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What Motivation is the Key to Success in Real Estate?

What Motivation is the Key to Success in Real Estate?

A blog post by Nick Johnson a few weeks ago (Nick if you read this could you help me find it?) spurred me into thinking about what is my motivation for wanting to become a real estate investor.   Nick talked about his life and the hardships he had gone through which motivated him to make a change.   For me, my life has been easy compared to most and I freely admit that.  My parents are great,... [Read more...]

Probate Monday: Passive Income Goals and General Update

Probate Monday: Passive Income Goals and General Update

Sorry I have been a  MIA this past week, I was in Breckenridge, CO for my best friends bachelor party.   Shockingly my doctor gave me the go ahead to ski if I felt up to it and you better believe if I’m going to be in Colorado in the winter I’m going to be skiing.  This was the first time I’ve been skiing in 10 years and combine that with my total inactivity over the past 7 weeks... [Read more...]

Probate Monday: What I’m using for my postcards

Probate Monday: What I’m using for my postcards

Sorry for posting Probate Monday on Tuesday but I wanted to add a video how too and then realized I didn’t have my recorder setup after reformatting my hard drive this weekend.   Now onto the content…. I got a little behind with  my February mailings when I was couch ridden and couldn’t get to the post office myself to mail out the probate letters.  This meant the postcards are... [Read more...]

Creating a Schedule is Not Easy

Creating a Schedule is Not Easy

Over the past two days I’ve been trying to come up with a schedule that is rigid but with a little flexibility thrown in.  Let me tell you, it’s not easy.  I’m taking this very seriously because I want to be as productive as possible.  Some of you may be thinking I’m wasting time thinking about what to do instead of doing.  Even though that is partly true, I work best with... [Read more...]

Lessons Learned: Get More Out of your Day With Daily Deadlines

Lessons Learned: Get More Out of your Day With Daily Deadlines

After last weeks lesson about doing The Wrong Kind of Busy I started really analyzing how I spend my weekday nights (my real estate investing time).  It was a very good exercise to try and identify what are the money making activities and which are not and cross those off my list.  Then I thought to myself “Self, how can I be more productive?” To answer this question I have to really... [Read more...]

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Will the REAL DEAL investors please stand up? Will the REAL DEAL investors please stand up?

Many savvy investors are currently leveraging the internet to build massive buyer’s lists to wholesale properties to — either in their own... [Read more...]

Audio: Double Closing Audio: Double Closing

How are you going to buy and sell a property on the same day?  That is a question many new investors will run into.  In truth there are a few ways to... [Read more...]

How To: Do It Yourself – Yellow Letter Marketing How To: Do It Yourself – Yellow Letter Marketing

Do It Yourself – Yellow Letter Marketing: Materials Required: - Stamps - 8-1/2” x 11” yellow ruled-paper - 8-1/2” x 11” white paper - 4-3/8″... [Read more...]

D.D.I.Y. (Don’t Do It Yourself!) D.D.I.Y. (Don’t Do It Yourself!)

If you’re like me and working a full time gig while building your real estate business, it is critically important to figure out how to leverage... [Read more...]

Staying Focused Staying Focused

When you are focused you are productive.  When you are productive you tend to get things done.  That may sound kind of trite, but I mean it seriously. ... [Read more...]

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Probate Investing
Probate Monday: Passive Income Goals and General Update Probate Monday: Passive Income Goals and General Update

Sorry I have been a  MIA this past week, I was in Breckenridge, CO for my best friends bachelor party.   Shockingly my doctor gave me the go ahead... [Read more...]

Probate Monday: What I’m using for my postcards Probate Monday: What I’m using for my postcards

Sorry for posting Probate Monday on Tuesday but I wanted to add a video how too and then realized I didn’t have my recorder setup after reformatting... [Read more...]

Probate Monday: Letters Sent Probate Monday: Letters Sent

There are new challenges when you can’t leave the house without help.  I don’t know how people survive sans the services of a car.  Take... [Read more...]

Getting Better Responses from Direct Mail Getting Better Responses from Direct Mail

With it being time to send out my probate mailers again I was brain storming to try and come up with alternate types of direct mail pieces.  I really... [Read more...]

Probate Monday: New Month, New List Probate Monday:  New Month, New List

The coming of the new month brings a fresh probate lead list from my supplier.   So far I can not complain one bit about the leads that I’ve... [Read more...]

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  • Video-Tip: Picking the Right CON-Tractors.
    Published: February 20, 2010
    Source: Craig Fuhr
    Several years ago I got burned by a con-man acting as a contractor. I learned many lessons from my experiences with this Mega-Asshole, but most of all I learned that the majority of these guys put the “CON” in CONtractor. If you’re a rehabber l...
  • Meet My Personality
    Published: January 29, 2010
    Source: Subject2.com
    This is great! I was just on VentureHack.com which is one of my new favorite sites because of my interest in Venture Capitalism. Todays posts titled: Most inspiring speech ever was amazing. I felt so at home with it. If you’ve ever spoken to me ove...
  • Marketing for Leads on a $100 Monthly Budget
    Published: January 28, 2010
    I am a firm believer in the power and effectiveness of direct mail as a source of motivated seller leads. Frankly, I’m not as convinced that the ROI is as strong for identifying cash buyers with direct mail compared to other methods, but for motiv...
  • F R E E D O M
    Published: January 14, 2010
    You know I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and a lot of reading and just a lot of wondering too. And I’ve figured out what FREEDOM means to me and I’ll share that with you but first I want to publicly thank 2 people. Both I’m sure...
  • Outsourcing Direct Mail Campaign
    Published: January 6, 2010
    Well you read a few days ago that we have our direct mail campaign letters printed out on our quest for an apartment building, right? Now we’re trying to find someone to address the envelopes, stuff the envelopes and stamp ‘em. After listening...
  • How We Make Businesses These Days
    Published: January 5, 2010
    I’m starting a new business to address a different market segment. I’m also working on some new businesses with Stephen and Nick Saber of the CrossTech Group. Some time soon, there’ll be another venture started with Brian Clark and Darren Rows...
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