All Forum Posts by: Kevin Kaczmarek

public records will give you chain of title to see who owned the property and what dates all of the transactions took place. If you look on realtor sites the information is often inaccurate or not recorded. Your best bet would be working with a title company to get a chain of title. There is no way to determine if the property was wholesaled other than the clues of quick turnaround and increased sales price. Hope that helps.

Welcome D'andre,

I think you found the place. There are a ton of great people on here who are more than willing to share their knowledge and experience.

Welcome aboard!

The best way to not have to put an EMD down is to have done a bunch of transactions previously with a track record of closing on the deals you agree to purchase from that seller. Then and only then should you bypass putting EMD's down. Like Wil said, for those looking to avoid the EMD you might want to avoid getting in the game.

Full report to follow!

Jon, you know I will be there :-) Are you coming?

maybe if there is enough of us there, we can all meet somewhere one evening just to say hi, no dinner needed. No matter what, we will probably run into each other at the conference. It has been quite a bit of fun the past two times I have attended.

Ann,

I will be there. I was trying to organize an ETC networking dinner one night, as of right now, all I know is that Curt and I will be there, and you make three.

we used a shovel handle and a staple gun with tie straps to put signs up high enough not to be taken down. There are some signs in Michigan that were up for years and might still be there because of this neat homemade thing.

Thanks for sharing Bryan.

I was part of a group that did 50 two months in a row and did over 350 in one year. Needless to say it was a ton of work and led to different strategies. I would suggest you set a net income target and achieve that. If you find the work is more than its worth then you know to adjust.

We had a whole team and had to coordinate quite a few buy/sell transactions in a short period of time.

You will need good agents, a good closing company, and good marketing techniques.

We found that the direct mail and flyers in and around the neighborhood were the most effective ways to get the phones to ring. We were averaging about $250 a property in marketing costs in those months.