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Be a Real Matchmaker!

Now that the push for real estate matchmaking software has ended again for now… There is more to being a real estate matchmaker other than getting a buyer and seller and putting them together. I

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209 Days of Silence Ended by 209 Gurus&#

Well it’s been 209 days since my last post this one will be short the next one won’t be nor will it be in 209 more days! I guarantee it won’t even be another 209 hours before the nex

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209 Days of Silence Ended by 209 Gurus…

Howdy It’s Been A Minute!

So it has been awhile, but every time I had a post I wanted to write the flavor of the month would come out with an email that all of his large list of friends would send you also that was close to th

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Howdy It’s Been A Minute!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Questions&

I know several people have asked me about doing deals in other markets what’s my best tip? This is a good tip for doing deals in your own  market also though… There is an old saying that

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Questions…?!?

Yeah Buddy!

So I’m just gonna say something real quick like… Be careful what you ask for you just might get it is a powerful old ass saying… I’m gonna have start digitally bitch slapping p

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Yeah Buddy!

209 Days of Silence Ended by 209 Gurus…

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by on January 25, 2012 at 9:33 pm

Well it’s been 209 days since my last post this one will be short the next one won’t be nor will it be in 209 more days! I guarantee it won’t even be another 209 hours before the next post… I will say this and this only flat out lying is a terrible marketing technique!

I started with no money for marketing but then one day… I got this magic thingy that allowed me to really get going even though it’s only been around for 2 years and I’ve been doing this for 8 years or more the math somehow works out to be dead on…

Here’s some math that does work out… If you were to buy the magic doohickey they highly “suggest” (i.e. make anything less darn near useless) it’s $197 a month (which you know even absolutely broke people can afford) or you can send a mail out to 209 home sellers, buyers or what ever for $186.01…

But then again why would we want to let something silly like that math garbage get in the way of a good story about real estate matchmaking software with Freedomsoft or Freedom$oft or the miracle money machine for wholesaling real estate or (insert not real catchy term here)… That will be gone forever soon for 5 or 6 weeks… Sad part is I actually use it myself just don’t like the route they have chosen to go with the marketing of this thing!

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Where Will the Most Eyes See My Property?

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by on March 11, 2011 at 12:30 pm

Where will the most eyes see your property? It doesn’t really matter but the answer is the internet obviously but wouldn’t you rather get your wholesale real estate deals in front of quality eyes instead? Start getting some property management companies on your team, on your email list/ phone book or in your network whichever terminology you prefer to use!

Now I know some of you are thinking exactly why would I do that and what good is that gonna do me? Maybe even perhaps why would they help me?

Well here are a few reasons why you should do it and why they will help you!

1. They have landlord buyers in place!

You see the thing is you can’t be a property management company without properties… Obviously the people who own these are landlords! Get to know a few of these companies and you could very well get your deals in front of literally hundreds of people active in today’s market!

2. They will help you sell your deals!

One way they can help you is by telling you what your house will rent for! This is a necessity when trying to figure accurate numbers for figuring numbers for cash on cash returns or any return on investment numbers you choose!

Two they don’t mind putting your good deals out to their clients because if and when they do buy one that’s immediately more money in their pockets!

3. More properties for you to wholesale!

Yes when they have landlords or clients who want to liquidate their portfolio they will start sending them to you their new bestest (that’s totally a  real word dammit) real estate wholesaler friend!

So this is indeed one way to improve your business on multiple fronts and once you get to know what each of your property managers buyers wants from a property you can throw together a spreadsheet and see which of your deals meets their criteria to go along with pictures and the normal everyday stuff. The spreadsheet has all of the things they actually care about first and foremost the money!

Here is the one I use personally as a free download to all of you (that are on the mailing list that is!)

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Just The Facts…

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by on February 26, 2011 at 2:43 pm

What is the best thing you can do for your business? Use all of the resources available to you in the most efficient way possible! How many of you know whether or not your county or city tax assessment information is online? Wouldn’t that be easier than going to the court house and physically looking through the mounds of paper?

