Shaun McCloskey, Property Match LLC, is now accepting registrations for his Short Sale Wealth Mastery Event being held in July! Follow the link below to get all the details and make your plans to attend.
http://www.flippinghomes.com/secure/productdetail.aspx?pr_id=81
I just posted a new article + audio to the short sale intensive blog. This is a really neat story you might want to check out.
“Success Story: $57,019.84 On Her First Short Sale Deal (And 2 Reasons It Almost Didn’t Happen)”
You can read it / listen to it here…
She also gave me her actual photo packet that she had submitted to the lender. I pasted that below the audio so you can review the photos while you listen.
Enjoy!
…jp
Ps…Remember, the doors slam shut on the short sale intensive tomorrow night. So please be sure and take a look to see what you think about it, before the opportunity’s taken from you.
I’ve got a new interview I think you might find interesting. Especially if you’re on the lookout for new, aggressive ways to approach marketing for motivated sellers.
Have you ever considered joining one of those big, national affiliate marketing programs?
You know, the ones where you get to plug into some sort of brand applied to a mass marketing system, often involving bill boards, TV advertising, radio, slogans, zippy tunes, etc?
Honestly, when it comes down to it, I hear a lot from both sides of the fence on this one over the years.
Some folks are completely in love with them, swearing there’s no other way they’d ever want to go about marketing for sellers. While others complain about the quality or quantity (too many) leads that they get.
But have you ever wanted to peek inside one of these programs, to get a little better look at how/why they’re really supposed to work?
I recently had the chance to record a chat with one Sean Flanagan, founder of Lucky Buys Yucky Houses.
Steve and I encountered Sean a few months back, when “Lucky Buys Yucky Houses” was still just a great idea, percolating in his mind.
Sean had been a part of programs like this previously, experiencing both the upside (lots and lots of leads and profitable deals) and the downside (poorly run, poorly branded, unfair to licensees)
So it was really interesting to hear him share about his interest in starting his own national affiliate marketing program, one that WASN’T centered around a vanity number so much as an ATTRACTIVE BRAND.
Hmmmmmm….
So once Sean launched his program (just out of pre-launch right now) I had a chat with him I thought you might benefit from hearing it.
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So here it is…
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You can click here to see Sean’s Lucky Buys Yucky Houses site (for sellers)…
Or click here to see Sean’s Yucky House Leads site (for investors/territories)…
…That’s basically what Sean’s promising he’s put together here.
You get to use their commercial spots, proven ads, billboards, name, slogan, national spokesperson, website, phone number, etc. A whole bundle of stuff. And they’ll set it all up for you.
The process is something like…
So I hope you enjoy the interview.
And if you’ve ever been interested in plugging into a marketing program like this, this one is definitely worth considering before all the territories fill up.
I just posted an audio from Shaun McCloskey on the Short Sale Intensive blog, and I’d like to suggest all of our readers here at FlippingHomes.com go check it out please.
It’s a recoreded call between Shaun and a motivated seller — and (in a very small nutshell) it gives you the chance to get inside his head and crawl around while he chats with a seller whose responded to his preforeclosure direct mail campaign.
This is the entire call (around 25 minutes I think) and included an honest critique at the end as well.
You can catch the blog post and listen to the full audio here…
And don’t forget to check out the video tour of the Short Sale Intensive I put together last week, if you’re considering joining before we shut the doors at month’s end.
I’ve stumbled upon a couple of blog posts from dear friends, and I’d like to recommend them to everyone…
Video guru and all around awesome guy Peter Chung was with us in Baltimore in January for Steve’s “Secret Sauce” event.
The whole event was about getting a life vision, setting goals and putting a business plan and action plan into place that fits with your life’s overall goals, instead of trying to make your life wrap around your business goals.
Peter just put up a new article in his blog, sharing some of his candid thoughts/gleanings from our time together. I think you’ll find it englightening. A quick excerpt…
We all know what a millionaire is, but “What’s a Lifeonaire?” you ask. As you may have gathered already, a millionaire is a person who has an abundance of money. Likewise, a lifeonaire is a person who is full of life!
Steve Cook, a friend and teacher who coined this phrase defines it: “A Lifeonaire is someone who desires a full life and is free to seek it, pursue it, share it, and attain it. They have the joy and peace of knowing that they are doing what they are supposed to be doing.”
Now before I go on, let me make a distinction here. Being a lifeonaire doesn’t exclude being a millionaire, but it doesn’t have to necessarily include it.
You can read Peter’s full post here.
Yes. It’s really us.
Many know that Steve Cook spoke at the RehabList “No Pitch” event.
(An excellent event by the way — I had my doubts at first honestly. But I’m sold on the concept now.)
…but what most people DON’T know is that Steve’s speaking engagement wasn’t the only kickin’ thing in Tampa. There was actually a small mastermind group gathering that I’m proud to have been a part of.
This is a small, private group of waaaaay cool people who all happen to be real estate investors as well. You’d recognize more than a few names/faces if you’re part of our community here.
Well Stephani Davis (our own “Tampasteph”) was there and just posted some pictures. You should check out Steph’s blog posts about it here — and see how many people you might recognize!
An excerpt…
In an industry where there are more shysters and egomaniacs than you can shake a stick at, it was like a breath of fresh air to be in the presence of a group of investors who actually give a $%*@ about the things in life that go beyond the superficial….
