{"id":6295,"date":"2020-07-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/?p=127614"},"modified":"2020-07-09T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T11:00:00","slug":"biggerpockets-podcast-390-7-figures-from-one-deal-with-leka-devatha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/biggerpockets-podcast-390-7-figures-from-one-deal-with-leka-devatha\/","title":{"rendered":"BiggerPockets Podcast 390: 7 Figures from ONE Deal with Leka Devatha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From fashion design work in India, to a corporate career with Nordstrom&#8230; to leaving that career to flip 40+ houses in 6 years \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all in one of the hottest markets on the planet!<\/p>\n<p>Seattle investor Leka Devatha has quite a story to tell, and a lot of hard-won wisdom too! From her 6 tips for finding and keeping great contractors, to the exact criteria she uses when looking for a flip opportunity, Leka spills the beans and outlines a framework you can apply whether you choose to flip, BRRRR, wholesale, or buy and hold.<\/p>\n<p>We cover a crucial tax tip for anyone hiring a contractor, ever. Leka shares an unexpected silver lining brought on by the pandemic. And your mind will be blown when she tells how a &#8220;cosmetic&#8221; flip opportunity morphed into 3-year odyssey and wound up rewarding her with a 7-figure (yes, 7-figure) payday.<\/p>\n<p>Give Leka (pronounced &#8220;LAY-kuh&#8221;) a follow on Instagram and let her know if you appreciate this episode&#8230; and make sure you subscribe to the show in your favorite podcast app, so you won&#8217;t miss the next one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From fashion design work in India, to a corporate career with Nordstrom&#8230; to leaving that career to flip 40+ houses in 6 years \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all in one of the hottest markets on the planet!<\/p>\n<p>Seattle investor Leka Devatha has quite a story to tell, and a lot of ha&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2301],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6295"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6296,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6295\/revisions\/6296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrybice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}