about obstacles, difficulties and all of those non-fun things okay, I had, because I'm me. I had established a relationship with a hard money lender.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, okay, yeah, sorry about the financing, for sure.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, yeah. So, just like you, you, you teach us. You know the questionnaire look for your finance, look for your lender. Be ready. I had done that. I had done my homework like a good girl. I had everything ready, right. I had had several conversations with my hard money lender. They were super nice, they were very, very, very kind, and so we had done the whole thing. I had asked all the questions about what their fees looked like, how that was going to go for us to be ready for when the house came, right, right, and they were used to working with people that were new to Fix and Flips and they were good with being kind of like that backup and checking your ARV, and that was very nice, right. So I had messaged them like, hey, listen, it looks like this, is it? Bam one 22,. All right, they had checked the ARV. We were kind of good to go on all of those areas. But when we had done the initial paperwork for their requirements, they have a, an experience sheet, right, like properties that they count, and if you have any experience then it actually reduces the the terms. They give you better terms, right. So my partner actually has a rental property in West Palm Beach and it was actually his original home. He actually renovated the apartment and then when he moved, he put it he it's a rental property now. So we had told them that and they said, oh, we'll count that as an experience property, of course. So we had given them all the information about the property and they were like oh, so that's, that's that means you have. You're no longer in the zero experience category, now you're on the one to three or one to five experience category. So your percentage now is, let's say, 80%, right, versus 70%. I don't remember what the exact numbers were, and so that is what I had been running my numbers this entire time, because we were prepared, and I literally broke their paper down at all the little fee things that they send me and I looked it looked like a college class. I highlighted and I put arrows and I called them and I said what does this mean? What does this mean? What does that? Why is that number like that? You know, like because I needed to be prepared for when I ran my numbers, when I found a house right, so I find the house, get it under contract and maybe a day or two later they're, they're like okay, we're going to put in the loan documents. We're going to get everything approved, right, we're going to start the process. We're going to start the timeline to closing, right. We're like all right, perfect, awesome, we're all excited. Well, they like, a day after I get the house under contract, they're like well, actually I want to go ahead and let you know that we're going to have to change your terms, and we're actually going to have to. Instead of covering, let's say, the original 80%, we're actually going to only cover 70%, because we realized that your experience property was done over three years ago and it has to be within the last three years in order for that to be counted. Nobody had said that to me, and and so I'm like are you kidding me right now? I just got a house under contract and you're going to change the terms on me when I have a house under contract. That, for me, means, as you very well know, I need to bring more money. I have to now go find more money, because you decided to change the terms at the very literally last minute, right? So that was not okay, I mean, and we were, honestly, we. It's one of those things where there's so much going on, you're learning so much, you're still in fear because it's still something you are doing for the very first time, it's your first house. And when that, when he, when they said that to us, I mean we literally were like, we were like almost devastated because we don't have money of our own right. And then, for any listener also right, that are like oh, people have savings, yes, sure, some of the ladies in the group maybe they're older, maybe they have their retirement funds. I'm not, I'm 30 years old. I have no money. Okay, I've credit card debt. That's what I had, right, like I've lived my life and maybe that's irresponsible and I, maybe I should have a savings up until this point. That's fine, but you know what? I don't have any money stored. So we had no money of our own to put towards any of this right. And so that to us was like, oh my God, what are we going to do? What are we going to do Now? We have to go find more money, right. And so we, literally I walked into the bedroom because my partner was in the bedroom with my son while I was having this conversation with them outside, and I came into the room and I told them what happened and we looked at each other and we're like, what are we going to do? And we were so like devastated and not my time, dramatic, very defeating, defeating, exactly. We were very defeated because we had done so much work, you had done it right, exactly, and I had. I worked so hard to be prepared and to just have all my ducks in a row and to do my homework and to understand what was happening. And for someone to come and lower right and change the terms at last minute, I was like, are you kidding me right now? And we looked at each other and we're like, what do we do? And so I remember I sat down on the bed. I have a whiteboard in the room that I usually, you know, do like write stuff, whether it's motivational or numbers or whatever it is that we're doing. And I was like, okay, let's just think. And I was like, okay, I put on one side, we stop. And I put on the other side, we move forward. And I do a line down the middle. And I was like, okay, let's write it out. Okay, why would we go forward? Right, and we put financial stability, our company, the opportunity for a better life, the time, all the work that I've put in, right.

Speaker 2:

Cause it's still a good deal, like it's still a deal. It's not about it not being a deal, it's just that now you need more money. Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 3:

Yeah, and it was just so like at that moment in time we were not experienced enough to handle that kind of situation, to where now I would handle it a little bit different because I have more experience right, but at the time you're so new, you don't know so many things, You're doing everything you can to make this happen and you've worked so hard to get to that point that it just felt very like, how are we gonna move forward? And then we wrote down the stop, why we would stop and why we would move forward. And I was like and we, literally I looked at the board and I was like we have no choice, we need to move forward. There is no stopping. Yeah, like there is no stopping. We are going through it. There is no reverse. This sucks.

