Loving the responses! Thank you. @Larry Turowski I'm with you, this kind of information, these kind of discussions, this type of input is definitely a part of what keeps me going, especially in these early days as we work at getting our REI life going.
So, here's the sum of the input so far (thoughts?):
1. HOW LONG UNTIL YOU CLOSED YOUR FIRST PROPERTY (FROM WHEN YOU FIRST GOT SERIOUS)?
73% say <1 year
20% say approx 2 years
6% say approximately 3 years.
2. WERE YOU WORKING FULL TIME OR PART TIME ON REI WHEN YOU ACQUIRED YOUR PROPERTY?
87% say PT
13% say FT
3. MY FIRST PROPERTY CAME FROM _____ (MLS, DRIVING FOR DOLLARS, YELLOW LETTERS/POST CARDS, ETC.)
47% say MLS
13% say Marketing Campaign
20% say Direct Contact with Seller (FSBO, etc.)
20% Other (Word of mouth, Take over payments, etc.)
4. MY FIRST PROPERTY WAS LOCATED ______ (NEAR MY HOME, OUT OF STATE, ETC.)
100% say Near Home
5. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN REI FOR _____ (MONTS/YEARS) AND I NOW HAVE CLOSED ON ROUGHLY ______ PROPERTIES.
13% say <1 year; 2-4 properties
7% say 1-2 years; 4 properties
13% say 3 years; 3-11 properties (3-27 units)
13% say 6-7 years; 4-21 properties
20% say 9-10 years; 5-24 properties
13% say 11-19 years; 3 (15 units)-100 properties
13% say 20+ years; 50-1000 properties
6. I CURRENTLY WORK AT REI _________ (FT/PT)
20% say FT; 80% say PT
