Archive for March, 2010

Attracting Private Money with my Elevator Pitch

Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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I hope you liked my private money elevator pitch video. Please leave some comments in regards to what you thought of it. Do you think it will create interest? Do you think it’s too long? Is it good, bad, or what? Thoughts or ideas to make it better? Thanks! Subscribe to Goin’ Flippin’ Crazy’s YouTube [...]

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Business Strategy Session

Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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Have you had a business strategy session lately? So you can keep an eye on your goals and how you’re going to get there….. Well Kathy and I recently had our business strategy session thanks to Shae, from Good Faith Investing, writing the article Strategy Sessions for Real Estate Investing Success over at BiggerPockets.com I [...]

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Networking, Toastmasters, Private Money & Offers

Posted on 30. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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Attending Dave Lindahl’s Private Money/Syndication Bootcamp has really made me realize how super important networking is. It was actually one of the speakers there that really made it sink in. His name is Joel Brough. I first was introduced to Joel at round table discussions that Dave had. Joel was speaking about Property Management. He [...]

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Finding Private Money Lenders

Posted on 27. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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Private Money Lenders and finding them is generally a big deal for most, if not all investors. We all want to know “how do we get the private money lenders?” Right? Because if we have the private money lenders then we have access to cash and we can make more cash offers and get more [...]

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Made an Offer on Apartment Building!

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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Holy crap, I just made an offer on an apartment building! Now before you get all excited for me lol I didn’t put in an LOI (Letter of Intent) or an agreement of sale. I just threw a number out at a broker to see if the seller was flexible. It’s not a huge building. [...]

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Fax Back Form for Direct Mail Campaign

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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Ok so here is the Fax Back Page Form that I promised you. I think it’s a pretty cool idea and it makes a whole lot of sense since people well, apparently, don’t like to talk to people on the phone (and yes, this includes people who want to sell their properties.) Go figure, right? [...]

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Direct Mail Campaign Response Rate

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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So we’re still receiving calls from our direct mail campaign that went out in January looking for apartment buildings to buy. Remember tho, a lot were smaller units, etc. so I had to fix the campaign? Well yesterday I got another call! So that’s 12 calls from 255 pieces of direct mail. It’s a little [...]

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I’m pissed off! WordPress Plug-in GRRRR!

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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I am sooo pissed right now guys you have no idea. So you know how there are different plug-ins you can use for your blogs, etc.? Well I have several on all of my blogs…and most of them work when you want them to and don’t work when you don’t want them to. Well a [...]

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ATM Placement – New Chinese place? New Strip Club? New Cash Only business?

Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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ATM Placement is very critical to your ATM business. Well that is if you want to grow your passive income with ATM’s. We currently have an ATM that we bought because it was on sale just sitting in a warehouse waiting for us to find a place for it. (Note: I recommend not buying an [...]

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Door Knocking to Find Apartment Buildings for Sale

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Carey.

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So yesterday I actually went door knocking to find apartment buildings for sale. Crazy eh? See here’s the deal…I’m a very in-person type of person so I like actually dealing with folks and talking to them but more importantly the apartment buildings for sale from loopnet SUCK! And yes, I knew they would because they [...]

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