Live & Flip

Mush!

Ive been driving my neighborhoods for sometime now. I'm getting a much better feel for street qualities and areas with problems. I'm finding vacant properties and I'm recording the addresses. I'm looking up the owners of those homes. For some reason, I haven't gotten a letter out. Fear is a damned thing. I'm not afraid of phone calls, making offers, buying or selling houses. Its a fear of not knowing every bend in front of me. I am a very analytical person. I need to know all the fa...

Taking calls, making offers

I received a call on a probate letter last week. I took a look at the house and made my offer. It was 80k less then what the seller hoped for, but he was happy I was honest and straight forward with him. Its a small house a neighborhood where they are being scraped for 500k-1.2m dollar homes. I would have either had to scrape it or do an extensive gut rehab to make it sell-able in the area. I will send him a thank you letter and a follow up letter in 6 weeks. I have been scouting MLS pro...

Coaches and Probates

I have been making calls to my coach every two weeks. In that time, I have gotten MLS access, narrowed my farm area, determined my buying criteria and set my deadline to start making offers. My goal is to make an offer by 5/19. I'd say the coaching has gone well so far. To add to that, one of the coaches I ruled out is now leaving real estate. I wish that coach the best of luck. He did extremely well in real estate and is now pursuing his life's mission. Good for him. Very reassuring for...

Busy 3 weeks

I let 3 weeks with no post slip by and did not even realize it. Crazy. I have been doing my coaching items whenever I can fit them in. Life simply took hold and did not give me any free time what so ever. With the help from my folks and brother-in-law I completely redid the landscaping on our yard. Its almost done. Bought 2 dozen plants and 3 tons of mulch. Added a new brick border wall up front, removed those three bushes, removed several trash cans of trash and rose bushes, had the ...