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All Forum Posts by: Jonathan Greene

Jonathan Greene has started 274 posts and replied 6529 times.

Post: Need investor Realtor for multi-units south side Chicago

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Real Estate Consultant
  • Mendham, NJ
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@Dooreuhn Cee - 100 pct get in touch with Derrick Jackson. He knows the investor game and can also source properties. https://homesmart.com/real-estate-agent/illinois/arlington-heights/30414-derrick-jackson-ii/Welcome

Post: Salesperson Looking for Broker in Las Vegas

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Real Estate Consultant
  • Mendham, NJ
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@Reed Huddleston - If you re thinking of going in full-time as an agent and willing to do the work, contact Joe Herrera at http://www.joetaylorgroup.com/.

Post: Real Estate Agent Education

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#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Mendham, NJ
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@William V. - the best overall manual for learning to be an agent, other than the on the job training, is the book you get when you take the class because it is state specific. Although it's mechanical it's the best overview. In terms of motivation on how to succeed as an agent, the books I would recommend to get started is 7 Levels of Communication by Michael Maher because it will help you figure out how to work your own sphere and vendors without spending money. In terms of investing, it's Rich Dad, Poor Dad all day long or for younger investors, Set for Life.

Post: Investor-Friendly Real Estate Agent

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Real Estate Consultant
  • Mendham, NJ
  • Posts 6,743
  • Votes 7,790

Post: Insurance Agent or Company in NJ

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Real Estate Consultant
  • Mendham, NJ
  • Posts 6,743
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@Will H. - Call Rocco at Esposito Insurance in Nutley - https://www.espositoins.com/

Post: My Realitor wants a "PREMIUM" (side money)

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Mendham, NJ
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@Chris Toedter - immediately call his broker. This is why real estate agents have a bad name. There are no side deals. There are occasions when a listing agent gives out such a small buyer side (1%) that we ask the buyer to pay 2% on top of that, but that is a separate agreement and they pay our brokerage and we get our split. You can not go outside the brokerage as an agent and there certainly are no premiums to an agent.

Post: Pre-foreclosures on zillow?

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Mendham, NJ
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@Thomas Poloncarz Jr - Zillow pre-foreclosure "leads" you should think of as pre-pre-foreclosures because they are only accurate about 50% of the time and only continue to be updated about 25% of the time. When a lis pendens is filed, even way early, Zillow marks it as a pre-foreclosure. Some of these get worked out and never reach foreclosure. Some of these are sold and stay on Zillow even after they have been renovated and sold. Zillow doesn't care.

There are many, many sources better than pre-foreclosure lists. You can build your own lists using something like ListSource, but if you are new to it you should first be driving for dollars and looking for homes that are unkempt and then doing the research on those particular homes.

Post: Using Social Media to Get Name Out There

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Mendham, NJ
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@Lissette Deleon - way too many people try to build a social platform too early by using stock images and quotes and phrases. It doesn't matter how many followers you have on Instagram, it matters how many are actually paying attention to you. I advocate a slow and steady approach to scaling up your social, based on real-life results. New agents often just post great photos of living rooms or they buy followers, but that will never help your business. Facebook is much more effective for reaching who you want than Instagram right now. Instagram for real estate is a better name recognition, brand building when you are new.

Make a Facebook business page and slowly build ads off that, but you have to gain experience in the field before you fill up your social profiles because you will only build trust and get people to like you and want to work with you if your social posts are based on what you are actually doing and learning along the way.

Post: Social Media Advertisement

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Mendham, NJ
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@Derrick E. - I consider a Facebook campaign successful at .04 cents per engagement or less. Anything else isn't performing well. I spend a lot of money on Facebook and you will be most successful by putting a big spend and seeing what it does in the first 4 hours and then cut it or push it. I spend about $500/month or more just on Facebook ads, targeting buyer, sellers, investors, agents to recruit. Some are cold geographical lists for listings and some are targeted.

Targeted lists on Facebook are my whole sphere of influence is constantly updated and soft marketed to all the time ($1-$5/day) for testimonial ads and reminders. I also do the same with lists of agents I might recruit. We also do more targeted ads to back up our blogs, like if we are targeting first-time buyers we look deep for renters using the tools Facebook has available.

Post: Investor Friendly Real estate Agent

Jonathan Greene
#3 Questions About BiggerPockets & Official Site Announcements Contributor
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  • Mendham, NJ
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@Keivan Darius - I wrote a quick blog on BP about just this -  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/10015/64777-5-tips-to-find-an-investor-friendly-agent .  PM me with any questions at all. Most agents think it's too much work or are too lazy, but if you follow my tips, you will find someone who can help for sure.