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3/24/2009
I don’t think I’ve gone a week without posting, ever. Sorry about that.
I had a great time at the Wealth Explosion in Baltimore. Got a chance to finally meet some of the members of the Flippinghomes.com community and put some faces to names. I ended up having to leave early on Friday, so I missed most of the second day of class.
I took some pictures while I was there..
Wednesday night after having dinner with Steve at Friday’s, a bunch of us met up in the hotel lounge for a few cocktails. Followed by a few cocktails (and cigars) on the patio…
From L to R: Daniel, Matt, and fellow Flip Vip, Brian.
I was staying at the hotel across the street, and these guys were nice enough to walk/run me back over at the end of the night. As we were hauling ass across the road, Matt tripped on the median and did a face plant in the middle of the street. It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen (don’t worry, he didn’t hurt himself), and I was laughing so hard that I peed my pants right there in the middle of the highway. For real. It was that funny.
(That’s Brian’s cigar smoke, btw. Kinda spooky looking).
The following day, class started bright and early. We broke for lunch and headed over to Fuddruckers…
Then back to class until 5-ish. Coincidentally, happy hour was in full swing, so some of us headed over to the hotel lounge to get some food/drink…..
Glenn from Minnesota, and Scot (the firefighting rehabber) from Vegas
In case you can’t tell from the picture- Glenn is a hardcore party animal.
Proof: Strawberry daiquiri #2…..
Daniel from Atlanta. He’s working on his 3rd REO wholesale deal. Go Daniel!!
Me and fellow Flip Vip, Steve Cavanaugh
That’s Bill from FL in the pink shirt. We shared the shuttle ride from hell from the airport to the Ramada. David is next to Bill, and I believe that’s Dave next to David.
Fellow Flip Vips Christina and Mike Ferris
Mike, Russ, and Steve
Chad (from Appleton, WI), Christina, and Brian
Say Cheese!
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So now I’m back to work. Still making offers (made 10 yesterday), although it’s been awhile since I’ve gotten one accepted.
I’m curious to see what’s going to happen with the new plan for the govt. to buy up all the toxic assets from the banks. I sure hope they know what they’re doing. A trillion dollars is a whole lot o’ money….
Gotta run.
Later alligators!
On March 24, 2009 at 6:50pm, Alison said...
Yay! Welcome back
I kept checking your blog looking for an update on the trip — looks like a blast!
On March 24, 2009 at 7:25pm, Stephani said...
Thanks Alison.
It was a good time.
On March 24, 2009 at 9:25pm, Jerry said...
Too bad I got stuck in the mud.
On March 24, 2009 at 10:18pm, Stephani said...
Yeah, wish you could have made it. We all missed you.
On March 25, 2009 at 5:12am, Anonymous said...
Hi Steph,
I read in your blog that your were scared to pick up the phone and talk to sellers, other investors etc. I have the same issue. Feel like I need to know what I am talking about even though most of the time the conversations lead to questions of things I am unsure of or ‘how its done’.
Did you get over these fears simply by pushing through and talking to more and more people?
Just looking for a little pep talk.
On March 25, 2009 at 6:41am, Stephani said...
Anon-
You just have to get over it, and do it anyway- no matter how scared you are.
You can read all of the courses and go to all of the boot camps, but until you actually get out there and start putting the info to action, you are still going to have fear.
I was scared shitless in the beginning. I had no idea what I was doing, but I just forced myself to get out and start talking to people, and making offers, and it got easier the more I did it. Now I look back and wonder what the heck I was so scared of.
Fake it til you make it. That’s my motto.
Steph
On March 25, 2009 at 8:13am, Anonymous said...
Thank you Steph
On March 25, 2009 at 11:47am, Glenn said...
My daiquiri is not amused by your mocking tone…:)
On March 25, 2009 at 1:46pm, Stephani said...
Hehe. Sorry about that, but I couldn’t resist. That picture is my favorite!
On March 26, 2009 at 7:06am, Anonymous said...
So I went to a REIA meeting last night and there was a guru. I won’t mention his name but he is a wholesaling guru.
I like how gurus just make it seem so easy. Basically in a nutshell it was like “Get 25 leads, get a deal” the average deal is 20k.
Now I have not done enough marketing to confirm or dispute that but seriously, 25 calls = 20k come on.
On March 26, 2009 at 12:33pm, Stephani said...
They must have a seriously good system for generating leads if they are getting 1 deal per 25 calls and making an average of 20k per deal.
Sign me up!!
On March 27, 2009 at 9:54am, matt said...
Possible maybe in his market…who knows? I see things in mine that don’t apply to what the “gurus” sometimes say because the rules are a bit different…