• Home
  • My Blog
  • Archives
  • Contact Me
  • About
  • Free Lead Software
  • PostsComments

Struggling to Get Started

Struggles of a First Time Investor


  • My Resources
    • Marketing Materials
    • Real Estate Information
    • Probate Resources
  • Probate Investing
  • Internet Marketing
  • Articles
  • Lead Tracker
  • Marketing
  • SI Lead Manager – Beta 5
    • Tutorials

Marketing Monday: All Time Funniest Response

December 20, 2011 by Scott Costello 8 Comments
Marketing_Monday_Response

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 [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Featured, Marketing, Unhappy Sellers Tagged With: Responses

Deal #2 Update: How Patient Are You?

December 15, 2011 by Scott Costello 9 Comments
Deal_2_ContractCancel

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 [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Deals, Featured Tagged With: Deal #2

Marketing Monday: Bad Results

December 12, 2011 by Scott Costello 3 Comments
Marketing_Monday_ChangeColors

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 [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Featured, Marketing Tagged With: Envelopes, Marketing

Marketing Monday Will Be Interrupted By The Following Announcement

December 6, 2011 by Scott Costello 14 Comments
Deal_2_ContractCancel

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 [...]

Filed Under: Accepted Offers, All, Blog, Deals, Featured Tagged With: Deal #2

SI Lead Manager Beta 5 – Almost Ready

December 2, 2011 by Scott Costello 8 Comments
SI Lead Manager Beta 5

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 [...]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Lead Tracker, Updates
« Older Posts
Newer Posts »

How I Learned

  • Flip This REO! eBook
  • Ron Mead's 31 Days to Profit in Probate Real Estate

Blogroll

  • 1-2-3 Flip
  • Carey Buck's Goin Flippin Crazy
  • Craig Fuhr's SurReal Estate Success!
  • Danny Johnson's Flipping Junkie
  • Flip This Wholesaler
  • Good Faith Investing
  • Jason's Live and Flip
  • Julie Broad's Life as a Real Estate Investor
  • Patrick Riddle's Must Know Investing
  • Rachel's Adventures In Mobile Homes
  • ReiClub Blog
  • ReiTips
  • Sharon's Louisville Gals Real Estate Blog
  • Smart Passive Income
  • Tom Tarrant – House Flipping Blog

Recommended Reading

  • SPI 023 : More Traffic, More Engagement and More Action with Corbett Barr from ThinkTraffic.net
    Published: July 11, 2011
    Source: The Smart Passive Income Podcast: Online Business | Blogging | Passive Income | Lifestyle
  • Women Overcoming Culture & Poverty to Build Businesses
    Published: July 12, 2011
    Source: Life as Real Estate Investors
  • Tony Robbins Very Powerful Message
    Published: May 15, 2011
    Source: Craig Fuhr
  • See all shared items
  • Plugin by C. Murray Consulting

Archives

  • Blog
    • Marketing
    • Offers
    • Quarter Reviews
    • Deal or No Deal
    • P90x
    • Websites
    • Accepted Offers
  • Articles
    • Repair Estimating
    • Tips for 9-to5ers
  • Goals
  • How I Learned
    • How I Learned
    • Books
    • Coaching Experience
  • All
    • Guest Writers
  • Internet Marketing
    • Internet Marketing – Craigslist
    • Internet Marketing – Facebook
    • 30 Day Challenge
  • Featured
  • Probate Investing
  • CurrentFocus
  • Holiday Giveaway
  • Top Blogs
  • Lessons Learned
  • Lead Tracker
    • Updates
  • Unhappy Sellers
  • Lead Types
    • Out of State Owners
  • Marketing Material

Return to top of page

Copyright © 2012 · Delicious Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Facebook Facebook RSS RSS Twitter Twitter LinkedIn LinkedIn
grab this