SUCCESS begins at the end of your comfort zone!

Wow Kristen! Very proud of you stepping out of your comfort zone! My partner and I did the same thing two years ago, she quit her job and we supported the business with just my income. Now we're both in this full time. You'll get your first deal in no time!

Thanks for the feedback, Dominic! Stories like yours are the reason we're here!! Thank you so much for reaching out.

I see you invest in Indiana! I'm from South Bend And lived downtown Chicago for 5 years before heading south to FL. While we're focusing on Florida for the first few deals, our mid-term goals are FL, CT, IN, CO, IL.

I hope we can keep in touch!

I just sent my realtor an email asking for expired listings for our target area. My plan is for my partner and me to send yellow letters this week. I am going to purchase the yellow legal pad(s), red pens and non-standard size envelopes this morning before the 2pm EST LIVE event with Dean!

Aside from asking your realtor for listings and cross referencing the homes on PropTrend for owner names and addresses, does anyone else have ways to obtain expired listings with owner names, addresses and phone numbers?

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
Kristin

Don't just survive --- THRIVE!

Dave and I just joined Insider's Elite for an ENTIRE year!! We are STOKED! It is certain we will succeed

Listening to Dean's LIVE webcast now - Michael Lopez is on and I can't wait for us to connect with him when we get back to FL this winter!!

I hope everyone else in the DG family is having as GREAT of a day as us!

I know what you mean about focusing on one thing. I am trying to do this after work and after getting home sitting with the kids and putting them to bed at night. It really isnt easy to do it that way, but if you want to make something happen you havbe to go for it. Good luck

Thanks for the encouragement!!! Same to you!!! Feel free to check-in whenever you want! I'm new at this but happy to help anyone we can.

Best,
Kristin

I also joined the Insider's Elite this afternoon. I think you made a good decision to give REI 110% and quit the job. I mean if, big if you needed to go back, you could always go back, but we know you won't need to, right! Best Wishes!! Hope to see you on the site!

Thanks for reaching out! I look forward to connecting with you on IE!

I've had a few counters on my 25 properties the past few days and we're really close on 2! I need to call the coaches this morning to run the scenario past for a little added encouragement!!

I feel happy! I feel terrific!

Today was a great day focused on building my network of buyers! I posted 4 ads on CL for 2 different cities we are targeting. In doing so, I found a "retail" buyer in Tamarac, FL needing a house for himself. The good news is he has cash and listed out his criteria to me. For the rest of the evening I'm going to focus on finding him that house!!

I also spent a lot of time on DG IE searching the site and getting familiar its interface. I listened to Andrea and Chip's rock bottom blueprint week 2 "how to find buyers" recording and I also cross referenced Jeff Jensen's "80 ways o find buyers" on DG.com

And, I sent my realtor to a property to take pictures and check it's overall condition. The sellers and I have countered back and forth a few times. I called the coaches line and talked through the scenario.

We're getting really close to making our first deal!!!

Kristin & Dave,

You are so right and gave this thread the perfect title. I just spent Saturday afternoon (about 6 + hours) driving some rough neighborhoods with two (2) of my REAL Buyers....one is a Rehaber and the other is a Landlord. We were primarily looking at the Rehaber's houses, but he showed me exactly what he was looking for, and some of the properties that he has already purchased and sold. He told me he needs two (2) houses a week, and could not have been more clear in his criteria and what he can/will pay.

I knew he bought in this area, but I am not particularly comfortable doing more than driving through it at a high rate of speed. I guess now I will have to put up some bandit signs and actually walk into/through a few houses if I am going to get any under contract.

So, do as Kristin says folks.....get out of your comfort zone, find some houses, and let's all do this RE thing!
--Walter

If it is to be, it is up to me. -unk

Hi Kristin & Dave thats so true and I havent had a comfort zone in so many years now I dont know what one feels like and dont want to, cant grow in a pot with a lid on it.I tell folks if you keep reaching out you dont have time to get old, great post from you many thanks, Jim

Thank you for your encouraging words of support!

Another buyer JUST responded to my CL ad from this morning! She is the ideal candidate for a lease option. Now I just need to find the property....

Keep plugging away everyone!!!

Sounds like you two are moving forward at a rapid pace. Great job.

South Bend caught my eye since I live in the area. When you are ready to invest in this area, we have some great investment opportunities. Let me know your criteria and we can make some deals happen.

To your success.

Tina

Thanks for the feedback, Tina! I'll private message you my contact details so we can stay in touch re: South Bend.

Cheers,
Kristin

What a GREAT day!!!

Dave and I had a great day working the system together!!! (This is a first as he's usually working elsewhere).

We started the day with driving for dollars in the beautiful state of CT (since we're finishing up the summer here).

We submitted TEN offers in Orlando. We have a total of 35 out with a goal of 50 by the end of the week and a total of 100 offers in 45 days (an idea we picked up from Robert Shemin at the August Vegas Buying Summit).

We have seen steady traction with counter offers and believe it's only a matter of time until we get one accepted! Also, I added another buyer to my Orlando buyer's list today from positive response from my CL the other day.

We received withdrawn listings from a new realtor in south Florida. Dave spent the afternoon devising a system in Excel to track who we send yellow letters to so that we can be sure to follow up with everyone. We sent 18 yellow letters out and have immediate supplies for 32 more! EVERYONE says these work real well so I'm sure it's only a matter of a few days until we purchase more supplies.

