Struggling to Get Started
Struggles of a First Time Investor
Time, Skills, Enjoyment and Leverage…Say What?
I don't know what it is lately, but I'm finding it harder to find the time to get things done. I wish exercise didn't take up so much time because it seems on the nights I run on the treadmill, about 3 nights a week, it's about all I can do. I run for about 30 minutes, takes me 15 to 20 minutes for stretching and cooling down afterwards and then another 15 to 20 minutes to shower. By the time I'm done it always seems like it's 10:30pm, which gives me a half hour before my wife gets home …
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It’s Time To Jump Into Internet Lead Generation
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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Changing Your Phone Number
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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Battle Royal – Printer Vs Me (who won??)
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 Be Missing Something
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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Is a Referral License Right For You?
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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Time, Skills, Enjoyment and Leverage…Say What?
I don’t know what it is lately, but I’m finding it harder to find the time to get things done. I wish exercise didn’t take up so much time because it seems on the nights I run on the treadmill, about 3 nights a week, it’s about all I can do. I run for about [...]
It’s Time To Jump Into Internet Lead Generation
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 [...]
Changing Your Phone Number
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 [...]
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