Need Help a.s.a.p - Have an appointment with an agent tomorrow!

Good evening everyone. I need help! Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is what is going on. I am in my day 2 of reading 30 Days and thus far I am on pg 43. I opened a profile at Trulia.com so find an agent. I got 5 prospective answers and 1 actually called me today about a couple of hours ago. We have set up an appointment for tomorrow at 12 pm MST. I have no idea as to what I have to say to the agent! Please help, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

This is the letter I sent out to my prospective agents:

PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR LOOKING FOR A KNOWLEDGABLE, ENTHUSIASTIC AND MOTIVATED AGENT TO WORK WITH IN LOCATING PROPERTIES

Hi, my name is Michelle Chavez and I am a new investor in the El Paso, Texas area. Due to the current economic conditions, I have decided to ramp up my existing operations. I not only represent myself, but I also have several investors in and out of the area that I help find, rehab, rent out, and manage properties. Because of the money backing me, I have set the goal to buy one hundred (100) properties within the next 12 – 18 months. Some of these properties I will buy and hold myself, some of them I will sell to other investors, and some I will buy, fix up and flip for myself.

Regardless of the strategy I use on each property, I need to be very aggressive on the price I pay for the property, especially in the current market. I have not chosen a real estate agent to represent me yet. The agent that I choose cannot be afraid to offend other agents with low offers. The agent I choose also will have to be available at all times. I use several strategies to buy and sell properties quickly including making verbal offers when permitted. I will also look at a lot of properties and buy only a few. So an aggressive work schedule will be required.
The upside for the agent that gets accepted will be lots of commission. We will close on properties every month. I will pull in the agent on For Sale by Owner deals. At times I will write additional commission into the contract when we ramp up to full speed.

All that aside, I am a professional and I expect to work with a professional. I want to make money and I want the agent to make money.

Here is the type of properties I am looking to buy:

• Starter homes
• Single family homes 2–4 bedrooms,
• 1–2 baths at least 1,000 sq. feet.
• No mobile homes at this time
• No home built before 1950
• Properties located in the El Paso, Texas and surrounding areas to start with --- willing to move outward
• If you find it to be profitable enough for both of us
• Prefer to stay within low-crime neighborhoods

If you have properties that fit this description or would like to represent me, please address my initial requests that I have listed and contact me at your earliest convenience so that we may begin working towards our first successful deal. You can reach me at xxxxxxxxx or email me at xxxxxxxxxx.

Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. I look forward to working with an agent at the top of his/her game that is not afraid of success!

Regards,
Michelle L. Chavez

I have written down some tips I have gotten from the 30 Days and from reading blogs in this website. But I would greatly appreciate anyone's help as to helping me sound like a professional (even though I do not have any experience in the real estate area) and not like a newbee.

Thank you all and may God bless you.

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Mark K's picture

There's another person that was in the same position you are. Their thread is here: http://www.deangraziosi.com/real-estate-forums/profit-real-estate-right-...

From my personal experience don't overload them with requests on the first meeting. Another thing, don't say you're a professional RE investor if you're not. They'll know from talking with you, probably within 5 minutes or less, what experience you really have.
I found my best conversations are the ones where I'm totally upfront with them. I tell them I'm book-smart but don't have any street experience. I have yet to explain to anybody what I mean by that.
Doing it this way not only reduces the stress to "perform" but lets you act yourself and get a nice repertoire going.
Last, but not least, you'll KNOW when you get the right one(s) for your team. You'll just click together.

Don't forget, real estate agents & Realtors are only human too.

Good luck and be yourself!