BiggerPockets

Do you outsource or are you trying to get people to outsource to you?

I could never express the amount of time that I have spent learning and perfecting my knowledge and skills related to short sales. It takes daily attempts to educate yourself, if you want to stay at the top of the game.

As for outsourcing, I am biased so I will leave my opinion out.

I totally agree, that you should have working knowledge of all aspects of your business. I know all the rage right now is to outsource everything, so you can lay on the beach and become rich. But you must know how to accomplish all tasks in your business.

That is what amazes me. When we have a potential client approach my company and ask about short sales. When we explain, they are confused. Then when we discuss the paperwork, marketing, and funding they are really confused. When asked what they planned, they reply, "we are outsourcing".

I even had one guy tell me that he could be reached on the beach. Because he was outsourcing everything to "simple" minded business people like myself. And he was to inmportant to work. I ask further questions about his knowledge on each step. Once again he laughed and said, why would I worry with those items when I can outsource. We never received any files from him. And when I last spoke with him, he was "working" on a new stratgy.