We filled out a sales contract template for a new realtor in FL so that when we start submitting offers with her it will be seamless like a well-oiled machine.

Tonight, we're watching a webinar at 8pm for the broward real estate investors group that we're part of. They've recently scheduled one webinar a week and we're really pumped about this ongoing initiative.

I hope everyone else in the DG family had just as PRODUCTIVE of a day!!!

Hey, I am in S. FL and so much of your posts resonated with me. I am all in to REI right now as well and am an IE member too.

Can you describe what a yellow letter is and also what specifically you did with your realtor to streamline offers? I have several realtors now and am at that exact point of trying to make it as smooth, easy, and quick to put out many offers every day with each of them. Did you copy your signature on the PA and just leave out the property specifics?

Thanks Guys and Continued Success!!

Thanks for the encouraging words!! Since we're both local to South Florida (we're in Broward), we should grab coffee in October if you'll be around. I'll send you a PM. There are a few other DG'ers I know that will probably want to join.

For the yellow letters, type "yellow letters" into the search box below Dean's head at the top left of this screen. I only learned about them earlier this week and there's a plethora of information already created by other members.

Working with our realtors, I filled out a contract template. I sign all pages and fill in everything but purchase amount, date and property address. This makes it easy for my realtors to crank out offers and eliminates them having to send me emails back and forth asking for information and signatures. There's a GREAT program called "signnow" that allows you to complete everything electronically so you don't have to waste printer ink and paper.

Good luck!!! Let's stay in touch.

Posted my website to LinkedIn Monday under my personal profile. I have over 750 connections and had ONE reach out to me this afternoon. She's motivated to sell and I had her fill out the Real Estate Lead sheet I downloaded from the DG.com site earlier this week and am now in the process of analyzing her neighborhood for comps and doing a soft reach to my Indianapolis buyers to see if it's worth something I would like to pursue!

Aside from that, we purchased supplies for 50 more yellow letters (goal is 100 out the door this week).

Made 5 more offers

Spoke with our accountant regarding our year-end tax strategy

Reached out to the advisory line about some questions I had with double closes

It doesn't matter where you are -- it only matters where you want to go! SEE YOU AT THE TOP!

Great work Kristen. You are really moving along quite rapidly. I know you will have a deal soon. How did you find good realtors? Did you have recommendations from investment groups or did you call around? Thanks for all of the great comments on my journal I really appreciate it. Keep up the good work.

I spelled your name wrong

Hi Shane -

No problem!!

I have found the realtors at Keller Williams to be AWESOME!! They "get" investors, are punctual and easy to work with. From now on when I enter a new city, I call a KW agency in that city and ask for THE BEST realtor in their office who works with investors. Depending on who answers the phone and you get transferred to - you might have to talk to one-two realtors but like everything persist until you end up with an "A" player.

Keep it up!
Kristin

We have crossed another bridge in our journey to financial freedom! Over the weekend our first offer (out of 25!!) was accepted!! WOO-HOO! I'm hoping to make between $500-4,000. Our inspection period ends October 11 and am busy placing ads online and emailing my network of investors of this great opportunity!!!

I think we're close to our first deal!!!

Talked to the coaches 3 times in 2 days about the first property I have under contract. Learned some verbiage for CL ads and also about non-circumvent agreements.

Continuing to publicize my deal and on to find more deals!!!

Goal for the week is 50 more yellow letters.

Congrats!! Now just find a buyer, once you find one, start working on your second deal!

Glad to see you've already got deal #1 in the works! That's soo fast compared to most people new at this!

Thanks for the encouraging words, Dominic!

Have 25 yellow letters out the door - 25 more to go!

Recycled ad on CL and on other social media sites. More importantly - CALLED other investors to talk about my deal and learn about theirs. Added 3 buyers to my Orlando buyer's list today. And it's only 1:30, so I'll probably add 1-2 more before the day is over. This was a huge hurdle for me. I'm a sales person by trade so picking up the phone and leaving voice mails, getting rejected, or building rapport isn't scary (for me) but I can find 1,001 excuses each day as to NOT do this.

Talked to coaches AGAIN! Wanted to know if we assign our contract to an investor (who happens to also be a realtor) whether they then split the commissions with my realtor who is already listed on the contract. Answer is.....NO. The investor could try to weezel their way in by talking to the two agents of record, but the deal most likely won't go through in this case. The coach suggested that it might not hurt to include the following verbiage on the Assignment of Contract paperwork, "The real estate agents of record are: ____ for buyer and ____ for seller."

Have a great day everyone!

Glad to hear you're out there doing the thing and not just talking about doing it! I'm going to say Congrats. now because i know you're going to do this deal. In order to be successful, you have to be willing to do what successful people do and what others aren't willing to do! LIVE OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE!

MAURICE

Kristin for quitting her job and going for it! Dave for being so supportive and urging you to go it! Ya'll have a plan and are following it - gives newbies like me encouragement. So thank you!

Love it - thanks, Maurice! Thanks also for the encouragement. It's only a matter of days now!!!

Goal is 10+ more offers out tomorrow - don't want to deplete the pipeline

Thanks!!! Quitting my job was SUCH A RELIEF!!! CHOOSING to walk away at 30 from a great paying corporate job with perks and long term potential is not easy. But, neither is living pay check to pay check with kids not knowing what tomorrow might bring.

A lot of people investing in RE come from all walks of life and we each have our own story. There are so many encouraging and inspiring stories on dg.com and I'm glad you came across mine.

Keep plugging away!!!