Helping 100 Hardworking Professionals Begin Their Journey Toward Real Estate Ownership
The From Dirt 2 Dollars 100-Professional Challenge is a strategic real estate investment initiative created by Wardell Sims, Jr. to help 100 working professionals become knowledgeable, prepared, and successful real estate investors.
You do not have to quit your job, already own property, or have previous real estate experience.
You need the willingness to learn, follow a personalized investment plan, complete your responsibilities, and take consistent action.
The Only Requirement
Retain Wardell Sims, Jr.’s real estate investment consultation services and commit to completing your personalized From Dirt 2 Dollars action plan.
Annual Consultation Retainer: $250
Participation is limited to 100 professionals.
Working professionals often have valuable resources that can support a real estate investment strategy:
- Stable employment
- Consistent income
- Professional experience
- Established personal credit
- Retirement or investment resources
- Access to professional relationships
- The discipline required to follow a long-term plan
However, many professionals never become real estate investors because they do not know where to begin, how to evaluate opportunities, or how to connect their financial position to the appropriate investment strategy.
The From Dirt 2 Dollars 100-Professional Challenge provides the structure, education, consultation, and strategic guidance needed to begin moving from employment income toward real estate ownership.
The challenge is designed for:
- Working professionals interested in becoming real estate investors
- First-time investors who need a structured starting point
- Entrepreneurs who want to diversify into real estate
- Professionals with strong income or credit but limited investment experience
- Individuals interested in acquiring, building, renovating, renting, or reselling property
- Aspiring investors who want help evaluating financing options
- Established investors seeking a more organized investment system
- Professionals interested in building long-term equity and generational wealth
Previous real estate investment experience is not required.
You Do Not Have to:
- Quit your current job
- Already own investment property
- Be a licensed real estate professional
- Have construction experience
- Know how to find every member of your project team
- Understand every financing program
- Complete the process without guidance
The challenge begins with assessing your current position and creating a realistic strategy based on your goals, experience, income, credit profile, available capital, preferred market, and risk tolerance.
Initial Investment-Readiness Consultation
Review your financial position, investment objectives, available resources, credit readiness, experience, preferred market, and real estate goals.
Personalized Investment Action Plan
Receive an action plan outlining the steps you may need to complete before pursuing a property or project.
From Dirt 2 Dollars System Guidance
Learn how to move through the seven major stages of identifying, evaluating, financing, developing, and exiting a real estate investment.
Property and Buildable-Lot Guidance
Receive general guidance for identifying properties and buildable lots that may support your investment strategy.
Preliminary Opportunity Analysis
Learn how to review:
- Property acquisition costs
- Construction or renovation estimates
- Financing expenses
- Holding costs
- Market comparables
- Potential rental income
- Estimated resale value
- Project risks
- Exit strategies
Funding and Financing Guidance
Explore financing options that may include:
- Business credit cards
- Lines of credit
- No-Doc business funding
- Private-money financing
- Bridge loans
- Construction financing
- Fix-and-flip loans
- DSCR rental-property financing
- Asset-based financing
- Other available investment programs
Professional Team Development
Receive general guidance for identifying the professionals who may be required for a project, including:
- Real estate agents and brokers
- Lenders and funding professionals
- Attorneys and accountants
- Inspectors and appraisers
- Surveyors and engineers
- Architects and designers
- General contractors and subcontractors
- Insurance professionals
- Property managers
- Title and closing professionals
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Strategic Follow-Up Consultations
Receive scheduled consultations during the 12-month term to review progress, address obstacles, and identify appropriate next steps.
Educational Resources
Receive selected checklists, templates, real estate investment resources, and free e-books from the Wardell Sims, Jr. Book Store.
The Seven-Step From Dirt 2 Dollars System
1. Identify the Opportunity
Define your investment goals and identify a property, buildable lot, development opportunity, or existing investment that may support your strategy.
2. Complete Property and Site Analysis
Evaluate the location, zoning, utilities, access, property condition, market demand, comparable properties, development feasibility, and potential restrictions.
3. Develop the Investment Strategy
Determine whether the opportunity is best suited for:
- New construction
- Fix and flip
- Buy and hold
- BRRR
- DSCR rental
- Short-term rental
- Property development
- Wholesale disposition
- Resale
- Refinancing
- Long-term portfolio ownership
4. Prepare for Funding and Financing
Evaluate your credit profile, available capital, estimated down payment, required reserves, project budget, loan structure, and potential financing options.
5. Complete Design, Due Diligence, and Approvals
Coordinate the inspections, estimates, plans, permits, professional reviews, title work, and approvals required before proceeding.
6. Acquire, Build, or Renovate
Complete the acquisition and execute the project using qualified professionals, documented budgets, proper insurance, and appropriate oversight.
7. Sell, Rent, Refinance, or Hold
Execute the exit strategy based on the property, financing structure, market conditions, and long-term investment objectives.
How the Challenge Works
Step 1: Request Your Consultation
Contact Wardell Sims, Jr. and provide basic information about your financial position, experience, real estate interests, and investment goals.
Step 2: Complete Your Investment-Readiness Review
Review the factors that may affect your ability to pursue a real estate investment opportunity.
