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Ninja Newsletter #17: AI, Automation & Innovation
By Drew Davis June, 2025
Hey Rockstars!
Summer’s heating up and we hope your business is too! That's why this month, we’re going All-In on Artificial Intelligence... bringing Accurate Insights, Automation & Innovation to Active Investors like you. 😁
Want to revolutionize how you invest, connect, and close? Then read on because we will get you ready to simplify, scale, and supercharge your results in no time. Let’s jumpstart your June with smarter systems and innovative actions!
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IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE
📘 Book of the Month: Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill – Discover the secrets to defeating doubt, fear, and procrastination once and for all. This one’s a mindset masterpiece.
👥 REI Recipe: My Ultimate Networking Hack! Turn handshakes into high-converting follow-ups on autopilot.
🤖 Feature Frenzy: REIchat.ai now supports multiple LLMs, keeping up with the latest models available. Your chatbot just became bulletproof! Resilient, responsive, and ridiculously effective.
💸 Automation of the Month: Quick Cash Funnel 2.0 💥 The Original Bugatti Buildout is back and better than ever. Tap into the #1 automation from the Blackbook Ninjas to streamline your deals and cash in fast!
🎙 Food for Thought: Do I see an obstacle or an Illusion? Discover how flipping your mindset clears the path to explosive breakthroughs.
🗳 Reader Poll: Where are YOU focusing next in your business? AI, Bots, or Automation? Let’s make it amazing together!
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BOOK OF THE MONTH: OUTWITTING THE DEVIL
In this bold and often verrry controversial masterpiece, Napoleon Hill uncovers a cunning inner adversary: the Devil himself! 👿 In an exclusive interview like no other, Napoleon does more than Think and Grow Rich. He skillfully manages to manipulate the dreaded Devil into divulging his dastardly deeds and hidden secrets of how he thrives on fear, procrastination, and blind conformity in mankind, throughout time.
🧠 The Real Enemy: DRIFTING
Hill pulls no punches: most people unknowingly surrender their dreams by literally drifting through life. Creatively avoiding decisions, dodging responsibility, and letting FEAR steer the ship. The “Devil,” as we come to learn, isn’t the pitchforked villain of our nightmares, it’s a metaphor for the mental slavery that takes over when we live without purpose, direction, or discipline.
🔑 The Escape Plan: L.W.D.
The antidote? Living with Definiteness of purpose. Hill makes it crystal clear: success and freedom are only possible when you take full command of your thoughts, align your actions with intention, and refuse to let fear call the shots.
This book rocked our worlds philosophically and transformed us physically when we were first introduced to this gem nearly a decade ago. It’s insights about breaking the chains of self-doubt, reclaiming your power, and stepping boldly into a life of clarity, courage, and control... priceless! Down with the Devil and his lust for our demise. Obstacles are illusions, and the struggle is not real. It kind of reminds me of the Capital One commercials...
What limitations do you place on your imagination? 🤔
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REI RECIPE: BIZ CARD STACK HACK!
I like to call it "The Forgotten Stack"...
You’ve seen it before, right? I'm talking about the growing pile of business cards on your desk. At first, it feels like momentum. Then it becomes just another reminder of what you haven’t done: the follow-ups you never got around to.
The value of a business card lies in what you do next. Here’s a system to help you turn those fleeting introductions into lasting connections, with less clutter and more clarity.
🟢 1. Capture Immediately
As soon as your next 3-day class or networking event wraps up (or even mid-flight afterwards), sort the business cards you get into groups of 4 or 6 and photograph them, front and back, on a clean surface like an airplane tray table. Upload the photos to a Google Photos album share named after the Bootcamp or REIA event. Jot down a couple of quick notes on the cards or add comments in the album for context.
🟢 2. Centralize Your Data
If you have an assistant or team member, add them to the shared album so they get a notification, and this is their cue. All you do is have them enter the info from the images into your CRM, including:
- Name, title, company
- Email/phone
- Event details
- Notes from your chat
- Tags (e.g., “Q2 networking,” “Austin market”)
🟢 3. Automate the Follow-Up
Prepare a simple, flexible follow-up email in advance. Once contacts are logged, personalize and send it within a few days. A simple message like this works:
“Hi ~c:firstName~, it was great meeting you at [Event]. I really enjoyed our chat about [topic]. Let’s stay in touch and explore ways to collaborate.”
🟢 4. Review Monthly
You should already block time regularly to sit down with REI Blackbook and give your CRM some TLC; update notes, track follow-ups, delegate a task. This keeps your pipeline fresh and your stack of forgotten cards officially a thing of the past.
Final Tip: Once everything’s digitized and followed up on, feel free to recycle those cards. You’ve already captured the value!
