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Lesson Learned: What a Failed Deal Can Teach You
Investing in Real Estate is almost never easy and many times you learn your most valuable lessons by deals that have fallen apart. The only real hope is that these lessons are not expensive ones, but many times they are. You can have all the mentors you want or have packed your brain with as much knowledge as possible and that still doesn't mean you will escape the school have hard knocks. My Lesson Deal #2 is officially dead! After 2 weeks of calling the sellers trying to figure out …
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Marketing Monday: Planning Out My Year
This year is going to be a hectic one for sure, so one of my early goals was to create a schedule for all my mailings this year. Last year I basically decided what to send out at the beginning of the week. I'd sit at home on Monday night and figure out how many mailers I wanted to send, see which of my current lists needed a 2nd or 3rd mailing and create those. If there weren't enough, I'd pick a new town, pull that list and create that mailing. Some weeks it was harder then others to …
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SI Lead Manager – Beta 5 has been released!
Have you had a tough time managing your leads using Excel? Did you find that other lead management software is just too Expensive? Have you tried SI Lead Manager – Beta 4 and found it too confusing? If you’ve answered Yes to any of the above questions, then you need to get SI Lead Manager – Beta 5After working hard for over 7 months, SI Lead Manager Beta 5 is finally ready for release. The interface has been completely redesigned in order to make it a more user friendly and …
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Email Question: What Do You Think About Mentors?
I've been asked quite a few times what I thought about getting a mentor or finding a coaching program. The main concern for those that are asking is it worth the money to join the flip vips or other coaching programs offered by various people. Most recently one of my blog readers Zac asked me this very question and after I took some time to reply to his email I thought it would be a great idea to post my answer here. My Answer to the question...What I think about mentors and coaching …
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Marketing Monday: All Time Funniest Response
One of the risks with sending out direct marketing letters is that you are going to piss people off. You shouldn't take these people to seriously or feel bad that you pissed them off though. This is because I can guarantee that they were pissed off way before getting your letter. Sometimes they will call you up to tell to say that you are the scum of the earth and sometimes they will write you a letter like this one... You wondering what it was written on like I …
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Deal #2 Update: How Patient Are You?
How much patience should one have? I have plenty of patience and don't mind waiting these people out, but is that always the best way? I'm glad our first deal went very smoothly or else I would think all deals are like this current one. Below is the time line of events and shows how sketchy these people can be. To me a lack of communication is the most infuriating thing. September The beginnings of Deal #2 happened September 15th when we got a call from the seller …
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Lesson Learned: What a Failed Deal Can Teach You
Investing in Real Estate is almost never easy and many times you learn your most valuable lessons by deals that have fallen apart. The only real hope is that these lessons are not expensive ones, but many times they are. You can have all the mentors you want or have packed your brain with as much [...]
Marketing Monday: Planning Out My Year
This year is going to be a hectic one for sure, so one of my early goals was to create a schedule for all my mailings this year. Last year I basically decided what to send out at the beginning of the week. I’d sit at home on Monday night and figure out how [...]
Recharging the Batteries and Getting the Motivation Back…Check!
I’m a big believer in taking some time off to recharge the batteries. I’m not talking 1 day here and there either. If you are anything like me, that really does nothing for me because my mind is still thinking about real estate on that day off. I like to take about 3 weeks [...]
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