This week on the podcast Drew sits down with Derek Dombeck. Derek is a successful investor who has surfed the ups and downs of the market since 2003.  Derek’s expertise ranges from creative deal structuring, wholesaling, flipping, and land lording, to lending and investing throughout the years. He has been involved in thousands of transactions in his career; and what sets him apart is his love for people and their success.  Derek has an uncanny gift for problem solving and negotiating; and he enjoys using his gifts and knowledge to help people out, sometimes when they have nowhere else to turn. He puts together creative solutions for sellers that few other investors can, and with his team’s support, they always deliver.  Derek co-owns a private lending company called Best REI Funding, a real estate acquisition company and hosts three national mastermind groups called REI Circle of Trust. They also run an annual advanced strategies and networking event for real estate investors called Generations of Wealth Voyage (gowvoyage.com). Derek is dedicated to giving back to his community. He founded and ran the ​Central Wisconsin Real Estate Investors Association and later merged with WiscoREIA, based out of Wausau Wisconsin. There he coaches and teaches other real estate investors his keys to success.  Derek has been married for 20 years, and he jokes that he “married up.” He and his wife have a unique family, with three children from different backgrounds.  They avidly help other couples who are struggling through the conception/adoption process.  Derek’s family loves to travel and experience new things.  An adrenaline junkie at heart who grew up racing stock cars and skydiving now enjoys hunting, fishing and camping...and watching the bucking bulls they own at rodeos.   Don't forget to hit subscribe to be up to date with all the latest from the Business of Wholesaling Podcast! Visit: leadzolo.com & freewholesaleleads.com to get more information from the ads mentioned in this podcast!  To get in contact with Derek visit: https://bestreifunding.com/ https://gowvoyage.com/ https://www.reicot.com/ If you are interested in the book Derek is writing please email: [email protected], to get your e-read copy in 2023! Books mentioned in this episode by Oren Klaff are: Pitch Anything - An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal  Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea