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What I’m Reading, Watching and Learning in Dec 2013

From time to time I come across some really great content about various topics that I find helpful towards my real estate investing.  Some of the information helps me take action and some of it helps...

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So Many Choices and Why I decided…

I’ve heard that kids always get sick around the holidays and it held true in my family.  My 21 month old son caught some virus which gave him mucus from hell and a 102 fever for 4 days.  Doesn’t help...

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Looking For a MasterMind Group

A couple of years ago I was a part of a coaching program that had a mastermind group for it’s students.  We only had about 8 people but it was great to get together with like minded people to talk...

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Am I Wasting $3,000 Doing This?

 Last June I signed up for a real estate investor website service called Investor Carrot.  This service provides you with a full featured website for your company and for lead generation…landing pages...

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Are You Setting a Good Example For Your Children?

It has literally snowed here in New Jersey twice a week since Christmas and it’s showing no signs of stopping….So I guess “Let it snow…let it snow”.  Don’t get me wrong, I love snow.  When I was a...

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What I learned From My 23 Month Old Locking Himself In Our Car

Getting life lessons always seem to happen when you least expect it.  At least I hope my life learned from hers.  The other day she had taken my 23 month old son to take a look at a day care we may...

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You Are Better Then Me…

If you have a child you’ll understand the story that I’m going to tell you.  Last fall, when my son was about 18 months we had him tested by early intervention.  To my wife and I, he seemed behind with...

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What the Hell Just Happened?

Playing sports my entire life I’ve grown up loving competition.  I compete at everything I do and when there is not a competition going on I’ll most likely create one…paper football anyone?   I don’t...

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Let me tell you about my first time…

This was going to be a great week for me regardless of what ever happened with my wholesaling business.  The reason is that I took the week off from my 9 to 5 job.  I haven’t taken more then a day off...

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The Yellow Letter Resource

 Over the years I’ve done a lot of looking around to try and find information about yellow letters.   Blog posts, forum threads, yellow letter company websites and coaches all provided some good tips...

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The Dark Side of Marketing

Over the last few years I’ve gotten many calls from sellers. I would say that almost all of them have been pleasant conversations.  Sure there have been those where the caller has a skeptical or...

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How I Got a Probate Deal Without Doing Any Direct Mail Marketing.

Late last summer my partner and I could no longer fund our direct mail campaigns.  My wife lost her job and my partner was having some money issues of his own.  This all seemed to happen very suddenly....

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18 Ways to Suck at Wholesaling Real Estate

We all love GPS because it gives us the exact way to get someplace we want to go.  That is great and all but you really didn’t learn anything except that one way.  To truly learn something you need to...

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Writing Content that Attracts Motivated Seller Leads

Struggling Investor has been alive and kicking for 6 years now (since 2008). To this day the hardest part for me is to write content.   I’ve definitely improved my skills, but it’s still a chore. If...

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Guess How I Reacted to this Situation…

Running a website is great when everything is working as it should.  However when things go wrong it quickly becomes a pain in the ass!  About two weeks ago I started having trouble logging into this...

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You Never Know Who You Might Run Into…Funny Story

Every day I am reminded that of the benefits of networking and building relationships.  Even though this story isn’t related to real estate investing it has everything to do with real estate investing....

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I Got Over One of My Fears Today

My friend Sharon Vornholt from Louisville Gal’s Real Estate Blog started up a wonderful podcast earlier this year.  I really enjoy listening to it on my rides to work in the mornings.  Her guests are...

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Business Checking Account

Every February for the past 5 years I’ve had to export all my transactions from Mint.com into an excel file.  Then I proceeded to filter out all my real estate transactions.  I’m sure I got most of...

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Business Mailing Address…What Are Your Options?

I’m a fairly laid back person.  The thought of an angry lead (for what ever reason) hunting me down at my home never really bothered me.  What are the chances right?  Who would take the time out of...

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