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Probate Monday: A little negotiating going on

August 30, 2010 by Scott Costello 3 Comments

This is going to be another busy week for sure.  Even though the last letters I sent out where in the first week of August, my phone rang with a call from a lady who had been holding onto my letter since I mailed it back in January.  Took me a bit to find her [...]

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Create Extra Marketing Money With Your Real Estate Blog

August 25, 2010 by Scott Costello 10 Comments
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For those people who have been reading my blog for a while know that I’m pretty limited with my marketing budget of $200 per month.  This gets eaten up quickly when half of that goes to my probate list provider.  That leaves me with only $100 for Stamps, paper, ink and envelopes.   Sending out 80 [...]

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Probate Monday: Gearing Up for Another Mailing

August 24, 2010 by Scott Costello 10 Comments

With the end of August looming large, I’m going to be preparing my next batch of probate letters to be sent out.   Unlike most prior months I’ve been waiting for the beginning of the month to put all the letters together, stuff and stamp them.  This usually takes me a few nights and the letters [...]

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Probate Monday: Mid Month Slow Down

August 18, 2010 by Scott Costello 3 Comments

Before I get started, I want to wish my beautiful bride a very happy 30th birthday today.  She is the love of my life and with out a doubt my best friend as well.  Can’t beat that combo!  In our family we like to celebrate birthdays over a week period, not just on the date [...]

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Renaming My Blog Contest Winner!

August 16, 2010 by Scott Costello 10 Comments

When I first switched my blog over to StrugglingInvestor.com from my old blog at sjcostello.blogspot.com it took me ages to come up with a domain name that represented my current struggles to break into real estate investing.  What I liked about the name, StrugglingInvestor, was it also represented and large group of people who where [...]

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