From This Day Forward-Kareng's Journal

No, actually my knee is doing very well.

Once I go back to work I am sure it will take some time to get used to being on my feet all the time, but we do what we must do...

You have to be on your feet because it is much easier to show the people the cars.

Spent the weekend at my daughter's house babysitting my three four legged grands. Daughter #1 and he new hubby went to the mountains to celebrate his birthday, so I very kindly offered to stay with the "babies".

I took my laptop-couldn't be w/o it for that long of a period, but had quite a time the first day finding the right wireless connection to connect to. There is an apt bldg right next to their house so there was a string of connections. I had the password, but they couldn't remember the code name or whatever you call it. What a hasslel!!

Finally connected and got a lot of reading done.

I am going to have to continue my search for a REA. I thought the one I met w/last week was going to maybe be a match, but she has not responded to my email. NEXT!

Planning to get a good start tomorrow.

Karen

Just an observation . Was curious why the sales people are always wandering even when they are not showing cars ? Thought maybe they could cut you some slack .

I tried to sign up last night for Dean's Foreclosure Alert and for some reason it wouldn't go through. And of course, their office was already closed at three o'clock in the morning...

Called first thing this morning. (First thing in MY morning is 11am ) Got everything taken care of and my 14 day trial on Foreclosure Alert will be set up by tomorrow.

Next I called to register for Dean's Private Pre-Auction RE Event that I received an invitation for in the mail yesterday. It will be taking place on Thurs Jan 27. I am going to the 12 noon event. It should be a great learning experience. I certainly do not have the budget right now to make any purchases.

My day has just started. Have a lot of calls to make.

Karen

** DO make sure you use the 14 day trial.** Even they tell you to make sure you use the trail time. I didn't, oops, got a lot of blank spaces or a white screen saying no information available for that area when I finally did.
It should work in your area due to the density and that builders made multiple homes of similar designs there. You don't want to end up paying ~$40.00/ month if you can't use it someway. I've kept it in hopes of using it elsewhere in other parts of the country.
Best of luck with it! Learn fast! You usually do.

How did the babysitting go?

Lucky YOU ! Is he actually going to be there ?? Well that should be supper for you. Am I wrong on the following ? Those have a healthy price tag on them too. Yes very informative and valuable though.

It was brought to may attention today, that I had not responded to this post. It slipped in while I was replying to Lea's.

Jim, you will find that I am about as good of a housekeeper as I am a pie baker.

Good thing I am going to be rich!

Karen

I doubt that Dean will be there, but I don't doubt that it will be a learning experience.

Today was a great day.

I heard from a number of DG people. Again, that is always enlightening for me.

I listened to another webinar (2 hours) regarding Lease Options and Sub2.

I can't wait to get my Foreclosure Alert tomorrow. I cannot let those young guys beat me too badly!

Karen

Your back !! Guess those "grands" didn't corner you after all .

Very true on the learning.
Wished I could have been at his seminar at Amarillo as he'd not waste his time coming up to the frozen tundra. Darn my bad timing. Down in Amarillo for part of the summer and here in the winter. Should be the other way around !

Did the webinar give you the wealth of knowledge you hope to gain?

Hope the FA gives you what you expect of it.

No the grands are wonderful! They definitely fit the term "lap dog" though. You sit down and they fight to sit on my lap! After 2 1/2 days of that I was ready to come home to my empty nest!

The webinar was good. I learn something in everything I do or I don't bother.

Wow! What a great day today was!

I got my code to get on 4Closure Alert!!!! And I thought I was addicted to DG.com!

This is so much fun! I actually found eight houses in great neighborhoods for my L/Os. And, best of all, THEY ARE NOT UPSIDE DOWN! Which in CA that is incredible!

They are all in preforeclosure and five are less than $10K in arrears and the other three are less than $17K in arrears.

All were purchased before 2003.

I am exhausted! But it was so much fun!

Now I am going to write my 4"x6" sticky notes (yellow with red ink-thanks Jason B) to put on the doors and make my rounds tomorrow.

Interesting note. In my search I came across my new son-in-love's sister's and her hubbie's house which is in pre foreclosure! Whoops! It is a very cute house in a great neighborhood but my daughter does not want me to involve myself with any of his family in my RE. Even tho she knows it could benefit them, she feels it could get sticky.

Just made an appt at the Apple Store to have a Geek person look at my laptop. The darn thing starts spinning and spinning on me (the cursor, not the laptop) and wastes so much of my time! Drives me crazy and I don't have that far to drive to get there.

Maybe I will get to bed tonight before 3. That would be novel...

Karen

.(In regards to FA) This is why I asked you back in the first part of December to call me. I looked in your area on FA. It wasn't to handy here but elsewhere I said it was working in varying degrees. So I had checked for you. Was going to GIVE you the info as I had no way to make use of it.

Great, fantastic, you got it, now!!! Go get'em !!!