Speaker 2:

Okay. So what did you do? How did you bridge the gap?

Speaker 3:

I fired them is what I did Picked up a new lender, got the paperwork going, got even better terms than what they were offering, and we got the ball rolling bam Okay so you got a hard money loan, but did you have some gap funds where you had to get a private loan? Yes, so we did. Family and friends actually ended up financing. Yeah, financing what was needed, yeah, so okay so you purchased for $1.22?

Speaker 2:

Yes, $1.22. Renovations you thought we're gonna be $26 and they came in around $32? Yes. Were there any huge surprises on the renovation?

Speaker 3:

Yes, there was a pipe that did need to be, that was leaking, that was, and they did have to drill in the concrete A little bit, though a little bit, they patched it up, repaired it and then they just took out all of the walls and anything that had any humidity and they just replaced all of that and they replaced any old galvanized piping that they saw in the process. They replaced it with new piping. Nice, that was a surprise. And then the AC also ended up needing some repairs, like the water pump was broken and it was supposed to be good to go, but it actually ended up needing some repairs and they actually needed to replace the tubes that go outside, to the outside unit as well.

Speaker 2:

What was your timeframe? You were in this flip for five days, I know, yeah.

Speaker 3:

It was so fast, it felt like an eternity. Debbie, I know.

Speaker 2:

I know it felt like years, but you were in it for how long?

Speaker 3:

It was so. Four months was the original timeframe. Purchase to close was the expectation and we did it in three months. Purchase to close that's awesome.

Speaker 2:

Your first flip like that's awesome. 32k worth of work, amazing. Okay, so then it's done. Put it on the market. How did that feel? Putting it on the market?

Speaker 3:

Oh my God, so scary, so scary, so, so scary. Worst part of the whole thing, it is Literally of the whole thing. I was like, oh my God, this is where they're gonna. This is where I kept telling everybody, this is where I know how good I did my homework. Like this is all of the work that I've done so far. This is where people are gonna be like oh, it's sold, or it didn't sell, or she knows what she's doing, she's not, doesn't know what she's doing. Like it was just, it was like the test. It was a test to see how good did you do in everything that you've done so far? Yeah, it was, yes, anxiety, yes.

Speaker 2:

When you bought it, what were you thinking? The ARV was 195. And what did you guys end up listing it out?

Speaker 3:

200,000. Well, 199,000, 1900.

Speaker 2:

And when you listed it, how was the traffic that first weekend?

Speaker 3:

First weekend was actually not the best. We got more showings in the week than we did over the weekend, which I thought was kind of odd, interesting. Yeah, I know that was odd. We got a showing the first day. That it the first day it went live. We got a showing immediately and then we got two more showings after that that weekend. Actually, I think we had one showing on Saturday that was it?

Speaker 2:

Did that scare you?

Speaker 3:

I was okay. I had done my homework in terms of market research and I knew that hot homes went under a contract in 15 days. So because I already had that in my mind, I was already primed. If it takes 15 days, we're good and, honestly, I knew that average homes went under contract in 21 days. So I was like you know what 21 days at 21 day mark?

Speaker 2:

then maybe we'll talk about that is exactly why that data, those two data points, are so important. So you know when to start freaking out and you know when you just need to chill out. So then you got. Did you get multiple offers or did you get one offer? How did that go?

Speaker 3:

So the first offer that we got was the one that we sold to. When the realtor, like, does the contract with you, she asks you like if you wanna know if you get multiple offers afterwards. And I had said no, so I don't know if I did get another one afterwards or not, just because you start playing that game. And I don't wanna play that game with myself. I'm like you know what? Like we picked this one. I don't wanna know if somebody else came in with like $10,000 more. I don't wanna play that like if and what. So we got an offer for $200,000, which is technically $100 over. Yeah, and she wanted to put the deposit down immediately. It was this widow from New Jersey that had actually fly down and she was just here for the day in Florida looking at houses and she, like I guess, saw 10 different houses and she fell in love with ours. She said that she loved it and that it was her dream house and that she had always wanted to live somewhere like that. Yeah, I got like you know, I got like a little watery eye when they told me that. And, yeah, she's like I wanna put the deposit down now to want anybody to snatch my house, and so she put the deposit on and she paid like 80 with cash, and then she financed the rest with an FHA loan.

Speaker 2:

How was the closing Like? Did anything come up during the escrow period or the closing period? Oh wait, FHA, yes, Aha, so you had a 90 day issue come up. Yes, I did.

Speaker 3:

Yes, and so she wanted to close ASAP because she was moving from New Jersey and was living in a hotel. Okay, and we were not at our 90 days. We needed to sell. The soonest we could sell was July 28th and she wanted to move like July 3rd and we were like, listen, lady, you're gonna have to wait.

Speaker 1:

if you want it, We'd love to but we can't, yeah, but we can't.

Speaker 3:

So she literally had to just stay at the hotel and wait until July 28th in order yeah, in order to buy the house. Yeah, and that's what she did. That's what she ended up doing. That's crazy.

