Our Mentors and Coaches
Julie and Rich Putnam
Rich and Julie Putnam:
1 on 1 and Tour Mentors
Rich and Julie are educated and licensed real estate agents with real world business experience. They began investing in commercial, residential and agricultural real estate over thirty years ago. They are both graduates of Western Governor’s University earning degrees in business administration. Rich and Julie are masters at combining their vast business and investment experience to provide valuable pertinent education to their clients. They are very active investors and have a working knowledge of the ebbs and flows in the current market. Rich and Julie have the ability to teach their clients how to generate a secure income whether the economy is trending up or down. They have the unique ability to use their vast experience to provide real life examples that enable their clients to easily understand even the most complex investment strategies. Thousands of students throughout the world have benefited from the strategies that Rich and Julie teach.
Customer Service
Cynthia Burke: Veteran Real Estate Agent Cynthia With over 20 years of Real Estate experience as well as one of our Tax Lien Team Experts is your SERVICE.
Prior to entering the Tax Lien Industry, Cynthia experienced great success over a 20-year period in Real Estate Resale, Farm & Ranch and Residential Rehab working with Investors in multiple states.
Drawing from her in-depth experience and state of the art technology skills Cynthia brings a huge skill set to the table. Cynthia’s passion is training and education so put her to work for you by calling our Customer Service hotline.
Michael J. Higgins: Michael grew up in Santa Barbara. He was the fourth of five kids. He attended high school in the Northern San Francisco Bay area in the town of Novato. He continued his education at CSU Sacramento. He graduated in 1992 with a degree in Communication studies. He has been educating people in the art of Tax lien and deed investing since early 1995 when he joined the staff of Saen and Tony’s company which was located in San Diego CA. He now instructs the clients on the Action tour and the One on One Mentoring.
Coaches & Mentors
E. TODD CANNON: Todd has been involved in real estate for the majority of his professional career. Initially, his primary interest was in architecture. Todd attended college at Arizona State University and completed Drafting and Design training at The Phoenix Institute of Technology, Phoenix, Az.
With a partner he formed Connelly/Cannon Architecture/Planning in Salt Lake City Utah. Together they managed that firm for more than 20 years specializing in upscale residential and commercial products nationwide and worldwide. In the mid 80′s they introduced “Green” architecture to many areas, in anticipation of the impending need for environmentally conscious design and development concepts. Todd acquired his contractor’s license during this same period of time and constructed many of the homes and projects that they designed.
Along with Todd’s real estate investment career, he is also a city Planning and Zoning Commissioner. Real estate investment and planning, along with design, development and construction have been the core of Todd’s lifelong career. From the simplest basement remodel to the revitalization of century old English estates, to the master planning of multi-million dollar communities, he has enjoyed the opportunity of working alongside some of the most creative and innovative men and women in the real estate industry.
With the recession and the decline of the U.S. housing market Todd turned his knowledge to the pursuit of investment opportunities through all forms of distressed real estate including tax deeds and liens. In doing so he discovered unimaginable opportunities for investors of all sizes and budgets. Sharing this knowledge and helping others realize their dreams of financial stability and freedom became a passion and it’s own reward.
Rick Condie: Rick has always had a passion for business. This passion has led him down many paths. He has a passion for self-improvement, and a firm belief that you will succeed at everything if you have the right formula for success in that industry.
Rick is an outgoing person with a teacher’s mentality. He learns best when he studies and then shares what he’s learned as well as putting it into practice. That led Rick to the consulting field where he has excelled for the past 8 years. He has worked with thousands of students on a one on one basis since he made that career move.
Early on Rick noticed that real estate tends to lead out as the most interesting and exciting business to be involved in. Real estate if done right is the best way to build wealth. There are many different techniques that can get you there so there’s a technique for everyone in real estate in seems.
Rick has chosen to specialize in tax sales and online marketing to find and sell real estate online. He has a very good understanding of multiple techniques but has found that most seasoned real estate investors have missed the boat when it comes to harnessing the power of the Internet.
Rick firmly believes that if you love what you do, you have a chance to be the best in the world at it. He believes it should be our goal to find that passion and then get behind it and push it to the top.
Dan Wattleworth: In 2001, Dan began a career in financial services. After several years of seeing his clients struggle to find affordable investments that they could easily understand, he was drawn to real estate. When Dan started participating in tax sales in 2004, his experience as a financial planner and a mortgage loan officer helped him quickly create several huge tax sale successes.
Dan’s lifelong love of learning and teaching has led him to share his knowledge and experience with others, resulting in many students becoming skilled tax sale investors. Dan loves seeing others apply what he teaches them to help them reach their financial goals.
John Free: John has created a name for himself in making sure the clients get taken care of with the phrase, “Under Promise—Over Deliver”. Over the past 14 years, John has been involved with business and personal projects ranging from getting a side business going, to evaluating multi-state business plans. During the past five years, John has helped in creating business plans, layout expansion strategies, developing new streams of income and preparing to sell. Having helped thousands of people with raw land investing to commercial property investing, or creating a business plan to establishing an online business presence, John is passionate about creating multiple streams of income and real estate investing for not only his family, but for the clients he is involved with. Helping people realize their dreams through realistic planning and goal setting is what John is out to accomplish at the end of the day.
”Do not be satisfied with yesterday’s accomplishments or indulge in self-praise for deed which are too small to even acknowledge.” Og Mandino
John Howard: John has a wide range of experience from working for two of the largest global corporations in the world to starting multiple entrepreneurial endeavors of his own. His focus on creating success is to work with others and help them to be successful. He believes that the best way to measure success is not to just reach the top alone, but to see how many people you could help get there with you.
John has been involved in real estate for many years and was a personal 1 on 1 coach working for an investment group located in Salt Lake City, Utah. During his time there he personally coached over 30 investors and personally grew his portfolio to over 2 million in property. John believes that real estate is one of the best vehicles to create wealth and with the expanding use of the Internet it makes it even easier to do so.
John’s coaching philosophy is to, “build on what you know.” To accomplish this a person needs to take the experiences they have and use them in ways to motivate and learn from. This process helps to fill in the steps along the way to their goals. To quote John, “We know what we want but we may not know how to get there. When we take our experiences from before and apply them to the steps we need to take, it helps to determine what direction to go.” John has helped numerous people start small companies guiding them to focus on their strengths and experience to accomplish their goals. John currently resides in Utah with his loving family and enjoys the beauty of the mountains in the Wasatch region.