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Updated over 8 years ago, 09/14/2016

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  • Real Estate Investor / Joint Venture Specialist.
  • Crown Point , Indiana
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Lets sit down and lets network!

Account Closed
  • Real Estate Investor / Joint Venture Specialist.
  • Crown Point , Indiana
Posted

Having been now in the Real Estate investment game and working with Bolthouse Homes from day one I would love to extend the invitation for us to grab coffee. I want to share any information I may be able to help with and here is a bit of the experience I am able to share now from the past 2 years and the last 4 in marketing. I am 23 years old when I stepped in RE I knew I had only one shot at building my personal brand and one thing the owner of Bolthouse Homes John Mathewson always told me was to find how I was going to bring value. I wasn't an agent I didn't have something to fall back on but I knew I could talk, I could connect and I could spark conversation. Some things can be taught but building off of your God given talent always gives you an advantage. I now strive to know everything about the Chicago market. Who is in the space, who is credible. Who has successful methods and who not to deal with. Aside from that the media side of things has been by baby and the area I work in day in and day out. Content is everything, John told me day one "Nick we need content" that is what I put out and that is how we are on 14 social media outlets as we try to take on Bolthouse Farms on web SEO that is not easy but go google Bolthouse Homes see what we put out. Check out our website that we built and go watch the youtube videos that we create and all of our listing photos we take too! I may not be able to teach you overnight but I can show you the map that has taken me here!

Indiana real estate market

Indiana rental market

Finding a RE attorney

Finding a property management company that works for you

Structuring deals

Future markets we are looking at

Growing a Facebook page with a flip company

Creating content for social media

Branding your company on 14 different social media sites

MLS acquisitions

Growing a quality buyers list

Finding private lenders

Hard money lending

Managing contractors

Material ordering

Joint venture agreements

Real Estate Photography

Shooting video

Building your website

Finding your niche

I am in no way an expert I just have tried to document our journey and sharing what has worked and what has not worked we have made money but also have lost money. I can show you what has worked and tell you really what hasn't. We still have a long way to go but always learning and growing has helped!

We have worked in many cities in this Chicago area

Maywood, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Country Club Hills, Illinois

Zion, Illinois

Aurora, Illinois

McHenry, Illinois

Bellwood, Illinois

Winthrop harbor, Illinois

Crystal Lake, Illinois

Libertyville, Illinois

Northlake, Illinois

Gary, Indiana

Hammond, Indiana

Munster, Indiana

Dyer, Indiana

Griffith, Indiana

Valparaiso, Indiana

Merrillville, Indiana

Crown Point, Indiana

Hobart, Indiana

East Chicago, Indiana 

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