Skill 1Find opportunities
Choose a market, pull targeted owner data and build a list worth your marketing money.
Hands-on real estate consulting with John Frezza
Get Your First Property Under Contract Within 30 Days, or Pay Nothing.
Learn to find motivated sellers, negotiate deals, and build your own land investing or wholesaling business with direct, one-on-one guidance from an experienced investor.
John Frezza, FounderBuilt and ran a land acquisitions company. Works with every client personally.
Deal Desk · review requested
- Closed comps pulledDone
- Zoning and useDone
- Flood and slopeDone
- Legal accessCheck
- OfferNext
Message from John
Numbers work. The frontage is a private easement though. Confirm it's recorded, then send the offer.
JFDirect message · client portal
Illustration of the client experience
Work with the founderNot a team of junior coaches
Your market, your dealsReal situations, not hypotheticals
Land and wholesaleVacant land and residential
Skills you keepBuilt to run on your own
What you'll learn to do
Everything You Need to Find and Close Your First Deal.
No endless training or guesswork. Learn by doing, with an experienced investor by your side.
Skill 1
Skill 2Evaluate properties
Pull comps, check access, zoning and utilities, and know what a property is really worth.
Talk and negotiate
Have real conversations with sellers, follow up well and negotiate from the numbers.
Skill 4Close the deal
Get under contract, work through title and diligence, find the right buyer and close.
John FrezzaFounder · works with every client directly
Meet your consultant
Hey, I'm John. I've Been Where You Are.
I founded Lot Maven and grew it into a land acquisitions company with a team of roughly 25 people. I've spent years finding deals, negotiating with sellers, and building the systems that make an acquisitions business work.
Now I'm putting that experience to work helping other investors build businesses of their own.
~25Team members at peak
~$1MFirst-year revenue
10+Deals per month at peak
Approximate historical figures from Lot Maven, the land acquisitions company John founded and ran. Lot Maven is no longer operating. These are not results of Bastion clients.
Read My Story
Why Bastion is different
You don't need another course. You need someone in your corner.
Most options leave you alone with the hard decisions, or take the business off your hands entirely. Bastion sits right in the middle.
Courses and communities
Videos, templates and a group chat
- Generic lessons, not your deals
- Hard calls made on your own
- Information, but little feedback
- You own the business
Bastion
An operator in your corner
Direct consulting from someone who's done it
- We work your actual market and deals
- Direct access to John, start to close
- Feedback on your real analysis
- You build the skills, you own the business
Done-for-you services
Someone else runs the process
- Work gets done
- You learn very little
- Hard to run without them
- Less control over your business
The roadmap
From your first lead to closing day.
A clear, step-by-step path from finding opportunities to getting deals across the finish line.
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1
Establish the foundation
Pick a market with real demand and set up the few systems you actually need.
A chosen market, working tools and list criteria you understand
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2
Source opportunities
Build a clean, targeted owner list before a dollar goes into outreach.
A targeted list ready for outreach
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3
Generate conversations
Launch compliant outreach, talk with sellers and build real follow-up habits.
Real seller conversations and a pipeline you work
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4
Evaluate and negotiate
Use comps and due diligence to decide what's worth an offer, then negotiate well.
An offer you can defend, or a clear reason to pass
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5
Get under contract
Turn a verbal yes into a clean contract, working through title and diligence.
A signed contract and a path to closing
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6
Find buyers and close
Build real buyer relationships, present the property well and get it closed.
A closed transaction and buyers you can call again
These are the typical stages. Every client's market, starting point and timeline are different, and the support in your engagement is defined in your agreement.
Inside the client experience
Everything You Need. All in One Place.
Your roadmap, resources, deal reviews, and direct communication with me, all organized in your private client portal.
Launch Hub
Example roadmapFocus now
Confirm target county and pull the first listIn progress
Finish pipeline stages in your CRMThis week
Up next
Draft outreach and send it for reviewAfter list sign-off
Set up call handling and lead intakeBefore launch
When needed
Shortlist title companies in your marketFirst contract
Buyer outreach planFirst contract
Messages
Example conversationYouSeller called back on the acreage off the county road. The comps I pulled are all over the place. Not sure what number to give.
JohnSend it to Deal Desk with the comps you used. Keep it to closed sales of similar size and access, drop anything with a structure on it, and tell me what you'd offer and why.
YouSubmitted. Road access looks like it runs through a neighbor's parcel, so I flagged that too.