Speaker 2:

Anything else come up.

Speaker 3:

At the end, when we were like a couple days to closing, they informed us that they needed an extension of a couple of days because of the FHA we really don't know why, but because of the FHA situation, that she actually wasn't able to close with an FHA but that she qualified for conventional. So all the lender was doing was switching from FHA to the conventional and so they just needed a couple of days to do that. We weren't sure. They never told us if it was because of the rehab and FHA or because it was a New Jersey thing, because the lender was from New Jersey. If they had maybe different requirements, we never really got the specific reason, but that's what they said. They said she couldn't close with an FHA on that house, so she was just gonna get transferred over to a conventional.

Speaker 2:

Interesting.

Speaker 3:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

So were you freaked out or were you okay, relate, it's gonna be fine.

Speaker 3:

I was okay because it was presented, as she can't close with an FHA, but don't worry, she qualifies for conventional. That's what they're doing and they need a couple days. Yeah, they're doing a sale, right? Exactly, yes, exactly yes.

Speaker 2:

Okay.

Speaker 3:

So what was your profit? $24,000. Yeah, I know.

Speaker 2:

Yes, yes, three months, 24k in three months, that's pretty good.

Speaker 3:

Yes yes, yes, it is.

Speaker 2:

Were you blown away? Or were you like holy cow, Like wow, we did it. Yes, yes, it works.

Speaker 3:

Yes, it works. It works and we can do it and we did do it and I can definitely do it again and I definitely wanna do it again. And it was just doing that first rotation. That's what we would say Like if I can just do the first rotation, I don't care if I make $5,000 somewhere else, like, let's just get through the first rotation, because there's only so much that theory can get you and education can get you. You have to do it. You have to go through full rotation. Your program is phenomenal, phenomenal, phenomenal, phenomenal platform. But there are things that you have to just do, because you're gonna run into things that no one can train you for. No one can teach you how to respond, no one can teach you how to manage, no one can teach you how to do any of those things, and you just need to go out there and you just need to do your full rotation. And that's what we wanted to do. We wanted to do our full rotation. It just so happened that our first rotation was a $24,000 problem On a 200K house, we'll take it.

Speaker 2:

That's amazing. 12% profit that's a pretty phenomenal. Oh my God, I'm so happy for you guys. You are just. You are such a doer. It's so refreshing to see somebody and you're super coachable and you ask questions and you get help when you need it. Like you're just awesome and we love you and we love that you're in our community. We see you, we see your engagement and we appreciate you so much. Thank you so much for sharing your story. Thank you, debbie. Thank you.

Speaker 3:

You've got two more flips, yes, two more flips, yes, yes. And the one that we just closed on yesterday is a big one. It's a big one, it's a 300,. We bought it at 390, but the ARV is actually about $600,000. So, yes, we're very excited.

Speaker 2:

Oh my gosh, we'll have to have you back. We'll have to have a catch up session for the next two.

Speaker 3:

Yes, oh my gosh yes.

Speaker 2:

You're awesome.

Speaker 3:

I appreciate it, thank you, thank you Really, I really thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. This platform phenomenal, the community is phenomenal, all the ladies are great and really the reason I like to share, and even me thinking about doing this podcast. When you mentioned it, I was like, absolutely, because I remember when I was like fresh with the baby and all I could do was listen. And when I heard about the program and it was just new to me, I knew you had the podcast and I started listening to the podcast and listening to the stories and I think I listened to almost all of them and one of the things was, oh my god, these are people like me and I was like, ok, if this lady can do it, I can do it. I mean, if they went through that and they could do it, I can do it too. So I definitely know that someone hearing this that can identify with any of the things in my life will give them motivation to do it and it's definitely doable. Yes, I love it.

Speaker 2:

Your program is awesome, so thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, you're welcome. I'm so glad you're here. Thank you again for sharing your story, of course, my pleasure. All right, I'll see you in the group.

Speaker 3:

Yes, thank you, debbie, have a good day Bye.

Speaker 2:

So the next time you think to yourself, oh, I just don't have the time for that, that thing that you really want to be doing, that thing that is going to get you the time freedom you want, the financial freedom you want, I don't have time for that. Are you kidding me? Like? That's all I hear now After this conversation with Mariana is are you kidding me, debbie? How do you not have time for that? You make it a priority. There's not another option. Dig deep and you do the things you need to do. Oh my gosh, so good. Anyway, if you want to buy, renovate and sell houses or rent houses, maybe have an Airbnb or midterm rental or long term rental somewhere, that is what we help women do. We help you start these businesses so that you can have the thing you ultimately want, the thing we ultimately are all chasing, which is more time with our loved ones. Right, the financial stability and freedom to have more time with our loved ones. If you want our help chasing your house flipping dreams, we'd love to be part of your journey. Go to herfirstflipcom and book a call with us. Let's see how we could work together. All right, until next time, go out there, flip houses like a girl, leave people and places better than you find them and make it a great day. Bye-oh.