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Lesson Learned: What a Failed Deal Can Teach You

January 26, 2012 by Scott Costello 8 Comments
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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 [...]

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Lessons Learned: Presentation

March 19, 2010 by Scott Costello 11 Comments

Over the past several weeks I’ve been attempting to network with Realtors who have short sale listings so an investor I know can make offers on them.  I haven’t had any problems finding such Sales Agents, but I have been running into road blocks each and every time. It’s a numbers game right? From talking [...]

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Lessons Learned: The Wrong Kind of Busy

February 12, 2010 by Scott Costello 14 Comments

In last week’s Lessons Learned I talked about how important it is to stop hiding behind technology and actually use the phone to communicate with people.  For some using the phone is natural but for others like myself it is going to be a challenge because we have to overcome habit and fear. This past [...]

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