Real Estate Investing Minus The Bank. Flipping Houses. Foreclosure Secrets

If you’re a real estate investor who’s tired of losing out on deals because of slow funding, chasing banks, or getting bogged down in spreadsheets, there’s good news: technology is catching up to your needs. On a recent episode of the “Raising Private Money” podcast, Jay Conner sat down with Brandon Richards, an active real estate investor and the CEO behind Deal Manager Pro, to dive into private money, scaling a real estate business, and using tools like CRM software to streamline and scale.Raising Private Money: More Freedom, Less FrictionThe episode opens with a bold question: What would your business look like if money were never the problem?Brandon Richards is living proof that this is possible. In his career, Brandon has raised over $15 million in private money—meaning funds raised from individual investors, not banks or institutions. Private money, as Jay and Brandon both pointed out, allows regular people—often your friends, colleagues, or even social media followers—to invest directly in your deals,