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5 April 2017 | 14 replies
They do it because they make a royalty off of GROSS SALES.So they could give a rat's aS# if the business owner makes money as long as corporate gets a fat check based on volume of sales and maintains market share.It's all about the NET after expenses.You will see franchise models all the time tout gross sales or someone selling a business.Gross sales doesn't mean jack.If someone could do home vestors for 10,000 that's not nearly as bad as 80,000.If you spent 5,000 on marketing yourself you would get just as good or much better results than dropping 10,000.If you want it in a nice little box you will pay for it.
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23 June 2015 | 10 replies
Have to call them on my cell to get customer service.
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26 September 2023 | 13 replies
@Derek Gutekunst Hey Derek just my 2 cents but DM is dead at least in my market, maybe your market is difference but through direct mail it takes way too long to get the same results you would get from reaching out to the owner via cell phone.
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13 August 2019 | 111 replies
On the other hand, I get big fat goose bumps over a relatively simple $55K purchase, $10K rehab, $90k appraisal, refi most of my money back out and $1050 monthly rent.
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19 April 2016 | 21 replies
Also thinking of creating separate sites for separate towns (this is pretty easy to achieve so no big deal)Google Voice/Skype # - alternate number routed to my cell + short/sweet answering service for any calls I missedResearch call scripts & practice them-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*Question:For those of you already wholesaling - How does that look?
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13 September 2017 | 62 replies
Where I'm at, we have one building inspector, I have his cell number in hand, and things are always on the up and up.
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15 June 2013 | 83 replies
They are the same ones who attend the mandatory continuing education classes and feel they are so important that they do not have to turn their cell phone on silent or off.
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22 May 2013 | 21 replies
At my desk, not on my cell phone, not driving the all, and with no competing distractions.As to inherited property, most heirs/beneficiaries take only about 18 months on average to hate landlording.
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10 October 2017 | 91 replies
.)- old laptop computers and cell phones- lamps for "growing" operations- beer cans ... thousands of them- garbage .. enough to fill five 40 cubic yard dumpsters (in one large house).- and finally...
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23 January 2013 | 7 replies
OMG...I can't imagine putting my cell number in an ad.