All Episodes

Ep. 193. The blk community has gotten used to being lied to by our government. Some just give up

Ep. #192- The so called City powers don’t really want to find solutions.

Ep.#191. Community land trusts of today aren’t the same model as the original

Ep.#190- Violence in 3rd Ward and its connection to property dispossession

Ep.#189- How to protect yourself in case the buyer is shopping your contract around town

Ep. 188- Make sure you can spot if the purchaser plans to assign your property to an end buyer

Ep#187- Stop signing sales contracts where a business name is listed as the purchaser

Ep#186– - Wills vs Ownership

Ep#185 Here is a list of things in gentrified areas that could fall under the label of housing work

Ep#184 - A TSU student created an excellent work that brings awareness to environmental injustice

Ep.#183. Let’s explore the real reasons why there’s a Cuney Homes in the first place

Ep. #182- White saviorism and police culture work in tandem

Ep. #181. White saviors don’t make current residents present in future plans

Ep. # 180- White saviorism in Houston’s Third Ward and other gentrified areas

Ep179. Courts don’t like deciding ownership when the law still allows reversal (redemption)

Ep. 178. Why you should probate an estate even if a home is the only asset

Ep. 177. What triggers lawsuits against bonafide purchasers ?

Ep. 176. How bonafide purchaser defenses can be big barriers to heirs’ reclaiming property

Ep. 175. What’s a bonafide purchaser? See what the courts mean by BFP

Ep. 174 - A look at Affordable Housing that’s defined by Black People

Ep 173-Black people are repeating racist talking points that the Greenwood massacre “wasn’t so bad”

Ep #172. Spitting on someone and taking someone’s property have the same root

Ep. #171. “White supremacy’s” weaponized gesture of spitting on black people

Ep 170- Project 2025 replaces real governance with symbolism

Ep 169- Project 2025 is 60 per cent finished?

Ep . 168- Letter to City Council Members and their responses

Ep.167- Investor documents can’t be erased. We can always see what they’ve done

Ep. 166- How to spot predatory investor patterns

Ep. 165 Here are some tactics predatory investors use to hide their identity

Ep. 164 Racial climates affected how black property rights were protected, or not protected

# 163. 4 Florida lawsuits that can completely undo investor titles years later

Ep.# 162. Gaps in Florida’s tax lien system

Ep. 161. How social media “gurus” help investors steal property

#160. When predatory investors sue to keep you from redeeming your property

Ep 159. Hair flipping and it’s racial undertones

Ep.158 Do property values decline when black people move to a neighborhood?

El. #157 Want to find your ancestor’s land patent? Let’s break this down

Ep. 156. When an investor has legal standing to sue an heir for their interest share

Ep. 155. The importance of service when an investor has filed a lawsuit for your property

Ep. 154. A JP doesn’t have authority to hear title disputes and is why we prove those cases void

Ep 153. Most of our properties are stolen by way of default judgements. These are easier to restore

Ep 152. No, idiot. Black people aren’t losing their land because of the Curse of Ham

Ep151- Listen to why city council members should be held accountable for dispossession

Ep #150 Apologies again to Dwight Boykins for interrupting his breakfast at Dennys

Ep. 149 Co owning property with your children or adding them to your deeds

Ep.# 148. How local governments steal property. Segment 1

Ep.#147 What is a title company? What is it not?

Ep.#146. What is a title search? What isnt a title search?

Ep.#145. The words Abandoned” and “ riot” were used by systems to terminate black ownership

Ep144. What did “abandonment” mean in Tulsa at the time of the massacre? How was it justified?

Ep. 143 Property isnt just land and structures. Property is leverage. Property is safety

Ep 142. It wasn’t a failure to document. It was a failure of the system to honor that documentation

Ep #141. Let’s talk about Tulsa and the beginning of recorded land indexes

Ep. 140. Ego, pride, self hate are why lots of black people lose their properties

Ep. 139. Yes, there are black people who use deception in real estate to scam their own communities

Ep. 138- I mistakenly said that you can’t vote without an address

Ep 137. How the County Attorney uses recorded documents to prosecute property thieves

Ep.136 This is how we get many properties in our care, custody and control

Ep. 135. The many benefits of buying an existing home without having a mortgage

Ep 134. It’s difficult to steal from an informed and educated property owner

Ep. 133. Developers use the term “ entitlement” often

Ep. 132. Beware of the “ we cleared title for you “ scam

Ep.131- Money helps to retain property but its education that sustains it.

