All Forum Posts by: Douglas Christian

Canvas some neighborhoods and find all the vacant and abandoned properties. Take down the addresses and then go to the county tax records and see if the individual who owns the home is out of state or local.

Get in touch with your local code enforcement officer in the county in which you are working. Talk to the postal carrier these are all people that get paid by the state, city or govt and they can be a TREMENDOUS help to you.

Make sure you have a business card and use both sides of the business card. Leads should start coming your way if you follow these steps.

That is your mentoring for the day. I usually charge for this info Tara, but I will wait until you do your first DEAL.

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Hello Stephen and Blake. I use PAT LIVE out of FL great organization. Very reasonable and 24hr service.

Stephen would love to post it, but if you send me your info I will send you a copy of it and ask that you do not POST IT.

I love helping people, but I am only willing to help those that are willing to help themselves first. By you asking me for the card I feel priviledge to send it to you.

They work and when you see it, I will ask that you send me a check in the mail. Because your deals will start coming in.

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How are you able to determine what is a good deal. Is it based on the market, your experience or just what you feel?

Just want to give you food for thought. Rome was not built in a day. Neither was the real estate market. To many people get into this business for the wrong reasons.

Just put everything into perspective and treat people like you would want someone to treat you.

This is a little advice I will give to you in CALI or anyone for that matter. Always look at a property as though you were the buyer. If it fits your standards and mold then most likely it will fit someone elses.

Meaning don't just bother with it because it is cheap or priced below market value. What does that mean?

Lots of success in Cali.

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Lighten up Corey. I am not one who likes to beat up on anyone. I was just responding to your post in the way that I thought was appropriate.

Our contract is done and was looked at by my attorney, but it was drafted by an attorney.

I will make this post short and sweet. I apologize to you because it sounds like you really got offended. Did not mean to offend. To busy doing deals and making money to focus on the touchy feely things.

I was being SARCASTIC, but not at you. Sometimes you have to be able to read between the lines, if not you will get stuck on the paper.

Pls accept my apology and go and make a GREAT day by doing a deal today.

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When I send out my postcards. They are worded in such a way that it is not intimidating and also, if you have seen my truck, my postcard is not yellow it is money Green.

If I send out 100 postcards which I do every mth. I get a minimum of 18-25 call backs, but they don't call me. They call my 800# which is live and answers all my calls based upon scripts that I have given them and tweeked.

Once all info is answered they forward the info to me and I can sit at my computer or blackberry and determine if that is a deal or not. I call all individuals back and let them know that there deal is not for me or it is, but I give them advice on what they should do whether a short sale, deed in lue of foreclosure or try and sell.

Been using the same postcard for 7yrs now and would not change it for anything.

Letters must be opened. I do not care what color it is. People in trouble get bombarded with letters and documents. They are overwhelmed and many of them can not handle the pressure.

Postcards are cheap and EVECTIVE.

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Why it is what it is. Truth breeds truth and many people can't handle the truth.

I see why I am not liked now Karen. Thank you for solving that mystery for me.

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So Corey let me get this right. I am in the middle of NEGOTIATING with a homeowner and I must stop the process in order to go and find an attorney to process the paperwork for me.

With business being done like that, that means know one is making any money up there.

Talk to some of the Gurus on the BP site and they should have one for you.

Corey has got me all FEARFUL. Sike, Corey that is to deep for me. There is to much free info out here.

If you need a contract pm. But, don't do it until the am.

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Now that's FUNNY. Money well spent. Get wet with that.

I think Miss California should have received it and the judge who was so BIAS until Stevie Wonder could see it. He bought in his personal belief and she was 100% RIGHT.

You here at BP and across the word might think that it is okay, but that is what is wrong with society today. Everyone is allowing everything in which they know is wrong.

If you believe like the judge and are like the judge show me where GOD made a man for a man and a woman for a woman. That is a spirit and because she answered CORRECTLY she was penalized.

That is what is wrong with our society. Tell the truth and get penalized. I can't control your believes or do I want to, but when you ask me the same question I am going to be a little bit harsher than she was.

Maybe he should have had his boyfriend jump into his arms and both vote her out.

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To all the real estate coaches and realtors on this post. Never heard of such. I mean I have, but if I am in trouble with my home, why would I sit down and read three or four pages of the same stuff about how to save my house.

I have a GREAT solution that I can GUARANTEE gets a better response that the GURU's.

POSTCARDS. You do not have to open it and I get a GREAT RESPONSE. You let Barnett send his letter and let me send my postcards and I guarantee that my postcard will get read before his AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

I usually charge for this info, but you have enough real estate coaches on this post that will be glad to take that honor.

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