Probate Investing, Real Estate Investing

I Spent Some Time in Prison This Weekend

A rapper by the name of DMX just passed away this weekend. DMX, unfortunately, lived with a big drug addiction problem and spent years in and out of prison. This news touched me because I have dedicated the last 10 years of my life to helping people within the prison system. I volunteer my time

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Probate Business, Probate Investing, Real Estate Investing

Altercation at the Dog Park

I was out taking my Hawaiian whipador Kalea (she’s half Whippet and half Labrador) on a walk to our neighborhood dog park yesterday. I do this just about every day so we can both get a little exercise.It’s usually business as usual with me coming home with a plastic baggie full of dog doo and

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

Cadillac Concierge

In a competitive market you must always think about how you can serve your clients in the best manner possible. There’s a Cadillac dealer near me who blew me away the other day. They will go right to your house or business and actually pick your vehicle up, service it, and drop it back off

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Negotiations, Probate Investing, Probate Property

My Latest Wholesale Won’t Move

Once in a while I have a property under contract that I just cannot wholesale.I currently have a property under contract and although the numbers were tight, I felt that I could still assign the contract because of it’s ideal location.It’s one of those houses that’s in the best school district and in the most

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Probate Business, Probate Investing, Probate Property

This Flip Got Lost in Translation

Just wanted to share a quick funny story with you about something that happened to me this week. One of my Probate Fox students is doing a rehab on a property they picked up and wanted my opinion on the kitchen layout. I’m always looking for an excuse to get out of the office so

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Probate Investing, Probate Niche, Probate Property

Laugh or Cry- Which Would You Do?

This week I was made aware of an unexpected plumbing problem on one of my flips that’s going to cost me upwards of fifteen thousand dollars to fix. It turns out the lateral was rotted out from the street all the way to the back of the house. The fix? We’re going to have to replace

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Probate Business, Probate Investing, Real Estate Investing

Kicking in the Doors to Get the Contract?

This weekend I had the pleasure to ride along with two of my young, newer team members. These two guys are pretty green to Real Estate. And what’s really funny is that they want to bust into every seller’s door and get a property under contract.  “Hold on tough guys…” I told them. Remember the 90’s

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

Why Did she Sell me Her Probate Property

I closed on another probate property last Thursday. I am always so thankful every time I close on a house because there are a lot of things that affect who a seller will go with.Even though there are a ton of other real estate investors and realtors going after the same properties I’m trying to

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Goal Setting, Probate Investing, Real Estate Investing

An Offer You Can’t Refuse

Just this past week, one of my first-class Probate Fox alumni, Alex, was recognized as one of the top real estate agents in his brokerage. The secret to his success can be summarized in one word: probate.Some years back and quickly escalated to the very top of his game. Probate was THE vehicle that helped

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Business, Goal Setting, Probate, Probate Investing

The Guy that Scratched His Head to Poverty

We can’t always control the circumstances or obstacles that we are presented with in our life; however, we have the ability to adjust our plans in order to stay on track to achieve our end goals. This year has been very much about adjusting and shifting our plans but that doesn’t mean that our goals

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Probate Investing, Probate Niche, Probate Real Estate, Real Estate Investing

Advice for Administrators Stuck in Probate with a Mortgage on the Property

I wanted to share this email with you from a conversation that I had with one of my students today. I am very proud of him because of his activity and his choice to embrace the opportunity to be of service to the much-needed market going through probate. As many folks have slowed down or

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Probate, Probate Investing, Probate Real Estate

How to Buy 6 to 10 Probate Properties with 6 to 10 Feet of Distance

I had such an interesting couple of conversations this morning with a few of my ProbateFox members that I just had to stop and share some of that with you. First of all, we don’t ignore the fact that we are all human and therefore have been impacted in one way or another with this

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