All Forum Posts by: Greg F.

@Michael G.@Mark Rios 

Sorry guys, with the holidays and working in Brazil.  He is my update.

  We are very happy with what Joe and Peter are providing us.   I will be honest and say that we were not prepared for the leads that came in.  We got behind the 8ball and trying to catch up to the leads that we have.  At no fault to Joe and Peter.  

Send me a PM if you would like to know more.  I am not going to go into details on this topic because of previous comments left by people who have never talked to Joe or Peter.

We are a fast growing investment team looking to build a foundation of REI professionals. We are currently in the WA and TX markets. The leads we have are almost to much to handle. Take sometime and fill out this quick form. The link is below.

  https://podio.com/webforms/9482705/744029

Or send me a message I will be happy to answer any question you have.

What are you trying to do?

We are a fast growing investment team looking to build a foundation of cash buyers, agent, wholesalers, private lenders and tenant buyers. We are getting a couple hundred leads a month and always looking for team members to help us and you in the REI business. Take sometime and fill out this quick form. The link is below.

https://podio.com/webforms/9482705/744029

Or send me a message I will be happy to answer any question you have.

Thank you for both for your input and concerns. I honestly do appreciate it. I can also see the concerns of a new poster on BP. I can see were Jerry is coming from on the testimonials. None of the gurus on the testimonials mentioned us, (nvision) I see more of quotes from them than testimonials. We all start somewhere, as we grow in REI all the little things will grow with us. We know our site needs some work to make more us. I work in Brazil for 28 days and my partner is in the Navy. Our main focus is the leads that come in. The websites are on the back burner for now.

@Bill At first I took it personal but as I read your post more than once I came to realize it was directed to the community more so than me. It just happened to be on a topic I posted on. I just felt that I should post my experience so far with Joe and Peter. There is always two sides to every story. One side had a bad experience with Joe and Peter and the other side had a good experience so far with Joe and Peter. Like I said time will tell if we made a good decision or a bad one. But I do know this, good or bad we gain knowledge and experience in the REI business.

@Jerry You will always have people that do not believe in something you say or put on your website. If it is from a website, email or talking to them in person.It is human nature to have that mindset, the only way to make a non-believer to a believer is by action, and that’s what my partner and I will do.Sure testimonials can help, but how hard is it for someone to make those up. Not very hard, it’s marketing, it’s getting someone to call you and talk to you about their situation, and it’s about helping someone out of the situation they are in. It’s about placing good people into a good home that is down on their luck for whatever reason that might be.

In my first post in this topic I never endorsed Jor or Petter, I never said anyone should buy into their program. I stated my opinion of my experience with them. How does anyone get that I was trying to endorse them I don’t know. We all see things different from one another.Just like Jerry seeing the testimonials being from gurus, I see quotes from gurus.For me the key here is to have constructive topic with being respectful to one another’s business and personal feelings.I try my best to be very respectful, up front and honest to everyone I come into contact with.This topic was asking about Joe and Peter, I posted my opinion just like Justin did.So let’s focus on the topic at hand.Bill and Jerry have you ever done business with Joe or Peter?

Thank you both again for you input, honesty, and concerns

@Peter Smith

So glad I saw this post. My wife was lost, did care, could not understand anything that had to do with REI. ZERO interest none what so ever. Been trying to get her on board for years. So lets fast forward to recent times. I have a great job that pay extremly well. But I hate it, I am gone for half of everything. Half my marriage, my kids lifes, bdays, holidays, deaths in the family. You name I have missed it. I got tired of missing, got tired of her being by herself. So i made the change. My brother/partner and I got a property and rented it out. We get $500 in passive income off of it and we have about 40 to 50k in equity. This got her juice flowing a little bit. The more I focused on REI the more she got interested in it. She is now reading books to get the basics down. She also plans to start making calls to cash buyers and tenant buyers.

Some told me this.  This is my situtation.  She has everything to lose and you (I) have everything to gain. So lets break this down.

Her lose

- Her security of a constant pay check.  ( she is a stay at home mother who works her tail off to maintain the house hold)

- Buying things when she wants

- Lifestyle

- Marriage adjustments.

- Daily adjustments

- and list can go on but you get my point.

My gain.

- Home everynight

- Spend more time with the family

- Watch my kids grow up

- Not having to travel to work and be gone for 28 days in the middle of the ocean.

- Less dangerous job.

I will be walking away from my 250k year job in June of 2015 to follow my dream.  So we are planning and preparing for it.  People say I am crazy.  They might be right but I would be more crazy to not follow my dream.

I guess what I am trying to say is this.  Follow your Dream, do not let anyone say no, and it can not be done.  Because it can.  Good Luck to you and yours.

@Justin Morgan  @Bill Gulley 

@Bill not sure if you are trying to say that I am trying to pitch what they offer. I was just stating my experience so far with Joe and Peter. Sure every program is a risk you only get out of it what you put into it. My partner and I looked at like this. Will this help now, 1 year from now and 5 years from now? To us the answers were yes at the time, we might look back and say to each other what in the hell were we thinking. Only time will tell. I could care less about how many people Joe and Peter bring into their program. I am looking out for my business and my family. Do I want them to be more successful absolutely, do I want everyone to be successful absolutely. If the business relationship does not pan out, then nothing lost and everything gained. I also want to thank you for your service to our great nation. Congrats on all the things you have accomplished in your career and the support you offer here on BP.

@Justin

1. How much mail do these guys send out for your $1000 month?

2. The website you have on your profile is around $29 month. Do these guys provide another website for Lead Generation with your $1000 month?

- The 1k a month pays for 1k postcards, VA scraping on craigslist daily, website, birddog site, rent to own site, changes to the sites, turnkey podio setup. (We pay for our own account with podio) they will create a workspace for you on their podio account.

I understand where you are coming from on spending money more wisely on marketing. There are a lot of gurus out there. That claims this and claims that. The only things I can do are hustle with every lead that their program brings in, and do my homework so we can be successful REIs. So far, so good. We should be closing on our first property here in the next 2 weeks. This property should pay the for the upfront cost and another 2-5 months of marketing.

I will update our adventure with Joe and Peter here in a couple of months. Sometimes words can be taken out of context. So I hope that this post does not offend or upset anyone. Vision without action is a day dream, action without vision is a nightmare.

@Michael G.

No problem.  I will keep this topic updated.  We just landed a contract off a postcard that should pay for Joe and Peters program.  

@Michael G.

@Dave Slaughter    

Here are my questions on the deal that you are trying to sandwich.

- What is sellers monthly mortgage payments including tax, and insurance?

- Have you pulled comps for the property to nail down what the property is worth?

- What are the comp rentals in that area?