Review of last weeks goals * DONE – Find owner of vacant house I found out the the owner of the vacant house was the owner of a larger lot that included the house next to it. The house wasn’t for sale but part of a future investment. * FAILED – Get Prequalified so I can make offers I attampted to get prequalified but was declined because of my debt to income ratio. I was attempting to get the prequal …

Last night I was sitting in my condo trying to think of something real estate related to do…..I came up with nothing! I was kind of mad at myself because there were 3 hours right in front of me just waiting to be taken advantage of. I looked at my weekly goals and the only thing I didn’t have accomplished was calling a hard money lender. Well it was 8pm so a little late for that. I decided to look …

Today is my day to try and get Pre-Qualified. I talked to the broker that is working with the realtor I just found and I actually got rejected for any kind of mortgage…haha. That is basically because I was trying to pull the mortgage myself (excluding my wife) and making 80k and 800 credit score just wasn’t going to cut it with my current bills (even though those bills are shared with my wife). I didn’t want them to run …

I didn’t get much done yesterday. I got caught up watching the Yankees and playing with my dog. I knew I shouldn’t have turned that TV on, it just saps the willpower right out from underneath you. I did sign up for the training to get my Realtor License. It will start on July 21st and to through September 24th. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 9:45pm. I’m looking forward to it, but it reminds me a lot of summer …

The winner of the first ever Bloggy Award for INFO BLOG Is…RealEstateBlackbook.com/blog Was a close Vote. 7 – RealEstateBlackbook.com/blog6 – Rei Tips3 – FadiZeidan.com2 – DavidAlexander.com/blog The next Award will be for “Best Wholesaler Blog” Voting will begin tonight

I got alot of things done this past weekend. From my last post you can see I finished up all my goals for the week which is good. I finally called two For Rent signs. One I left a message to get back to me, I asked about the rent and size of the place. If the realtor calls me back I will ask if the owner is interested in selling the house or looking to buy more. The number …

…on my blog. Just trying out a new template that seems pretty cool. What do you guys/gals think? I’m liking it so far!

I did well this week with my goals. finished all 5 of them… 1) Get the numbers for 2 For Rent houses This wasn’t easy as I think I got the only 2 houses that are For Rent in my town. I now remember back a few months a did some research of the percent of rentals in some areas and Hanover came back at less then 1 percent. The couple for rents I’ve seen in the past seem to …

In an attempt to find the “for rent” houses in my area, I drove around my neighborhood on my way home from work yesterday. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the houses that I thought were for rent, but I did see a couple of houses that were of some interest. It just hit me, that I should have taken a picture and posted it here. Anyhow, the house looks like it was going to be renovated but they only got as …

I found a pre-licensing school that holds classes on tuesday and thursdays from 6 to 9:45pm. It runs from July to the end of September. I’m going to sign up for that course, it will cost me $345 which isn’t to bad. It is a weichert sponsered training, and if anyone is interested here is the link.. www.schoolsofrealestate.com I just missed the start of the course going on right now by 2 weeks, which sucks but that’s what i get …

I’ve setup the voting for the first round of Rei Blogger Awards. You can vote here… Rei Blogger Award: Best Info Blog Voting will last until May 3rd. Reward your favorite blog! This award will go to the best blog that provides Tips, Articles, Resource, tools and anything else an investor would need to know to be a successful investor. To give you an idea, ReiTips.com I call an Info Blog as it’s not a journal like my blog is. …

Review of last weeks goals Get a copy of Daily Record and hunt down the legal section to find probates – DONE Find out when the next Auction is and make plans to attend – DONE Call 2 For Rent signs that are in front of houses – Failed Find a Realtor who will allow me to make offers with not putting down 1000 earnest money per offer. Allow copy of check and “money deposited on acceptance of offer” – …

I’ve managed to get two of my goals done as of this post. I discussed the sheriff sale auctions in a previous post and yesterday I got a hold of the Daily record to hunt down the legal section. I found the section but didn’t not find anything about probates or executors being appointed. Does anyone have a copy of one of the legal listings for this? I’d like to just see what it looks and sounds like. Is the …

Was reading Jerry’s blog and he talked about affirmations. Now i typically find those things a bit out there (no offense to anyone), but I’m about trying different things these days so here are my 5…. Practice, patience and persistence assure my success. I know that my greatest goals are achievable. I know that my every dream is reachable My life is a positive reflection of my thoughts I choose goals that reflect what I want most in my life …

Always feels good to accomplish one of your goals, but it feels even better when you’ve reached a long term goal. It’s taken me roughly 8 months but I finally reached my goal of going to see 100 open houses. More like 250 days…hahaha My next goal will be to talk to 50 sellers. My count is currently at 3, so i’m gonna have to kick my mailings up a notch. I bought a list of absentee owners from ListSource.Com …