Ladyfox7oaks's blog

(Posting this here for easy access to repost as needed.)

HI... I have a question for you all, not just the coaches.

See, I'm one of the failures. I enrolled in the real estate academy, and gave it a sincere, all out, effort, and earned nothing. I did not have a single offer -out of 50+ before I ran out of money and time, - accepted. I haven't even been able to finish paying for the academy, as a matter of fact. There have been some other bumps in my road that have left me facing no other choice but to file bankruptcy and try to start over.

TO that end, I am back, and I am looking into scraping up my few pennies left and getting my California Real Estate Agents License.

Now here is my question.

OK, SO... Where was I? Oh yeah,..

OK, SO,...
SQUEEEE!!! - Ahem...
I put out Matt's letter, modified for myself, and sent it to 6 or 8 realtors by way of their "Contact us!" links on their websites, I also posted it to Craigslist. (Bandit signs are really not an option right now, they'd either melt nthe rain and snow we're getting, or blow away to Kansas!, but when the weather gets better, DEFINITELY!) I Got several responses, 3 of which looked promising. One of which was really on the ball and sent me a spreadsheet of current houses up for sale that where mostly 3/2, all vacant, and several actually on the market for more than 90.
So I've started putting in offers around 60% of the fair market value, knowing that the sellers asking price is their personal pipe dream of what they WANT to make on it.