Real Estate Buyers List and Birddogs
I think I will spend the majority of the day performing some edits to my company website (www.schwaps.com). I had an idea a while back, that would allow me to recruit a large network of property scouts (birddogs). The idea is to recruit property scouts as if I was hiring them as a full-time employee. I?ll list a newspaper help-wanted ad, flyer public places, use internet job boards, etcetera; the property scouts will not be employees of mine rather they will be independent contractors that will be paid at closing. I?ll pay each property scout $700 per property that they refer that I close on. So that they?re not confused with unlicensed Real Estate practice, they?ll have an option in the contract that will be assigned for their fee.
I also need to leverage my web marketing strategy to better build my buyers? list. I think I?ll add to my repertoire and create a MySpace page and use Craigslist to advertise. Also, there is an eBook on search engine optimization (SEO) that I read but haven?t implemented yet. I also need to get my organic SEO ranking improved. So much to do, so little time, and it?s growing more difficult to decide what is the best use of my time. I?m so broke right now; I can?t afford a Virtual Assistant. I would love to have one right now so that I can delegate most of the remedial duties that I have.
I?m thinking about taking a second job get ahead and establish some more capital for the company. Right now, I am literally living check to check after all the living and company expenses are considered. The only bad thing is that this job would be a 3rd shift part-time I.T. position. This would mean very little sleep on the days I work two jobs. Hell, I?ve held down 3 jobs before so this would be nothing new. I?m much more productive when I?m forced to efficiently manage my time anyway. When I find myself with a lot of free time, I usually find a way to trick it off. I know most entrepreneurs would solicit other people?s money (OPM) for capital. I know this is the smartest way to go, but I usually look at things in the most rational light. If I didn?t know me I?d be skeptical about investing with me, just due to the fact that it?s natural for most people to be skeptical about investing, especially when you throw in the buzz term ?Real Estate?. I?m almost too arrogant to sell myself in that manner anyway, to be honest. When selling myself, I like to let my track record talk for me. I?d like to say, ?the numbers don?t lie, you?d be stupid not to invest with my company?. But, since I have no track record that means I?d have to be an ultimate salesman. I hate salesmen! There are way too many ways to make money, to make it in a way you?d rather not. That?s how I feel about it. I?ll do things my way.
That?s all for now, got a gang of work to get done.
- Justin
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