Episode 52: Using Systems to Work Less in Your Business

Mark Ferguson’s purpose is to help as many people as he can become financially free through real estate. Mark Ferguson is a Realtor, real estate investor, author and the creator of Investfourmore. Mark’s real estate team sells hundred of homes a year, he has flipped over 100 houses, owns 16 rental properties and has written five books. Investfourmore is a real estate blog with over 300,000 views a month, over 20,000 subscribers and a wealth of free information. Historically Mark averages: Over $30,000 profit on each flip he completes Over $8,000 a month income from his rental properties Over $600,000 gross commissions per year on his real estate team Over 200,000 unique visitors to Invest Four More per month These returns and profits do not come from secret, unknown, get rich quick schemes. They come from knowing the fundamentals, knowing them better than anyone else, and execution. Mark has created coaching programs for real estate investors and real estate agents to show them how to make solid investments that will pay off over time. Mark also loves to teach business and time management as he is a proud father of 5 year old twins. With four extremely successful businesses he only works about 40 hours a week. He would work less, but he loves what he does. What you’ll learn about in this episode: Mark’s five books he has available How Mark got into real estate How much profit Mark usually makes on his flips What keeps traditional real estate people from getting into investing How Mark uses systems to work less than 40 hours a week and never on the weekends Why you need to reward the good employees financially Why Mark has more subcontractors than employees Books Mark recommends you read What changed for Mark to believe he could be successful and how that got him over the hump Why you shouldn’t be afraid to ask your friends and family for money What’s next for Mark in the future Resources: REInvestorSummit.com/Mark REInvestorSummit.com/Capital REInvestorSummit.com/101 REInvestorSummit.com/Noteservicing REInvestorSummit.com/AOF