So I’ve spent the past few days finishing the details for my property scout program.  I’ve got a pretty good grasp on how I’m going to coordinate this thing all the way from recruitment to contract.  I’ve got a pretty unorthodox (my middle name in case you forgot) model, I my opinion.  And that is that I’m going to split half of my assignment fee with my property scout.  That’s right HALF.  If a scout brings me a qualified lead for a property that I end-up wholesaling, they get paid just as much as I do.  And after much brainstorming, I found a legitimate way to legally split these fees and be in accordance with the law.  Not that complex really, just involves the assignment of assignment contracts.

I’m going to be very “open-source” regarding this program and am very open to suggestions.  I’ve put together some training videos, some resources hosted on a Google Docs cloud, and have created a Facebook Fan Page for my scout program.  It took me days to think of a good platform to communicate with my scouts with, I didn’t want to be archaic and use emails.  So Facebook it is, can’t deny the power of this platform.  Plus, I found a way to create custom tabs on the Fan Page that allows for usage of your own HTML, this allows me to really customize the Fan Page to display the content I need it to.  The plugin is called FBML.  Pretty cool…so now I have a Fan Page with some custom tabs containing links to the Google Docs folders, Champaign county/Saint Louis City resources, and etcetera.

I think I’m going to make a transition regarding my approach to recruitment.  At first I was screening alot of scouts out that were recruited via CraigsList.  Mainly due the fact that I got burned-out on corresponding with lame-brains at my 9-5.  I don’t need those types in my life anymore.  So at first, I wanted to hone in only on top talent for scouts.  I was thinking Quality of Quantity.  However, I think this isn’t the best approach.  If you never finished High School, that doesn’t mean you don’t know a ton of people (some which may need to sell their house).  So I think the screening process is out.  Maybe I’ll have two-tiers of scouts….I don’t know.  Too many possibilities at this point.  It’s very easy to get overwhelmed with the scope of new ideas sometimes.  I don’t have to get it right, just get it started….that’s the quote people tell me.

So, check out my Fan Page when you get a chance.  Browse over the “How It Works” tab, look at a few videos, tell me what I’m missing.  You can let me know on this blog in the comments.  Fresh new eyes are needed…this whole working smart-thing has my brain fried….thanks in advance.  And by the way, gone ‘head and click the “Like” button while your there if you don’t mind.

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