Struggles of a First Time Investor
Investing in Real Estate is almost never easy and many times you learn your most valuable lessons by deals that have fallen apart. The only real hope is that these lessons are not expensive ones, but many times they are. You can have all the mentors you want or have packed your brain with as much [...]
This year is going to be a hectic one for sure, so one of my early goals was to create a schedule for all my mailings this year. Last year I basically decided what to send out at the beginning of the week. I’d sit at home on Monday night and figure out how [...]
I’m a big believer in taking some time off to recharge the batteries. I’m not talking 1 day here and there either. If you are anything like me, that really does nothing for me because my mind is still thinking about real estate on that day off. I like to take about 3 weeks [...]
Have you had a tough time managing your leads using Excel? Did you find that other lead management software is just too Expensive? Have you tried SI Lead Manager – Beta 4 and found it too confusing? If you’ve answered Yes to any of the above questions, then you need to get SI Lead Manager [...]
I’ve been asked quite a few times what I thought about getting a mentor or finding a coaching program. The main concern for those that are asking is it worth the money to join the flip vips or other coaching programs offered by various people. Most recently one of my blog readers Zac asked me [...]
One of the risks with sending out direct marketing letters is that you are going to piss people off. You shouldn’t take these people to seriously or feel bad that you pissed them off though. This is because I can guarantee that they were pissed off way before getting your letter. Sometimes they will call you [...]
How much patience should one have? I have plenty of patience and don’t mind waiting these people out, but is that always the best way? I’m glad our first deal went very smoothly or else I would think all deals are like this current one. Below is the time line of events and shows how [...]
During November I started to experiment with the envelope that I was using to see if I could increase the number of responses I could get. I was expecting at worst similar results to what I was getting with my white envelopes, which is about 10% response rate. It’s been roughly 30 days since [...]
I’m going to postpone Marketing Monday for another day because I’ve got an announcement to make….. Deal #2 is under contract! My partner did some great negotiating and as of yesterday (12/5/2011) we have a signed contract for purchase. As with the first deal I don’t want to divulge the details until it closes and [...]
I’ve been using Beta 5 for about 2 weeks now and have been loving it. I’ve managed to work out many of the bugs during my testing. There hasn’t been any major problems and everything is working the way I’ve intended it to. There are still a few more areas of the program that [...]
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