24 December 2013 | 3 replies
What would be good is to talk to the city and community and to understand if there are any development projects coming in that area in next 5 years.
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13 January 2015 | 23 replies
(3 hours total) Outside of that I think we have gotten 2 - 3 calls this year for repairs outside our monthly visit.We have also developed a relationship with a local handyman business.
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7 January 2014 | 10 replies
A developer or large scale multi-family investor might have concerns that could be addressed by such a strategy, but I just don't see where the average investor who is conservative (buys smart/makes sensible profit projections) and diversified (not all the eggs in one basket) would need this kind of complex "hedge" for their investments.Your example is "a home" for a "sale close in 9 months" and that sounds like one big project and all of your eggs are in one basket.
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26 December 2013 | 7 replies
Renting or buying these condos is also the cheapest way to get into the neighborhood - it's the only condo development, and all of the single family homes start at around 450-500k.
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31 December 2013 | 22 replies
Is there a community development corp (CDC) for the neighborhood?
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28 December 2013 | 7 replies
Ideally, I'd like to cash flow $40k in five years (still am developing my goals/strategies as I learn).Looking forward to your insight!
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27 December 2013 | 3 replies
Increase their productivity by using technology to create and manage a bigger pipeline of business, freeing them to list and sell more homes.A Valuable Tool for AgentsAgents want to influence their clients' search experience and manage their relationships but often lose control of the process and the prospect, who goes skipping from site to site to find bits of information.
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26 December 2013 | 1 reply
I would consider building a targeted website for the demographics you are searching for and then working with a web developer to SEO the site as much as possible.I would suspect though that networking will most likely bring you your biggest leads early on.
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29 December 2013 | 13 replies
Hello all,My name is Eston "EJ" Johnson and I am a Creative Director/Web Designer/Web Developer living in the Houston Spring area.
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26 January 2015 | 6 replies
Great, In a couple of months I developed a system in my market to generate Probate Leads.