Do you use your telephone for more than texting forwards all day? It’s one of the greatest tools you have for creating a buyers list! If you think that all of the real cash buyers are checking the internet you are sadly mistaken. You know when you are running comps and see the investor prices you should probably take a minute and find out who is buying it and call them don’t direct mail them and hope you get a response use your phone and dial them up!

Did you know there is more to the internet than blogs, bad dating sites and 3 legged mule porn? Yes indeed there is everything you need to know to run a profitable real estate investing business if you look! Hell if you are too lazy to use a search engine just ask somebody where to go and they will tell you!

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Product After Product…

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by on January 21, 2011 at 9:33 am

It’s kind of funny when you see somebody chasing hard after that affiliate real estate product dollar isn’t it? See at some point when you are sending out all of the pre cooked emails you have to realize that you appear to be and most likely are full of shit… Think about it if you have your own products and attempt to sell for someone else eventually there is overlap or an admission of your own words just aren’t that good. If you are willing to admit your own product isn’t that good that you just pushed on your oh so important “list” nobody believes a word damn one that comes out of your mouth, because you are now just in it for the money! Now I’m not saying being in it for the money is wrong… I mean hell if someone told me they just wanted to feed their family I would teach them how to hunt and fish, yet if the same person says they want money to feed their family and do virtually whatever they wanted to I would teach them real estate… It’s all about the perception and persona these people continually attempt to portray and fail miserably at achieving… For instance if you promise people x number of cash buyers when they buy your shit they should probably get it regardless of the value of your content… You also shouldn’t be everybody’s buddy it looks fucking stupid! I mean if someone taught you personally how to do something cool I guess but you already sold your list your product for the same thing a few weeks ago. What planet does this idea hold  any logic? Yet that’s the constant bombardment of emails and product pitches very basis… Sad and ignorant to say the least… So I’m gonna put something in your email to make up for the others bitchassedness! @ 10:30 ET expect a free gift from the king of anti- douche baggery.

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You’re Fired on Christmas Eve…

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by on December 24, 2010 at 6:14 pm

So first and foremost happiest of  Happy Holidays! To all of you.

But today I’ve decided I have had all of the shit I am gonna take off of this one particular buyer.

1. He takes forever to make decisions.

2. He doesn’t understand what buying a house means. It means that it is now his problem to deal with not the sellers!

3. He is lazy and doesn’t do anything.

4. He is sending lengthy emails bitching about a contractor who went “way over budget” A whole 4 thousand dollars oh my gosh that Scrooge bastard of a contractor how dare him the nerve of that S.O.B. and he had the nerve to finish 2 weeks early…

5. Number 4 really happened on Christmas Eve no less.

6. My response is fuck him and have fun in your future endeavors nowhere within site or arms reach of Greg Harris (or I reserve the right to fuck you up for being retarded and wasting oxygen….)

7. I just plain don’t like the guy now and it’s not worth a few dollars to deal with douche bags when you don’t have to!

8. I am not a free project manager or rehab consultant you have to pay for that or I will indeed get sideways after you abuse my patience!

9. I can replace him in a few easy steps… He waited his entire useless existence to find me and I guarantee he will indeed go back to making 5 grand on rehabs because he gets screwed over by being so hands off!

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Is Social Media Over Rated?

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by on August 8, 2010 at 11:13 am

Well hello it’s been awhile but I have had major technical issues that prevented me from posting for a few weeks, but I’m back!!!

So as far as my question a lot of the big name guys are really pushing this whole social media for building your buyers list and selling properties thing, and well I have to kindly disagree to a point.

Facebook is huge which I’m sure all of you know already. A few months ago it passed Google as the most viewed website on the entire internet. (FYI the internet is a huge freaking place) Now can you find buyers on Facebook probably so, but its not in the typical manner where you take some info and shoot them properties that fit their criteria. In my opinion which matters to few people you can find people in groups who buy houses and build a relationship with them via Facebook and eventually do some deals with them, but that is probably the best you can do with it. It may actually work better with other wholesalers who just want to put out their deals to as many people as possible.  I  have actually added a few people I was Facebook friends with to my buyers list before, but they came from Open Road 3 oddly enough.

