Flip This Wholesaler

Hi guys and gals!

Hope you all had a great weekend.

I’m actually supposed to be in Raleigh, NC right this very second at a mastermind retreat with Steve Cook and the Flip Vips, but I had some unexpected, unfortunate stuff to deal with yesterday and today, so I had to cancel the trip at the last minute which totally blows, but what can you do?

Life is a big fat beeotch sometimes.

So anyway, other than that- I had a great weekend.

My buddy Nathan, aka the Short Sale Kid, had a big old Bday bash on Saturday, which was all kinds of fun. I brought my camera and took eleventy hundred pictures of the festivities, but somehow managed to delete almost all of them (shocking, I know). I’m sure it had nothing to do with the eleventy hundred glasses of vino I consumed at said party.

Thankfully, though, I did manage to salvage the pictures of the balloon magician guy performing a trick I like to call, “Holy shit, he’s going to suffocate in there!”

Behold:

He made me a lovely balloon boa.  Do you like?

And thus concludes my photos of my fun Saturday night out.  The remaining pics are either of people I don’t know, or they are not suitable for children under the age of 18.  And we can’t have any of that nonsense on my professional real estate blog, you know…

OK, so let’s talk about April’s Book of the Month, shall we? (Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk).

I’ll just get straight to the point here, and say that I totally don’t get what all the fuss was about this book.

I mean, I didn’t think it was horrible or anything, but after reading some of the reviews from people on the net, I thought this was going to be a real game-changer for the way I utilize social media, and I can honestly say that I really didn’t learn squat from reading this book.

A few people pointed out to me that maybe I didn’t find too much value in the book because I already “get” social media, and I think that may be the case.  I kind of took to social media like a fish to water (well, except for Twitter, which makes me want to cry just thinking about), so a lot of the stuff in the book seemed pretty commonsensical (is that a word?) to me.

I did like the fact that he went to great lengths to point out that building your brand through social media takes a lot of time and effort and WORK. Not that I wasn’t aware of that fact already, but it’s always nice to hear a social media guru actually tell it like it is, and not just blow a bunch of sunshine up your ass.  You know?

So, I’m curious to hear what the rest of you thought about Crush It!

Am I just being an overly critical jerk here?  Did you guys like the book?

What say you????????  Let’s hear it!

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May’s Book of the Month will be Influence by Robert Cialdini .  We’ll meet here at 8pm on Monday May 3rd to discuss.

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Hi Darlene and Ed!  Was great seeing you guys again! (Thanks for lunch, btw).

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There are still a few spots open for the training call this Saturday- if you haven’t signed up yet, you can click here to do so! (You will be taken to the sales page for the eBook- once you go through the checkout process, you will be emailed all the info for the call).

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Hi Everybody.

It’s me, Steph Davis.

Remember me?  The one who used to update her blog regularly and not take off for weeks at a time.  Remember?

Truth is, I decided to go on somewhat of a hiatus last week from Facebook, the Blogosphere, and Gmail.  A social media/internet detox, if you will.

The result of my detox was a thorough ass-kicking of last week: One JV deal in the bag, another one being negotiated as we speak (this one is a non-REO deal that I will tell you about in my next post), and a slew of new buyers added to my buyers list.  One of those buyers just flew in from NY today and I will be meeting up with him tomorrow to see if we can do some business while he is in town.

Needless to say, I’m quite pleased with my progress, and have no intention of slowing down. Although, I do pinky swear promise that I will start updating more frequently.  You can hold me to that.

So anyway, let’s talk about this month’s Flip This Book Club selection (Get Off Your “But” by Sean Stephenson), shall we?

When I bought the book, I had never heard of Sean Stephenson and knew nothing about him or his story.  It wasn’t until I started reading that I learned of his genetic disorder.  For those who didn’t get a chance to read the book, Sean was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta aka Brittle Bones Disorder.  He is 3 feet tall and permanently confined to a wheelchair.  When he was born, the doctors told him it would be easier to count the number of bones that weren’t broken in his body.  By the time he reached the age of 18, he had suffered more than 200 bone fractures.

Despite being faced with these seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Sean has gone on to become an internationally known public speaker, a clinical psychotherapist, and a role model and inspiration to millions of people all over the World (including myself).

Aside from telling his remarkable life story, in Get Off Your But, Sean also explains how to conquer insecurities and self doubt, and end the cycles of negativity and self-sabotage once and for all.  It’s kind of hard not to take his advice when you look at all he has achieved in spite of the struggles he has faced in his own life.  Here’s a guy who had every reason in the world to sit around wallowing in self pity, but when given the choice of viewing his condition as either a burden or a gift, he decided to view it as a gift.

Definitely an inspiring read, and one that I will keep handy for the next time I am feeling down in the dumps and throwing myself a pity party.  Sometimes a little perspective is just what the Doctor ordered.

For those who read it, I’d love to hear thoughts…….

Oh, and also- this month’s Flip This Book Club pick is Crush It, by Gary Vaynerchuk!  I’ve heard all sorts of good stuff about it, and have been dying to read it for the last several months.  Hope you all will join me in reading this one- we’ll meet here on April 5th to discuss.