JohnGood eye. That's the first thing to settle. I left notes on Deal Desk.
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Resources
Example itemsGuideBuilding a targeted owner listStage 2
WorkflowFrom first call to offerStage 3
ExampleAn annotated comp setStage 4
TemplateSeller follow-up sequenceStage 3
ScreensTitle and diligence walkthroughStage 5
ChecklistPre-offer reviewStage 4
Deal Desk
Feedback returnedProperty typeVacant land
Exit you're consideringResell to a builder or end buyer
Your readComps support an offer, but legal access is unclear. The road frontage looks like a private easement.
Your questionMake the offer contingent on access, or confirm first?
John's feedback
Good catch. Confirm a recorded easement before you send anything. If there isn't one, this is a pass or a much lower number, because your buyer pool shrinks fast.
Illustrative mockup built for this website. The real portal runs on Assembly, and actual screenshots will replace this preview.
How I look at a property
Five questions before any offer goes out.
Good acquisitions work is mostly judgment. Tap the numbers on the photo to see what I'm looking for, and what clients learn to check themselves.
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Who's building next door?
Nearby development tells you about demand. What's selling, to whom, and how recently.
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Can a buyer legally get in?
Recorded access, not assumed access. A path on the ground isn't an easement on paper.
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How much of it is usable?
Slope, flood zones, wetlands and drainage decide what can actually be built.
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What's it cost to make it buildable?
Power, water, sewer or septic. Distance to utilities changes the math fast.
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Is the area moving?
Population, jobs and buyer activity in the wider market shape your exit.
Different starting points. Same goal.Turning what you know into closed transactions.
Who I work with
Sound like you?
Wherever you're starting, we'll focus on getting you to your next deal.
Just Getting StartedYou want to break into real estate but need a clear path, the right guidance, and help taking action.
Stuck in Learning ModeYou've watched the videos and done the research, but you still haven't turned that knowledge into a deal.
Wholesaling Houses AlreadyYou understand the basics and want to expand into land with a model that's simple and highly profitable.
Going IndependentYou know how to talk to sellers, but now you want to build a business that's actually your own.
Have a Deal in MotionYou've got a lead or property under contract and need help getting it across the finish line.
Burned by Other ProgramsYou've paid for coaching or mentorship before and want real guidance, not more theory and empty promises.
Work with Bastion
Choose How We Work Together.
Two ways to get hands-on guidance, with a partnership structure that keeps us focused on getting deals done.
LOWER UPFRONT INVESTMENT
JV Launch
$1,000upfront
consulting fee
consulting fee
Profit share on early deals
First qualifying deal
Second qualifying deal
Best if you want to minimize your upfront investment.
KEEP MORE DEAL PROFIT
Build + Launch
$5,000upfront
consulting fee
consulting fee
Profit share on early deals
First qualifying deal
Second qualifying deal
No Bastion profit share under the standard offer.
Best if you prefer a higher upfront investment and a smaller profit share.
Profit splits, what counts as a qualifying transaction, how net profit is calculated, and each side's responsibilities are set in a signed agreement. This page is a summary, not an offer or a contract.
Questions
Straight answers.
Still wondering about something?Ask me on a call, or emailjohn@bastionlandpartners.com
Do I need real estate experience to get started?
Not at all. We'll start with where you are today and build from there. Whether you're completely new or have some experience, the goal is to get you working on real opportunities as quickly as possible.
Will I work directly with John?
Yes. You'll work directly with me throughout your engagement. We'll review your progress, talk through challenges, and work on real situations as they come up.
How much money do I need to get started?
That depends on your market and outreach strategy. In addition to the consulting fee, you'll need a realistic budget for essentials like property data, software, and marketing. We'll discuss those costs before getting started.
What happens if I don't get a property under contract within 30 days?
If you follow your agreed action plan, complete the required activities, and stay engaged but don't get a property under contract within 30 days, we'll refund your upfront consulting fee. Terms apply.
Why is there an upfront fee and a profit split?
The upfront fee covers the time and resources involved in getting your business moving. The profit split means I also have a financial interest in helping you turn that work into actual transactions.
Can I do this while working a full-time job?
Yes, provided you can consistently dedicate time to the business. We'll build a plan around your availability, but you'll still need to make time for outreach, follow-up, and working opportunities.
John FrezzaFounder, Bastion Consulting
Your First Deal Starts Here.
Let's talk about your goals, where you're starting, and how we can get you moving toward your first deal.
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