Forecast: 95 Degrees today, with snow?....Real Estate photos have snow could be a deal for days on market!

Joe, You have a wonderful sense of humor and yes that is a good sign when you look into MLS and see snow and its over 90 days. Now its time to bite it and make some deals. Good luck !!

Warm regards,

Paul T. La Moy

Excellent advice, thanks for the tip!

Good luck!
-Mike

This is very true. I come across the same thing looking at pictures at homes in NY. It was in the 80's today and yet there are still manyyyy homes listed obviously taken during winter. We can use this to our advantage. Jeremy

Thanks for the comments and get your shovel out as we dig out some deals! Good luck finding the gems in the snow! It is like seeing Christmas lights still on homes in the hot summer. Either they are not being taken down from last year or they are getting an early jump for the holidays. After all, Christmas is only 6 months away from today. Believe and Achieve! - Joe

Thanks for the comments and good luck going through the snow to get to those deals. Believe and Achieve! - Joe

Thanks for the comments and I hope you find a few deals in snowy NY. You may need a shovel to dig deep in the snow to uncover a deal or two. Keep cool with the summer heat. Good luck with your future deals. Believe and Achieve! - Joe

Thanks for the tip. Never would have thought about that.

Works in reverse, too. Grass in the winter.
Yeah, the midwest had more than it's share of snow and cold this winter. I don't know about you, but it seems like we just got rid of the last of ours, and like you said, it's already right around the corner. lol. Enjoy the heat!

Thanks again for a good tip!

Rina

Thanks for your comments. Good luck with your real estate investing. I hope you find a few snowy deals. Believe and Achieve! - Joe

Thanks for the comments. It was a really tough winter with ice and snow almost every week. My snow shovel was working over time. I could not believe how we would run to the local Home Depot to try to get bags of ice melt before the 10 other people saw the same last 2 ice melts bags you were going after. I even would carry 40 pound bags of ice melt in my car so my car would not slide on the icy roads while driving. Most cities including Chicago were trying to save on road salt this year. I remember one bad snowy day in Chicago, it took me over 4 hours to get home, I was ready to start walking as 5 lanes of traffic were reduced to one lane out of the loop.

I have a car with over 100k miles that has doors that freeze in the winter so I need to carry a hair dryer to de-ice the locks and door. One time I had a frozen door that I held closed all the way home from Chicago. Thus, I do not miss winter and I hope summer stays around for a while. It is always nice to see the marinas fill up with boats as people anticipate the summer.

I hope to find the off season deals in the winter and summer. Good luck on all your deals. Believe and Achieve! - Joe

Joe, I love your frozen car story! Got a few of my own. Sounds like it's a good thing you found Dean and are doing so awesome in your REI!
Oh, the stories we could tell from the North. Ha!

You sound like you're describing a view from my town, looking over the marinas on Lake Superior. I can totally relate. I think we should have a DG convention up by the Great Lakes during the summer so everyone can experience the beauty.

Good luck to you, friend. Can't wait to read about #7! (Is that what deal you're on? AWESOME!!)

Rina

Yes Joe I also made a note of ones that still have snow on the lawn. Just thinking also to be careful too of what may lay ahead of why they have not sold. But I am sure there are wonderful deals to have also.

What's with the frozen cars?

Gotta clean that garage out! lol

Thanks for the reply. Yes, Dean came into our lives at the right time. Sometimes you hope and even pray for a change and what an enlightening time it has been. We feel like different people. We are working on paying off credit card debt, etc. I hope to buy another car by the end of the year. Everytime I look at a car, I think it could money going toward another investment home purchase Thus, I am like the kid in the candy store looking at my $1 bill in my left hand and looking at the great candy selection in my right hand and trying to decide what do I really want more!

In the last few days, I have complained a little about the traffic for the Taste of Chicago, but I have to give equal time for the benefits in the City of Chicago. The summer is the best time of the year. There are so many outdoor cafes and live music in restaurants and on patios that it is great to walk around during lunch. The streets that cross the Chicago River are actually draw bridges and when the sail boats go out on the river to Lake Michigan it is so fun to watch the boats glide on the river and each street bridge go up. There are also tour boats that go up and down the river and it is fun to watch all the boats and people havaing a great time.

At lunch time, I also enjoy taking a walk to the Lake Michigan lakefront next to Lake Shore Drive. There is a boat marina and you can watch boats go out to the lake. It is a truly awesome site on the lakefront. You have Lake Michigan and the boats, then you have Buckingham Fountain across the street and the Chicago skyline, the museums and the planitarium in the distance. It is rather relaxing and often hard to go back to work.

We are currently on Deal #9. I have to post Deal #7 and Deal # 8 which involves more tax sale deeds. I hope to post these in the next day or two. We have a few properties on the radar and hope Deal # 9 will be soon based on some recent offers we have been making. I really like a 4 bedroom 2 bath home with a 2 car garage with a one bedroom apartment above the garage in the rear of the property. I have been making offers on this one for the past 6 weeks. But the bank and I keep inching back and forth on counter offers. I want the deal for 50% or less of FMV and they are looking to get around 80% of FMV.

The midwest (Great Lakes Region) sounds like a great idea for a DG member gathering. I know Dean was in Chicago a few months back when he was interviewed by WGN TV. I would have enjoyed the opportunity to take him to a Cubs game and show him the local sites. We would have even had to make time for a world famous Chicago deep dish pizza!

Best wishes and continued success. Believe and Achieve! Your friends, Joe & Stacey

Thanks for the comments. The garage does need cleaning but the bottom of the garage door was iced shut a few times this year so it was a catch 22 about where to park the car. I am looking forward to the Fall because I believe real estate prices will "fall" in the Fall when children go back to school and home sales will slow a bit.

I am also looking forward to this winter (except for the snow and cold) because I believe even more homes will be on the market and the deals will be as plentiful as the snow flakes. Good luck with your REI. Believe and Achieve! - Joe

Put down a line of ice melt salt along the bottom before it snows or ices and it should keep it open. You may need to replace it so keep a watch on it. I have used this before and it worked.

Thanks for the tip for preventing the frozen garage door. That's why this website is so great, everyday I learn something new to try. Thanks again and have a great weekend. Believe and Achieve! - Joe