Flip This Wholesaler

1/05/2008

I had planned on writing a post before the end of 2007 giving a recap of my year, but never got around to it after my travel plans got messed up due to my irresponsible bloody mary drinking. I did, however, write an article that Trevor Mauch was nice enough to post on his site, The Rei Brain. It’s kind of a snap shot of my mostly crappy first year in wholesaling. Check it out if you have a spare moment.

P.S.
I had an REO agent call me yesterday and tell me that the bank is ready to dump one of their properties that I offered on a few weeks ago. It’s listed right now at $130,000, worth about $180-190k, and he said he thinks he can get them to take 90k!! I’ve got 2 of my buyers going to take a look at it this weekend and let me know what they will pay for it. I’ll keep you posted……..

Have a great weekend- make some offers!!!!

12/08/2007

I was supposed to go to a hockey game tonight with my friend Jeff, but decided to stay home instead and give some serious thought to my game plan for the coming year.

I pretty much failed miserably at the goals I set for myself this year, although it definitely wasn’t for a lack of trying. I really had no clue what I was getting myself into when I quit my job and jumped in full time, so I’m not beating myself up too much about it. Now that I know what to expect, I will be able to set more realistic (yet challenging) goals for 2008. I’m looking at 2007 as a dry run.

I listened to Earl Nightingale’s “The Strangest Secret” earlier, to give me some inspiration. I’ve heard it several times in the past, and it always puts me in the right frame of mind. It’s a 30 minute audio that you can listen to for free here. Mark Victor Hansen interrupts the story a couple of times, which is kind of annoying, but other than that, it’s definitely worth listening to if you have some time to spare….

¡Adios Amigos!