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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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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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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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Change… I Don’t Think So!

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by on October 27, 2010 at 10:59 pm

So someone emailed me a question and I didn’t have an answer for it at the time, but I will answer it now. In the form of a blog post since that’s kind of what the question was about.

Dear Greg,

I very much enjoy your blog posts, great tips, and writing style and know very many others that do as well. Have you ever considered changing your style a little bit to start getting the respect you deserve? That’s the only thing I can think of as to why you have been left off of Bigger Pockets best bloggers list and Patrick Riddle’s REI Blog battle.

Thanks  and keep up the great work! (Name Withheld)

Well I thank you for the appreciation and email. To answer your question though hell no I’m not changing anything and I’m not about to start kissing anyone’s ass for “e-cred”!

Fact: Thousands of people come to this blog per month. Note the word thousands is indeed plural.

Fact: I do deals. That pays better than getting digitally sucked off by list makers.

Fact: People find this blog and keep coming back without them… So in a nutshell fuck’em!

Fact: If I sacrificed a little self expression I would blog about 4 times a year “to play by the rules” because it bores the hell out of me.

Fact: Every time I people read my posts they get to see ME not some PG award chasing bullshit.

Fact: More buyers and sellers who read my blog like me more because of it, I am a REAL person. I don’t put on some little facade pure garbage stuffy act to please a bunch of people I will never meet.

Fact: I may tone it down a bit in time, but today is not that day. My give a damn ran out a long time ago on people pleasing.

So if you are reading this and have been for awhile expect more of the same and thank you!

P.S. Be sure to like the Facebook fan page I will be doing a lot of things on there in the near future!

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Just for Funzies- An in Depth Peak Into a Home Owners Mind

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by on September 19, 2010 at 4:16 pm

Having been on the phone for about 5 hours today already with sellers has inspired me to write some observations of at what point these people lose there freaking mind! I mean honestly its not rocket science Mr. or Ms. Home Owner you have a house or houses you don’t have very many choices….

Choice one is to live in it. This is an obvious one you will be in the house until you either A stop breathing, B sell it, or C someone with the authority to tells you to take your stuff and get out!

Choice two is to let it sit there. Again another no brainer here. You walk out the door and waste money on silly things like lawn care, taxes and possibly an extra mortgage payment while not getting squat in return.

Choice three is to rent it out. This one isn’t bad you actually have a chance at making money with this one. After you take out for repairs that you constantly pay for because you keep getting the lame tenants who have kids who would be better off with litter boxes! Not to mention the taxes and insurance you are paying for at the very least. Once you get past all of that though this is a sound way to get a return on investment or inheritance whichever the case may be.

Choice four now this bad boy here is where seemingly these people start taking too many shots of either alcohol or blows to the head. They can sell the house. Now most people go to do some research before selling their home whether it be talking to a neighbor who recently (a.k.a. usually not at all recently enough for it to matter today!) or buy going online and seeing how much it’s worth and of course they give you the Zilllow value which honestly who knows which crack addict makes that craziness up but oh well. So obviously they decide whether or not to sell it straight up for fair market value in a traditional manner or to an investor for an under market discounted price. They can also sell it via a lease with an option to purchase to an investor or a non cash poor tenant buyer also known as some call them want to be home owners.

I can understand the dollar signs play into their decisions on any choice they make but honestly there really aren’t any of them that are that difficult to decide on. However to do any of them ,but let it sit though you have to tell people where the hell it is! You can call these ignorant people and they will say such ludicrous things like “I will call you 15 minutes before I show it to you with the address” , ” I can’t tell you the address I don’t want to robbed”, ” the address is only available upon a signed agreement”, ” I don’t know the address”, and my favorite ” you can have the address AFTER your check clears!”

So finally after all of this what is in the mind of a Home Owner who now wants to make money off of it….

Not a damn thing!!!

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Effective Mind Map Uses… PS I Ain’t Dead Yet Mother F%*$#^s

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by on September 17, 2010 at 2:31 am

Is the title excessive… Maybe but so what! I like Richard Pryor sue me… well don’t sue me 1. because you will lose and 2. it’s a real bitch move honestly. ( I mean I could have sued this big fat pasty bastard who claimed to be the all time king of real estate and basically led everyone to believe that Forbes some how missed him on the richest ass clowns breathing air list, but is really broke as a part time McDonald’s employee since he couldn’t buy a 7,500 dollar house.)

