Real Estate Marketing by Winston Westbrook | August 24, 2009
Ok, so you got up this morning and jumped on the scale in the bathroom like I did, and you noticed you gained some pounds over the course of this year. I don’t know about you, but I hate it when my pants do not fit like they should. Not only is it bad on the eyes but bad on the health.
So you ask, how does this tie in with real estate Winston?
My friends, I’ll tell you that health is wealth. What good is it if we have the world at our fingertips, but we cannot enjoy it beacuse we are overweight and unhealthy. So I got to thinking and I came up with a good way to get rid of those stubborn pounds, while at the same time uncovering some of those hidden deals that are just sitting in my neighborhood. The holidays are right around the corner, and if you put some of these simple tips into play, you can lose some serious pounds. You’ll also get the chance to make some deals happen that you wouldn’t have had the chance to do otherwise.
Here is the best way to drum up real estate business while at the same time losing weight and getting healthy:
- Take a walk throughout your neighborhood and pass out flyers to every single house letting them know about you and your service by door knocking. This works great for investors, real estate agents and loan officers. If you are an investor you can let them know you buy houses fast for cash or if you are a real estate agent you can let them know you can sell their house the quickest etc. etc. You get the drift.
Real Estate Tips by Jason Hanson | August 19, 2009
Want to learn how to save time and headaches when dealing with sellers? Well, the other day I was working with an investor who mentioned to me that he just couldn’t seem to close the current deal he was working on. It was a perfect subject-to deal, and the seller seemed pretty motivated, however, whenever it came time to sign the contract the seller delayed and said he needed more time to think about it. This had been going on for a month and a half.
So what did I tell this investor to do? I told him to give the seller a deadline. I told him to call the seller up and without sounding pushy, tell him the following: “Mr. Seller, this is John with ABC Realty. I just wanted to let you know that my supervisors told me we will need your decision whether or not you want to sell the house by Monday the 24th. We are looking at several properties right now and by the 24th we are going to purchase our latest batch of properties for the time being. So, please let me know by the 24th if you would like to sell your house to us. After the 24th we will be unable to assist you”.
A Deadline Works Every Time
I’ve seen too many investors spend months “playing games” with a seller trying to get them to sign a contract. They could have saved themselves a lot of hassle if they would have given the seller a deadline early on. When I have a half-motivated seller I give them a week to sign the contract. I don’t want to waste any more time with a person than a week… they’re either going to sign or not.
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A Home Buyer’s “Fair” That Had Much To Reveal–And It Is Not So Good!
by Charles Feldman | April 21, 2009Image by TheTruthAbout… via Flickr This past weekend, I dropped in at the Second Annual Home Buyer’s “Fair” at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It was billed as a two day event, complete with seminars and other educational opportunities for the would-be home buyer. Because of recent speculation–and some actual facts–indicating a slight upturn in [...]