Summary List Placement Cody Sperber started investing in real estate with no money to his name. Now, he's done hundreds of millions in deals and has flipped over 1,000 houses. Beginning his investment journey with $30,000 worth of credit card debt, Sperber's first deal was wholesaling, in which an investor finds heavily discounted real estate and then sells it to a cash buyer. He turned the deal into a $40,000 profit, and eventually began rehabbing houses, similar to what you'd see on home renovation shows.