Twitter is almost in an identical boat, but with a much bigger hole in it! At least with Facebook you can go back and forth with emails, wall posts, and the chat feature, but with Twitter you have 140 characters and thats it! Which actually means you are forced to build a better relationship with someone before you do anything together. For example some of the best friends, business advisors, and partners I have came from twitter, but we built or relationships up from emailing and talking on the phone with each other.

LinkedIn may be promising once more than twelve real estate investors on the planet know how to use it properly!

Now as far as actually selling a property I have never heard of someone getting a sale off of either of them. To that effect I have never seen someone post a property and get it retweeted (at least in my stream) or commented on via Facebook.

So yes I think social media has a big place in real estate investing especially a place like Bigger Pockets , but I also don’t think it’s the  end all be all, game changer, or saving grace for your business either.

Also on a side note if anyone has some solid Memphis contacts hit me up.

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How Do I Do More Deals?

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by on June 9, 2010 at 1:36 pm

That’s the question I get asked more than any other except how do I know what to offer. Point blank period you have to put more houses under contract that suit your buyers criteria. Easier said than done right? Not exactly. They all like to say well my buyers don’t  have a set criteria or it could change month to month but they don’t really know. If you are a wholesaler with a list of  hundreds or even thousands yet only do a deal once a month or less you are missing the big picture!

There is a saying “that the money is in your list”, which is a true statement to a point. The money really is in knowing what your list wants and then going out and getting it. I know what you’re gonna say to that already “well they don’t have a criteria I’ve sent out a mass email and hardly anyone answered.” Well no freaking kidding they know you sent the same empty ass message to everyone. Ask them to get on the phone with you  for a ten or fifteen minute chat to talk about it at their convenience and see what kind of response you get. Don’t even say “well I have to talk to 500 people on the phone” no genius not all at once you are good with maybe at the most 50 to start doing more deals!

Knowing exactly what a small segment of your “list” wants is significantly more profitable than throwing shit against the wall and seeing what sticks! Be a wholesaler/ real estate investor not a collector of email addresses and useless phone numbers. You aren’t a rolodex or craigslist spammer (by the way I hate those ass clowns) so don’t just hold information and not put it to good use! Connecting with your buyers and getting the houses they want is the best way to do more deals!

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A Quick Tip

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by on June 3, 2010 at 11:51 pm

Here is a quick yet useful tip for wholesale real estate investors. Sign up for other wholesalers property buyer lists especially when you are just getting started! Why you ask? Because they do a lot of legwork for you for free without even knowing it. About half of them that you sign up for don’t know how to really send a bulk email… What this means for you is a free buyers list! Check the to and cc section of the email for other people receiving the emails and voila a free buyers list for spending a few seconds to sign up.

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2 Weeks For Focus

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by on May 26, 2010 at 11:23 pm

So it’s been almost 2 weeks and I’ve been really trying to focus in on this task at hand and deal with some other issues that are completely bizarre. I’ve also been playing with Open Road 3 to see how useful it really is in completing this challenge successfully. So here is my quick review from having tried it out for about a week.

Open Road 3 would be great if it wasn’t broken. Yet it is broken so it’s almost down at p.o.s. level as is. It offers some features that work great like the comps report and the hammerpoint repair costs estimator. The organizational set up is actually really good as well. I can see it being used for wholesaling, short sales, buy and hold, or whatever. Now as far proposed features like power matching and linking, adding additional users, sending deals out to your buyers list its pretty much shitty. Granted I haven’t tried to use tech support or anything like that yet, but that takes forever with pretty much everything so I haven’t even bothered yet! All this being said though if/when they get all of the kinks worked out I actually see it being some great software for any real estate investor. Until then however find a trial membership if you are interested let me know I can hook up with the 30 days for 1$ trial. No I don’t get a damn thing from it either haha.

Two more quick things before I sign off for the night it is lateish ya know. One for those of you who are unaware the newsletter sign up is in the upper right hand corner it’s actually got some really good stuff written for it already but I would kinda like to send it to more than 5 people dammit j/k sort of. Two be sure to check out the newest blog on the blogroll from my friend Matt Rosen! Yes I did indeed pull an almost technical maneuver and put his name as a link.