My Dell did something similar to that. Ended up shutting the internal mouse and pad off and using a external. The shop said it (the pad) was getting wore out and the heat sensors were being affected causing it to be running around on its own.

Maybe you need to set a few clocks to east coast time and adjust to that so you get a goood start on the new day.

Karen pass that info to someone their that you work with, could be win win for both and your not in the middle of it.

sounds like you are having lots of fun. can't wait to hear how your sticky notes work!

Glad to hear about your code on foreclosure alert. Hope you are able to help many people and yourself with LO's. As I was catching up on your journal I thought of a webinar I recently listened to on closing Lease Options and on double closings. Here it is, hope it is helpful to you or one of your journal readers http://www.GreatGuruGiveaway.com/doubleclose.mp3

As always Best Wishes and keep on TAKING ACTION. I know how you like Dr. Wayne Dyer and how you love a good quote.

"Never under estimate the power to change yourself and never over estimate the power to change others." -Dr. Wayne Dyer.

Best Wishes!

-Dan

tonight and I hope I added some value to your process and didn't muddy the waters too much.

Hey Karen,

Can you please tell me more about the yello post it note..I heard of the yellow letter but, this post not is HOT and NEW!

Thanks

Yes, there are definitely a lot of notices here in CA. It should prove to be very helpful.

Karen

That was my thought, too. I am finding out though that they may have quite a bit more arrears than is showing there by way of other loans against the house.

It may only be showing just under $10K because that is the creditor that has filed against them. If that is so, this tool has a defect by not showing the other liens also. I have found one NOD listing online that is more expensive, but it shows all the loans with liens against the prop (or it looks that way according to samples it gives)

Karen

Thanks for sending that link. I will definitely check it out. Even if you only pick up one new point it is always worth it.

Thanks for the quote. You are right! I do love Dr Wayne Dyer. Such a wise, "old soul".

Karen

I TRULY appreciate the help!

I will have to admit, at first I was a little bummed out and frustrated, but as you have seen, I have climbed back on my RE horse and remedied the glitch.

I will be getting back on my computer tomorrow and making the adjustments that need to be made and moving ahead.

Thanks again!

Karen

First of all, Thank You so much for visiting my journal. This is your first post on here, so I am thrilled to have you.

I just made my own twist on the yellow letter idea Jason B posted and combined with the post it idea Michael Mangham uses and another girl on here (sorry, I don't remember your name) uses.

I found these great 4"x6" post its that even have lines and say they are extra sticky!

Here is what I wrote:

Hi!

My name is Karen Griffin.
My daughter, Laura and I
are looking for a house to
buy in this area.

If you, or anyone else
you know of in the area, are
interested in selling, please
call me ASAP!

Thanks,
Karen Griffin
XXX.XXX.XXXX

So there you go! I had a delay in putting them out, but I am getting that all fixed.

Karen

Hi Karen! I am so glad you called, I loved talking to you! Hopefully we can go to the auction together! Haven't been online too much, been getting the rehab done to get a renter in at the beginning of the month and getting my websites updated with the property! Looks like you've been very busy! Good for you!

It is CERTAIN we will SUCCEED!

THis happens to me all the time. Wish someone knew what causes it!

I enjoyed talking to you also!

It is great to connect with someone else trying to make a go of it is this "wonderful" state. Maybe we will be able to brainstorm together some. I would like that.

Karen

Karen when a foreclosure is started it usually only has the party that is taking the action against them. Some times I have had 2nd and 3rd lien holders biding against me to get the price up so they could get some of their money back.

Hi Karen,

I'm a new student that attended one of Dean's training seminars in Dec 2010.
I live in Ottawa, Canada. My background is simalar to yours and love reading your journal. Yesterday I received a phone call from Dean's staff to see how I'm doing after the training. I was very impressed, because I realized that Dean has a way to not forget anyone. Not to grab your money and forget about you. James is the person that called me and asked me to read everything on Dean's web site. I saw everyones journals, including yours. I also was in the process of getting rid of furniture in Dec to make room for an office. By next few weeks I will have my extra phone line, fax and ads set up for action. My background for the past 15 years was a sales representative for new home sales. I was making good money until I got caught up in the global financial financial crisis, where many developers stopped creating new projects. I wasn't prepared for this crisis. Now I work at a shopping center for living expenses until my business takes off. I know this is our year, someone in the Universe sent me an invitation to Dean's training, I know it was probably you! Universal Lady

God Bless
Hope to have my journal and photo set up soon.

Diane Moreau from Canada

OMG that is a great spin on the yellow letter, I actually heard about it on a blog that I follow but I love your take. I haven't tired it...I took a big break in 2010 d/t alot of things going on in my family..since the 1st of this year I've regained my focused and decided to start out studying and gaining knowledge before I just jumped out. So this is a great tool to add to my notebook.

Thanks for sharing and being so open with your journey.

Bill I thought I would head you here while you were trying to sneak another pie from Karen, that way you won't have to waste time answering my PMs.