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All Forum Posts by: Nola Akee

Nola Akee has started 2 posts and replied 17 times.

Post: Introduction

Nola AkeePosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 6

@Nicholas Cotroneo  Welcome to BP. You will do great and be able to find lots of help here. Thank you for serving our Country. My partner @ Michael Mazzella and I have have a few homes in Jacksonville. Michael has lots more there. We are here in Hawaii but he has a team there in Jacksonville. PM us if you would like to connect. Best of Luck.

Post: Phil Pustejovsky Apprentice?

Nola AkeePosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 6

I signed up for the apprentice to see what type of interview it would be and what would happen. A friend of mine, did the same last year, she was interviewed twice but told them she doesn't have the $4k they want. A few months later, I'm not sure if she contacted them or if they go in touch with her. She bought into the EPartner program for I think $200, I'm not sure if she is pay $200 a month or not, sorry, I forgot what she said since this was a few months ago. So far she likes it because of the weekly calls (more motivation call if you ask me, which we all need at times but not for a price $$$). I asked what do they do, how do you get deals. She said they have a program to buy leads (which I have done on my own w/yellowletters, I like it but haven't worked it much due to funds). No leads/deals yet for her but she seems happy. Good for her. 

As for me, I only had one interview, it was a over an hour of Caleb Jenkins talking about himself, heard my side of what I have done so far, that took probably 10 minutes. lol. But I think he was just trying to feel me out and see what/how much he could get out of me. Much luck to him, but for me I was wise enough to know BP is the BEST place for help for free and I didn't buy anything. 

I just wanted to see what was their tactic, how many interviews it would take to get excepted. I asked him, so do I have to speak to Phil to get approved? He said, No, I have the authority to say yes, you are excepted. Can you come up with $4K? I said, I may be able to do $3K but not $4K, he said ok. I said, no thank you. Of course the conversation was cut short after that. I said if I could come up with the money, I'll contact you. he didn't even say thank you. All he said was, it may be filled, they currently have someone on the Big Island so Oahu is ok for now. But I wonder if they really have others here on Oahu who are in their program that they really are not saying so that you feel like you are the only one working the market with their system. 

And they keep saying they have funding but I wonder how many deals people bring to them that are good deals but they turn away because of funding (but say it's not a good deal)? I'm just not sure that they will accept and fund all deals that are being brought to them. I understand that all deals are not always "good" deals or one to even proceed with but do they really fund deals so the people can start to make their money, learn and get out of the $200 a month program.

Sorry so long winded, I haven't posted in long time but wanted to share what I experienced. Thank you and Best of luck to all Investors.

Post: First call back from direct mail yellow bandit postcard

Nola AkeePosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 6

Hi. Michael, thank you so much for the encouragement. Much appreciated. Hope to see you at the next REI MasterMind mtg.

Post: First call back from direct mail yellow bandit postcard

Nola AkeePosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 6

For this newbie, I'm glad to get my first phone call. Of course it's not a deal but good to get experience of speaking to potential customers. The first mail out was 200 postcards (last month), no call back. This time it was 615 postcards (200 from first mail out list added 400+ to the list, both lists are not from the same district/zip code area, here on Oahu, trying to target a particular area to see which one works best and will be adding more zip/districts to the mix in a few months). This person actually called to find out more information since it only said "we buy houses for cash". I explained to him what we do as investors and he said his son is selling a house but it's in good condition. I thanked him for the call and forgot to let him know to call me in the future if he needs any help. And of course forgot to ask him his address to keep track. However, I will be mailing out to the same prospects again soon, so he may call me back to get off the list or talk story. Thanks for listening. BTW, thank you yellowletters for helping me with my list and mail outs.

Post: Just became DEBT FREE TODAY !!!

Nola AkeePosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 6

Congrats! Thanks for sharing.

Post: Newbie here saying Aloha!

Nola AkeePosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 6

Hi Paul,
Thank you very much for the guidance and information. I keep re-reading the BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide, haven't tried the podcast yet and will look into the two great reads.Thank you very much for the reminder that I don't have to be an own a property to control it. Hmmm, student housing, never thought of that, great idea, would love vacation rentals here. And REI clubs.

Hi Anthony,
Yes there is only one REI club I know of. I do want to own vacation rentals on the Big Island. Wish you could be here too.

Hi Michael,
See you soon.

Hi Johnny,
Aloha.

Nice to meet all of you.

Post: Newbie here saying Aloha!

Nola AkeePosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Honolulu, HI
  • Posts 17
  • Votes 6

Hi,

Just wanted to introduce myself. Thank you to everyone at bigger pockets for being real and helping each other. I've only read a few books so far, but will be taking a mentor class soon, from a mentor that lives right here in Hawaii for hands on training. I would like to learn a few fix and flip then get some buy and hold for longevity.

It's scary of not knowing where to actually start but I know My mentor will be teaching me a lot on how to get started and just go for it instead of just reading and wishing to start, as I know if I keep positive and educating myself through these forums, blogs, books, and networking I will be able to succeed and help mentor others in the future. Thank you all for listening. God bless.