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Creating a Schedule is Not Easy

February 26, 2010 by Scott Costello 12 Comments
Schedule

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 [...]

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

February 23, 2010 by Scott Costello 9 Comments

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 [...]

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Probate Monday: Finding Comps With MLS Access

February 22, 2010 by Scott Costello 6 Comments

I’m feeling pretty good about things these last few days about my probate hunt. I’ve been able to get a handful of calls this past week and one Bruce and I made an offer on for $120k but the owner got another offer for $150k so he is going to take that one obviously. I [...]

Filed Under: All Tagged With: bing maps, comps, google maps, mls, Probate Investing

Top Blogs: 7 Must Read Rei Information Blogs

February 18, 2010 by Scott Costello 32 Comments

To continue my Top Blogs series, today I will be bringing to your attention 7 Real Estate Investing blogs that I call Information Blogs. These blogs are run by outstanding people who invest, but choose to provide high quality investing tips and other information needed by today’s investors. Best of all, these people provide the [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Top Blogs Tagged With: Bigger Pockets, Buy Probate Property, Joshua Dorkin, JP Moses, MustKnowInvesting, patrick riddle, peter kolat, real estate black book, ReiBrain, reitips, ron mead, Top Blogs, Trevor Mauch

Better Your Productivity: To-Do Lists – Part 1

February 16, 2010 by Scott Costello 20 Comments
ToDoLists

The last few weeks I’ve really gotten a lot done, so much more then I have in the past.  I owe my increased productivity to a little iPhone app I downloaded called ToodleDo.  I have always heard that the best way to get things accomplished is to create a To-Do List and I couldn’t agree [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Goals Tagged With: iPhone app, OmniFocus, Pat Flynn, SmartPassiveIncome.com, Things, ToDo, Todo Lists, ToodleDo, whiteboard, Zende
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