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Need Buyers Fast?

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by on May 1, 2010 at 8:18 pm

Okay so I’ve had a few people I talk to on a fairly regular basis ask me the same question essentially. “Where do you go if you need a buyer fast and your list either is weak or non-existent?” Now lets just say for arguments sake all of the other wholesalers are counted as being on your list already. The answer or valuable tip was to post the property on the internet in multiple places ,but I only gave them 12 or so sites but I’ve dug much deeper than that for all of you. My personal list of sites to post a house to right here for viewing. Now what will posting it to so many places do? 1. It will give you the best chance to sell your current property. 2. It builds your list exponentially so that you can just send out an email to get people to start coming by the house or to just buy it outright. Just for reading I will give you 100+! Because occasionally I am a nice guy haha!

www.base.google.com
www.realestate.msn.com
www.ebay.com
www.realestate.aol.com
www.craigslist.org
www.zillow.com
www.trulia.com
www.kijiji.com
www.olx.com
www.oodle.com
www.livedeal.com
www.domesticsale.com
www.edgeio.com

www.househunt.com
www.homesalez.com
www.isoldmyhouse.com
www.Forsalebyownercenter.com
www.propbot.com

www.Fsbosellbuy.com
www.homes-for-sale-by-owner.info
www.fastrealestate.net
www.homesbylender.com
www.hometoursonline.net
www.homeportfoliojunction.com
www.mlshub.com
www.forsaleownerhomes.com
www.allthelistings.com
www.actualhomes.com
www.realtymadeeasy.com
www.fsbogorilla.com
www.homeclassifieds.com
www.wantedtosell.com
www.theyellowsign.com
www.fsboads.com
www.forsalebyowners.com
www.listingofhomes.com
www.home-for-sale.com
www.fsbo.net
www.nwrealestate.biz
www.ushx.com
www.homesellnetwork.com
www.tourmeonline.com
www.fsboi.net
www.talkingproperties.com
www.shopdreamhouse.com

www.allstatesfsbo.com

www.ownerswillcarry.com

www.byowners365.net
www.neorealestate.com
www.homesforsalebyowner.com
www.homes85.com
www.helpussell.com
www.virtualfsbo.com
www.owners.com
www.realestate.
www.usatoday.com
www.backpage.com
www.fsbocom.foreclosure.com
www.forsalebyowner.com
www.homesbyowner.com
www.buyowner.com
www.fsbo.com
www.militarybyowner.com
www.intlistings.com
www.byowner.com
www.forsale.byowner.com
www.fsboadvertisingservice.com
www.totalrealestatesolutions.com
www.fsboamerica.org
www.fsbolocal.com
www.salebyowner.com
www.listbyowneronmls.com
www.usapropertyadvertiser.com
www.fromhomeowner.com
www.fsbozone.com
www.postyourpad.com
www.propertysites.com

www.salesbyownerrealty.com

www.mhbo.com
www.sellhomeshere.com
www.owner.com
www.realestatemate.com
www.fsbo-bc.com
www.homes4salebyownernetwork.com
www.privatesalerealty.com
www.sellyourhomeyourself.com
www.fsbon.com
www.privateforsale.com
www.fsbosites.com
www.repus.net
www.fraserhomes.parkwest.com
www.sellitbyowner.com
www.reachbuyers.com
www.weblistings.com
www.houses4sale-online.com/index.htm
www.findgreatrealty.com
www.homeseekerz.ccom
www.thehomelist.com
www.fsbodepoe.com
www.usfreeads.com
www.realestateshows.com
www.properazzi.com
www.propsmart.com
www.walmart.oodle.com

www.biggerpockets.com

www.connectedinvestors.com

Shocking I know there is actually even more out there I am sure ,but who the hell thinks I am really gonna type that much?  Also tell me how many there are exactly and win a prize. Two bonus tips (its over 100 and its less than the number of  grains of sand in the Sahara Desert)

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