All Forum Posts by: Joe Timko

@Brian Davila please send the zoom link

@Brian Davila is this up and running yet?

Thanks for the input. My board of realtors gives me Lion Desk to use for free up to a certain number of emails and texts. has anybody use Lion Desk?

Does anyone have a CRM they are using they like for tracking properties? 

Yes, I completely agree. I tend to get tied up with working on getting everything working and neglect the personal contact. That's why I'd like to have a system that automates the workflow, follow up, etc. so I can concentrate on the personal contact which I know is the most important part of the business. I see you are "The System Guy" do you have a system built that will do that?

@Patrick Jackson thanks Patrick. I’ve been looking at several options. One is deal machine that appears to do a lot of the work for you. Just looking for something that will automate my system to find, contact and follow up on prospective properties.

I’m looking for a program to help organize potential properties I’m considering investing in. Keep tract of offers I’ve made and need to follow up on. I’m considering Podio along with an app package designed for real estate. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Hello Bigger Pockets,

I've been making offers of several properties recently both for fix and flip and buy and hold. I've been tracking the properties manually with paper files. It takes a lot of time for follow up this way. Looking through the files to see who has responded to offers, who hasn't, etc. Does anyone know of an app that you can do this on and set reminders to followup and track the properties?

@Lacey Haessler Lacey, I'm not a wholesaler, but I look at a lot of wholesale deals from other wholesalers. I think you need to know the business inside and out before you look to farming out some of the work to VA's. Many of the wholesalers I talk to have no idea how to evaluate a property. They get it tied up and try to pass it on to a flipper with numbers that just don't work. It's obvious they don't really know the business. So first learn all you can about the market you are working in, learn how to establish an accurate ARV and accurate numbers for rehab, holding and selling costs. Then you will know when you really have a good deal and can present it to investors with confidence. I wish you well on you new venture.

Brian, I'm a real estate broker and I worked as a real estate appraiser between 2002 and 2007. To evaluate a property I use the MLS and tax assessor records to see what has sold and properties that are for sale currently. To find deals I use many sources; the MLS, wholesalers, relationships with other real estate brokers and agents that know what I'm looking for. They will expose me to properties that are not on the market yet. And sometimes just driving for dollars, I see a property that looks run-down or abandon. I find the owner and see if they are interseted in selling.