Thanks, everyone, for a great time together!
…jp
Ps…Yes, that really IS a child’s pirate hat Shaun McCloskey is wearing. And yes, Jerry really DID leave all his luggage at home!
Ok, so I’ve FINALLY finished putting together the video walk-thru of the Short Sale Intensive.
Look under the third paragraph from the top and you’ll find the video. I’ve spent nearly the last 3 days straight working on it (I know, I should’ve outsourced it).
But truly, I’ve got so much of my novice video editor blood, sweat and tears poured into this, I’d love your honest feedback.
I’m sitting in a hotel room in Tampa, about to go hear Steve in a bit. But I just got an email I found interesting and thought others might as well.
It’s from Andy Proper, half of the dynamic duo of Teamwork Lead System. Remember these guys from the short interivew I did with them?
The pre-story in a nutshell:
They’re computer geeks (like me) turned real estate investors who hate the mundate, time consuming tasks involved in marketing their REI business.
They were also having a bear of a time finding deals (do they actually sell real estate in Hawaii for less than a fajillion dollars?).
So mash together their computer geekiness, their house flipping endeavors, a hunger for doing it in markets outside Hawaii (I believe “virtual wholesaling” is the buzzword now)…
…and you get teamwork lead system.
It’s basically a method for systematically recruiting, training and managing a small army of bird dogs to do your legwork for you, bring you a steady stream of leads, and do it with the least amount of human effort or time.
And with the management tools they created to help make it happen, you can pick your market, follow their lead for hiring your worker bees, and manage them systematically through the tools they’ve put together.
Nice.
So they’ve just added a new service that sounds like a nifty upgrade to me…
TLS Ad-Posting Service Launched!
Just Set It, Forget It, & Watch the Bird Dogs Roll InAloha Johnpaul,
Wow, we’ve got some exciting news.
It’s 4:43am here in Tampa and Justin & I should probably be sleeping, but we’ve been working hard with our developer to get this new service online for you.
Because of limited resources in the past, we haven’t been able to offer ad-posting capability to our members. But I’m happy to say that we now have the infrastructure to do so!
What does this mean for you?
- No more trying to figure out what to say to attract bird dogs
- No more lost time testing different ads
- No more frustration with your ads not showing up because of Craigslist’s ghosting policies
- A COMPLETELY OUTSOURCED BIRD DOG RECRUITING PROCESS!
You simply select the market(s) you want bird dog networks in, then your ads will be randomly generated from a list of the 10 most effective bird dog recruiting ads we know of.
We’ll run your ad campaign on a 72-hour reposting schedule, and you just sit back & watch the bird dogs sign up to bring you leads. Virtual lead gen has never been so easy!
We’ve kept the pricing as affordable as possible to cover our efforts. To get started right now, simply click the CL Posting link in the menu of your Investment Center.
For answers to any questions you may have, visit TLS Support.
Also New…
You now have the ability to accept mobile homes, land, and commercial property leads
You can add attachments to any emails & e-blasts sent from the systemWe have to be awake in 3 hours to hear the great Mike Collins start off the seminar, so goodnight to everyone.
Hope you enjoy the new features!
Andy Proper
TeamworkLeadSystem.com
Hmmmmm. Interesting.
I like what these guys do. Kind of reminds me of these guys, but instead of posting houses for sale to Craig’s List, they’ll handle posting your bird dog want ads.
Thought you might like to know. Here’s my original TLS review in case you’re interested.
…jp
Just a heads up to our blog peeps that I just posted up a new video from Shaun McCloskey on our “sister” blog at ShortSaleIntensive.com.
It’s called Short Sale Essentials: “What in the World?” and “Why the Heck?”
This is in our “lots of free stuff” series for the month of April. If you’re a flip tips subscriber then you know what I’m talking about.
Enjoy!
So according to the Realtor.org buzz today, here’s what some states have been up to:
Also noted is that the Mortgage Bankers Association opposes foreclosure moratoriums.
So questions to ponder in light of this:
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Last week I had the pleasure of getting some face time with my bro Shaun McCloskey amid around 30 other friendly faces at Steve’s Yucky House bootcamp in Baltimore
(No, he’s not literally my brother…but definitely my “bro”)
If you’ve been around the Flipping Homes community long, you likely know him as a “Short Sale Sherpa” hailing from St. Louis who averages 3 to 5 CLOSED short sale deals a month, with around $10-$15k profit in each of them. Also the instructor extraordinaire for the short sale intensive.
And up until last week, one of the proudest claims he could make was that he had NEVER lost money on a real estate deal…until now.
It wasn’t all bad — he did after all get a very bothersome monkey off his back by selling this particular house (which happens to be the FIRST deal he ever bought, like 5 years ago).
But still…EIGHTY TWO GRAND! OUCH!
So after the last session on day two, I whipped my little flipcam out of my cargo pants pocket and asked him to share a bit of the story, along with any lessons he’s taking away.
Oh, and I added a few sounds effects just to make it …sound effecty.
Enjoy! 
Ps… At the end of the video, I tell you about a gaggle of FREE educational content we’ve got coming at you for the month of April (starting this week). Listen for the details right after Shaun’s story.
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