Wrote a letter - cold calling experience
Thursday, March 19
Ok, I've jumped back on the REI wagon, and am picking up steam. In my post "You Snooze You Lose" I described how one of the properties on my watchlist went off the market and new people were living there. According to the adult son of the couple, they had bought the house and moved in. Well, lo...
First home showing on HUD home
Tuesday, March 17
So, I got caught in the You Snooze, You Lose category for most of February. I figured that in my area of Utah, that's the sweet spot. It's cold, there's not much action, no one wants to buy when there is snow on the ground, etc. In my last post, I detailed how I was wrong. The 5th house on my...
You snooze, you lose
Friday, February 20
I have been busy, no doubt. We just moved into our new home, which took a lot of time and effort. Moving is never fun. But the whole reason I started looking at Real Estate investing was because I had done so much research on real estate to buy this house. This transaction was super successfu...
First Step - Got a "no" sort of, but moving on to 2nd Action Step
Saturday, January 17
First step - it was a long shot, but a shot. We knew of a family that didn't really want to move, but were feeling that they needed to. So, the first step was to send them an email and see if there was an interest in staying in their home as renters. I had a spreadsheet all set up where I coul...
Today - the first Action Step
Thursday, January 15
Today was my first Action Step. Meaning, I went from thinking about, reading about, planning about, and imagining about Real Estate Investing, to actually taking the first action step. Here's how it went down: I've been looking at getting into real estate since moving to Utah this summer. We ...