Academy Students to Successful Investors Part 2

Welcome back to another episode of Raising the Flipping Bar! If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, start there — we covered John Paul and Carrie Maxfield's backgrounds, their design philosophy, and the real story behind their second deal ever: a seven-figure flip at Boulder Country Club. 🔗 Listen to Part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5JGh8zxIE0 In Part 2, we get into the nitty-gritty: the actual numbers behind the deal, a smart tax-timing decision that could have gone very d...

Welcome back to another episode of Raising the Flipping Bar! Most investors talk about deals in terms of numbers — purchase price, ARV, margin. That's step one. But there's a whole other layer to real estate that doesn't show up on a spreadsheet: the feeling a home creates, and the story behind why someone chooses to redevelop it in the first place. In this episode, I sit down with John Paul and Carrie Maxfield — ELEVATION Academy alumni, husband-and-wife team, and two people who think about ...

Everybody's focused on finding a good deal — and that's step one. But as margins get tighter and the market gets more challenging, the real difference-maker is what happens after you're under contract. In this episode, I sit down with our Senior Project Manager, Travis Masse, to break down what's actually driving rehab budgets in 2026 and how great project management can make or break a flip. Here's what we dive into: Why material costs aren't coming back down, even after COVID and tariffsThe...

Welcome back to another episode of Raising the Flipping Bar! Everybody's favorite question these days: "How's the market?" In this episode, I'm answering it honestly — it's a weird ass market. I'm breaking down 4 real deals from our pipeline over the last few weeks, and what they reveal about where things stand in Q3 2026. Here's what we dive into: A Golden property where the seller's asking price was basically made up out of spite — and what happened when we sat in his living roomLosing a We...

In this episode, I'm breaking down another Deal Analysis — one of my favorite formats on this show because it's not guru talk, it's real numbers from a real deal we just closed. This one turned into a wild ride: a rough Arvada property that wasn't ready for the market, a textbook acquisitions process, a tight rehab budget, and a sales process that had 36 showings in three weeks before a buyer's grandma tanked the first contract three days in. I walk through exactly how we found the deal throu...

In this episode, I break down the two paths I see people taking in real estate and entrepreneurship: the high-growth business model versus the lifestyle business model. I talk about what each path really looks like, the trade-offs involved, and how to think strategically about where you are in your current season of life and business. I also share some personal reflections about building ELEVATION over the years, what scaling a company actually requires, the importance of systems and delegation