Struggles of a First Time Investor

Last week, my friend Steph forwarded me a training course for internet lead generation. It peaked my interest for two reasons, first I've been t
hrowing around the idea of substantially increasing my web presence with regards to getting leads. Second, anything Step
h sends my way I know is going to give me more value then I actually pay for.
I'm not going to say which product I purchased, because I don't want you all thinking that I'm just looking to make a few bucks. I …
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My partner needed to reclaim our marketing number so he could use if for his Realtoring. The reason being is that he had the Google voice number already linked to his cell phone and you can't have more then one linked as far as I know. He wanted to keep those calls separate from our investing calls so we decided to use a prepaid phone and new number on our marketing.
Let me tell ya, changing your phone number on your marketing is not as simple as you may first think and comes with …
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One of my least favorite parts of putting together my mailers is printing out the envelopes. The reason is that I have to stand at the ready with a new stack of 7 envelopes (7 is the max I can fit in the Manual Feed Tray at one time) to feed into the printer. The first 20 envelopes goes quickly as the printer is cool and can work at full capacity, so I have to be quick with the reload. If I'm not quick enough, the printer will shift to using the paper from draw #1 which means that I'll have …
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I must admit, I'm struggling right now. We haven't had a deal in just about a year and I have no idea why. Seems like everyone around us, who are doing the same things we are, are finding deals and we aren't. Our call volume is pretty good, but it seems that nobody is motivated enough to sell at anything less then market value. That can't be true! What am I missing?
I'm thinking I have to make some sort of drastic change, I have a few ideas. None of these ideas will come with …
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If you are not aware, I have a Real Estate License and pretty much just use if for the MLS Access. Even just for that purpose it was worth the $1200 a year to keep it active. The ability to get comps when ever I wanted was key in my world of limited time. Even if I had a great relationship with an investor friendly real estate agent to run comps for me, it would be a pain in the butt. Besides, you learn a lot by being able to run your own comps and run different scenarios from the MLS …
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I've noticed over the past few years that the biggest problem I have when getting started with a new venture or just a new segment of my current project is anxiety. Regardless of whether the task in front of me is big or small, hard or easy I get this anxious feeling that delays or even keeps me from moving forward. I'm sure it's common and I bet that almost everyone feels the same way as I do.
It happens even now as I sit down to write this post, my leg is bouncing up and down and …
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May 14, 2013 By Scott Costello 1 Comment
Last week, my friend Steph forwarded me a training course for internet lead generation. It peaked my interest for two reasons, first I’ve been t hrowing around the idea of substantially increasing my web presence with regards to getting leads. Second, anything Step h sends my way I know is going to give me more [...]

May 8, 2013 By Scott Costello 2 Comments
My partner needed to reclaim our marketing number so he could use if for his Realtoring. The reason being is that he had the Google voice number already linked to his cell phone and you can’t have more then one linked as far as I know. He wanted to keep those calls separate from [...]

April 23, 2013 By Scott Costello Leave a Comment
One of my least favorite parts of putting together my mailers is printing out the envelopes. The reason is that I have to stand at the ready with a new stack of 7 envelopes (7 is the max I can fit in the Manual Feed Tray at one time) to feed into the printer. The [...]
March 24, 2011 By Scott Costello 1 Comment
As most of you who have been reading my blog know, I started off in probate investing by following Ron Meads "31 Days to Profit in Probate Investing" course. It's one of the simplest and best probate courses out there and really does throw all the minutia to the curb and focuses on just what you …
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October 18, 2011 By Scott Costello 2 Comments
This will probably come as a shock to people who have been reading my blog for a while. I've written countless articles about creating websites for your real estate investing business saying that you should create a websites, squeeze pages and blogs. I still agree with that but only in the right …
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February 4, 2011 By Scott Costello 5 Comments
Real estate investing is full of road blocks for sure and I just ran into one that sort of blindsided me. Yesterday afternoon I got an email from my probate list supplier informing me that he will no longer be able to give me the probate list I've been getting. Ah CRAP!! (actually what I …
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