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13 February 2017 | 8 replies
@Rick Baggenstoss I grew up in Glenn Garry glen ross my dad was a land man just like Al Pacino... and Jack Lemmon would have done better if he did what my dad did.. my dad bought a printing press and I had to make door hangers after work then on weekends I had to put them out door to door.. so my dad got 20 leads a week and did not use the company leads like everyone else.. soon was number one then in 2 years started his own company... thanks for the memories.. my exerpince with this company is on the front lines one of my vendors bought a property through these yahoos total fabrication on the rehab and resale value these guys are ruthless in their approach and in my mind have little concern other than to make a fee and move on totally CAVEAT EMPTOR if working with these folks..
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6 October 2016 | 33 replies
All the other "glad handing", convincing, selling, or as we used to say in Brooklyn where I grew up "********ting", will just present you as another "empty suit" salesman.
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5 October 2016 | 0 replies
I know the city extremely well, as I've grew up here, so my only addition is knowing competitive advantages of the landscape, i.e. incoming Silicon Beach tech scene, gentrifying hip neighborhoods, etc.
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12 October 2016 | 4 replies
Hello all,Thanks to this site and the podcast to connect me with @Dawn Brenengen. For anyone in the Raleigh area, she is great, helped me analize the properties, closed 2 homes 2 months ago. Very investor friendly. Hi...
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18 August 2016 | 22 replies
I literally grew up watching the house prices rise, rise, rise and then dramatically fall in 2008.
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14 August 2016 | 3 replies
By the way, I grew up in Corona- neighbors to Elmhurst...
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15 August 2016 | 15 replies
Keep in mind the population and real demand grew so it also makes sense that a property is worth more than it was in 2006 even though that was some crazy no doc mortgages upswing in 06 hat had no business being that high in the first place.
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29 March 2018 | 10 replies
Grew up in plano and currently live 8 min east of Downtown Dallas.
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15 August 2016 | 3 replies
Hello, I'm currently a BYU student in Utah, but I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico.