All Forum Posts by: Shella Sanders

this would be cool. I am 30 so i hope i still count :-)

@John Phong @Account Closed google add words from my website. the seller called me

Jerry Rien checking it out on Amazon right now. Thanks !

This seller called me around New Years 2016. He was whispering when he called and I was like what is wrong sir. He said his wife died bout a year ago and his house was headed for foreclosure and he was so scared to lose his house. He was living in the house with his mother in law since his wife passed and the mother in laws monthly check wasn't enough the cover the mortgage. He had recently got kicked out of the HOA For fighting with the neighbor so he was renting a room somewhere down the street with his disability money so they just couldn't afford to stay in that house and hadn't paid a full mortgage payment in 6months. The bank was working with him and allowing him to pay half the mortgage for up to a year so he had about six months left. We had agreed on a price of 175k for this house ARV 250k. He just was never ready to sign the contract. He had called a few other investors who had all offered less than me an he was still just waiting it out. I called him every other week an he was never ready. Finally when the six months was up he had to hurry and get the house sold. He had finally got the payoff from the bank an it was about 160k so then he was worried about how long he was gonna be able to live off of the 15k profit he was going to walk away with and I'm like dude I'm saving u from foreclosure. I ended up giving him 180k to get it done. So we met an signed the contract. Then it was a problem getting him out of the house. Because he was not allowed to be at the house banned from HOA and on probation for the felony charge for assault on his elderly neighbor so he couldn't go over there and pack. And the mother in law had her other son helping her but they wouldn't help get his stuff packed. I ended up having to pay a months rent to my end buyer when we closed who bought the house for 193k so he could get a one month temporary lease. AND I paid for movers for him because nothing was getting done. I had a co wholesaler who I was working the deal with that threw in the towel within a few months because the seller was so wishy washy. I stuck with it though and got it done. So I didn't have to split my assignment fee. Some things take time. I probably spent 20hrs all together over the year comforting the seller on the phone he was crying about his wife and loosing his house. It was sad but he was just scared to move forward and start a new chapter which life was forcing him to do.

Looking for a couple new books to read. I want to read about money, financial discipline, paying off debt, economy, inflation. Something that will motivate and inspire me to stay on the path to financial freedom and give new ideas to save and grow my money. any suggestions for good money books? Dave Ramsey ?

I use upwork and I had to go through three VA's to find a good one. I've now been working with my VA now for a few months and he is great. U have to be able to have a step by step process to what u need them to do to be most effective. I have my VA list the county JP court evictions for me. So I had to show him step by step how to get on the county site then what to look for since I only want single family homes owned by individuals, not companies. So he do this for me every week and spends about 10hrs a week on this. I pay him $3/hr

Jerry Puckett hi there! I'm wholesaling in dallas also. Let's connect!

Ken Min bump. For sure. It's always usually a 'life situation' that is happening. The most 'motivated' seller I had was so sad. His wife had died like 3yrs prior and he had finally gotten to the point of almost being foreclosed on. He could not afford the house on his own and was just depressed about having to move and all the memories with his wife. He was also very angry at life so he had got in fights with the neighbors who had him kicked out of the hoa. This guy needed help and he would call me and cry. I had to hold his hand through the whole process for six months and he didn't seem relieved at all that I had saved him from foreclosure, he was still depressed about having to close the old chapter

Are u aware about your market. Do u know what areas investors are looking to buy in. These are the investors u will be wholesaling to. So it starts there. Befriend a real estate agent and hv them give u a list of where all the houses that sold for cash hv been in the last 90days to 6months. Then u can also ask the agent to give u a list of non owner occupied houses in those areas. And send mail out to them. That's a start!

Don't get discouraged. All it takes is ONE experienced investor to learn from and u will be on your way with confidence. I hv sold wholesale deals to dozens of investors and only 2 hv really taken the time to let me shadow their rehab and meet with me to show me how they do things and I hv learned a LOT. And I only spend a couple hours a day. Seek and u WILL find.