Collecting Keys Podcast

Collecting Keys is a weekly real estate investing podcast hosted by Mike DeHaan, Dan Austin and Dylan Koch, three active investors with hundreds of wholesale, flip, rental and creative-finance deals between them. Since 2021 the show has published more than 500 episodes on finding off-market deals, wholesaling, novations and subject-to, flipping, rentals, private lending and scaling a real estate business, plus straight talk on the market and on the gurus selling courses.

Collecting Keys Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Mike DeHaan, with 511 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Mike DeHaan hosts Collecting Keys Podcast, a business show with 511 episodes published.

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  EP 511 - Self Storage, AI Hate and Extortion w/ AJ Osborne

  Sep 29, 202647 min

  What did you think of todays show?? Two weeks ago we bashed AJ Osborne on this show. The story was fake, and he came on anyway. In this episode, AJ breaks down why the self-storage numbers you read come from less than 1% of the industry, why no institution is coming to buy your $1M facility, and why he's buying developers' stuck deals at 40% under replacement cost. Plus, the AI phone system that holds his missed calls under 10% while the industry runs 30 to 40%, and why he calls AI hate a psyop. Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) Setting the record straight on AJ Osborne (00:58) How AJ built a storage business without investors (02:49) Why the REITs can't buy the storage you can (06:26) The 2021 self-storage bubble AJ called (and Goldman shorted) (12:05) Why AJ is buying developers' facilities 40% under replacement cost (16:11) 30-year fixed debt is coming to commercial real estate (18:11) How the REITs crashed storage rents from $200 to $60 (23:41) AI hate is a psyop, millennials are the new boomers (26:57) AJ's AI call center: 300 man hours saved (29:19) AI is the biggest barrier destroyer for small investors (32:14) How to start using Claude in your business (33:31) Survive first: why the pain is the opportunity (38:59) Connect with AJ Osborne: https://www.instagram.com/ajosborne/ https://www.ajosborne.com/ https://www.selfstorageincome.com/ Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/collectingkeyspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/mike_invests/ https://www.instagram.com/investormandan/ https://www.instagram.com/dylan_does_deals/ This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com (https://podcastboutique.com/)

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  EP 510 - Build Your Own RESimpli, ChatGPT As Your Lawyer, And Home Sales At A 31-Year Low

  Sep 22, 202638 min

  What did you think of todays show?? Stop paying for software you can build yourself. In this episode, Mike explains how he built his own e-sign tool with Claude in about an hour instead of paying $1,000 a seat, and why the platforms you rent are about to get cooked. Dan shares how ChatGPT wrote the demand letter that killed a $1,000 cancellation fee, we break down why home sales just hit a 31-year low with rates headed for 8%, and Dylan lays out what you should own before the Fed inflates its way out of the debt. Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) Hyrox, Sydney Sweeney, and women tearing women down (00:01) Fake AI videos and the boomers who fall for them (05:14) RESimpli's 6.0 update broke everything (07:49) Mike built his own loan software with Claude (09:19) Mike's petty lawsuit over a cold text (17:35) Dan's ChatGPT demand letter kills a $1,000 fee (20:01) The $6,000 roof that was a condensation line (21:58) Rates in the high sevens and nobody can qualify (24:49) A 31-year low in sales, no forced sellers (27:14) Shrinkflation: your chicken is now water and salt (28:41) The Fed hikes 25 points, gas at all-time highs (30:22) Dylan's playbook: own assets the government can't print (34:22) Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/collectingkeyspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/mike_invests/ https://www.instagram.com/investormandan/ https://www.instagram.com/dylan_does_deals/ This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com (https://podcastboutique.com/)

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  EP 509 - Pace Morby's investors are about to lose everything

  Sep 15, 202643 min

  What did you think of todays show?? The people selling you the deal get paid whether you make money or not. In this episode, we go through the accusations piling up around Pace Morby's sub-to fund, the investors who say they can't log in or get their money back, and the self storage fund that reportedly lost $8.4 million while it kept raising. You'll hear why BiggerPockets built the pipeline that made this possible, plus what Trump's $5,000 check promise would really cost. Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) The Anthropic quitter and the AI fear grift (00:01) Dylan almost sank the family boat (02:46) Sub-to investors locked out of their money (04:12) What the SEC filing on Pace actually shows (07:00) An RV park and a surprise $1.5M note (09:38) Payroll theft long before the fund (13:33) AJ Osborne lost investors $8.4 million (15:46) How BiggerPockets built the guru pipeline (21:50) Brandon Turner had the clout, the operators got paid (23:30) Trump promises $5,000 checks, the math says $1.3 trillion (27:22) Who actually collects your social security (30:50) F-150s, the Taliban, and government waste (35:05) Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/collectingkeyspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/mike_invests/ https://www.instagram.com/investormandan/ https://www.instagram.com/dylan_does_deals/ This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com (https://podcastboutique.com/)

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  EP 508 - Mike's Fire Made Dan And Dylan Check Their Policies, Check Yours

  Sep 8, 202642 min

  What did you think of todays show?? The guys who got rich in 2021 will tell you it was skill. It wasn't. In this episode, we break down why almost every big investing win is timing you didn't control, from Northwestern Mutual reps who get paid whether or not you stick around to the real estate gurus who quietly stopped saying go bigger, sooner. Plus what Japan's yen crisis has to do with Bitcoin, and the insurance you should already have before any of it matters. Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) Why lending companies cannot advertise but pill sellers can (00:01) The insurance every business owner should already have (05:28) What happens when partners skip key man insurance (07:50) Why Northwestern Mutual reps sell you more insurance (10:02) Why nobody actually shows up to industry conferences (14:04) Japan's yen crisis and what it means for Bitcoin (16:30) Trump accounts and whether government money helps you (21:16) Where the money goes when corporate profits rise (25:28) Why no news story matters for more than a week (30:31) Why big investing wins are luck, not skill (34:54) Why the 2021 boom was luck, not skill (38:02) Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/collectingkeyspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/mike_invests/ https://www.instagram.com/investormandan/ https://www.instagram.com/dylan_does_deals/ This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com (https://podcastboutique.com/)

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  EP 507 - D.R. Horton Neighborhoods are the next Mobile Home Parks

  Sep 1, 202645 min

  What did you think of todays show?? Nobody tells you the most expensive thing in a deal right now is time. A payoff takes three weeks when a lender can pull one in 15 minutes. A finished flip sits 42 days at a price cut below both comps. In this episode, we break down Dylan's 36 unit seller finance deal and the two year balloon inside it, why note servicers get paid to stall you, and when it makes sense to hire your own property manager. Plus Berkshire Hathaway's bet on home builders. Topics discussed: Introduction (00:00) Why gurus find religion when business dries up (01:39) Soft serve at home and the steroid question (02:17) China, electric cars, and the petrodollar (05:39) Aging politicians and the citizenship test idea (08:47) Dylan's 36 unit deal and the two year balloon (13:42) When it makes sense to hire your own property manager (18:35) Why a payoff takes three weeks (22:47) The payoff that expires before you can close (25:00) The flip that has been sitting 42 days (27:35) Buyers going for blood and offers that never existed (30:37) Berkshire Hathaway's $1.2 billion bet on home builders (37:20) Why D.R. Horton neighborhoods age like mobile home parks (40:41) Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/collectingkeyspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/mike_invests/ https://www.instagram.com/investormandan/ https://www.instagram.com/dylan_does_deals/ This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com (https://podcastboutique.com/)

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