Probate, Probate Business, Probate Investing, Probate Real Estate, Real Estate Investing

How to Entice a Buyer to Your Property without a Reduction in Price

We are here at the very end of December and the herd of buyers for our properties are not out in full force. However, as a seller we should never let that discourage us. Instead what we want to do is think how can we make our property so attractive to a potential buyer that

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Probate, Probate Business, Probate Niche, Probate Real Estate

Will Redfin Disrupt Probate?

I am a boy Scout leader and last night I had the chance to present a few boys with their merit badges and rank advancements at our year end court of honor. It’s so much fun working with these young men and getting to see the joy in their parents’ faces when they see their

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Probate, Probate Business, Probate Investing, Probate Niche

Have No Fear Probate is Here

Today during my business meeting, I was speaking with someone about the current probate real estate market. He was sharing with me how in his market in Orlando, Florida houses are starting to sit a bit longer. Well, as a matter of fact, that is something I am experiencing in some of my markets too. 

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Probate, Probate Business, Probate Property, Probate Real Estate

Doors, Floors, And More

I’m writing to you from the air as I’m in route to Chicago.  When I’m in a plane, I often get to just and have some quiet time. I was just thinking about yesterday’s adventures and I’m reminded about all the abundance in products and business that I saw. Since my real estate business has

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Probate Business, Probate Niche, Probate Real Estate

Time Management

Earlier this week, I rode shot gun with Brandon, one of the newer guys on my team so that I could observe him and make recommendations if need be. Now this guy has been seriously teachable and hungry and he has managed to take my probate leads and closed a good batch within a short

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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, 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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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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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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Probate Business, Probate in the News, Probate Niche

Having fun in real estate?

I love finding probate in the newspaper. This weeks article is about a man who inherited a Revolutionary Era ship. It just shows that there is so much history to be found within probate.  There are treasures just waiting to be discovered.  That’s one of the things that makes this business so much fun and

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Probate, Probate Business, Probate Niche, Probate Property

Hurricane in Los Angeles?

What, you may ask??? No, not a real true hurricane. However, if you look at the picture below you’ll ask what happened? It looks like a hurricane went through here. It’s not uncommon for us to see houses that look like this almost every day when they go through probate. It’s absolutely insane that somebody

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