Step 3: Retain the Consultation Services
Sign the Annual Consultation Retainer Agreement and pay the $250 annual retainer.
Step 4: Receive Your Personalized Action Plan
Identify the gaps, responsibilities, resources, and next steps required to move forward.
Step 5: Begin the From Dirt 2 Dollars Process
Work through the seven-step system and complete the appropriate due-diligence, funding, property, team-building, and project-development activities.
Step 6: Review Your Progress
Participate in scheduled strategy consultations to evaluate progress, address challenges, and update your plan.
Step 7: Pursue an Appropriate Investment Opportunity
Move forward when the property, financing, professional team, due diligence, and investment strategy are properly aligned.
What the $250 Annual Retainer Includes
The annual consultation retainer provides:
- One initial investment-readiness and goal-setting consultation
- A personalized real estate investment action plan
- Up to four follow-up strategy consultations
- General From Dirt 2 Dollars system guidance
- Preliminary review of participant-provided property information
- General funding and financing guidance
- Educational resources, checklists, and templates
- Selected free e-books from the Wardell Sims, Jr. Book Store
- Reasonable email check-ins related to the participant’s action plan
Unused consultations expire at the end of the 12-month term and do not roll over.
What the Retainer Does Not Include
The $250 annual retainer does not include:
- Guaranteed financing
- Property purchase prices
- Down payments or earnest money
- Closing costs
- Inspections or appraisals
- Surveys or environmental reports
- Architectural or engineering services
- Plans, permits, or government fees
- Legal, tax, or accounting services
- Contractor or construction expenses
- Property-management services
- Credit-repair services
- Loan or broker fees
- Travel expenses
- Third-party software or professional services
- Project management
- Equity participation in a specific project
- Brokerage or transaction services
Any project-specific financing, development, management, brokerage, partnership, or transaction services require a separate written agreement.
Why Work With Wardell Sims, Jr.?
Wardell Sims, Jr. brings more than 30 years of entrepreneurial, business-financing, consulting, and real estate investment experience to the challenge.
His approach extends beyond encouraging participants to purchase property. The objective is to help each professional understand:
- How to evaluate their investment readiness
- How financing may affect the investment strategy
- How to identify potential risks before committing capital
- How to assemble the appropriate professional team
- How to avoid common and costly mistakes
- How to create a realistic acquisition and exit plan
- How to approach real estate as a business and long-term wealth-building strategy
The goal is not simply to help you find a property. The goal is to help you become a better-prepared real estate investor.
Only 100 Professionals Will Be Accepted
The challenge is intentionally limited to 100 participants so each professional can receive structured guidance and meaningful access to the consultation process.
Participation is subject to:
- Availability
- Completion of the initial consultation
- Acceptance of the Annual Consultation Retainer Agreement
- Payment of the $250 annual retainer
- Commitment to completing the personalized action plan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need previous real estate experience?
No. The challenge is designed for aspiring and established investors.
Do I have to quit my job?
No. The program is designed to help working professionals develop an investment strategy while continuing their careers.
Do I have to qualify for the No-Doc Funding Program?
No. The 100-Professional Challenge is a consultation and investment-readiness initiative. Financing eligibility is evaluated separately.
Does the $250 retainer include funding?
No. The retainer covers consultation services, system guidance, and selected educational resources. Financing is provided separately by independent lenders.
Is financing guaranteed?
No. Financing is subject to lender underwriting, credit approval, collateral, program availability, documentation, and other eligibility requirements.
Does participation guarantee that I will acquire a property?
No. Property acquisition depends on the participant’s financial position, available capital, financing, due diligence, property availability, market conditions, and final decisions.
Are project-management services included?
No. Project management, development, financing assistance, brokerage, partnerships, and transaction services require separate written agreements.
How long does the consultation term last?
The annual consultation term lasts 12 months from the effective date of the agreement.
Are free e-books included?
Yes. Participants receive selected free e-books from the Wardell Sims, Jr. Book Store during the active consultation term.
Stop Waiting to Become a Real Estate Investor
You may already possess the income, credit, experience, and professional discipline needed to begin developing a real estate investment strategy.
What may be missing is a structured system, a personalized plan, and someone to help you understand the next steps.
The From Dirt 2 Dollars 100-Professional Challenge is your opportunity to stop guessing and begin preparing for real estate ownership.
Apply for One of the 100 Participant Positions
Message “DIRT 2 DOLLARS” to request your consultation.
Wardell Sims, Jr.
Business Funding Strategist | Real Estate Investment Consultant
Phone: 864.402.9480
Email:
Wardell@WardellSimsJr.com
Annual Consultation Retainer: $250
Important Disclaimer
Participation does not guarantee financing approval, a specific credit limit, interest rate, funding amount, property acquisition, construction completion, rental income, appreciation, resale, profitability, or investment success.
All financing is subject to independent lender underwriting, credit approval, collateral requirements, documentation, program availability, and other eligibility standards. Real estate investing involves risk, including the possible loss of capital.
Participants are responsible for conducting independent due diligence and should obtain appropriate legal, tax, financial, insurance, lending, inspection, engineering, construction, and real estate advice before entering any transaction.
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