Code violations
Monday, August 27
I viewed a house that I saw posted on Craigslist. The house needed new everything. On my way to my car, I noticed a letter on the door. The letter was from the Fayetteville Code Enforcement. The letter was the reason why the seller was so motivated. That's when I decided that since I was not gett...
Website
Monday, July 23
For the past two weeks, I've been working on my website. I did not think it would be so time consuming. It is still a work in progress, but I wanted to get it up. I have not worked on ranking it yet, but that will be my next step. I plan on doing a FB page and video marketing. I have spread the w...
Close
Monday, July 02
Last month was a frustrating month for me, but I try to think of it as a learning experience. I had leads on two houses. The conversations sounded very promising; however, the both said another buy was also interested. I thought it was some tactic, but I kept moving forward. With the 2 bedroom, I...
June 03-09, 2012
Monday, June 11
Last week I sent out 7 letters to homeowners who was going into tax foreclosure. One responded back. He told me that if I was a realtor he would turn me into the board because I wrote this in my letter: "You won't make a profit unless you sell". Meaning that if the final bid goes over the back ta...
Procrastination
Wednesday, May 30
2 months ago I sent out another batch of letters to empty houses. I recieved phone calls but the best call came from a landlord. He had a troubled tenant whom he was trying to evict. The guy completely had the landlord ready to give up on real estate. He was drained. He was very motivated and wa...
Patience
Monday, February 20
I recently sent out another round of letters. This time it was to owner's of vacant houses. I received a good response with the deliquent taxes, but no deals were made. I sent 25 letters out and so far 3 people have called me back. The hardest thing to do is pass on a house. I had an owner who wa...