There's more than one way to find a deal. This one starts at the seller's door.
FIREfast is my 3-week bootcamp on one skill: finding deals direct from sellers. You don't just learn it. You go out and do it.
Become a FIRE BuilderCome to a Wednesday freeFIREfast is step one of the path in FIRE Builder. See the whole path
You want a deal. You're just not sure what a good one looks like yet.
You want a rental that cash flows, or a flip. Here in California.
Maybe you've scrolled the MLS. Maybe you're on a wholesaler list.
And every house looks like a deal. Or none of them do.
That's normal when you're starting out.
FIREfast starts at the beginning: where deals come from, how to spot one and how to go straight to the seller.
You can't buy a deal you never found.
Here's what I think.
A lot of real estate education starts after you already have a property.
How to fix it. How to fund it. How to rent it.
Great. But first you need the property.
The deal doesn't come to you. You go get it.
That's a skill. You can learn it, practice it and get better at it.
Three weeks. Class, field work and real offers.
You learn it in class at the FIRE Center. Then you take it into the market.
Field work means you leave the classroom. Wear real shoes.
And the offers are real. Not practice worksheets.
One honest catch: it's in person only. You can't knock a door from your couch.
The last two sold out.
In 2023 I opened 20 spots. They were gone in 47 minutes.
I ran it again. Sold out again.
Students across those two bootcamps. Many of them are still members.
Taught by a team of investors who are still in the game.
It's not just me up front.
I'm Rich Rice, an active investor in the Inland Empire. Still buying, flipping and holding.
I teach FIREfast with the FIRE Center captains and past FIREfast students who went out and did it.
Nobody's teaching this from memory. We still do it.
In 2023 I started the FIRE Center, a real estate investing club at 1660 Chicago Ave in Riverside. We meet every Wednesday: Deal Room, Power Hour and FOCUS.
Three bootcamps in 2027. Step one starts Jan 27.
Each one runs 3 weeks. One FIRE Builder year includes all three.
Take the first one. Then come back and do it again with what you learned.
FIREfast isn't sold on its own. It's step one of FIRE Builder.
FIRE Builder is the top membership at the FIRE Center. It's built on three steps.
Find: FIREfast. All three 2027 bootcamps.
Analyze: the Builder FIRE AI. Deal Desk gives you four ways to structure the offer, four mapped sold comps, estimated value, repair allowance and the checks to run before you commit. Lending Desk lays out the risks and the paperwork gaps. Then I review it.
Scale: monthly field trips, with a Mini-Mastermind Lunch after each one.
Plus first calls, a reserved seat at every class, a committee seat if you want one, and everything in FIRE Starter.
Here's where I'm taking my Builders: the path to financial independence through cash-flowing rentals in California. That's the direction. It's not a promise.
One deal is a start. The next one is the hard part.
And none of it moves until you find the first one.
FIRE Builder is $5,997 a year.
The last time I sold FIREfast on its own, one bootcamp was $4,997.
Now one Builder year includes all three bootcamps, plus the other two steps.
Become a FIRE BuilderNo. It comes with FIRE Builder, the FIRE Center's top membership. See what's in it
Yes. All three 2027 bootcamps, no add-on price.
No. We teach the skill and you do the work. What you find depends on your effort, your market and your money.
No. Class is at the FIRE Center, 1660 Chicago Ave, Riverside, CA. The field work happens out in the market. In person only.
Jan 27 to Feb 17, May 26 to Jun 16 and Sep 22 to Oct 13.
FIREfast is Find. FIRE Builder adds Analyze, with Deal Desk and Lending Desk and my review, then Scale, with the monthly field trips and lunches.
You get recordings of past FIREfast sessions. The live bootcamps, with the field work and the real offers, are for FIRE Builders. Upgrade and everything in Starter stays.
Yes. Your first Wednesday is free: firecenterhq.com/firepass
Not sure yet? Good. Come see it first.
Your first Wednesday at the FIRE Center is free. Meet me, see the room, then decide.
Come to a Wednesday freeReady to go find your own deals? FIREfast comes with FIRE Builder.