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Pistols and pit bulls Ashley and I were presenting at a Real Estate Investor Association (REIA) recently, where the topic was talking to sellers. During the presentation, we made mention that Ashley goes door knocking without me. This led to the normal safety questions from the crowd, which almost always includes, “Aren’t you afraid someone is going to pull a gun on you?” That night, that...
A reason why agents forget about investors Ashley and I saw something last month and again this month that we haven’t seen in a long time. While out door knocking on the pre-foreclosures, we saw realtor signs in front of some of the houses being foreclosed on. This happened a lot after the crash. Sellers would try to list their properties to get out from under a mortgage they...
Protection in layers One of things I remember about growing up in North Georgia was the excitement associated with the prediction of precipitation. Snow as a kid was just awesome! And the snow days I remember the most happened during the blizzard that hit us in 1993. It happened right around my birthday, and we got hit hard. There was so much snow that I could jump my brand-new...
Just get it in writing I met with a seller recently who had a beautiful house in the Sonoraville area of Gordon County. When I say beautiful, I mean it. This house was immaculately kept and well maintained. The seller was getting ready to move into an assisted living faculty and needed top dollar to provide for those accommodations for the remainder of her life. Realizing...
Door knocking update We have spent the last week and half door knocking at all the pre-foreclosures in Whitfield, Gordon and Bartow Counties. And I have tell you, things are different out there than when we first started this practice. When we started door knocking on pre-foreclosures in 2012, there would be anywhere from 75 to 150 properties advertised in the paper for foreclosure...