I’ve recently started using mind mapping. I realized that it had a multitude of uses after giving it a shot. One which is a big one for me it’s great for “clearing the mechanism” I think a lot and sometimes have too many ideas floating around all at once. This helps tremendously for not losing an idea and for creating a plan for these “crazy” thoughts. This has come in very handy during my e-book writing process. (Which will be available on Sunday if you are interested stay tuned!) Another cool I have found with the site I use for it is that you can share it with others for brainstorming on those collaborative efforts kind of like Google Wave was supposed to work with out that whole lameness factor.

How can it help you in your real estate investing business? If you have ever made a pitch to anyone you have most likely had to sit there and draw a diagram. Well I have bad handwriting even though I can draw fairly well. (Bad handwriting is common in highly intelligent people… Not bragging or anything that’s just what my teachers always told my mom who didn’t buy that crap, because she is a teacher! Go figure) You can create a mind map, print it out, and just take it with you. Much easier and saves time.

There are a ton of other little tricks you can use with it too, but it’s late and I’m not gonna list them all. You can however click the mindmeister link on the right (that’s this way —–> for the computer screen directional dyslexics… Yes I also discover new diseases when I am not doing some real estate investing or something…. I always wanted a Nobel Prize dammit!) it’s free in case you were wondering.

Later peeps I will get another post out later well I guess that would technically be today wow.

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Really Again? F**k Them Too

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by on July 20, 2010 at 2:33 am

I have decided to ignore any tweet with the word list in it, because I’m tired of all of these ratings people who base all of their criteria off of not a  damn thing. The real estate business isn’t rocket science is there plenty to write about? Yes yes there is if you are in the business for real doing the correct things everyday you should have an infinite supply of stories to tell as well as giving good advice.

Between twitter, facebook, talking to aspiring real estate investors and other blogs you will see and/ or hear the seeds for failure every 4.3 seconds. I almost did this, I didn’t have time for that, I don’t like this, I don’t know how to…, I’m too tired, I was sick…, my dog had bad gas, Zillow says its worth…, I was gonna but didn’t, I missed that goal… again, I am creating…These are all  the very reasons people are failing except at getting e-cred and blogosphere love. You know how much all of those statements put in your pocket… $0.00 every second for the rest of your life.  Why am I writing a blog post at 2:00 am central standard time, because I have been busy doing things that create income. Like making offers, doing marketing campaigns, placing ads and talking to buyers. You see lead conversion is the most important thing in wholesaling, real estate investing as a whole, or any business for that matter. All of you people who bought that one thing last week are in for  a rude awakening whether you are doing it yourself or paid extra for them to do it all for you… If you are going to make a dime one from those leads you have to convert them!

Here is your free big money tip if you made it to the end… Do the things that make money and forget the things that are for your leisure. Building relationships with people is a great thing to do with your time. They don’t have to be the most authentic relationships with a Realtor or other investor, but don’t completely fake it either. You don’t have to become fifteen Realtor kids’ god-parent by any means, but be real. Build a team or dare I even say a network of people you can work with or at the very least kick some ideas back and forth. I have a contact page if you want to see if we can get along. Unlike some people I don’t play “favorites” with my lists, or blow smoke up anybody’s ass so we can be “pals.”

The next post will be the second in the Ninja Marketing series. I actually will even throw in a case study post from the latest deal in the 50 in 52 challenge. To get back to what I do at a high level regardless of what some people “see” (I’m tired of the borderline “bitching” and electronic ass chewing posts myself… almost)

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Time To Stop Thursday!

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by on June 24, 2010 at 6:20 pm

So I just had another entertaining conversation with a seller that went so great I’m just stopping for the day. I don’t want to talk to any body I don’t know at all the rest of the day hell maybe the week after this crap.

She calls in to the nifty new 800 number (1-877-918-9559) I let my son answer since he is “helping” while he doesn’t have school and has been begging to take a call he’s been practicing for 3 weeks we’ll pick it up from there keep in mind I can hear the entire conversation on the other phone …

Child: You’ve reached the offices of the Wholesale Knockout King this is the Prince speaking (yes he takes the king thing literally he’s six so it’s okay right? haha) how may we help you?

