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Joe

I've been doing some thinking about why my marketing isn't doing as well as it should. I have about 50 signs that I know are out (yes I check on them) I have active ads on craigslist and backpage.com looking for houses, apts, and condos.

I don't have any more money left to do any other kind of advertising like in the phone-book or newspaper so that's all I can do for ads now.

I don't see that many other "we buy houses" type bandit signs around my area or others but I know that Cincinnati has plenty of wholesaler/investors due to the REIA meetings I used to go to a while back.

So in the last two months I've read the books, You're Town, You're Real Estate Profits, Profit from Real Estate Right Now, and Be A Real Estate Millionaire. I've purchased the SFL System and even talked with a realtor over email. Although the SFL system seems to offer a lot of good information and organizational ability, I'm pretty organized with the current set of computer programs I use and I think I may be sending it back. Dean says that you can use his books and do just as well as anyone, so I may have to fall back to those. Justifying the expense of the SFL System is tough right now.

Day one of my journal.
In May, 2009, I signed up for the Success Academy. I made one phone call to a coach and then totally froze. I was overwhelmed, scared, and had no idea how to start. But I'm still at it because last month I bought the Set For Life system and it came with a 30-day checklist - that helps me so much! I'm just a checklist kind of girl! So this is one of the items on the checklist and I'm doing it! I will come back here as often as I can remember, to keep myself accountable to you all and to myself.
Also, if there's anyone in the Seattle area that wants support or to team up, please feel free to contact me!
Thanks in Advance DG Family!
Zanne

I just listened to one of Dean's short videos on REO's on the Totalview site. Dean mentioned calling banks and getting a list of their REO properties. I plan to do that next week. I haven't dealt too much with REO's so I am definitely new to these types of properties.

Can anyone offer some advice on how to put in these types of offers? How do you handle issues with Earnest Money because I don't want to have to put any money out of pocket? Do banks look for a certain credit score? At this time, I am interested in REO's and plan to turn the property over to my buyers list. I believe that a double closing is necessary with REO properties. I just want to be sure I am going about this in the right way.

If anyone can offer some thoughts on this, I would appreciate it.

First off let me say hello to all.

To all new members who are asking the question, is this for real?

Yes!!! Dean is the real deal, the DG family and the Success Academy are all the real deal. If you have the questions the answers are here for you. Just be sure to ask, but don’t forget to use the search box first. Many of the questions you have, more than likely have already been answered.

This is the start of my journal. I'm not real good at this type of thing. I have been with the DG family for almost a year now and learned a ton over that time. I posted in the past but only a few times I have been on reading posts but didn't really feel that I had that much to share.

I'm a Motivated, Passionate, Hard Working....almost to a fault, Smart and Kind Hearted mother of 3 (4 if you count my husband). I'm new to the REI world, but so far I'm loving it!

Hey!

Nowadays its all about who you know, not what you know. If you want to make millions in real estate, you need to network! That is why I joined this site. Since joining sites like this and **** i have been able to buy and hold 2 properties in the NY/NJ area, both retail properties. And have made a good success with it. So get out there..no wait, dont get out there. Stay home on your computer and network!!! THEN get out there!

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lenders took back more homes in August than in any month since the start of the U.S. mortgage crisis.

The increase in home repossessions came even as the number of properties entering the foreclosure process slowed for the seventh month in a row, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.

In all, banks repossessed 95,364 properties last month, up 3 percent from July and an increase of 25 percent from August 2009, RealtyTrac said.

August makes the ninth month in a row that the pace of homes lost to foreclosure has increased on an annual basis. The previous high was in May.

hello i did buy you r book dean and i still have not did one deal im hurting and now unemployed all though i fallow you even today my family blast me because i support your material and i so badly want to make them eat those words help me please i know it works but it just might be to late for me im lost and need help just one step from being homeless what can i do