REtipster with Seth Williams

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REtipster.com is an online community that offers real-world guidance for real estate investors.

This is the place to gain knowledge that is simple to understand and practical guidance that is easy to apply. My goal with this blog is to give you a transparent look at how to make money with real estate. It takes a lot more work than any late-night infomercial will lead you to believe – but it is possible and with the right direction, you can save yourself a lot of frustration by pursuing the r

06/10/2026

Some markets look like opportunities until you run the numbers. When days on market stretches to a year or more, you're forced to list at a deep discount just to move the property in 60 days. That means buying at 35% of market value just to clear a profit and in today's market, that's nearly impossible to execute. If you want to protect your margins, market selection is everything.

06/09/2026

Robert Howell owns 28 mobile home parks—and his real money comes from a strategy most land investors overlook: buying raw land, dropping a manufactured home on it, and selling the finished package to first-time homebuyers. In this episode, we get into how he finds land, funds deals, avoids the costly mistakes most people make, and consistently sells these homes in just a few months. If you're looking for a creative way to scale beyond raw land flips, this one's worth a listen.

https://retipster.com/273-robert-howell/

06/08/2026

I Enriched 100 Land Deals In 30 Minutes With Claude

I handed a raw CSV to Land Portal's API and Claude Code and 30 minutes later I had acreage, flood zone data, wetland coverage, buildability scores, road frontage, price per acre, and more for every single property. What used to take hours of manual research is now fully automated. This is how serious land investors are getting an edge in 2024.

06/05/2026

This delinquent tax list is one of the most powerful tools for finding motivated sellers property owners behind on taxes are often willing to sell at a steep discount before the county seizes their land. The strategy is simple: find them, make a cash offer, and close the deal off-market. But pulling raw data straight from the county has real limitations compared to using a proper data service and that difference matters when you're scaling. Comment LINK below if you want to know exactly where to pull better data.

06/03/2026

Is AI a Bubble? An Expert Just Answered

Is AI actually a bubble or just a correction? One expert breaks it down clearly.
A bubble is pure hype with no real savings or leverage. A correction means the market ran ahead of reality.
AI is real, the value is real, the price just needed to catch up with the build-out.

06/03/2026

What if you could fund your next real estate deal with 0% business credit—no banks, no hard money, no pulling from savings? In this episode, I sat down with Ari Page from Fund & Grow to dig into how this strategy actually works, how much funding investors can realistically access, and where it can backfire if you're not careful. It's a powerful tool—but only if you use it the right way.

https://retipster.com/272-ari-page/

06/01/2026

Paying Attention To This Made Him $420,000 !

One trader. One window. $420,000 in a single trade, made by simply watching how the world was changing during the pandemic. When Zoom became the only way to meet and DocuSign became the only way to sign, he saw the signal before the crowd. Stock market wins aren't always about complex strategies, sometimes it's about paying attention to what people actually need. The biggest edge in trading is observation.

05/30/2026

You Don't Need $200K to Own the Deal

He controlled $200,000 worth of land with just $2,000 and walked away with $50,000 in profit. That's the power of real estate options: you lock in a contract, not the full purchase price. It works just like a call option in the stock market, control the asset, not own it. Comment OPTION if you want a full breakdown on how to do this yourself.

05/28/2026

After reading about the new Google update, I think land investors need to pay attention.
With the new Google AI updates, I think the way land investors handle their leads is about to matter a whole lot more.
Google is clearly moving toward AI doing more of the work for the buyer. Instead of someone searching, clicking around, calling multiple investors, and comparing options themselves, Google's AI can now call businesses and gather info on their behalf.
Google has actually been building toward this for years. Back in 2018, Google introduced something called "Google Duplex," where AI could call restaurants and salons to book appointments and gather information naturally over the phone. At the time, it felt futuristic. Now, Google is starting to roll those kinds of AI capabilities directly into Search itself.
That means if a motivated land seller is looking for someone to buy their property, Google may start doing the shopping around for them.
And here's the part I think a lot of land investors are not thinking about...
If Google's AI calls your business and nobody answers, you are probably not getting picked. It is not going to leave a voicemail, wait two days, and hope someone calls back. It will move on to the next investor who can answer.
The fastest investor to give a clear answer is going to have a massive advantage.
This is why missed calls, slow follow-up, and inconsistent communication are becoming a much bigger problem. It is already costly when a motivated seller calls, and you miss it. It is going to be even worse when Google's AI is calling multiple investors and deciding who actually solved the query.
A lot of investors still operate like it is 2015. They miss calls, reply to inbound leads hours later, forget to follow up, and let messages sit unanswered. That is already costing people deals today. It is going to cost them even more as search becomes more AI-driven.
The investors who win will be the ones who respond quickly, provide clear information, and make it easy for the seller to take the next step. AI voice agents, automated follow-up workflows, and instant text-back systems are not just "nice to have" features anymore. Tools like Stride are being built EXACTLY for this reason, and use cases will only grow.
It is not just about having a good list anymore. It is about being reachable and useful the second the opportunity shows up.
Google is becoming the seller's assistant. Investors will need their own AI assistant on the other side.
The future of land lead generation might not only be "who has the best direct mail template?"
It might also be "who can answer first and give the clearest answer?"
And if your business can't answer the phone 24/7 and provide useful information, you might be out of luck.

05/27/2026

Turned a $40K Landlocked Parcel Into $158K

We bought this land deal under contract for $80K, renegotiated to $40K based on legal access issues, then solved everything with a $10K neighbor easement and a $13K gravel road.
Total in: $63K. Sold in 3 weeks for $158K. That's how land investing actually works when you know how to fix access problems other buyers walk away from. This is the kind of deal breakdown that changes how you look at raw land. Save this if you're serious about land flipping.

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