Analysis Paralysis and Self-Imposed Barriers to Start Investing
Thursday, October 15
I was out of real estate for many years after a rehab gone bad (inexperience) and a divorce (all sorts of reasons). I sold all of my tools and said never again - at least to rehabbing on my own.Then in the Spring of 2014, Fortune Builders started their incessant radio ads that they were bringing...
Yellow Letter Mailing Follow-Ups
Thursday, August 28
Mixed results, low response. That's par for the course from any mailing I've ever done. In any business - my retail business to the real estate business. But I will keep banging away and see if the results improve. The first mailing I sent got one phone call from a distressed person but not a...
Tax Liens, Mobile Homes and Bad Decision Making, oh my.
Tuesday, July 22
Our first mailings as a RE business went out last week. They were in two batches - the majority were to investors in the area. A small minority (about 40) went to a list of bankruptcy/tax lien people. We got our first call from a tax lien potential distressed seller. This became a learning...
Starting up... Rev those RE engines!
Monday, July 21
In my not so distant past, as a private owner, I have rented a couple homes and I have built a couple homes with a partner. Stacy has a rental now that she has had for upwards of ten years. On my own, I had renovated the house that my previous wife and I lived in - this was a big mistake. In h...