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Being More Aggressive When Making Offers

March 30, 2011 by Scott Costello 8 Comments

With my direct mailing campaign rolling along nicely and bringing in calls on a regular basis it’s time to analyze and adjust.  I’m not talking about adjusting the marketing just yet, but rather how Lance and I have been dealing with the sellers.  We have found varying degrees of motivated sellers thus far but we’ve yet to [...]

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Guest Post: Helpful Information From Ron Mead

March 24, 2011 by Scott Costello 1 Comment
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As most of you who have been reading my blog know, I started off in probate investing by following Ron Meads “31 Days to Profit in Probate Investing” course.  It’s one of the simplest and best probate courses out there and really does throw all the minutia to the curb and focuses on just what you need [...]

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Marketing Monday: First 30 Days Stats

March 22, 2011 by Scott Costello 3 Comments
OOSO Stats - 30 Days

I’ve been mailing out of state owners for about two months now and I’ve been getting a very good response rate compared to any of the other lead types that I’ve sent to.  In the past I’ve sent to Probates and Foreclosures and although probate got me a decent return of around 5%, I just [...]

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Real Estate Investing Websites Tip #1: Understanding

March 18, 2011 by Scott Costello 6 Comments
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Creating a website for your real estate investing business is becoming more important with each passing year.  Along with that is the need for multiple websites to handle different aspects of your investing.  This series of posts about Real Estate Investing Websites is going to be a place for me to share all I know [...]

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P90x: Week #1 in the books

March 17, 2011 by Scott Costello 7 Comments
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Just wanted to keep my self accountable and anyone interested updated on my progress with P90x.  I started the program last Wednesday (March 9th) and at the time I wasn’t sure what to expect.   I was hoping I wouldn’t be disappointed in the workouts because I’m in decent shape from playing basketball every week [...]

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