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Happy Thanksgiving

“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some” –Charles Dickens Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here. We hope you have a day filled with love, laughter, and joy. To your success, Ernie Vargas

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Business, Probate, Probate Business, Probate Real Estate

Team Work Makes the Dream Work

One of the things that make this probate real estate business so opportunistic is that there is more than one way to make money. For example, I just closed on another probate lead. This closing was in the form of a listing. This particular administrator wanted a price that was more that I was willing

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Probate, Probate Business, Probate Investing, Probate Niche

Smiles and Making Dreams Come True

I’m just home from one of my properties that is under restoration and what a joyful feeling I had. There I was speaking with one of our contractors when his wife and children stopped by to visit him and since my wife happened to be with me, the two wives hit it off in conversation.

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Business, Real Estate Investing

If You Can Look Up, You Can Get Up

Yesterday I met up with my local mastermind in Pasadena, California and as usual we collaborated, reviewed, and planned for each other’s success and business growth. I both run and belong to a few masterminds and this group is one that is very close to my heart.  This mastermind group is led by Craig, and

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Business

Don’t Go It Alone

My two younger kids absolutely love soccer. It’s been such a great sport for them. I’ve even had the chance to be a coach at times. It sure is a lot of fun and even in this sport there is growth in more than just the physical aspect. My son is very good at defense,

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Business, Probate Business, Real Estate Investing

I Just Had to Tell the Seller No

I am out here in Chicago for my business and I was getting ready to go out for dinner with some of my entrepreneur family when I got a call from my apprentice Brandon. He called me to inform me that a particular seller that he has been diligently following up with, just called him

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Business

Mojave Desert Sand Dunes

I went camping with my son’s Boy Scout group. It was a great weekend. We got to do some local hiking and campfires but what was really awesome was a particular trip to the sand dunes. It was literally a mountain made out of sand and the entire hike from beginning to mountaintop was all

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Negotiations, Probate, Probate Business, Probate Niche, Probate Property

This Dog Has Too Many Fleas

This dog has too many fleas! That is exactly what one of my buyers said about a property that was offered to him. I absolutely love my field of work because you see the funniest, the craziest, and the ugliest things out there in the real estate market place. This house is so beyond repairs

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Goal Setting

Happy New Year 2015

  Wishing you a Happy New Year as we kick off 2015. I love traveling and many of you know that I love visiting the courthouses as I travel.  My recent road trip to Santa Barbara was no different.  I always love to take time to reflect on all my accomplishments whether big or small.

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Probate, Probate Niche, Probate Questions Answered

Thanksgiving email answered

This is an email I got over the Thanksgiving weekend. I thought you could benefit from the answer. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: RE: Happy Thanksgiving   Wow! Long time, no hear. I know it is a blast to your database and I am one of many, but I am grateful for your email wishes

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Probate, Probate Business, Probate Niche, Probate Nugget

Probate Pack Rat

Do you remember the picture I showed you in a previous blog post. Pretty scary way of living right? Remember how I told you that it’s not un-normal to find probate houses that are in this type of terrible disrepair? Something else that you’ll often see in these homes is major clutter. Yup, the pack

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