I narrowed it down to about 300 addresses which I thought was a good sample size for my test.I did a quick spot check on the list and it seemed to indeed include the right types of buildings.Then I decided that I wanted to send a formal printed letter on white paper (not handwritten and not yellow), but that I wanted the letter placed into a handwritten envelope with a real stamp.

I am just saying if you're a newbie and an investor is selling you a house, make sure you have an attorney looking at everything or you may lose your shirt.

Good morning All,

I have a couple offers pending on multi-family properties and I wanted some advice. If I can land these properties, I am thinking about including water and sewer in the rent. I have seen pro...

Can you sell it and get out from under it without losing your shirt?

You might pay $65 for a polo shirt, but you might buy the same shirt out of the same factory without the logo for $12.00, but what people buy is perception, it plays to their ego, not common sense. 

@Ray - My campaign was printed on resume paper sent in greeting card envelopes that were hand addressed and stamped by my friend.I paid my friend $1 per envelope stuffed, $30 for the paper and envelopes, and $50 for regular first class postage stamps.

Satha Palani I'm not familiar with NJ laws but typically if it is more than a single story building and you are changing wall layouts you need an architect or engineer to stamp drawings for permit.

With online auto and bill pay, the days of sitting down and cranking out checks and licking stamps are pretty much over as well.  

.. now consider that a decent mentor could charge $10-20 even $40k dollars for teaching a student their secrets .. but I doubt this investor would even consider trying to charge that much .. although his time sound pretty valuable also .. so here we are .. your service is valuable ..his knowledge is valuable .. the best thing to do is have a discussion about expectations of each of you .. if you feel you can surpass his then i would suggest you try to put a day stamp on it .. like ok .. lets say tou make a deal with him .. if your services increases his business by 15% by a certain time frame then you would expect to become a partner with a certain amount of % on his deal after that criteria is met by your services .. how much shoukd you ask for , I have no idea .. because I dont have a real understanding of the service you provide and you are already going to get paid something for it .. if it really does increase his business then why not ask for a small piece of what it generates .. say 10% plus your hr wage .. and then explain that because this is business you and him might be better off by writing a partnership agreement spelling out exactly what is expected between each of you .. if not for anything more than so you can get practice with contracts a bit and because it just makes good business sense .. that way if you dont live up to what is expected of you or if he does not do the same for you then either of you can refer back to the contract between you .  

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