Psycho: Um what the f$ck are you doing on the phone haven’t ya’ll heard of child labor laws…

Me (jumping in): Take it easy ma’am he is six and just answering the phone

Lunatic: What the f*ck ever…

Me: Okay ma’am how may I help you?

Ms. Potty Mouth: Yes I submitted a property to you via email I’m ______   it’s been over 2 hours (yes she really said that) and I haven’t received my offer yet.

Me: Via email? May I ask why you didn’t just use the submit a property page and if you were at my site you would have seen within 24 hours ma’am.

Ignorant Lady (using this term loosely): I didn’t pay attention to that Mr. Smart Ass, all I want to know how much you’ll give me.

Me: Hang one minute and I’ll check it out and give you a ballpark figure (and the finger through the phone). I see that you sent pictures that will help a lot with speeding this up.

Annoying Bitch: Could you hurry your f#%kin ass up and stop trying to trick me with your business man mannerisms genistures and verniculabry (you won’t see this word in Webster’s)

Me: Those are manners, gestures which you can’t see because we are on the phone, and vernacular and vocabulary are two separate words ma’am.

Stank Bitch: College n$gger you ain’t smarter than me.

…….. ( angry silence)

Me: okay my looking at the pictures and comps this isn’t anything I will be able to work with

Now Irate Piece of Trash:  WTF do you mean can’t work with it you buy houses in any condition dammit  you can’t tell me this is thirty thousand dollars like I know it is.

Me: You’re right I can’t tell you that because that would be a lie it’s worth five bucks maybe, there are no walls and half of the roof is missing, and on top of that no house has sold for more than ten thousand in the last year at least.

Upset Worthless C#$t: I hope your dick gets cancer!

Me: Talk to you hopefully never bye… click.

This is pure insanity people yet weirdly funny to me. You never know what you are gonna get when you are in real estate investing, but it always seems to be crazier for the wholesaler.

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It’s Not Nice To Keep Secrets…

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by on June 16, 2010 at 5:20 pm

People have always told me it’s not nice to keep secrets, but at the same time why should you have to tell everyone everything? If anyone has a good answer for that I will send you a free book signed by absolutely no one…

What’s the point of the question? ———————————–>

If you want to know my super secret negotiation line that drives even the most hard headed sellers down in price via newsletter in exactly 24 hours! Which is now highly visible and there is no reason for you to not sign up. All current and new subscribers will get  digital copies of my 2 favorite books no less. Join the list or get the fist! (Well at the very least not get any of the cool shit)

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Who Are You? Get Over It!

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by on May 31, 2010 at 8:07 pm

What or who are you? I know some people who have a problem seeing either themselves or other people as real estate investors, especially people who are just into wholesaling houses. Some say that wholesalers are investors because the rarely put their own money into deals, and because they aren’t holding onto properties. Wholesalers are just marketers blah blah bla f’n blah. Every body has heard the same tired ass b.s. from somewhere whether it be a landlord, rehabber or just some jackass on bigger pockets (which I highly recommend you checking out… go ahead click it I’ll be here when you get back). Yet all those things that are said about people who wholesale the real “big dogs” are exactly the same things also. They are just brave, rich, stupid,ballsy or whatever enough to invest with their own money also (f.y.i. I don’t think its stupid never have actually) . Except they don’t do one thing quite as fast as wholesalers do. Get to motivated sellers with ______ ( I’m not going to tell them haha.)

Anyways lets wrap up this holiday post with the answer everyone wants yes wholesalers are real estate investors no matter how people try to argue it gets shut down with the dictionary. You can’t f#$% with the word of Webster!

Invest-

1. to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.

2. to use (money), as in accumulating something: to invest large sums in books.

3. to use, give, or devote (time, talent, etc.), as for a purpose or to achieve something.
So there it is in just plain black and white indisputable evidence. So now some final words of encouragement get over it whether its a hurdle preventing you from having confidence to say it or just the fact you are a stuck up jackass get over it! You’re all really entrepreneurs on top of it all. Now all sides and innocent bystanders even go invest in some real estate dammit!
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