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vballdarin

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  1. Chris.... I could have typed the exact same post as you. As I HATED reading up to about 4 years ago, I would have rather have been playing wiffleball, beach volleyball, golfing, or maybe even watching the GRASS GROW. It started with Rich Dad/Poor Dad and his subsequent books. I started to devour real estate investing books, then started to look to improve ME as a person. I read How To Stop Worrying And Start Living, as well as, How To Win Friends And Influence Others by Dale Carneige. I'm also a big fan of quotes from every aspect of life. <----I often post these quotes on my personal Facebook page to give others a little pick-me-up. I didn't realize how "stupid" and uneducated I really was and how much time I had lost being complacent & somewhat lazy when it came to educating myself after college. Recently, I've started working on what I BELIEVE IN/STAND FOR and what my values and principles are. I've just recently become re-acquainted with God so I'm starting to read the Bible later this Fall. As I start to have a little more money coming in, I'm going to start having books from Amazon delivered to my house weekly. So...my top 5 would be: Rich Dad/Poor Dad How To Stop Worrying And Start Living Arguing With Idiots The 5000 Year Leap The One Minute Manager Darin
  2. I just want to thank you for all the help you and your Naked Investor forum has given me. Like I said in the conversation, I'd gone the "National Guru" route & learned about that whole "Lease-with-the-option-to-purchase-thingy" they taught. Not until I came to the forum and got the Manual & help from Michael, did I TRULY understand how you must adapt to the marketplace or flounder in obscurity and possible failure. Yea...I'd LOVE to do Sandwich Lease Options all day long, but the market climate doesn't really allow for that now a days. By introducing me to the Cooperative Assignment or Lease Option Assignment, it provided me with another tool in my tool belt that I could use. As I've documented on some of my posts, it hasn't been easy (OK....I'm a Professional Golf Caddy at a course where the PGA Tour plays, so my OTHER office isn't half bad ), but I'm building on the Lease Option/CA knowledge and small successes I've had. And as mentioned before, I'm very fortunate to have Michael Carbonare as a mentor. Darin
  3. I can't wait to hang with you two guys in Atlanta! You 2 are going to make me look like even more of a stud than I already am. Buckle up ladies of Atlanta!
  4. Hey there David... DO NOT try to go look at every house. You then become a Real Estate Agent-type-person. (Unless you have a bunch of free time and don't mind driving all over creation) One of the things I would tell people is that I'm NOT a real estate agent and that if we can't agree on some basic numbers to see if YOUR house is a good fit for MY program, then it doesn't really make sense for me to have you spend your free time showing me your house since I'm not going to be the one living there anyway. After we agree on everything or after you've signed the paperwork, then (if this is how you're going to do your business) I'll take some pics and get to know the layout a little better. As our fearless leader (MC) would say.... "That's why it's called a COOPERATIVE Assignment". Unless they are willing to cooperate with us in agreeing to the numbers and in showing the house since it's so far away, then there's nothing we can do for them. WE have the KNOWLEDGE and the KNOW HOW.....they have the house. If they want us to do all the work....they need to make the numbers better for us to make it worth our while. Otherwise, let them keep making payments on their empty house for another 6 months. (I've learned NOT to bend over backwards for sellers. My spinal column only goes in one direction and it wasn't made to go backwards.) Hope that helps out a little. Darin
  5. Happy Birthday to the lovely and always informative Ms. Bev! Darin
  6. And the hits keep coming...... How much can I change on your contracts? Why can't you just call me back when you find someone who wants my house? How do I know that you're not just stealing my house? Well, if you're going to make $xxxx, then why can't I just do it myself? Darin
  7. Don't lie. We all know you went to take pics of that really nice renovated 1Bed/0Bath hut you got under contract the day before and got stuck. Either that...or you turned onto a muddy side street during a high speed car/truck chase to ditch a Tenant/Buyer who was chasing you trying to get their Option Consideration back.
