mojomike

Thanks for all the advice. Sorry for not responding for so long. As an update, I think I'm going to buy a video professor and just try to get really good at Access. By the way 'RevKev', Linux proved to be pretty difficult and I repartitioned my drive, installing both Linux and Windows. I'll be using windows mostly and playing with Linux in my free time. I still hope to switch over entirely one day, but cold turkey was just too difficult. ,MPS

Hi all, I'm working on my marketing letters and am looking for some good stats that I can verify regarding house sales. I'm trying to find out the answers to these questions: What percentage of houses DO NOT sell after being listed with a realtor. i.e., how many listings expire without selling. How long does the average house sit on the MLS before selling? What is the average price reduction before a house sells? I'm looking for both national figures and if I can find them local figures (I'm in East Tennessee). I thought it would be easy to find this stuff, but I've been searching for hours and I'm not having any luck. Any pointers? Thanks all! ,MPS

For those of you using Grand Central, Have you figured out a way to use the numbers as voicemail only? I've got four numbers set up right now. I'm planning on using them for individual property signs. However, it requires each number to be tied to a unique phone that you already have, and it rings that line when anybody calls. I'd like for it to take the message and just email me, without calling my cell/landline/etc. Anyone figured this out? ,Mike Shanahan BTW, I too was able to signup for all four of my accounts without getting a link from anyone.

Hi all, I'm new to the forum. I've been managing rental properties for about 4 years. Just recently started doing Lease Purchases. I did my first sandwhich lease last month, and I'm really excited about I'm trying to develop a dynamite marketing program, and I can tell that I will learn a lot from this forum. Right now, I'm at a point where I need to make some semi-final decisions about record-keeping. Does anyone have any tried and true methods for organizing leads, prospects, contacts, clients, etc.? I've used Microsoft Access for the last few years to manage my rentals, but I never really got it configured in a way that was convenient or useful. I mostly ended up doing everything on paper, which is going to be impossible if I get serious about my networking. Does anyone else use Access, and if so how have you made it work for you? Does anyone have Linux? I just switched over from Windows and was wondering if there are any good networking programs available. Does anyone know of any good property management programs? I've not found anything that really does what I want it to do. What I'm looking for is an organizational system that I can use to manage all of my prospects, export the various lists as I need them for different things, and also keep track of properties, maintenance records, rental payments, etc.? I'm sure it's far fetched to assume that one program will be able to do all of this, but maybe someone has figured out a great combination of programs to stay organized. Any ideas?? Thanks, Mike