{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Capitalizing Your Life Podcast","title":"Flipping Florida: Turning Eyesores into Dream Homes with James Hogan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1703,"description":"Episode 36 with James Hogan “I want to provide good homes for people. I want to help build communities. I want to take away the eyesore in the community and make it nice. When people have somewhere nice to live, and I could speak from experience - when I was younger, I was really scrapping, man. I was renting rooms. I was doing whatever I could. And I know what it's like to go from living in these shitty places to -  I live on the water now because of real estate And truly being dedicated and working hard and loving it makes it a lot easier to work. But yeah, I want to give people really good places to live. I want the first-time home buyer to have a center island and have people over make pizzas at the countertop. I want to I want to provide good communities for people as well.”Join me as I interview James Hogan with Smile Home Buyers, a cash buyer for residential real estate in the Tampa Bay area. At the age of 18, James left home to live on his own in Albany, New York. After a few years of hustling in construction and restaurants, he went back to school and earned an internship with a commercial real estate firm. This first job solidified his passion for real estate and after many successful listings, he was awarded the Long Island Board of Realtors “Top 20 Under 40” Award in 2022. After 7 years of being an agent, James moved to Florida to go all-in on investing in real estate full-time and mentoring other agents.   James and I discuss: Earning an income through hustlingHis journey and transition from real estate agent to investorInvestment opportunities in flipping housesHow the first deal is the hardestInsights and strategies to find dealsThe power of negotiation in real estateHow to invest and earn if you are NOT in real estateBuilding communities and funding future dealsEpisode Links:LinkedIn: @james-hogan-86334812aInstagram: @jameshoganrealestateFacebook: @jameshoganinfoEmail: jameshoganinfo@gmail.comCell:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/poMURXA4VnyYzengdntjVD1C6yPBkwnyTw02C7dqJPY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YzZj/MDk5MDVlOWM0ZGFi/MTJiNzBkODcwMGUx/MTA4My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}