Use transactions logs in your database to pin point problem customers and clients and do your best to rid yourself of these time wasters and at the same time also identify who are the clients that are actually "good clients", and then spend marketing dollars and data analysis looking for where to find more good people to do business with.

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When we talked, they shared their study results obtained by talking with brokers around the country who are diligent about data tracking.  

If you do this, find out why the target needs to sell.Counter to the broad stroke campaign, I think there's enough data out there to really hone in on the type of deal you are after-- an almost foreclosure, a fixer upper, etc.Narrowing it down and understanding who you want to market to helps you craft a more effective campaign that really resonates with them. 

NETROnline essentially provides links to the county sites and lets you know if there's data available there and if there's a subscription needed on the county site.

So, if you want accurate estimates, you should follow the methodology in the book, get contractor bids for the first few projects, and once you have the data from those bids/projects, you should start to be able to generate accurate estimates without as much help from contractors (though obviously, real bids are always better than numbers you come up with).3. 

I don't have a team, so I can't outsource this to someone else and I have thousands of MBs worth of data to sift through, so I really need help.

BPO agents are people, some can absolutely be influenced if you provide factual data in a polite, tactful way.

For the county where you are located (if the property is there), it seems to be in the 40+ day range based on what data source you utilize.

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