All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

At our company right now there is a debate over which is the best cell phone for our company to get.

There are votes for the Droid, iPhone, and BlackBerry Bold. Most of us have BB Curves right now and a big knock is that the multimedia is lacking as well as web surfing.

Anyone have any great recommendations?

Rachel,

I will check out Godin's first book for sure. I am listening to "Crowdsourcing" now which is an interesting audio CD on how companies are harnessing the power of thousands of people at a time who do not work directly for them. BP is a great example of crowd-sourcing, we provide all the content for the site!

@Elisha

That is great insight not to be overlooked the power of big dreams, I think that is a driving force in actually attaining them (BB).

@Charles

Interesting to begin with a time frame, but very relevant for someone setting goals in RE who is new.

Rachel,

That is an interesting concept, to think that essentially you could do no marketing and still have a thriving successful business. Like a referral machine in a sense. I will definitely check it out. Also, your blog link does not work - I wanted to check out your mobile home story, I do not know anyone in that field.

Jason,

Do the books expire after a certain time period? Or once they are downloaded you have them for good?

Driving home from the office today a new investor contacted me and we were discussing his Real Estate goals for the upcoming year.

During this conversation it occurred to me, although he had set his Real Estate goals high for the upcoming year he did not have any concrete reason behind it.

When you set your Real Estate goals, what substantial data do you use to set them? Some people set them off gut feelings or dreams, but I am interested in how individuals quantify their Real Estate goals.

I set my current year goals off of available capital and projected cash flow, does anyone use anything different?

I really am looking to the BP community for their responses because this seems like a very gray area.

Great to see another Michigander on here!

Welcome to BP, you will find as much information and network opportunities as you wish to find here.

Best of luck.

Rachel,

No problem! I'm going to pick up the Little Red Book, it keeps on coming up in conversation.

What is the the overall message behind Small is the New Big?

Has anyone had any success buying bulk packages directly from Fannie Mae?

I am interested to hear if anyone has had any positive or negative experiences with Fannie and also how they got in touch to get a bulk package.

From what I hear it is very difficult to get in with Fannie but that makes it all the more intriguing.

Great story Ry!

Don,

I think a lot of whatever medium is used depends on the individual. At the company I work for now, we always stress educating over selling.

Not all business take that approach but I have seen both educational and hard selling on LinkedIn.

I do believe LinkedIn is a very useful tool for staying connected with business associates even if they were from a one time deal.