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AspiRE — Here's the one that kills most first deals before they start: people think they can't afford to invest. Wrong. You have more levers than you think — you just haven't mapped them yet. That's this week's workbook. 📝 Phase 2, Part 4 — Capital & Pre-Approval. In it you'll: - Learn all 11 financing tools — cash, conventional, FHA, VA, hard money, private money, DSCR, portfolio, commercial, seller financing, HELOC — and which deal each one fits. - Map YOUR real capital position (most people only count their savings and stop there — don't). - Pick the financing strategy for your first deal, get clear on pre-approval, and write your backup plan for when Plan A falls through. - Do the $100k reflection — one purchase vs. leveraging into several. It'll change how you see money. 👉 The workbook is in the classroom: https://www.skool.com/aspire/classroom/0b91e09d?md=307affd1204c46a88c0a98c32ca35892 💡 Do this now, not later: the biggest win here is getting pre-approved. Three lenders we've actually closed deals with this year — Element Mortgage (FHA, conventional, DSCR), Mach1 (hard money for BRRRR/flips), Huntington Bank (FHA, conventional). Reach out, get your number, and bring it Wednesday. Complete every section and post it, titled: "Phase 2 — Part 4: Capital & Pre-Approval Workbook — [Your Name]." The people who fund their strategy are the ones who actually buy. 🦁 — Charles

🦁 Week 2: we turn the mindset into a target. You don't find deals by scrolling — you define a buy-box and hunt to it. Inside this session we build your buy-box across five levers: product, market/area, strategy (hold / BRRRR / flip / house-hack), budget & financing, and the return criteria a deal must clear. A written buy-box lets you say no fast and yes with conviction. 📝 Deliverable: write and post your buy-box — product, area, strategy, budget, and minimum return criteria. This is the filter you'll run every deal through, starting with the numbers in Week 3. Finishing it unlocks the next week.

🦁 Week 3 is in the classroom. This is the session that changes how you look at every property — The Numbers. Inside this recording, we run a real Milwaukee duplex through all 8 underwriting numbers — GSI, EGI, operating expenses, NOI, cap rate, cash flow, cash-on-cash, and DSCR — plus the 1% rule. You'll learn the golden rule (the mortgage isn't an operating expense), the benchmarks for a strong deal, and the #1 thing that kills Milwaukee deals: the tax bill. 📝 Homework: run the full numbers on one real property, call it ROCK or SAND, and log it to the Deal Tracker before Week 4. The walkthrough + worksheet are posted here. 🧮 New — the AspiRE Beast Council Calculator (ABC 2.0): use it to run your homework deal. It walks you through the A.S.P.I.R.E. process and teaches you as it works. It's an early beta — drop your feedback in the comments so we can sharpen it. And remember: it's AI, so double-check your work — verify the taxes, the rents, and the math yourself. Watch it, run one, and bring your deal to Week 4. Turning ambition into assets, one week at a time. (Calculator + homework links are pinned in this lesson for members.)

AspiRE — Week 3 — The Numbers — is done. Now the part that actually builds the skill: the reps. 📝 Homework: run the full numbers on one real deal (NOI, cap, cash flow, CoC, DSCR, 1% rule) and give it a verdict — ROCK or SAND. The walkthrough + worksheet: 👉 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AX3-dDD_l3NWqr8p28h70xZ_gzBeA2Lv5Pp2liuEGYw/edit?usp=sharing 🧮 And try this while you do it — the AspiRE Beast Council Calculator (ABC 2.0): 👉 https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6969da469aac81918f2ef228130192cb-aspire-beast-council-abc-2-0 I built it to walk you through the A.S.P.I.R.E. process on any deal — it educates you as it runs, explains what each number means, and gives you results to move forward with. Think of it as training wheels and a calculator in one. ⚠️ Real talk: - This is an early version. I want your feedback — what helped, what confused you, what broke. You're helping me build it. Drop your notes in the comments. - It's AI, so double-check it. Confirm the taxes, the rents, and the numbers yourself before you act. Use it to learn and to move faster — not to skip the thinking. Run one, log it, and bring it to Week 4. Turning ambition into assets, one week at a time. 🦁 — Charles