I had read and finished both of Dean's latest books in January of 2011. I started a blog back then but only posted a couple of times. Although I haven't participated on this site, I have been busy taking in Dean's books and following through with many of his ideas. I have also been reading as much information from other professional's books and Real Estate related information as I can get my hands on.
So since Jan, here what I've been doing:
- posted ghost ads on CL and started working on both buyers and sellers lists.
- joined our local RE investment association and attended meetings.
- joined our local RE investment club and attended meetings.
- networking with individuals from both clubs to create contacts for investing opportunities.
- interviewed property management companies.
- interviewed several Real Estate Agents and have established a relationship with a couple.
- have a web name in order to set up a website
- set up a free Google phone number for buyers and sellers to contact me with info.
Obviously, I still have stuff to do that I'm working on every week. However, what I really want to find that I have not been able to find is a mentor. So, if anybody is interested in being a mentor to me to help me successfully build my investment company, I would sincerely appreciate your help. Please contact me.
I'm not very good at staying active with my blog so my goal is to be more active. Thanks to Dean for this awesome website and all the people that are committed to blog. I've read many of them and enjoy the contact and have found tons of great information.
Have a great day and thanks for reading... Bruce
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Moving Forward....
Since the last post, I've contacted a couple of other investors that I've met at the local RE Association and local RE Club to talk to them to see if any of them had any interest in mentoring. One of them seemed interested and wants to visit some more before committing. The other investors that I've talked to are interested in partnering at various levels to leverage our knowledge and investment team members.
I also met with another friend and while talking to them mentioned that I am beginning to invest in Real Estate. They were very interested and said that they have several friends that have money but don't have time to invest but would like to find someone that can find them properties, fix them, get them ready for rentals and sell them to them... So that sounds pretty promising. I'm meeting with them this weekend to see what they have in mind.
I also sat down yesterday and wrote out the investing goals for the next 3 years. This week will be a short week due to the 4th holiday, but, need to make calls this week to continue putting together my investing team. This week I'm going to concentrate on calling and interviewing Title companies. I'm also going to start looking for contracts for contractors and services. So far, I've interviewed 3 Real Estate agents that have agreed to work with me; unfortunately, of the 3, only one seems to be sending any properties that fit my criteria. The rest of the leads being sent from the other 2 are random leads and most don't even fit my criteria. I need to contact them to see if they will send me what I'm looking for or get rid of them....
I hope everyone has a fun and safe 4th of July holiday weekend. Bruce