What if you could make money in real estate without tenants, renovations, or even visiting the property you’re buying?

Land flipping offers a different approach to real estate investing. But finding profitable deals requires more than purchasing cheap land. You need to understand property values, market demand, and the risks that can turn a promising investment into an expensive mistake.

In this episode, Aviva Sonenreich and Pete Reese, President of RealVest, break down how land flipping works, from finding off-market properties to evaluating deals and reselling vacant land for a profit.

Pete explains how his team uses direct mail, local brokers, and targeted marketing to acquire undervalued land across the country, often without personally visiting the properties. He shares how simple improvements, surveys, and subdividing larger parcels can increase resale value.

Whether you’re new to vacant land investing or looking to expand your commercial real estate investment strategy, this episode offers practical insights into finding, evaluating, and flipping land.

Key Topics Discussed

• Land Flipping Explained: How buying off-market and selling on-market creates investment opportunities.
• Finding Off-Market Land Deals: Using direct mail and digital marketing to connect with property owners.
• Buying Land Below Market Value: Why acquisition pricing determines potential profitability.
• Land Investment Due Diligence: The four essential checks Pete uses before purchasing.
• Zoning and Buildability: Why permitted uses, utilities, and development restrictions matter.
• Increasing Land Value: Using surveys, property clearing, and subdivisions to improve resale potential.
• Land Investing Risks: How to reduce exposure when buying non-income-producing property.
• Funding Land Deals: How Pete’s investor partnerships work and how profits are shared.

About the Guest

Pete Reese is the President of RealVest, a real estate investment company focused on acquiring, improving, and reselling vacant land. His expertise includes off-market land acquisitions, property valuation, land subdivisions, and value-add investment strategies. Pete is also the founder of Land Conquest, an educational community that helps investors learn how to find and evaluate profitable land deals.

About the Host

Aviva Sonenreich is the Managing Broker and Owner of the Warehouse Hotline, a Denver commercial real estate brokerage specializing exclusively in industrial properties. She leads the firm’s brokerage operations, negotiates industrial sales and leasing transactions, advises clients on acquisition and disposition strategies, and oversees the company’s marketing and business development efforts. Through Commercial Real Estate Secrets, she interviews leading investors, brokers, developers, and industry experts to provide actionable insights on commercial real estate investing, brokerage, leasing, development, and market trends.

Looking to Buy, Sell, or Invest in Industrial Real Estate in Colorado?

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