I’m very excited about 2015 and all the potential that it holds. While 2014 saw my wholesaling business change dramatically I was able to pivot and keep it going. I did not achieve all my 2014 goals (like releasing SILMv7) but I was very close! The relationship I’ve built with Brandon Turnor (of biggerPockets loar) has lead me to a couple opportunities that should really put me out there. I’m a in introvert by nature so I don’t like directing …
Random: Postcards, Bigger Pockets, Si Lead Manager Beta 6 and More
Postcards Today my first postcard mailing from Postcardmania.com is being mailed. In total there are about 530 postcards. These will all be sent to first time recipients of my marketing. My “hand written” yellow letters usually pulled an average of about 12% response rate, so I’m interested to compare how the postcards do. Quick Little Game: If you can guess how many responses I get over the next two weeks, from this first batch of postcards, I’ll give you a …
Help Others…Why?
Over the past couple weeks I’ve been trying to get re-engaged with the online real estate investing communities out there. For the past year plus, I took a back seat to that scene in order to concentrate on other parts of my life. Luckily I still have been able to keep my blog going or I would have been totally out of the loop. I had forgotten that a huge part of being successful was to surround yourself with like minded …
I Think BiggerPockets Made a Mistake
When I was first getting starting in Real Estate Investing, reading everything I could find on the subject, I would routinely search for blogs that would show me what it was actually like to be an investor. At the time one of the most popular and well regarded blogs of this type was Steph Davis’ flipthiswholesaler.net (flipthiswholesaler.blogspot.com at the time). In my mind there was none better at portraying the daily life of an investor. I wanted to find more …
Must See Posts: Yellow Letters, A Big Check and 3 Words
Here are some of the great posts I’ve read over the past few days from around the blogosphere. I’ve last time I did a post like this it was received very well. One of the funniest posts of all time was Steph Davis’ post about her big fat check. Justin McClelland wrote a post that expands on an article he had written for my blog and it does a great job of explaining Yellow Letter marketing in ever more detail. …
Probate Monday: When Times Are Slow
I apologize for the lack of any real updates on how my probate investing has been going. I’ve continued to send out my mailers and have been getting calls, but non have been motivated or really willing to sell at this time. Instead of writing the same old thing every week about sending out mailers and talking about non motivated callers I’ve been trying to break down every single aspect of what I’ve been going through (talking with callers, keeping …
Probate Monday #5 – Make Money From Your Leads
Since this is a short week thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, I figured it would be the logical spot to review what we have done so far. I will also give everyone a great tip I got from Nick Johnson. Another reason why I’m not moving forward just yet is my probate list is scheduled to arrive until the end of this week. My source is currently gathering the information from the court house. In my county the information is …