All Forum Posts by: Ryan Garrison

@Rami Dababneh

Great company.

Automations are second to none.

The UI could use a face-lift, but the automations keep me around. It's an excellent value.

@Matthew Watson

No such thing as a turn key solution, but I will give you this.

A high quality virtual lead manager will help with your follow up. Christina Krause has a great agency for it.

Automation is also key for high lead volume.

The best automation solution I have found so far is tryreiblackbook (dot) com

All of your phone numbers, recorded calls, tracking links, additional landing pages and sites if you want. Rvm, text, and email going on drip campaigns, based on the flows your team triggers.

I use carrot too, but the leads come into reibb. With a little help from zapier. You can create internal forms for whoever answers the phone to fill out leads and trigger automation.

There is more, but it is worth testing the free trial.

To assume, you need to qualify (and get permission) from the lender.

To purchase "subject to" you do not need to do either of those. 

I have never tried to assume, and do not want to. 

I have purchased several properties sub2.

Why do you want to assume? Or did I just assume that you wanted to assume?

First, you did not purchase it if you did not close on it.  You got the property under contract. 

Second, Lawyer up. At least for the consult. You still may be able to force the sale.

You can propose a settlement. Basically, you will release it if the seller does _________. It could be money or something else....or nothing. I would think that you could try to get some additional compensation for all the time you have wasted on their problem. When they signed a contract, they conveyed that they could sell it.

I have released a contract before where the seller said they were going to live in the house forever and no longer wanted to sell. I did not want to sue them.  I released it and had them give me the right of first refusal in case they changed their mind down the road.

I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.

If the money from a US investment stays in the US - either in US LLC or personal US account, wouldn't you just need to worry about US taxes?

Not a tax expert. Following discussion. 

"New investor" is a little too vague here. There are so many different ways to get money/experience in Real Estate.

What is your ideal outcome?  

If you want to be a wholesaler, multifamily sydicator, agent, etc...there are many different road maps. 

If you find yourself getting stuck, find someone to work with - so you do not have to do all of it.

OR

Get a coach/mentor. It will likely cost you money, but will save you a lot of time. 

Either way, be prepared to add value. A potential mentee approached me once offering himself as "an amazing friend" in exchange for my time and expertise...it did not work. 

When I suggested some ways he could potentially help me, by taking things off of my plate, he said he did not have time.

This might sound mean, but not everyone that WANTS to be in real estate is willing to do what it takes to be successful. 

It is a lot easier to avoid failure if you never try.

I really like using trello, Evernote, or Monday for cheap a cheap "crm". Podio is clunky. You can customize it, but then you pay anyway to have it do automations... And you have to link the apps together.

Once you get things going, I really like the automations I get from rei blackbook. I have a few other tools to share on my site too. 

@Denzel

No.

Rent one as needed.

Invest the cash you would have used to buy a truck.

@Ryan Garrison nothing? Come on guys 😂

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