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Will the REAL DEAL investors please stand up?

Will the REAL DEAL investors please stand up?

October 1, 2009 by Shae Bynes · Comments 

Many savvy investors are currently leveraging the internet to build massive buyer’s lists to wholesale properties to — either in their own local markets or even virtually in other markets.
When developing a buyer’s list online, you can certainly gain volume relatively fast (it took me about 10 weeks to reach 100 people using Craigslist primarily [...]

Audio: Double Closing

Audio: Double Closing

August 26, 2009 by Scott Costello · Comments 

How are you going to buy and sell a property on the same day?  That is a question many new investors will run into.  In truth there are a few ways to go about doing it…
Double Close
Simultaneous Close
Assignment (not really buying and selling, more like selling the right to buy)
In this Audio Article by Eric [...]

How To: Do It Yourself – Yellow Letter Marketing

How To: Do It Yourself – Yellow Letter Marketing

August 25, 2009 by Scott Costello · Comments 

Do It Yourself – Yellow Letter Marketing:
Materials Required:
- Stamps
- 8-1/2” x 11” yellow ruled-paper
- 8-1/2” x 11” white paper
- 4-3/8″ x 5-3/4″ Ivory Invitation Envelopes
- Red Ink Pens (Gel)
- Extra Printer Ink Cartridges
- Computer Scanner
- Image Editing Software
- Word Processing Software
- Local Personal Assistant
- Handwriting Font
Objective:
Yellow-Letter marketing has been proven over the years as [...]

D.D.I.Y. (Don’t Do It Yourself!)

D.D.I.Y. (Don’t Do It Yourself!)

August 10, 2009 by Shae Bynes · Comments 

If you’re like me and working a full time gig while building your real estate business, it is critically important to figure out how to leverage others and maximize the limited time that you have. Quite honestly, this is important regardless of your available time because that’s the point right?  You’re doing real estate investing [...]

Staying Focused

Staying Focused

August 9, 2009 by Scott Costello · Comments 

When you are focused you are productive.  When you are productive you tend to get things done.  That may sound kind of trite, but I mean it seriously.  For what seemed like an eternity I struggled with a lack of specific focus other than the idea that I wanted to be successful.  I knew that in [...]

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