There is some negative buzz in the REI world about Investor Fuse. So long story short I wanted to make sure the record is set straight on Investor Fuse 2.0. So let me start with a brief summary.

Investor Fuse started out as, what I’ll call, a Podio management company. They did all the trickery to make Podio an automated CRM machine and their setup was so good several other companies have emerged to compete with them in this space. As the user, all you had to do was pay the monthly subscription and work your leads. All the hoodoo of keeping the Podio gears turning were covered in their subscription fee and it was worth it!

And then everyone, including Investor Fuse, started to realize that the complexities of Podio were a limiting factor for many deals getting across the finish line. There were always holes for leads to fall through no matter how it was setup because Podio is not designed to be a CRM in the first place. Enter Investor Fuse 2.0. Also enter the root of the negative buzz.

Back in the spring of 2018 they quietly announced the launch of 2.0 to their existing clients - of which I was one. And let me just say, it was not ready to launch. Not ready at all. Not even in limited fashion to their clients. Not ready. Did I mention it wasn’t ready?

After trying it for months as they worked out the bugs. I left Investor Fuse. I had no more time to devote to waiting.

I went to another Podio provider. And became equally frustrated with the complexities of their setup. So the search was on for a longterm solution to my CRM dilemma.

Then I get an email from Dan Schwartz over at Investor Fuse informing me the launch for 2.0 is on! And he promises this time it is fully functional.

A week later I'm on their webcast launch and Dan wasn’t kidding. This time it was ready. So ready they’re blazing a trail with calling it what all of the REI space is craving, a Lead Conversion System (LCS). Their focus is not managing clients like a CRM, their focus is on moving leads through your pipeline to close deals.

Unlike Podio the leads CANNOT get lost. Every time you are in the system working a lead the LCS requires you to select a next step before you go to the next lead. And what if you close your browser on your phone to take that all important incoming call before selecting the next step? Your unfinished business on that lead is going to pop up on your Actions list.

Concern of a lead being left behind is a thing of the past because you can’t leave it behind. Investor Fuse 2.0 won’t let you. I don’t know any person active in the REI space that can’t use a system like this in their business.

It’s worth noting, I am not an affiliate in anyway. This is an unsolicited post to help out my new LCS provider. Glad to be back in the Investor Fuse family.