All Forum Posts by: Mat Lewczenko

Oliver, Nice to see more KC folks on here.
Feel free to email me if I can every help with anything.

Is it likely that one would deny the national housing price decline because they live in an insulated pocket of the market that has only seen flat-line price changes or even some appreciation?

Would one then post, "Hey all you unemployed, forclosure crybabies! Hows that dang housing crisis for ya? Bet those economic talking heads giving you a hard time now!"

Any other tips on List services? Seems like List Source doesn't like Kansas.

Looking to market to Notice of Defaults/Lis Pendens in KS, anyone have any luck with that?

For some odd reason this thread reminds me of the clip that keeps playing from this past season of "The Amazing Race". The girl is trying to slingshot a watermellon, puts all her wieght into this gigantic slingshot, and instead of it firing off hundreds of yards downfield, it gets caught up in the slingshot and firesbackward directly into her face.

What a good clip. Not sure why I keep thinking about that. :)

you can check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cfeTZNcA3g

Only been 6 days... still marinating/stretching

Jon, does this feeling of giving have anything to do with your last name??? :) Coincidence?

While I can see everyone's point in this thread, I will continue to operate on the belief that we get what we focus on. If you expect to be "taken and abused" then you will not be dissappointed. Not to say that those things don't happen, but really, it's the holidays - lets give our "clients" something nice to say about us for at least a small period of time...then serve them with a notice to pay or quit.

Happy Holidays!

BigBubba, I really liked that plan until I found out that most of it is perpetuated by theft (not by you, but by someone else).

We used the 10% off coupons all the time when you could just get a handfull of address change cards from the post office.

Never had sign police issues, we have four zones we post to, put out about 25 signs a week it seems like they stay up for about 3-4 days.
Just wanted to see if anyone on BP was having good results beyond the "WE BUY HOUSES" standard.

Jon makes a very good point, don't put the cart before the horse.
Most state require a minimum of two years experience as a licensed agent or comparable experience (20+)deals before you can apply for a broker's license.

As a broker you will be the figure head, and supervisor, who makes sure all your agents are staying compliant. Are you comfortable with all the variables in the contracts? RESPA? Fair Housing? I'm not at all 100% in any of those areas, and I refer to my broker almost weekly on certain transactions that are just "wierd"... which is another thing that they don't teach you in license school - NO DEAL is straightforward and easy. Are you familiar with all the ammendments and addendums, etc.

Best way to utilize license - close some deals. Try and turn any non investor type leads into listings. Pick a niche, are you an investors agent, a short-sale agent, first time home buyer specialist? etc.

After you don't have to ask anyone about the operations, then consider brokering.

Just my opinion, best of luck to you though!

Oh, another thing that just came to mind, why would I or any other agent want to choose your brokerage? What do you offer the agent who is working his butt off for you? Basically what are you offering your market that any other brokerage has not done yet? Your comparitive advantage.

Looking to order some more signs. Just wanted to get some feedback from anyone who is drawing Short Sale or Forclosure leads to see what's working for them.

I'm thinking of something to the effect of:

Avoid Forclosure
Debt Relief
xxx-xxx-xxxx

Behind on Payments?
Stop Forclosure!
xxx-xxx-xxxx

Any other thoughts/suggestions would be super helpful. Thanks.

My strategy is to prequal over the phone if they are a good investor lead, if not then I will list the SS myself.

Thanks in Advance.

-Mat