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The DealMachine Real Estate Investing Podcast

The DealMachine Real Estate Investing Podcast

By: David Lecko Ryan Haywood
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Summary

Welcome to the DealMachine Podcast, where we help you get more out of your wholesaling business by showing you what’s working around the country. We talk to real estate investors who are actively closing deals right now. You’ll hear how they generate leads, what their marketing costs look like, how they comp properties, and what their assignment fees actually are. Cold calling. Direct mail. SMS marketing. Dispositions. Hiring. Scaling. We focus on what’s producing revenue in today’s market — and what isn’t. If you’re already wholesaling, this will help you tighten your process, improve your margins, and make smarter decisions. If you’re newer, this gives you visibility into what the business looks like once it’s working. You’ll understand the numbers, the systems, and the mistakes to avoid before you scale. The goal is simple: more predictable deals and a stronger operation. Subscribe and leave us a review! Start a free trial of DealMachine: https://www.dealmachine.com/pod Economics Leadership Management & Leadership Personal Finance
Episodes
  • 535: How To Analyze Real Estate Markets Like Hedge Funds
    May 13 2026

    Most investors spread themselves too thin across markets they barely understand. Jiries Dawaher is here to change that. In this episode, he walks through his four-step system for analyzing your market the way hedge funds and institutions do, using tools that are completely free and available to anyone. The investors winning right now aren't guessing. They're using the same information the big boys use, and it's been there the whole time.

    KEY TALKING POINTS:

    0:00 - Intro

    0:31 - Finding A Winning Market

    0:43 - Step 1: Start In Your Own Backyard

    3:37 - Step 2: Take Notes & Find Hot Communities

    10:32 - Step 3: Set Up Your Hot Sheets

    12:26 - Step 4: Set Up Your Buy Box

    14:42 - Summing It Up

    15:05 - Outro

    LINKS:

    Instagram: Jiries Dawaher

    https://www.instagram.com/jiriesd

    Website: WholeScaling (Free)

    https://www.skool.com/brrrr/

    Instagram: David Lecko

    https://www.instagram.com/dlecko

    Website: DealMachine

    https://www.dealmachine.com/pod

    Instagram: Ryan Haywood

    https://www.instagram.com/heritage_home_investments

    Website: Heritage Home Investments

    https://www.heritagehomeinvestments.com/

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    15 mins
  • 534: $800K Profit On His Third Real Estate Deal Ever
    May 11 2026

    Dylan Gillies started wholesaling with zero capital, no buyers list, and a $6,000 course that produced nothing. Then he forgot he was even sending mail through DealMachine and got a call that changed everything. Now, three deals in, he is staring down a six-unit manufactured home development with $800K in projected net profit for the group, and he had to pass on a $90K assignment fee to get there. In this episode, Dylan, David, and Ryan also dig into why Ryan scaled back from 11 employees to 3, how inbound direct mail creates more leverage than cold outreach, and what most wholesalers get wrong about hiring and partnerships.

    KEY TALKING POINTS:

    0:00 - Intro

    0:30 - Dylan Gillies' Business & First Deals

    4:52 - Building A Buyers List & Other Deals

    6:19 - Manufactured Homes

    10:21 - The Marketing He's Doing & Being An Agent

    13:18 - Mistakes He's Learned From

    14:46 - Sending Direct Mail & Ryan's Structure

    25:42 - Mistakes When Building A Business

    31:14 - Stepping Back As An Owner

    34:31 - More On Direct Mail

    39:37 - Outro

    LINKS:

    Facebook: Dylan Gillies

    https://www.facebook.com/dylan.gillies.9

    Website: North Coast REI LLC

    https://www.northcoastrei.com/

    Instagram: David Lecko

    https://www.instagram.com/dlecko

    Website: DealMachine

    https://www.dealmachine.com/pod

    Instagram: Ryan Haywood

    https://www.instagram.com/heritage_home_investments

    Website: Heritage Home Investments

    https://www.heritagehomeinvestments.com/

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    40 mins
  • 533: 4+ Deals Per Month, Then He Stopped Chasing Small Deals
    May 8 2026

    Travis Goodwin has been investing in West Virginia's small market for eight years as a solopreneur — and for a long time, he was running himself ragged chasing every deal he could find. In this episode, he breaks down the moment he decided to stop chasing volume and start targeting bigger paydays, how he shifted his marketing to better neighborhoods, and why bringing in JV partners actually forced him to level up his deals. He also gets into his unique auction-based disposition strategy, how he handles tough seller situations, and near the end he announces a giveaway for a free year of DealMachine.

    Join Travis Goodwin's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smallmarketrealestateinvesting

    Text Travis: (304) 444-6744

    KEY TALKING POINTS:

    0:00 - Intro

    0:32 - What Travis Has Been Up To

    2:13 - Focusing On Bigger Deals

    7:55 - Time In The Business

    9:47 - His Marketing

    12:30 - Bringing In Partners

    14:13 - Auctions

    20:25 - The Hardest Deal He's Ever Done

    31:31 - Using A Buyers List

    32:29 - How To Get In Touch & Closing Thoughts

    36:10 - Outro

    LINKS:

    Facebook: Travis Goodwin

    https://www.facebook.com/smallmarketrei/

    Website: DealMachine

    https://www.dealmachine.com/pod

    Instagram: David Lecko

    https://www.instagram.com/dlecko

    Website: DealMachine

    https://www.dealmachine.com/pod

    Instagram: Ryan Haywood

    https://www.instagram.com/heritage_home_investments

    Website: Heritage Home Investments

    https://www.heritagehomeinvestments.com/

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    36 mins
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