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Hey guys just wanted to say I GOT MY FIRST HOME UNDER CONTRACT!!!!! OMGOODNESS IM EXCITED! It’s outside of Grand Rapids which is what I was originally looking for but the deal popped up in Kalamazoo and I decided to s...
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Have any of you used some of the foreclosure services online? Such as foreclosure dot com, propelio or myreipro? I usually use the county clerk website and search pre foreclosures but this does take a lot of time. I'v...
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Hi my name is Carol from South Africa...Pardon my introductory anthem.... but I still have to since im a newbie to the forum and investing in general.I have recently been exploring the concept of "Driving for Dollars"...
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My husband and I are currently stationed overseas for 18 months (remaining now). We will be going back to Jacksonville where we lived before we moved. We want to start a direct mail letter campaign for wholesaling pur...
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Hey BP,I've been riding my bike around town trying to develop an eye for distressed properties.I've been seeing some worn out roofs, holes in the wood right under the gutter, and general lack of maintenance/outdate st...
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I have access to the MLS through a friendly agent. What I'd like to do is connect with the realtors who are listing all the REO properties in my area.My plan is to call them, introduce myself, and inform them that I h...
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In many of our core markets, we have areas with a high % of Hispanic ethnicity (in markets such as Phoenix, LA, San Diego, Atlanta, DFW, San Antonio and New York). I know many of you guys are in these or similar mark...
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Just wondering what kind of envelopes you use for your letters. I was looking at the invitation envelopes and they are very expensive. Rite now I'm just buying cheap envelopes from the 99 cents store 100 for a buck. H...
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I am a new investor, and I have a lead on a property that I know looks to have a lot of criteria to be a good deal:
-payments are delinquent
-owner is out of state
-owner is an unwilling landlord
-owner tried to sell...
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Hey guys, are code violated properties good? I've written down all the properties in a county with violations that had absentee owners. Is this a good start?