All Forum Posts by: Jeremy T.

Ahhh to spend a day with @Bill Gulley Starting at 5 a.m., shaking his fist at, then banging out 1000+ word replies to people on BP naively posting about seller financing.  Taking a field trip to the local assessors office, where he is cordially referred to as "sir", watching as he shakes his cane and mutters a few choice words under his breath at the new whipper-snapper in the zoning office.   Then wrapping things up by settling into Perkins for a 4:15 p.m. dinner.  Followed by a fireside chat, a cup of Sanka, and some butterscotch candies ;).

Ultimately, investors are looking for deals, so @James Wise has the best strategy.

@Nancy L. 

If you are looking to take a road trip:

Take US 101 north out of Los Angeles (you will go through Camarillo, Ventura, Santa Barbara).  At Las Cruces you will take CA 1 where it splits from US 101.  The two roads do continue to 'comingle' until you get just north of San Luis Obispo, but stick with CA 1.  

I grew up and now live in the east.  While there is a great deal of historical/man-made beauty to be found in this area of the country, few things can match the majestic expanse of the Pacific Coast along CA 1 from Morro Bay north to where it meets back up with US 101 in Mendocino County, some ~500 miles later.  It was a life-altering journey for me.

I'm still confused by how learning local real estate law, contracts, customs, etc can be considered a negative before embarking in...well...real estate?

So the drawback is that you have to disclose that you are an agent working as a principal?  Well, I suggest that you dry your tears with the checks from the closed leads that you pass on to your retail agent friend/associate.

I kid, but seriously, I'm still waiting to hear the drawbacks.  If your argument is that you don't feel like subjecting yourself to overbearing licensure fees, general fees, more fees, etc from a governing body just to obtain a 'license', that's a different conversation...though I doubt you will find much sympathy in that regard either.

Just do it, what do you have to lose?

This page has tons of good information provided by the same user.

@Eddie Werner 

This is my 'go-to' for civilian produced crime maps.  Clairton is featured, not sure if this is the level of accuracy you were searching for.

My sister has been doing hair for over a decade.  At last, thanks to the trail-blazing insight provided by several individuals on this forum, I can finally treat her like a second-class citizen without guilt.

They are not mutually exclusive.  Well, unless you are the extraordinarily rare person, blessed with unwavering focus, free from distraction and resistance, I don't think you can "shoot for the moon" without setting small, incremental, and achievable goals.

@Jeff Arndt 

I find it somewhat preposterous that I am the first vote on and reply to this epic post.  Bravo kind sir!

The content of your final paragraph makes my inner copywriter cry and want to punch a hole in some drywall.  Mucking up basic items such as the name or address are kind of out of the marketers control.  You can check for accuracy, but for the sake of efficiency one has to put some trust into the list provider to get this information as correct as they can. 

I get agitated when someone starts misspelling ANYTHING in the narrative, no matter how casual the interaction.  That is (I'd really like to use some foul language here) pathetic.  What other profession in the world has such a low barrier to entry that you can proposition a 5+ figure transaction with a grammatically inferior 'letter' (I use that term loosely) rife with spelling errors?

Yes, direct response marketing is a lot about 'right place/right time'.  However, In order to even be in that "right place", I believe a level of professionalism with your target could be previously established with a basis in communicating using the basics of the English language. 

I know that this rant makes me sound like a condescending *******, but I'm ok with that.  I take pride in using my words to elicit a response from people.  Not everyone is a good writer, and that's fine.  Just don't expect average, or even mediocre results from direct response when you cannot properly spell all of the words in a sentence.  Stay in your lane.  I don't go into homes and start tearing into walls. 

If you suck at writing and grammar, that's cool...find someone who doesn't and have them do it for you.  Otherwise, as Mike expressed: the people receiving these letters (that you are spending your hard earned marketing budget on) are openly mocking you.