Ep 130. “White superiority” is a manufactured hoax. A trick. A myth.

Ep 129. Black people being skeptical of govt employees is rational behavior

Ep 128 The modern doctrine of dispossession

Ep 127. Black peoples response to their land being returned to former slave holders

Ep. 126 White voters follow racial power; black voters follow self preservation

Ep 125. Andrew Johnson undid Sherman’s promise of land to black people

Ep 124. How access to land governs every outcome we care about

Ep. 123 Learn how predatory investors use curative shortcuts to make it appear that title is clean

Ep. 122 Understand why investors fight so hard to hold on to other people’s properties

Episode 121- Part 3 . How we have to deal with C of H Permitting Dept

Episode #121 Part 2 investors demolishing without permits

Ep. 121- Follow this story for a full account of how we restore property to heirs

Ep. 120- Property theft has changed how we must operate when protecting our properties

Ep. 119- Heirs own property by operation of law. Find out what this means

Ep. 118- part 2 How do you go from filing civil charges to criminal charges for property theft?

Ep. 118- How do you go from filing civil charges for property theft to criminal charges?

Ep 117. Replatting lots next to each other to make them appear as one erases old records

Ep 116. Property theft is a crime. Criminals belong behind bars.

Ep 115. Anyone can walk into the county clerk’s office and file a fraudulent deed.

Ep 114. Entangled titles? How to spot these clouds and clear them

Ep 113. Hold your Houston City Council members accountable for the damage from TIRZs

Ep 112. Know when judges come up for reelection in Houston

Ep 111. When to file a civil case against an investor and when to file criminal charges

Ep 110. Let’s talk about how predatory investors use our district courts to own our properties

Ep 109. How local government turns its head to property theft in Harris County, Texas

108. Listen to how coded language devalues properties in historically black areas

Ep. 107 Partition sales are detrimental to black property ownership

Ep. Investors should verify ownership records of all properties that they’re considering

Ep 105 Investors should understand laws surrounding mechanics liens

Ep.104 How to ensure payment if you cut tall grass on your neighbor’s lawn

Ep 103. Judges can be held accountable for helping title thieves from the bench. Listen

Ep 102. Why every black person needs to know how to perform title searches

Ep 101. Assuming an existing mortgage can offer a creative solution to the affordable housing crisis

100. This new idea of affordable housing looks nothing like the one that helped families in the past

Ep 99. The first Community Land Trust was established by 2 black men

98. Purchase or lease government owned property for $1

Ep 97. Pastors, deed properties to your parishioners who own non profits instead of losing them

Ep 96. How to respond to annoying calls from shady investors. Report these scammers

Ep 95. When/how to file quiet title actions

Ep 94. Bidding on tax liens in Louisiana

Ep.93 The Tax Lien Crisis/A Series

Ep 92. The Tax Lien Crisis/ A series

Ep 91. The tax lien crisis/A Series

Ep 90. Black towns were flooded by the government .

Ep 89. Collecting overages/excess funds on property tax sales in Oklahoma

Ep 88. Partner with local government offices and purchase over the counter property from them

Ep 87. Can black wealthy gentrify a neighborhood? No. Here’s why

Ep. 86 Petition the court to have executor removed who’s not fulfilling his/her duties

When does inheritance become community property? What to avoid?

Ep. 84 The reason I make an extra effort to educate blk ppl how to invest in tax liens

Ep. 83 Eminent domain and escheat to the state continue to be used to take property from blk ppl.

