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Is it a bad idea to put up Signs in the Snow?

January 7, 2011 by Scott Costello 5 Comments
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Snow Snow Snow Lance and I were planning on putting out some bandit signs tomorrow morning.   Well that is not going to happen now because we are getting a snow storm of about 3 to 6 inches.  On top of that my wife told me we are going to be getting a Nor-Easter on [...]

Filed Under: All, Blog, Lead Tracker, Probate Investing Tagged With: bandit signs, lead manager, probate letters

How am I doing? 2nd Quarter Progress Report

July 3, 2010 by Scott Costello 16 Comments

Every 3 months or so I like to go back and take a look at what I’ve accomplished.  It’s a good way to see how I have progressed in my quest at becoming a successful, full time investor.  This exercise really helps me figure out if I’ve been spending my time on tasks that will [...]

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Probate Monday: Letters Sent

February 8, 2010 by Scott Costello 9 Comments
Probate Investing Monday

There are new challenges when you can’t leave the house without help.  I don’t know how people survive sans the services of a car.  Take for example mailing out probate letters.  I had them all printed, stuffed and envelopes labeled and realized I only had 40 of the 80 stamps needed.  Let’s go hop in [...]

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They Messed Up and Let Me Into The Club

December 4, 2009 by Scott Costello 6 Comments
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The Real Estate Commission has approved me as a Sales Agent.  All in all it took a little over a month of waiting.   So Tiara, to answer your question, it takes about 6 to 8 weeks to get access after signing up with a broker.  At least in my case it did.  Your experience [...]

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Probate List is in Hand

November 25, 2009 by Scott Costello 11 Comments
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I just wanted to put up a quick update before the Thanksgiving holiday.  Yesterday I got the probate list from my source and it’s looking pretty decent, he even took the time to check the tax records for each lead to see if there was property involved in the estate.  Pretty cool! So far I’ve [...]

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