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Negative Response: “Get a real Job”

May 29, 2010 by Scott Costello 22 Comments
UnhappySeller1x

Yesterday I got a probate letter mailed back to me with some words of wisdom, written by the recipient, directed towards me.  I’ve been lucky so far to not get many upset owners sending me mail as that is just the nature of the business.  When mailing out to probates you can really step on [...]

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Must See Posts: Yellow Letters, A Big Check and 3 Words

May 28, 2010 by Scott Costello 2 Comments

Here are some of the great posts I’ve read over the past few days from around the blogosphere.  I’ve last time I did a post like this it was received very well.   One of the funniest posts of all time was Steph Davis’ post about her big fat check.   Justin McClelland wrote a post that [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Top Blogs Tagged With: biggerpockets, google, Justin McClleland, Shae Bynes, Steph Davis

Real Estate Lead Tracker: Progress Report

May 26, 2010 by Scott Costello 4 Comments
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I’ve been working hard on the Lead Tracking program over the past two weeks and I am really starting to get excited about it.  It took me a while to settle on an interface that would be user friendly and easy to work with as well as expandable to include future modules/functions.  I tried 4 [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Lead Tracker Tagged With: Lead Tracker Software, real estate investing

Probate Monday: Forcing Yourself Out of The Comfort Zone

May 24, 2010 by Scott Costello 8 Comments

My next wave of mailings is ramping up so I expect to be getting some calls this week sometime.  I’ve got 85 letters out in the mail and another 80 postcards that just went out last night.  It’s going to be a busy memorial day weekend week because my summer hours started for work which [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Probate Investing Tagged With: comfort zone, probate mailers, Sean Stephenson

Great Tip if You are Anything Like Me

May 20, 2010 by Scott Costello 14 Comments
stamp

One of my biggest annoyances when sending out mailers is making sure I have all the needed supplies.  I always run out of stamps, envelopes or even the paper that I’m using.  When I run out of these things it means a 40 minute round trip to the nearest office supply store to pick these [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Probate Investing Tagged With: automation, Probate, stamps
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