Flip This Wholesaler

Hi Guys.

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, and I have all kinds o’ stuff to talk about, so grab yourself a refreshing beverage and pull up a chair…

First of all, I’m happy to report that, as of Friday afternoon, I removed all of my email accounts from my Crackberry!

After two weeks of trying to limit my email checking to only twice/day, I finally came to the realization that it wasn’t going to happen if I have my Blackberry on me all the time.  And since I can’t really ditch my phone, I decided to just delete the email accounts and be done with it.  It’s kind of like how I can’t have any candy or chips or cookies in my house, even if my intent is to only have a little bit once in a while to treat myself.  What happens is, I will eat all of it in one day, no matter how hard I try not to.  So, I just don’t ever buy any of it.  Problem solved…

So, anyway, I’ve been without email on my phone all weekend, and it’s been AWESOME.  I’ve decided to check email from my computer twice daily (noon and 7pm), and so far, it’s working out just fine.  It has only been 2 days, but I’ve been much more productive without the constant distraction of that stupid red light beeping in my face and tempting me…

Oh, I also finally committed Twittercide, and this time, I’m not ever going back.  I tried my best to get to know and love Twitter, I really did, but the truth is, I think it’s stupid and I hate it.

There, I said it.  I HATE TWITTER.

I am officially a Twitter Quitter.  Hehe.

Moving on to the real estate front….

I spent the weekend putting out signs (my sign guy seems to have disappeared into thin air), looking at houses, and looking for new buyers.  I was out the door at the crack o’ 7am both today and yesterday.  I put out 50 signs total- 30 on Saturday, and 20 today.

I had only planned on putting 30 out, but since I didn’t get one single phone call on Saturday (which I thought was very odd),  I got pissed and decided to go back and put out 20 more today.   After driving around for a little while this morning, I soon solved the mystery of why my phone hadn’t been ringing the day before….some asshole thought it would be a good idea to pull all of my signs up and toss them on the ground.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

There are about 20 more Exhibits, but I think you get the picture.

Good times.

I’m about 99% sure it was another wholesaler who did it- perhaps the one who has signs out all over the place advertising a 3/1 block for 49k (mine is a 3/1 block for 42k).  Probably has a little bit of deal hate going on…

So anyway, after I finished replacing my signs, I spent a good part of the day today hunting down some of the cash buyers that have recently bought properties off of the MLS.  I did an MLS search last night and came up with 15 cash investor sales in the last 30 days in the zip code that I am working in.  I drove by all of the houses today, and ended up getting 7 numbers from For Sale or For Rent signs that were in the front yards.  Not bad.  I’ll give them all a call in the morning, and let you know how it shakes out…

Other than that, I’ve been busy making offers and working on deals with some of the other wholesalers I know.  I got a counter back from the bank Friday on a duplex that just came back on the market.  It’s a nightmare inside and it’s on a not so good street, but I have a buyer who loves him some duplexes in the hood, and I’m pretty sure he’d take this one if I can get them down a wee bit more…

OK, I have some other stuff to talk about, but I will save it for the next post since this one is turning into a novella.

Adios Amigos!

P.S.
In case any of you are wondering why there are no apostrophes in the title to this post- for some reason, they just don’t show up. No idea why. Just an FYI for those who may be thinking I don’t know how to spel.  Hehe.

Hola amigos!

I hope you all enjoyed your Halloween weekend.

My plan to dress up as a hot dog never materialized, so instead I decided to be Steph with pink hair and sunglasses….

I kind of look like a transvestite, no?

Anywho, I don’t have too much to report on the real estate front.  The deal that I was working on with Murphy never materialized.   My buyer decided to take his sweet old time getting back to me with a contract and deposit, and by the time he made up his mind and decided to go for it,  it was too late.  Yay!

Today I went and looked at 6 properties and put offers in on all of them.  Right now I’ve got a handful of buyers who are chomping at the bit for new deals, so I’m making offers on anything and everything.  I’ve got a list of properties to look at tomorrow as well.  I’ll just keep making offers until I get one.  That always seems to do the trick..

In other news, after reading this article by Tim Ferriss for the 100th time, I’ve decided that I need to do something about my addiction to my Crackberry.  My email habits are totally out of control, and I need to put my foot down ASAP.  So……from here on out, I’m only checking my email ONCE A DAY.  I’ve tried implementing this strategy several times in the past, but was not able to stick to it. This time I mean business, dammit.

I’ll keep you posted..

Oh, I also recorded a Saturday Night Reader Mail on Halloween, which turned into a 4 hour production because Windows Movie Maker is a steaming pile of dog crap. I posted it to my blog late Saturday night (after many Halloween cocktails), then I went back to edit the post and accidentally deleted the whole thing. I was seconds away from punching my laptop in the face, so I decided to wait until I cooled off to repost it.

So, here it is….(it’s about using bandit signs to find buyers, btw).  Enjoy!

Click here to get your FREE BANDIT SIGNS!

Later Alligators!

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