All Forum Posts by: Dabrielle Stevens

What kind of services could a paralegal working under an attorney provide for a RE office that is helpful beyond notarization of documents and filing? I worked for a comm res wholesaler in Ohio but now I'm in CA and nearly graduated looking for a niche in the job market. Thank you!

@Chris Szepessy thank you all for the responses. Sorry it’s been awhile. Yes of course people should celebrate their accomplishments and milestones, I felt like a Debbie downer just writing it. I needed to vent. Thank you for reading

Wholesaling is about to be extinct. I worked with HomeVestors of America and there are PLENTY of franchises that have perfected this technique in one city and use the funds to open up shop in another location. It's no different than McDonald's moving next door to a mom & pop burger joint. People will choose the easier platform usually. People don't change their habits, so that's the only thing keeping RE agents in the game. Astroflipping is going to shake it all up (like every other industry is being turn over, if you think RE is different I would love to hear how). The trick is getting the "flips" to continue by having a call center situation and an employee to set appointments and research properties. Then having the always available foot soldier to visit the properties and put it on a list makes it easy to hit 5+ appointments daily. Even if you go on 3 meetings a day, 4 days a week, and get 1 deal a week.... you're going to make it. 'Astro' refers to the idea that if you do a front flip in space you keep rotating, zero friction The basics: Removing risk by increasing advertisement = continuous leads. Increase leverage by using RE agents as resources and promising commissions for referrals whose homes are not retail ready. And because of the continuous stream, you are able to make MOST deals work because you have angles. This is BIG and I am excited for the future. 

Every other industry is removing the friction for the clients. We're next

Looking to get connected. Haven't been to a REIA meeting in awhile. Thanks!

I understand that most folks on this forum may share my opinion but I just need a safe place to vent....

I am so sick of people (mostly my millennial generation because we're obsessed with online comparisons) posting about their new house on Facebook and being congratulated for it when 1. These people don't even know what a budget looks like 2. They're up to their eyelids in car payments and credit cards 3. Didn't buy a home in an appreciating area 4. Bought a home for the wrong reasons etc... A little background on me, I teach a financial peace University class (Dave Ramsey) And I have never owned a credit card or a car payment and I'll be damned if I ever do an FHA or VA loan for a house (I would do 20% down on a 15 yr fixed rate mortgage as Dave recommends if I did a mortgage and didn't buy the property through broker/wholesale). I worked for a Dave Ramsey financial planning firm as a CSR and would make small talk with in-house prospects/clients (tax clients investment clients and insurance clients) in our lobby. I am very social bull and can usually turn the Smalltalk into deeper discussion. Time and time again these folks would tell me to not make their mistakes.

I am so sick of people putting what I do in negative light. I help people find equity in the house that otherwise would go into foreclosure or be ignored. I stopped working at the Ramsey Endorsed firm because I wanted to be my own boss and I was tired of making commission for someone else. I left the job with PTO and a matching 401(k) to go hourly on a 1099 and work as a contractor basically pushing papers and finding off market leads for this single franchise. I did this because I really believe in the company and as far as I can tell I’m in the right place to 1. Get a hands on education in Real estate without going full commission 2. To help people understand their finances 3. To help clients by cross selling solid inv/insurance products, that is if I complete the education and have time in the future. I want to earn my series 6 and life and health license to achieve this dream of mine. It’s a lot but I know I can make a difference for the broke college kid, the single mom with two jobs, the widow, the couple with the new baby...

I am so sick of people continuing to idolize these “accomplishments “. I’m so sick of young people trying to keep up and therefore making the same mistakes. I’m so sick of people my age posting their new car payment for their new mortgage loan online expecting it to be positive be celebrated because they are leasing/borrowing to “own” what they flaunt.

I am so sick of people calling my business robbery when they immediately benefit from our business in a way that otherwise wouldn’t exist.

A lot of times these people are not victims of their circumstances and instead got in over their head by keeping up with the Jone’s. They bought too much house and didn’t treat the home like an investment and procrastinated on repairs and then finally find themselves in the Mother of all Financial Messes.

And finally, I’m sick of realtors pushing people into homes they can’t afford because “it’s their dream house” (even Dave Ramsey endorsed realtors).

One day, I’ll take the jump and own a franchise but until then I’ll continue to work as a coordinator/buyer and learn under my mentor who knows more than any realtor or financial planner when it comes to tying up loose ends on a bad real estate investment.

Just annoyed. Thanks for reading.

@Jeffrey Hotz

Sorry for the belated response. Still learning about the different forums available for sharing and storing info. Absolutely, I really enjoy the set up now (pretty simple and clear cut) and I’ve heard we’re in for an update soon. Beyond tracking leads and meetings, I was looking for a way to set up a sturdy sales pipeline so that we can find that “sweet spot” in sales. Thanks for the prompt reply and if you have the time today, I would love to get connected.

I just started as a coordinator for a We ugly houses franchise. We have a really good area, leads are hit or miss. But the good ones, are great ones! There’s a certain sweet spot that we’ve been hitting lately, we want to focus on that and learn more about it. How can I organize this in a spreadsheet so that we are able to compare to next year’s numbers? Of course these numbers could change with a dip in the market but it would be great to reference to after a few years of production.