Joseph Griffin left a career as a nurse to build a business around tax deed investing, a niche corner of real estate where properties can be acquired through government auctions for a fraction of market value. He joined Sean Kelly on the Digital Social Hour to explain how the strategy works and how he built it into a business that, by his account, grew from roughly $400,000 to $3 million in a single year.
The conversation walks through the mechanics of tax deed investing, including how auctions work, how to fund early deals, and where new investors tend to go wrong, while also tracing Griffin's own path from nursing into full-time real estate.
About Joseph Griffin
Joseph Griffin, known publicly as the Tax Deed Wolf, built his career around tax deed investing after leaving nursing for real estate. He founded the Tax Deed Wolf Fund and now teaches other investors through his academy how to source and evaluate tax deed properties.
His approach centers on acquiring properties through tax deed auctions, sometimes for a few hundred dollars, and using strategies like business credit and other people's money to fund deals. He has built a following teaching the tax deed niche to investors at every experience level.
What Joseph Griffin and Sean Kelly Talked About
- How Joseph Griffin transitioned from a nursing career into tax deed investing
- What tax deed auctions are and how they differ from traditional real estate deals
- His strategy for using business credit cards and other people's money to fund early deals
- The common pitfalls he says trip up the majority of tax deed properties
- Why he chose to start teaching real estate investing alongside building his own portfolio
- His take on wholesaling properties before they reach auction
- How he approaches getting insurance and financing on tax deed properties
Why This Conversation Matters
The Digital Social Hour gives guests room to break down strategy most people never see explained clearly, and Joseph Griffin's rundown of tax deed investing does exactly that. For anyone curious about real estate investing outside the conventional playbook, his account of building a business from a nursing background is a grounded, practical case study.
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Sean Kelly is an entrepreneur and the host of the Digital Social Hour, one of the fastest-growing interview podcasts in the world, where he sits down with entrepreneurs, athletes, creators, and cultural voices for candid, long-form conversations. The show draws over 100 million views a month across platforms. Explore more guest features on SeanKelly.io.
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