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What Would You Do With An In-Ground Pool?

May 15, 2012 by Scott Costello 2 Comments
In Ground Pool

I have always wanted a pool.  Growing up a was constantly trying to convince my parents that a pool would be a great idea.  Even to this day I’ll playfully drop the subject on them despite not living there anymore.  I was always quickly denied and given the reason of “too much work.”  I don’t doubt that [...]

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Goals With Flaws and Finding My Free Time

May 10, 2012 by Scott Costello 3 Comments
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I can’t believe Ben is 6 weeks old already!  We are adjusting fairly well to him and how he works.  From him eating every 4 hours, to not wondering what ever little grunt or noise he makes means.  In the end I knew he would be taking up pretty much all of my non 9to5 [...]

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Marketing Monday: Organizing The Back Log

May 1, 2012 by Scott Costello 3 Comments
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Since I’ve been trying to get ahead with my mailings I’ve run into a bit of a storage and organizational problem.  Every container I owned was packed with stuffed envelopes ready to be mailed.  The problem is I still have 7 months of letters to print and no place else to put them all.  Not [...]

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My Baby Made the News! And Lead Management

April 26, 2012 by Scott Costello 3 Comments
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I don’t have anything huge to update, so I figured I would just throw out a few things that I’ve been working on over the past couple of weeks.  Granted I haven’t been working on a lot besides trying to get some sleep. Lead Manager and Word Integration One of the draw backs to my [...]

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Finding The Time Isn’t Easy

April 18, 2012 by Scott Costello 4 Comments
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My son just turned 3 weeks old on Monday.  Saying those 3 weeks went fast is the understatement of the year!  I guess that is what happens when you are living your life in 3 to 4 hours stretches.  Each bottle takes about 20 minutes for Ben to suck down, then another 10 minutes to [...]

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Deal #3 Update: Every deal has it’s own crazy, But CHA-CHING!!

April 13, 2012 by Scott Costello 10 Comments
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My partner and I have now officially wholesaled our second property!!  The timing of this deal is another reason why having a partner is worth it’s wait in gold.  I couldn’t imagine trying to work this deal while my life was changing with the birth of my son (that still gives me goose bumps saying [...]

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Title Company Questions?

April 11, 2012 by Scott Costello 5 Comments
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So far my partner and I have not had much love from title companies.  In our first deal the title company we were working with (and was highly recommended by other investors) broke up and was not seen from again right in the middle of our deal.  In our second deal, another company who was [...]

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Marketing Monday: “Not Our Personal Billboards”

April 9, 2012 by Scott Costello 3 Comments
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I’m just now getting back into the swing of things after my 2 week baby hiatus.  Because of that I am just going to share a quick little story about some bandit sign fun. A few months back, my partner end up went down to Trenton to hang some bandit signs at the butt crack [...]

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Introducing Benjamin Raymond Costello

April 1, 2012 by Scott Costello 19 Comments
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On Monday, March 26th 2012, Benjamin Raymond Costello was born at 10:18am. He was 8 lbs and 13 oz!, had a full head of hair and is just the cutest thing I’ve ever seen, he is just PERFECT! My wife and baby are doing great a week later. We were at the hospital until Thursday [...]

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Baby Day!!!!!!!

March 26, 2012 by Scott Costello 5 Comments
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At roughly 9:30 am  Today, Monday, March 26th my wife will give birth to our first child.  I’m way to excited!!  Keep a look out for more information and some pictures.   P.S. I wrote this post last night, so I’m not exactly live blogging this LOL

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