All Forum Posts by: Matthew Watson

There are a lot of valid points here.  I just want to say that it is not ALWAYS a bad idea, but there needs to be value brought to the table from all parties. 

Our business was started by myself and my brother and we have continued to grow it together, successfully.  Our 3rd brother wanted to join in but didn't know a thing about real estate and as a result had nothing to bring to the table.  

Our recommendation to him was to learn, learn, learn and come back with some value to bring to the company.  He now does our marketing and SEO and is working his way into an even partnership.  

My advice would be to hold them accountable and force them to grow before seeing the fruits of the labor.  Make them learn a skill, learn real estate, do something that provides long term value to the business.  The worst thing for a business is if one person feels they are doing the work of the other partner(s).  

It may not be ideal or work for many, but it is possible when done the right way. 

@Isaac Hughes yes we are. Feel free to shoot me the details when you have them. If you send me a DM, I'll give you my contact info as well.

You should talk to some commercial lenders. I would personally suggest Ron Baumert at Core Bank.  Dundee bank is also great to work with

Haha my brother and I went through that one as well Owen. That is definitely up there with the worst.

Absolutely get the police involved ASAP. As others have mentioned the chemicals that are used when doing this can create a very hazardous situation for you and other guests. That doesn't mean it for sure has but you need to be sure. If you were to refrain from reporting this and someone were to get sick, then that liability would likely now fall on you for failing to report the incident. Better safe than sorry.

@Owen Dashner Yes there are lots of different ways that you can configure google voice. The way that I have it setup is that when someone calls my google voice number then all it displays is my google voice number that way I know that it is a call from someone trying to contact me through that. Then when I answer, it asks me to either accept the call or send straight to voicemail. If instead no one answers the call at all, then after 25 seconds the call is sent to my custom google voice voicemail. Voicemails that are left are sent to my google voice app. You can also have the voicemails emailed to you. 

Text messages can also be received and sent with google voice. I have it set up where texts get sent to the app and to my email. I can respond to the text messages with either and it just shows that they are coming from my google voice phone number. 

Welcome Cody. Glad to see some more people still finding deals in this market. It is tough but can be done if you work at it. Who are you using for your property management company?

@Collin Schwartz started an awesome real estate meetup that meets every third wednesday. Go to omaharealestatemeetup.com. Id definitely recommend attending if you aren't already.

@Owen Dashner

Have you looked into Google Voice? This is what my brother and I use. We have the google voice number linked to both of our personal cell phones so that when someone calls that number then it rings both of us at the same time. Who ever answers it first, takes the call. If we get to the point where the phone is just ringing too much and we are no longer wishing to handle them then we can easily link the google voice number to the call takers/sales people's phone numbers that we hire.

I am just getting started with my cold calling campaign. Once I have done enough of them to add something of meaning on this topic, Ill post my results and hopefully be able to help someone else get started on it. 

@Travis Hewlett How has the cold calling been going so far? Get any deals from it yet?

Just signed up and booked the hotel and flight. My brother and I are both coming and will be staying at the Aloft Hotel downtown. Anyone else on here staying there?