The iCandy Realty Fix & List Model with Steve Budzik

 

Guest: Steve Budzik is the managing broker & founder of iCandy Realty, a Boutique Real Estate Brokerage in Mokena, IL serving the greater Chicago Real Estate Market.  Steve is also an accomplished high volume fix & flip investor.  Long time listeners will remember Steve’s past REI Diamonds episode where we discussed high dollar house flipping.

 

Big Idea: Steve developed the fix & list program to help his brokerage sell houses faster & at a higher price.  The experience and contacts he developed flipping houses has dovetailed neatly into this new program.  Steve has built both his brokerage & real estate investing business with a priority on high level service to the market place over high volume advertising.  Our conversation begins with Steve’s evolution to the fix & list business model, his views on how to mitigate risk both as an investor and as a real estate agent, as well as a few reasons he believes every real estate agent should offer a program like this.  Let’s begin:

 

    

Dan Breslin: Welcome to the REI Diamond Show. I’m your host Dan Breslin and this is episode 199 on the iCandy Realty fix and flip model with Steve Budzik. If you’re into building wealth through real estate investing, you are in the right place. My goal is to identify high-caliber real estate investors and other industry service providers, inviting them on the show, and then draw out the jewels of wisdom. Those tactics, mindsets, and methods, used to create millions of dollars more in the business of real estate.

Steve Budzik is the managing broker and founder of iCandy Realty. A boutique real estate brokerage in Mokena, Illinois, serving the greater Chicago real estate market. Steve is also an accomplished high-volume fix and flip investor. Long-time listeners will remember Steve’s past REI Diamonds episode where we discussed his high-dollar house flipping strategy. Since then, Steve has developed the fix and list program to help his brokerage sell houses faster and at a higher price. The experience and contacts he developed flipping houses along the way have dovetailed neatly into this new program. Steve has built both his brokerage and real estate investing business with a priority on high-level service to the marketplace over high-volume advertising. Our conversation begins with Steve’s evolution into the fix and flip business model, his views on how to mitigate risk both as an investor and as a real estate agent, as well as a few reasons he believes every real estate agent should offer a program like this. Let’s begin. All right, cool. Welcome back, Steve. How are you doing today?

Steve Budzik: Good, good. Thanks for having me on the show, Dan.

Dan: Yeah. Absolutely. I guess it’s been maybe what? 2017 or something like that? Maybe in 2016? One of the early guests of the REI Diamond Show is returning.

Steve: Yeah. Absolutely, man. I love it. I love it.

 

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

http://www.SteveBudzik.com

http://www.iCandyRealty.com

 

Steve & I Discuss the Fix & List Real Estate Brokerage Model:

  • Generating Faster Sales & Higher Prices (& Higher Commission!)

  • How to Generate 80% of Business from REFERRALS

  • Landlords Using the Fix & List Program

  • Listing a Property Per Week with NO Ad Spend

    

Relevant Episodes: (There are 199 Content Packed Interviews in Total)

 

The transcript of this episode can be found here.
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