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May 25, 2011 by Scott Costello 2 Comments
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SI Lead Manager Beta 4 of Si Lead Manager (My custom lead management software) is days away from being released.  There are some big improvements to the entire system as well as some new features that have helped me out immensely and I think will do the same for anyone who wants to use it. I’ve [...]

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Marketing Monday: My Monthly Direct Mail Response Rate

May 23, 2011 by Scott Costello 7 Comments
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The last two months of mailings have yielded some of the best response rates so far.  I’m very excited about this and even more so because the quality of the responses have been good as well.  I have been concentrating my direct mail towards Out of State owners and areas where Lance and I have been driving [...]

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Offer Accepted!

May 19, 2011 by Scott Costello 4 Comments
Offer Accepted

This news deserves a post of it’s own… Lance just informed me that our offer on the Cracked (aka duraflame) House was Accepted!  With a buyer in place already this looks to be our first wholesale deal.  Contracts are being prepared as I type.  More details will follow as we progress,  stay tuned…    

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Inching Closer To Our First Deal

May 18, 2011 by Scott Costello 1 Comment

First I want to apologize for not putting out a  Marketing Monday post earlier this week.  I wanted to write up a post about how my mailers have been doing but just never got a chance to do so.  The phones have been ringing off the hook this week after I sent out 200+ letters and we’ll [...]

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A Cracking Good Deal?

May 13, 2011 by Scott Costello 13 Comments
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Lance and I have been in negotiations with a seller on a 3 bed 1.5 bath house.  This past week we (We meaning Lance) were finally able to get inside the house to take a look.  Have you ever seen the show Hoarders? This place might fall a bit short for that show, but it [...]

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