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August 12, 2010 by Scott Costello Leave a Comment

Just wanted to remind everyone that Friday, August 14th is the day I’m going to be closing the doors on the contest to rename my blog.  All you have to do to enter is leave a comment suggesting a great sounding domain name.  If I go with your entry I will give you Steve Cook’s [...]

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MLS Offer Week: Contacted Agent

August 2, 2010 by Scott Costello 1 Comment

Sorry for the long delay in my MLS Offer Week series.  I was all set to call up the agent last week and make my offer, but I wanted to go over my comps with my investor friend Bruce. Finding the right comps is key in coming up with your starting point in coming up [...]

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MLS Offer Week: The Offer is Going Out Too…

July 29, 2010 by Scott Costello 16 Comments

After examining all the contestants, the property that stuck out most to me was 74-76 Mills St in Morristown. Here is a link to the MLS listing for the house and the comps MLS Listing for House and Comps Here is some more information I found out about the house Additional House Information from the [...]

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MLS Offer Week: MAO

July 22, 2010 by Scott Costello 7 Comments

Today I went through the comps on each of the 13 properties and narrowed them down to the best 3 or 4.  I didn’t really have a method to my madness, I just generally looked at the style of house (colonial, cape code, ranch,etc..) and also looked at the pictures to see condition. Once I [...]

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Probate Monday: Finding Comps With MLS Access

February 22, 2010 by Scott Costello 6 Comments

I’m feeling pretty good about things these last few days about my probate hunt. I’ve been able to get a handful of calls this past week and one Bruce and I made an offer on for $120k but the owner got another offer for $150k so he is going to take that one obviously. I [...]

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