All Forum Posts by: David Masciangelo

@Jonathan Greene Very well said. When we let fears outweigh our work we make things harder in the long run. Are there additional hurdles today that have to be overcome... Yes! But the first thing to go in times like these are full funnels and when a funnel dries up it will make the coming months much harder than they should be when this passes. Our investors are still moving properties and we've noticed that our response rate is up by almost 20% in the past month. Thanks for the great post Jonathan Greene!

@Daniel Lozowy

Say I know, I've been high balled a few times and chuckle. Be comfortable, be you... It's a conversation, not a sales pitch! You're there to help who you can, when you can. If it's a dud move on to the next 10 and ask him if you can follow up in about 2 months. If they entertain the joke tell them just kidding and say listen, the only way to know if I can make this a win,win is by discussing likely solutions . If I can, great we invested wisely in a good conversation. If I can't, no harm no foul but well always lose out if we don't try, right? Remember, you're trying to win the phone call, not the deal just yet and if you try and shoot right to the pitch you've already lost the deal in today's market. Homeowner skepticism will win Everytime if they don't feel you are genuine. They get enough of the cold call blaster calls everyday. Good luck.

@Don Konipol Have a nice day Sir.

@Luke Simonetti Understood Luke.  Just wanted to offer a different perspective.  I hope it continues to work for you and good luck with the negotiations.  I would still highly recommend the Chris Voss Book, Never Split the difference if you have not as of yet. 

@Don Konipol I appreciate your opinion Don.  However part of the mistakes we make is when we "think" we are always correct.  It happens a lot from "lenders" so don't worry it was expected.  I have also been in 3 other industries so your opinion is heard, but not accepted.  These are the unnecessary opinions of others that should be working instead of creating havoc, or helping not blasting.  If you do your research you would find 100% truth to my post and what was shared.  I don't need to convince you nor care to however I suggest being a positive add to the site, not attacking.  Have a productive week!

@Jourdan Johnson Would these lists be outsourced or are you beginning to call?

@Joe Haine we have our Agile CRM integrated with our Outlook. It's surprisingly seamless. Good luck.

@Daveron Boston@Cameron Tope Cameron Tope hit the nail on the head here. Start with one method and grow from there. Most start with mailers then supplement cold calling with mailers. They'll run you about .54 a pop. Trained cold calling, in my opinion, has the best roi per dollar spent on marketing but mailers are easier to control to begin. Hope that helps.

@Chris Trefry Ambition is good and I love the thoroughness of the plan.  The only "non passive" way to locate the right properties is to become proactive.  This means investing in aggressive outgoing Acquisition techniques like Joseph Mentioned.  Like anything else, those come with a time investment from you or a money investment from you to "pay for" the outgoing marketing.  Ie: Get educated on these marketing techniques and execute them or pay someone to do them for you. 

The other option is also good however as young investors I would start where your comfortable, accomplish that and then consider expanding geographically.  If you would like to discuss further feel free to let me know.

@Clifford Paul Bro Investor- This real estate investing ain't real. The guy on YouTube lied. It's anyone's fault but mine.