Originally posted by @Federico Gutierrez:
Originally posted by @Reese Thompson:
Youngstown is 1 hr 18 min from Cleveland according to Google. That's not far at all. Time is only money when you're working for a wage. When there are deals to be had, you have to be willing to go the distance. That's why the northeast Ohio time thing is such a problem. They're not willing to drive an hour and a half, but I can guarantee that they're binge watching the next season of the Walking Dead and they're vacationing their weekends away instead of finding deals.
So round trip of 2.5hrs. Show a home to an investor whom may or not buy, home may not fit his special formula, finds something that they don't like, cause you always buy the first home you see? so probably want another trip to bring a contractor so thats another 2.5hrs for a second showing.
I can work the phones for 2.5hrs and get a listing which I know will eventually sell or work on direct mailers. MMMMM which one to choose?
Because there are no systems there. It has to be more along the lines, "How do I sell a house in Youngstown?" By thinking that you have to do all of that as an agent will guarantee that you can't profit off of Youngstown.
And as an investor, what if I drive 5 hours to see a house that makes me 50k? Doesn't matter because I just made the average American's annual salary. The deals are where the deals are.