All Forum Posts by: Joe Dube

Welcome Joseph,

Bird dogging or wholesaling to start out makes a lot of sense. You get paid to learn the business. Good luck.

Hi Dante,

Welcome to the BP forum. Tell us about your first deal. What type of marketing did you use? How do you plan to market the property? Keep us updated. Have a good week end.

Hi Trevor,

Welcome to BP. I'm sure you'll find plenty of information here and it's a great place to network. Are you in the commercial niche or SFR?

Steve,

I've been using the absentee owner lists for 7 years and it's my favorite list. The list consists of every type of motivated seller you could think of, tired landlord,probate,divorce, and people wanting to get rid of a vacation home. How many times have you sent these people a direct mail piece? The marketing pros say to send them DM pieces 7 times and then they remember who you are. I always follow up with sellers just in case something has changed. But first you have to make them an offer. I just ask them a couple of questions and build rapport with them. If they are somewhat motivated I can get out of them why they actually called & they reveal to me their true level of motivation. It sounds cliche but it's true, we're problem solvers not real estate investors. Look at what Don did, he dug deeper and found out the whole story and cashed in on a $200K pay day. Keep grinding it out, work hard at it, ask these people questions. I ask sellers why they picked up the phone and called me if they want more than retail. Turn the tables on them. Anyway stick with it man, it's worth it.

Hope this helps...
Dubeman

Joe,

Put an option on it & see if you can wholesale it and make a quick buck. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Hope this helps...
Dubeman

@ Shantese I hear great things about Steph and her systems. I think she's a fellow Tamponian, not sure what is in the water down here but there sure a lot of Real Estate educators in this town.

Let us know how you're doing, especially when you get your first deal going.

BTW... thanks for the follow.

KJ,

You have 37 now that you posted again. I'm unsure what that means but I'm sure someone will enlighten us. Welcome back to BP.

I have a droid, the apps available are awesome. This past summer I was on vacation in the mountains and the wifi in my log cabin stunk, luckily I had downloaded PDA NET on my droid and laptop. Viola, I had internet thanks to my handy little droid. I love it.

Hope this helps...

Darius,

Take control of your thoughts man. What are you telling yourself? Get real and decide how much marketing you will start with and set a goal of the number of offers you MUST make to get that first deal. You probably know more than most people and are suffering from FEAR. I could quote that cliche FEAR stands for False Evidence Appearing Real but I won't :D You made a bad deal my friend but that was in the past, you are not the same person. I'd start making offers on houses right away with the intent of assigning the contract. You have little risk and a big upside. Remember the opposite of FEAR is FAITH. Now go make some offers!!

Hope this helps...
Dubeman

@Dan,

I work my way backwards like Charles said. I teach my kids to do the same with their academics. I set a goal for 5 years out then 4 then 3 then 2 then for this year. All the time I'm asking myself what has to be done before this goal is achieved. Then I really drill down and create 6 month 1 month weekly and daily goals. At the beginning of each week I tweak my daily schedule according to the goals I've set and the results I've achieved. It works for me and my kids are less stressed at school because they have a road map or plan to work from.

Hope this helps...
Dubeman