Flip This Wholesaler

A quick congrats to my boyfriend, R-Fed!

We’re flying to Dubai to celebrate, so I’ve gotta run….

4/5/09

So, my morbid curiosity got the best of me and I went to check the house out today. I sent the listing agent an email yesterday asking for the lock box code, and he sent an email right back with the code. Then I sent another email right after that saying that I was just curious about the picture in the mls, and asked if that was blood on the carpet.

His silence speaks volumes.

I guess someone decided that it might be easier to sell the house without the remnants of a crime scene present, which, I think was a pretty good idea…

You cant tell from this picture, but there are still stains all over the terrazzo, particularly in the bottom right hand corner.

SPOOKY.

I spent about 3.5 seconds in the house, and then I ran out because the hair was standing up on the back of my neck.

I still made an offer on it, though.

I’ll keep you posted.

I’m off to bed, where I will probably have horrible nightmares and have to sleep with the lights on.

P.S.
I keep wondering why in the world someone would include that photo in the listing. Any agents out there? Would you ever even think of adding a picture like that?

P.P.S.
And, no, Ned, I did not write “help me” on the walls. You sick bastard.

4/3/2009

It’s 11pm on a Friday night, and I’m partying like a rock star… drinking some vino, hanging out with my dog Jim, and scouring the mls for deals…

I just about fell out of my chair when I clicked on the photos of a house that I was about to offer on, and this picture popped up…

WTF?

Is it just me, or does it not look like someone got bludgeoned in this room?

Maybe I’ve had a few too many glasses of red, or seen too many episodes of Forensic Files, but this looks like a murder scene to me.

I’m going to check it out tomorrow. I’ll bring my camera.

4/2/09

So I made an offer on an estate the other day.

This property is an absolute DUMP, but it’s in a nice part of town, and I have a few investors who love this area, so I’ve been following it for several months, and watching it go under contract, and then pop back on the market. The list price is now 65k (way overpriced), and my offer was 37k- the same offer I’ve made for the last 4 months…

The listing agent called me today, and left a cheery sounding message asking if I would call her back about the offer I made. So, I’m thinking….. SWEET…they are totally going to take my offer, and I’m totally going to make 10k on this deal. Awesome. I rock.

Holy crap, was I ever wrong..

So, I called the agent back, and this crazy lady WENT OFF on me. I’m not even kidding you, she went on a tirade for at least 2 minutes, and I couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

According to her, I am insulting her profession by making offers like these, and also, I DIDN’T EVEN FILL IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN THE CONTRACT! HOW DARE I NOT FILL IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION?!! AND WHO DO I THINK I AM INSULTING PEOPLE WITH AN OFFER THAT IS HALF OF LIST PRICE???? ANSWER ME, DAMMIT!!!

Lord have mercy.

If I didn’t think she’d go into cardiac arrest, I would send off another offer tomorrow for 10k, and NOT INCLUDE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

Hehe.

2/18/2009

* My Mom called me today, frantic, because of the housing bill that is probably going to throw a monkey wrench the size of the Sears Tower into my current wholesaling strategy.

* I pretended like I wasn’t concerned.

* I am concerned. A lot.

* I am not going to worry about this anymore until I get back from Costa Rica, because there is no point in doing so.

* I am working on a non-REO deal with another wholesaler (Murphy) that may net me 20k-ish.

* I have no less than one million things to get done before I leave Sunday.

* Watson Title called today to ask why the deal that was supposed to close on Friday, is not closed. I find this hilarious. I still don’t know if it’s closed, and I really don’t care.

* I want to hunt down the person who sings that “Poker Face” song and punch her in the face.

* I probably have had a little too much to drink tonight.