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FEATURE FRENZY: REICHAT.AI GETS RESILIENT
For those of you stepping into the arena of chatbots, I'm sure you'll be able to appreciate this latest feature inside of REIChat.ai. As much as we've grown to know and love ChatGPT over the last couple of years (it's crazy to think that I started my AI journey in 2023, and thought I was LATE back then!), it's still pretty naive to think that it can never have a hiccup (because it has).
This means that if you have chatbots running your business and Sam Altman were to decide to play an evil trick and turn off ChatGPT for a full day... over 80% of the bots out there would be cooked! Imagine you're running paid ads to your chatbot enabled website in this scenario. How would that impact your business?
For just this reason, there's been a new enhancement to the REIchat.ai platform that now allows for the use of primary and backup LLMs to support your chatbots. Super cool, right? This means that if you trust Elon more than Sam, then great! You can have it your way like Burger King when it comes to your pick in the tech that powers your bots! 🍔👑🤖
The new interface gives you the choice of OpenAI, Grok and Anthropic models to choose from, and you get multiple models from each category, which basically helps you have better granularity over your bot's cost and performance. And if I'm talking a little over your head, don't worry! This stuff is what I geek out on and break down into bite-sized chunks with ease! I'll screenshot the update below that makes this clearer, but you've essentially gained a redundant architecture without having to add cost or complexity to your setup.
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AUTOMATION OF THE MONTH: QUICK CASH FUNNEL 2.0
Everybody already knows that in wholesaling, speed and follow-up win deals.
But when leads are pouring in from every direction (and your inbox looks like a war zone) it’s easy for even the best opportunities to fall through the cracks.
Not because you’re lazy.
Not because you’re not grinding.
But because your process isn’t keeping up with your potential. 😖
That’s where the Quick Cash Funnel (QCF) comes in.
This thing is your deal-closing command center, and it is designed specifically for wholesalers who want more clarity, better follow-up, and a business that scales without the burnout.
✅ What the QCF Helps You Do:
Capture Every Lead: No more lost sticky notes or forgotten calls.
Prioritize What Matters: Know which sellers are hot and ready today.
Automate the Follow-Up: Texts, emails, and ringless voicemails fire off like clockwork.
See the Big Picture: Your motivated seller lead dashboard gives you a bird’s-eye view of your entire pipeline.
Imagine logging in each morning and instantly seeing the 3-5 sellers you must follow up with... already sorted by urgency and motivation.
No guessing. No stressing. Just closing.
🛠️ What You Get:
🎯 A motivated seller pipeline, built and ready to fill up from your marketing efforts
🎯 Smart follow-up automations for short- and long-term nurture
🎯 A clean, simple dashboard with real-time visibility
🎯 Systems tailored for wholesalers
🎯 Full flexibility to scale with your team or virtual assistants
This is For Wholesalers Who Want Freedom and Control
You didn’t get into this to work 80-hour weeks. You got in to build wealth, earn freedom, and live life on your terms.
The Quick Cash Funnel is how you do it—with systems that support your vision.
👇🏾 Click here to learn more about the QCF and start building the business you always knew was possible!
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
“Re-evaluating our perceptions and challenging our fears can lead to greater clarity and confidence.”
— Drew S. Davis
In my latest podcast episode, you capture a glimpse of this timely core message by the way I stress the importance of perspective in facing and overcoming challenges. It highlights that many barriers we face are not as daunting as they appear; rather, they are often rooted in our fears and misconceptions. This is right in line with what we learn from Outwitting the Devil, in that by recognizing these obstacles as illusions, we are empowered to take proactive steps toward addressing our fears and achieving our goals.
Seriously, this is the stuff that really drives personal growth, internal fortitude, and a transformative shift in mindset. And... it paves the way for confronting challenges confidently!
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PEOPLE'S POLL
Hey hey! Quick question for you…
Where are you leaning next to grow your biz?
✨ Playing with AI?
🤖 Diving into bots?
⚙️ Getting serious about automation?
☝🏾 Tap your pick above with a click!
Your vote helps us bring you a better Ninja Blog, smarter tools, and stuff that actually fits where you’re headed. Let your voice be heard, so we can grow this thing together! 🙌🏾
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FINAL THOUGHTS
Don’t let this summer just sizzle. Let it skyrocket your success! Embrace these tools, level up your mindset, and build the systems that do the heavy lifting for you.
🔥 Let’s automate, innovate, and elevate... together!
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Hi, I'm Drew Davis
CEO of Blackbook Ninjas
The Blackbook Ninjas are here to help you move from manual tasks to deal-making speed. We specialize in designing and streamlining custom automation systems for investors.
As active real estate investors for over a decade, we know exactly what it takes to wholesale, buy, hold, and flip. Our specialty is leveraging automated CRM systems to find and manage motivated seller leads.
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