Ep 82 What to do when a parent has 2 sets of children and didn’t leave a will

Ep. 81. Investors should exercise due diligence before contacting sellers

Probate continued

Ep 80. Probate and why every living soul needs to understand it

Ep 79 Retaining ownership vs investing and redevelopment

Ep 78 Situations where oral land agreements are enforceable

Ep.77 More on the affordable housing programs

Ep 76. Probate is not the reason that blighted properties exist in our communities

Ep 75. Property retention vs development

Ep 74 Density bonuses and other government incentives developers receive

Ep 73. Make housing affordable. Simple

Ep 72. Affordable Housing? What’s that?

Ep 71. Buy the block? Yeah but for whom?

Ep 70. Understanding tax lien investing

Ep 69 Devising Community Strategies #2

Ep 68 Devising Community Strategies

Ep 67 Escrow shortages are occurring more often. Oppression or the American way?

66. Yes, a mortgage can be extinguished due to a tax sale but it’s rare

65. HOAs have too much power, imo

64. How black homeowners are often trapped by clean energy loans

Episode 63. Volunteers who live in gentrified areas

Ep 62. Prescriptive Easements vs Adverse Possession

Ep 61. Heir’s properties and the tactics of separating blk ppl from theirs

Ep 60. Retain properties then sell them to investors after titles are cured

Ep 59. How to get land classified as agricultural

Ep 58. Determining if a property is listed as agricultural before bidding at auction

Ep 57. Work with sellers to help redeem their property for you to purchase from them

Ep 56. Land loss doesn’t have to continue

Ep 55. Challenging billing mistakes on tax assessments

Ep 54. Wake up or the narrative will continue

Ep 53. How to protect your lien position on tax defaulted properties

Ep 52. Tax liens investing in Alabama

51. Arson was used to destroy black property ownership records

Episode 50. Are wills absolute ? No, they’re not

What to think when people say that there aren’t any more properties left to invest in

Intro to tax lien investing

Each property has its own set of circumstances. Research is key

Can you force a foreclosure on a property owner due to a judgement?

You can’t own someone else’s property just by paying their back taxes

Ep 44. If it’s not for sale, charge investors more

How to handle annoying and disrespectful calls about selling your property

Redlining is when banks deny loans to a demographic based on where they live

Property tax exemptions

Eminent domain, block busting and asset devaluation

When property escheats ( reverts) to the state

Every heir must sign the deed to legally transfer ownership to a purchaser

Stop assuming guilt when outsiders say “your neighborhood is going down “

Ep. 36- How to determine addresses and boundary lines of empty lots

Episode 35. Violence and Banishment

Episode 34. Data driven policing is meant to assist gentrification

Ep. 33 The bidding process

Allies are paramount to the success of property owners not losing their homesteads

Transparency in tax lien investing is needed

Steps to preforeclosure

Knowing the importance of county and district clerk records

Part 2 of restrictive covenants

Episode 26. Deeds, titles and restrictive covenants

Episode 25. What does it mean to invest in tax lien properties?

Episode 24. Why don’t certain people pay taxes?

Episode 23. Property tax codes and adjudicated property

Episode 22. Urban or rural? City or county? What does your city planner’s office say?

Episode 21. Can I pay the back taxes and own my grandfather’s property?

Episode 20. Extinguishing of nuisance abatement liens

Episode 19. The ugly back story of tax lien investing

Episode 18. Redeeming property/ know what it means

17. There are not enough black investors compared to the numbers of properties in their neighborhood

Episode 16. The importance of researching liens and judgements that are against a property’s title

Episode 15. Is this property abandoned? Can I claim it?

Episode 14. Learn how to tax lien invest with morals

Episode 13. Know the culture and race that was predominant in an area to help find heirs

Episode 12. How to determine if an empty lot is improved or unimproved

Episode 11. Excess funds and overages.

Episode 10. My personal strategies from beginning to end

Episode 9. Child Support liens must be paid in order to convey clear title

Episode 8. Liens: What are they? Why do we need to understand what they mean?

Episode 7 Explaining the doctrine of adverse possession

Episode 6. How to claim real estate by the legal doctrine of adverse possession

Episode 5. Be open in your attempt to claim squatter’s rights

Episode 4 How does property get to be offered for bid at tax auction?

Episode 3. Previewing tax deed properties before the tax deeds auction

Episode 2. Research tax laws of your city, county or state

Episode 1. Choosing your strategy