Angie and David's Investing Journey Journal :)

My craigslist ads are attracting spam! (squirrels, possums and mice!)
Where's a better place online to advertise for buyers? I did get alot of contact info from buyers on www.****. Shall make phone contact tomorrow.

My mortgage broker letter, faxed over the weekend, did produce one response today. All I need is one good broker. Maybe he's the one!

Wrote down addresses for 6 ugly/vacant houses on the way home from work today. Going to research owner names/addresses and send postcards.

Still moving forward...trying not to feel overwhelmed with all the strategies I want to try. Havent been able to spend gas to drive around like I would like to (frustrating). But kind of proud of what I've learned and digested since we started all this a couple of months ago.

Hey whats up A&D.....you got a deal on the "cork poppin", but at the rate you are moving towards your REI success we will be able to pop those corks sooner than a year or two from now! lol

Best Regards,
Shane Gore

He seems eager, experienced, and I'm so excited!!

every day you are making headway. i only got one response on my mortgage broker letter too and i meet with her Wednesday. husband and wife team. you are making alot of progress and i bet you're really busy with school too. keep on going!

Congratulations on finding your mortgage broker. You are moving right along and getting things done! I'm enjoying following your journal and as always wish you lots of success.

Lea
SPR Property Solutions, LLC

...and much success to you also.

Hey everybody,

Just reporting on our most recent activities. Tracked down owners of about 100 homes listed "for rent" on the MLS in my area. Sent letters to about 45 of them who had addresses that weren't the same as the rental property, asking if they would be intersted in selling.

Drove around and wrote down addresses of some seriously ugly and somewhat ugly houses for research and more mailings.

Posted flyers at grocery stores and laundromats.

Getting ready to go to our first REI club meeting tomorrow. Wish I had a deal locked up to bring with me.

Hope everyone is doing well and moving forward.
Angie and David

you are really going full force. that is awesome. can't wait to hear how your REI meeting goes. i hope you love it.

...for the first one! Made a couple of contacts, not as many as I should have, but it's a start. Thanks, Linda! Hope your efforts are proving fruitful as well. I definitely need to catch up on what's been going on in your neck of the woods.

Got two call backs from my letters to rental property owners. One lives in Florida, which could be a good thing! Other owner lives here, and I sent the info to one of my buyers, but he thought the owner was asking too much. He (the buyer) did give me good advice though, and I'm going to shop to other buyers.

Decided that I would see if my mortgage broker could find David and I some financing so we can purchase one or both of these ourselves. We just want to get our foot in the door. Shall come back and tell you how that goes!

Keep on, everybody!

Angie and David

you might just have a deal or two right there! i can't wait to hear how it all goes. i have to warn you, i will be so jealous, but in a nice way.