Episode 387: This Is How You Make Money In Chicago In Your Early 20s with Alex Diaz
Release Date: 07/17/2025
Episode 399: Finding Properties Today: The Guide to Cash Flowing Deals with Micah White
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Episode 398: House Hacking Your Way to Lasting Wealth with Paul de Luca
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Episode 397: When Should You File an Insurance Claim and What Are the "Do's" and "Don'ts" When Filing an Insurance Claim on Your Property?
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Episode 396: Buying, Building, and Adding Value in Self Storage with Fernando Angelucci
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Episode 395: Chicago Property Management and Leasing Best Practices with Max Motew
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Episode 394: The Legal Nuances of Different Real Estate Partnership Structures
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Episode 393: Chicago Veterans’ Guide to Real Estate Success with DuBois Toy
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Episode 392: Cost Seg Kev Explains How Chicago Rehabbers Can Be Saving Tens Of Thousands Dollars
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Episode 391: Do You Have a Business Continuation Plan?
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Episode 390: What Not To Do When Disaster Strikes: Mitch Schoeneman on Insurance Claims
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Alex Diaz explains how he left his day job as a barber to successfully flip and wholesale real estate for a living at 24 years of age!
Alex starts by sharing how he made the jump from being a barber to wholesaling real estate. He explains how he acquired his first property; a househack sourced off-market! Alex provides tactical advice on marketing directly to sellers to create deal flow. He talks about lessons learned from flipping and gets granular on the real estate market in Aurora and the surrounding suburbs. This is another motivating show with an investor thriving at a young age!
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Guest: Alex Diaz, Bluestone Property Solutions
Link: Alex Diaz's Instagram
Link: SUCI Ep 335 - Aram Ghazaryan
Link: The Art of the Deal (Book Recommendation)
Guest Questions
03:16 Housing Provider Tip - Maintain and understand misusage of water hose spigots!
05:09 Intro to our guest, Alex Diaz!
10:38 Alex’s first house hack sourced off-market!
14:24 Jumping into wholesaling and direct-to-seller marketing.
26:20 Marketing strategy and the 101 on Montgomery, IL.
29:11 Benefits of being around like-minded investors.
35:10 Lessons learned from flipping!
39:24 Alex’s geographic areas of focus.
44:06 What is your competitive advantage?
44:31 One piece of advice for new investors.
45:14 What do you do for fun?
45:31 Good book, podcast, or self development activity that you would recommend?
46:04 Local Network Recommendation?
46:23 How can the listeners learn more about you and provide value to you?
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