Almost one week down in STL and I’ve got a lot to show for it. I’ve got my CraigsList game on full attack with more ads recruiting property scouts, ads for cash buyers, etc. The post and repost process is almost impossible to keep up with, I can’t wait until I can get the funds for a CL Autoposter.

Let’s see what else is new…well I’ve picked up a new scout out of Cali who is on the ball. Hopefully, he’ll keep up the pace that he has going now so we can get something closed together. Also, my assistant in Champaign is back from her vacation, we just caught up via phone today on some things and she’s ready to get things rolling.

Since my Mom still has dial-up at the house, I had to get an Air-card for the laptop. It’s a helluva lot better than dial-up but the speeds aren’t quite broadband-like. One drawback is that I have issues uploading videos. I made a video covering how I was able to shoot out 49 offers in an automated fashion using MS Excel, MS Word, and Adobe Acrobat. I’ll have to get that thing uploaded next time I’m on a better connection. Maybe this card will be better once Sprint goes to 4G in Saint Louis, for now it’s still 3G. The salesman at the sprint store said the area should be 4G within the next 6 months. And that same salesman had extra disproportionate skinny hands. He was a chubby dude, but his hands were anorexic…the thought of shaking his hand made my skin crawl. Thus, I made sure to make sure my hands were full during the checkout process. Anyway…I digress. I can’t let you all too deep into my mind…then you’ll find out how it works.

So Next Weeks’ Tasks:
1. Going for a 10 offer a day average
2. Get at least 10 REO offers in
3. Get my STL wholesale wordpress site and squeeze page live
4. Find someone to put my bandit signs up and take them down this weekend
5. Create an outline for all of my near future Internet Marketing projects.

That is all.

- Peace

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I’ve been slipping up on my blogging lately.  A once a week frequency, isn’t really blogging.  But I’m still out here in these streets making things happen.  I’ve got two closings that are of utmost priority at this point.  I’ll have tons of stuff to write about once those happen.  I mean I have some things to write about that you could learn from…even from a rookie like me.  So with that said, doing all of this blogging with no deals to talk about is getting old.  I know this is supposed to document my journey and all, but it feels like I’ve been writing for the last year about a cake that hasn’t finished baking.  I mean…I already told you the recipe I used, I don’t know what else to tell you besides it’s still in the oven.

Accountability Week:
I didn’t accomplish any of my weekly advertising tasks.  I have put a lower priority on those for now.  Priority #1, get to closing.  However, I did organize my home office last weekend.  That may not sound like alot, but trust me…it was.  I had receipts all over my desk, contracts all over the floor, envelopes, etc.  One thing about me though is that I’m very organized, even when I have an “organized mess”.  I just enjoy the organization without the mess much better.  Now I have my papers filed in the correct folders, my receipts in the correct boxes, I even performed a backup of my laptop to my external hard-drive (much overdue and takes forever).  By the way, I need to get with the program and start backing-up online.  What services do you guys use out there?  I just realized that if something happened to my laptop ‘and’ my external hard-drive….I’d be S-O-L.

I haven’t hit yall with a video update in a minute.  I take my flip camera almost everywhere I go and have beaucoup footage.  I’m usually just too lazy to go through the motions with Windows Movie Maker and YouTube.  But, I was feeling extra today.  So here’s a lil snippet of what I’ve been up to.

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The week’s almost over and I need to get this accountability post in.  It’ll be a quick one.

Let’s see.

I was supposed to get 12 MLS offers out, distribute 50 brochures, and post 5 flyers.  Well, I got 29 MLS (expired) offers out, I only got about 30 brochures out and I was able to post 2 flyers.  So does that balance out to meeting my goals?  Nah…it doesn’t.  I think the trick is to not try and do all of this in one mission.  I think that’s where I’m getting caught-up.  From now on, I’ll just do what I can each day and pace myself, instead of deferring these tasks for completion all in one day.  Again, I’ll keep these goals constant for next week.  I need to add to this list…so I’ll think about what else I should be doing weekly.

There’s a helluvalot more that I could post about right now, but I’m going to save some of it for later.  Besides it may take 3 hours (that I can’t spare now) to write.  I mean I got some real entertaining shit.  The type of stuff that newbie’s quit real estate after going through.  But worry not.  I’ve never quit anything in life because of difficulty…sure ain’t about to start now (I mean who does that by the way? Quitters suck at life and always will because they habitually quit…but I digress).

But enough about that nonsense.  I’ve got big things on tap.  Let’s just say that March 12th should be a great day.

