Vena Jones-Cox
Wholesaling & Flipping Expert
Wholesaling is a time-tested strategy that, in 5 simple steps, puts big chunks of cash into your pocket—without getting involved in risky rehabs, rental management, borrowing money, or even having to buy the properties themselves. It’s a strategy that’s both financially and personally rewarding—not to mention a lot of fun.
At the same time, she’s a huge advocate for rigorous training in the wholesaling business—Vena says, “Wholesalers who don’t know what they’re doing burn sellers, burn buyers, burn their own reputations and attract the attention of regulators. Wholesalers who’ve bothered to invest time and money in real training are the ones that make real money, build real businesses, and provide real benefits to their customers and the community.”
Following a blessedly-brief stint in corporate America, Vena began investing in real estate full time in 1989. Since that time, she’s been a principal in over 800 transactions including rentals, lease/options, note purchases, rehabs, and, of course, wholesale deals. She’s a licensed real estate broker and founder of REStructure Opportunity Fund, a privately-held equity fund that buys houses, notes and small apartment properties in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Vena is the past president of the Real Estate Investors Association of Greater Cincinnati, the Ohio Real Estate Investors Association, and the National Real Estate Investors Association, and the Founder of Central Ohio Real Estate Entrepreneurs in Columbus, Ohio. She lives in Cincinnati with the world’s cutest dog and evilest cat.
Vena will show you:
- What wholesalers really do: if you think it’s ‘buying low and selling high’ or ‘putting buyers and sellers together and getting a check’, you’re dangerously wrong
- The 5-step process that you’ll go through every time you wholesale a deal, whether it’s your first or your 500th.
- Why wholesalers get $5,000-$15,000 in cash, up front, on each deal they do—and why the sellers and buyers are happy to have them involved in the deal
- How wholesaling can quickly solve your immediate cash problems, build your portfolio of passive investments quickly, and even let you quit your job faster than any other strategy, if that’s your goal
- Real, usable techniques for finding the deals, finding the buyers, and getting the deals done based on Vena’s 2 decade’s experience wholesaling properties.
Areas of Accomplishment
- Vena has wholesaled over 600 houses, including 68 last year alone
- She’s hosted Public Radio’s Real Life Real Estate Investing for over 16 years
- She’s the recipient of Ohio REIA’s Lifetime Achievement in Education award
- She’s been featured in Money Magazine, USA Today, Reader’s Digest, Smart Money, the Cincinnati Business Courier, and Community Investor Magazine in articles about successful real estate entrepreneurs