Episode 22: Cody Barton - Builds Real Estate Empire With The Help Of VA's

Welcome to Eat, Sleep, Invest, the podcast that helps real estate investors learn tips and tricks for closing more deals. Cody Barton joins Bryan Driscoll on this episode. Cody is a real estate investor in Phoenix who built his company to gain financial independence in his 20s. At 27, Cody does wholesale deals, fix and flips, rentals, Airbnbs, and more. He also has a title company and a company called Start Virtual, which connects companies to talented virtual assistants.Bryan and Cody talk about Cody’s beginnings and the ever-changing businesses he now owns. Cody shares information about finding your niche market. He also discusses how real estate investors can use virtual assistants to save money and streamline processes. They dive into:

• Figuring out your buy-box to decide what kind of properties you want to get
• Learning from experience to understand what you want out of your real estate business
• When something looks good on paper but comes with unexpected issues
• How getting a property manager can be helpful as your business grows and rentals become complicated
• The cost to pay someone versus the cost of your time
• Building a brand and relationships with a network of investors and agents
• Incentivizing agents to bring deals and make it easy and beneficial for them
• Using virtual assistants to generate and manage leads to get affordable assistance
• The creation of Cody’s business Start Virtual
• The process Cody uses to help people get virtual assistants and how he checks all of the minor but essential details
• What is good and not so good to use a virtual assistant for as a way to give yourself time to do the $100/$200 an hour tasks
• What type of real estate investors can get the most from using virtual assistants

Contact Cody:

https://startvirtual.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNZVVsLkgnYuSgilu3t5ciQ