- I’m Out

P.S.
Champaign is just not ready for what I’m about to do!  The “Takeover” is near!  To clarify my point, check out this clip from the prestigious, illustrious, and all-time classic film “The Mack“.  Let me break it down for you.  Here is the analogy.  I’m “Goldie” (the pimp in the red with the shades on), the competition is “Pretty Tony”(the pimp in all black), and the motivated sellers is the uhm…”employee” (only girl in the scene).  And…….ACTION

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I’ve got a few things in the works that are looking pretty good, they might just “make romance explosion” all at the same time.  Like I mentioned before, the new theme is minimal blogging about the details until after they close.  So, I’ll just say that I may have three deals closing shortly.  We shall see…

I had the day off today from the 9-5 because I had to go to Springfield, IL to pay a stinking speeding ticket that I got on my way to Saint Louis for Thanksgiving.  This kind of sucked but ended up working out in my favor.  It sucked that I had to drive the 100 miles to Springfield.  However, I initially wanted to just pay the fine via mail and be done with it.  But, I was forced to show in court because I had two tickets during that one stop (insurance card was expired).  I tried mailing in my payment with a copy of the current insurance card….no dice.  And a lawyer wanted $400 to take care of it for me…aw hell naw!  So I did it myself.  This worked out in my favor because in person I was able to opt for the court-supervision to prevent the points on my driving record and I also had my request granted to pay the fine in April!  Almost 6 months after the ticket, I get to pay for it sans interest!  The time value of money is on my side with this one. Booyaw!

It’s been over a decade since I’ve been to traffic court, so I forgot the typical scene.  It was funny, because I noticed that all the people with money had their lawyers show up for them.  They stood in line and had their cases dealt with first and within the first 10 minutes, about 10 lawyers walked out the court room with their clients all taken care of.  All the broke mofo’s had to show up and do the talking for themselves, this includes me…but not for long.  Moral of the story, get money to have lawyers waste their precious time in court for you and also NEVER drive drunk.  You should’ve heard some of these cases!  Besides endangering the lives of others, don’t do it because those fines are out of this world!  The lame part is that some of those people that I saw present themselves in court, were repeat offenders!  I don’t get it.  Snatch their license away permanently and be done with it.  But I digress…back to real estate.

Speaking of lawyers, I’m almost thinking that I should’ve went to law school.  Between the $400/10 minute charge that I saw in action at court and the astronomical invoice that I just paid my real estate lawyer….that’s where it’s at!  That’s if you like studying case-law and law in general….ZZZZzzzzzz.  But, I meet with my real estate lawyer tomorrow to go over some things.  Besides the expense, I love the meetings we have.  I learn a lot and get much accomplished in the way of bettering my business and protecting my neck.

Oh! Accountability Day.  To update on that for this week:

1. Make one MLS offer each day direct to listing agent – FAIL, no excuses. However, I deferred this goal each day because I didn’t know what the best approach was to submit the offers.  Via fax, email, mail or what?  I put the goal aside and now it’s next week already.  I’m not calling each listing agent to see what they prefer, that’s just not efficient.  I’ll leave this goal for next week and figure out how to approach this.

2. Deliver 50 brochures to Urbana houses - Success. This wasn’t bad at all, I knocked these out between two appointments that I had last Sunday.  I think 50 is a good number to stick with consistently on a weekly basis.  The 200 that I did the first go-round was exhausting and too time-consuming.  Hard to do that myself, consistently.  A 50 quantity it is.

3. Deliver 5 flyers – FAIL. Keeping this goal for next week.

Still haven’t forgot about the 40 offers a week.  After I met with my lawyer tomorrow, I should have the tweaked contract that I need to complete my creation.

*Tangent*
I was in the gym today and noticed in the locker room, there were various advertisement posters with a valentines day theme that said, “Get your sweetheart a gym membership for Valentine’s Day”.  This sounds like a setup!  I can’t imagine how bad that would go over.  I don’t think a woman ever wants a gym membership as a gift from a man, especially on V-day.  You might as well say, “Hey baby, I want you to feel beautiful inside and out on our special Valentine’s Day.  Soooooo…….here’s a gym membership so you can work on that tautness….that your sister has”.

LOL, I crack myself up.  On that note, I’m out.

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Okay, this whole consistent blogging thing isn’t working out.  Clearly, I was supposed to keep with the “Accountability Tuesday” theme as of last week.  It’s of course now Wednesday.  So anyway, new rules.  Once a week, I’ll just have an “Accountability Day”.  How about that.

So, I’ve technically accomplished my 40-offer-a-week goal, but I haven’t.  90% of the issue was getting my system setup, and now that I do, I’m waiting on my lawyer to get my custom Option-Contract back to me.  It sucks to be stuck at idle…so I’m moving on.

New Weekly Goals:
1. Make at least one MLS offer each day, direct to listing agent
2. Deliver at least 50 brochures to houses in Urbana
3. Post 5 flyers

That’s it for now, I’m kinda stuck at the moment, to be honest.  My cash-flow is non-existent right now and I have no funds to do any extra advertising (direct mail, newspaper, etc).  So I’m sticking with multiple offers and the advertising materials that I already have for now.

- Peace Out

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