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2 February 2013 | 2 replies
Here is a sample: •Data EntryoEnter business cards into systemoOrganize Excel Spreadsheets/ docs oAnswer phone calls from leads and enter information in database (Strong communication skills a must) •ResearchoProspecting onlineoComps (sold properties)oProperty recordsoImportant articlesoPersonal stuff to buyoCreate a speech oSkip trace•MarketingoUse the social media to drive traffic to your buyers list "squeeze pages"oMarketing from Click2Mail direct mailoCraigslist and other sites ad postings As you can see the list is long (hey I can dream , right lol).The chance of finding someone that could do all that is probably not great but where I am most concerned is getting help with data entry (taking calls, excel etc).
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21 May 2012 | 3 replies
But he lived in his 4-plex for only 1 year (another year to go per FHA rules), and he does not want to be breaking any rules, and he thinks that it will NOT look good if I finalize the purchase of a house under my name AFTER we get married, he's afraid there may be some penalties from FHA administration, since he failed to stay at his 4-plex for 2 years.
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26 December 2011 | 2 replies
Is this the Public Administrator Auction from this other BP post?
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15 January 2012 | 20 replies
Of course I don't make it easy for someone to get my info, but web database hacking is one too many things for me to worry about.
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21 March 2011 | 22 replies
Key factor to being a good wholesaler is to have a large database of buyers and shop for properties meeting their criteria.
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22 June 2011 | 19 replies
That puts me on their radar and they send me any listings they get.Second, I bought the raw property database from out county auditor.
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23 June 2011 | 14 replies
You'll learn more about the business in a month than you could learn in 10 years from watching all administrative-like.Is this extreme?
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25 November 2012 | 16 replies
The trailing income statement will show you the ACTUAL income, loss to lease, concessions, uncollectable bad debt, non-revenue units, cost of insurance, repairs (which might still show lower than reality if they aren't fixing stuff), contract services (landscape maintenance, trash etc), payroll (which your analysis completely omitted but you will need to pay on site management and maintenance staff in addition to the management fee), advertising, administrative (office supplies, tax returns, banking fees, corp tax, etc), and utilities (which you need to use actual plus a little because your rates will go up).
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7 December 2008 | 7 replies
He said "Sure, there is a database by my company and I will ask others in my office if they know any" which immediately set off alarm bells because I'd assumed he'd have personal experience with some.
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8 December 2008 | 5 replies
Scant Response The Hope for Homeowners program, run by the Federal Housing Administration, has signed up few lenders since it started in October because banks must write off a large portion of the loan and pay high fees.