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All Forum Posts by: Paul Sorgi

Paul Sorgi has started 10 posts and replied 340 times.

Post: Probate Leads

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114
Originally posted by Shaun Reilly:
Originally posted by Paul Sorgi:
@Justin Silverio here is the link to court records.
http://masscourts.org/;jsessionid=442AF118736C9532F78BB901893B2774?x=kH2zzLWJdlwOybL*9oqwUVzfKn76IV1rlYKZ*N5MRZrc8zaTo5gbctBEgxiOPRQP

FYI Justin don't get excited about this. It sucks! It LOOKS like you should be able to search all the cases in a time period in any town and it will have lots of information.

Since the town isn't even something they list in the record that filter doesn't work, doesn't even seem to filter by county (Even though you chose which counties court to look at) and no information on the contact for anyone even though there are fields for it (Other than some attorneys)

Pretty much it is only useful in that you can find the name of the deceased and know they are in the process before looking for the Obit. Which is basically what Paul said he is doing.

@Shaun Reilly I did not make it sound easy did I ? :-)

But if your starting with Public Notices this maybe one step less. Is there a better way? I am open if your sharing.

Post: Probate Leads

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

@Justin Silverio here is the link to court records.

http://masscourts.org/;jsessionid=442AF118736C9532F78BB901893B2774?x=kH2zzLWJdlwOybL*9oqwUVzfKn76IV1rlYKZ*N5MRZrc8zaTo5gbctBEgxiOPRQP

Post: Probate Leads

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

@Shaun Reilly you are absolutely right. It is time consuming but isn't going to the courthouse? Which I can't get to anyway because I work full time. My main DM is absentee owners and I am just starting to compile a probate list for my initial campaign.

Post: Probate Leads

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

In MA the Probate and Family court records can be searched online(very limited). You can find the deceased, petitioner, personal Rep and that is about it. I then search the decedents name on google with obituary. I then find out if they are married and more importantly what town they live in. I then search their town assessor's info to see if they own property if they do then their on my list. I do this while I watch the Red Sox game. the whole search takes about 5 to 10 minutes.

Post: Being persistent with marketing.

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

Thanks for the follow up and your probably right, you might not get caught.

Post: Being persistent with marketing.

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

Curious @Aaron Mazzrillo is cold calling legal? I am asking because we do have Do Not Call laws that need to be followed and the penalty can exceed the profit of one deal. I believe it is $10,000 for every person you call on the Do not call list. I am just not sure if calling people about buying their house or some one's in the neighborhood is considered solicitation. I would seek legal advice on this before dialing anyone out of the phone book.

You could buy a list of residents in your target area and have the list scrubbed against the DNCL. I am positive you would be legal calling those folks.

Post: Want to Rehab, but there's a great buy and hold deal...

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

You could look for a partner. What does the deal look like with the storage units? Cost to build? Future Revenue? Expenses? ....

Post: 500th Post on BP

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

The BIG 500 Congrats!

Post: Dan's Adventures in Real Estate Marketing

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

@Daniel Nield your posts have inspired me! I too manage (do my own mailings) actually have my son write the yellow letters but I have let my marketing slip the last 3 weeks and I find myself only taking to myself. Thanks for the inspiration I am firing up the machine tonight.

Post: Thoughts on This property

Paul SorgiPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Abington, MA
  • Posts 356
  • Votes 114

Just ant third the thoughts here. Crunch the numbers, Budget the repairs, determine the ARV and make an offer. If you need assistance with financing you can contact @Patrick Queally