  8. Is that the cabana boy? Nope. That's John's pet name for me. You'll probably hear him slip up once in a while and call me that at the seminar in November. Darin
  9. It's not that we DON'T like people....it's just that we have a tee time scheduled at this really nice private course with some guys and then this evening, the best time to catch some waves are about 2 hours before high tide....so.....we're not gonna be able to drive over there to come "take a tour of your house and play 20 questions" today. Oh....wait....did I say that aloud? That's why i like being on this forum and gaining everyone's different perspectives. Bev! = Warm & Fuzzy and could sell ice to an eskimo. M/C = Uses the 2 step email process to perfection with years of experience to boot. Pilot = Has a no-nonsense streamline program. Adam = Another great perspective on dealing with PEOPLE & NEEDS and not just logic & numbers. 4 different personalities......yet pretty much the same Lease Option strategy.
  10. The way I'm sending out my paperwork is through a PDF. After we have agreed to all the numbers using a "Short Offer", I plug the numbers into the contracts, sign everything, turn it into a PDF with security locks so the only thing they can do is print out (not edit, not save on their computer) all the contracts (already filled out with names, numbers, dates, etc) and hopefully sign them and mail/fax them back to me. If, through the course of them "feeling ME out", they say that they want to see the contracts before they agree to any terms, I just politely say: "Well, it's our policy not to send out the paperwork unless it's filled out. And besides, our Attorney wrote them up, registered them and has them on file specifically for our company and the way we fill them out. I don't want to be personally responsible for sending these contracts (which cost big bucks for our attorney to put together) whilly-nilly, and then have sellers or people getting themselves into even more trouble trying to figure out how to change them, or use them to rip off unsuspecting tenant/buyers, etc. You wouldn't want that to happen....would you?" If they say that they still want to see them, just say that "It seems like you're still a little uncomfortable about the whole process right now. Why don't we just put this on hold, you think about it for a while, and then 6 or 12 months down the road, if you change your mind, we can re-visit your situation and see if your house still works for us. I'll just tell the family that contacted us, that the house we had hoped to get for them to take a look at, just didn't work out ." Either way, they are probably just a "SUSPECT" and not a "PROSPECT". Darin
  11. Hey there Chris... Here is a link from the "way-back machine" that would be a good resource for you. I believe that it's very similar to the spreadsheet Bev developed/uses and it's pretty much the same thing i'm using for tracking my FRBO's. Use the link below to go to the specific Naked topic & about 3/4 down the page, rbaras left a link which you can download and use. http://www.naked-investor.com/forums/index...=5905&st=30 Best wishes, Darin
  12. Ms. BEV! has been kind enough to already post her marketing ideas, general conversations with potential sellers and a generic version of what she might email to people or FRBO's on the Forum if you go into the "Way Back Machine" (aka the search feature). If you go back about 3 years....http://www.naked-investor.com/forums/index...=5219&st=15 She has mostly helped me over the last few years with my confidence and delivery in any offline messages. (and MC keep your mind out of the gutter ). And I can tell you that it's DEFINITELY ABOUT BEING CONFIDENT AND KNOWING YOUR STUFF as opposed to giving buyers or sellers lines from scripts. I've cut my phone conversation time with sellers by at least 50% (while still being slightly warm and fuzzy ) and I can now answer 99.9% of the questions any seller or buyer can throw at me. For this I must thank first and foremost MC, BEV!, and Pilot, but also DougPretorius, Steve, AdamKing, JasonAL, Dan(SoCal), WestCoastGirl, Christine, Tony, and all those who've commented on my questions, gave me pointers, and kept telling me that my glass is going to be half-full if not overflowing. Darin
  13. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JR! Thanks for all the great posts and creative ideas. Hope you and the family have a great day. Darin
  14. MC.....don't act like you don't know how to advertise. I've seen your ads all over the place:
  15. UORE... I was told that in South Carolina (and I think I read it somewhere too) that you disclose your licensed status as well as which Brokerage is holding your license. As I'm sure many other people on the forum would suggest....the less Agents involved = the better. Your Broker can't have it both ways. He/she either lets you do your own deals...or they don't. If you happen to find one on the MLS, I would suggest treating it like a normal transaction, keeping all parties in a traditional role. Sometimes they will let YOU forfeit your commission (while giving your Broker his/her split) or credit it to the other party at closing. But then things start getting more and more complicated. Simple is better; less people is easier. Darin
  16. Hey there UORE.... A long time ago, in a land far away, I was a licensed Real Estate Agent. I was new to the whole Investing thing and when I had mentioned what I was looking to do (such as Sandwich Lease Options, CA's, etc....) to my Broker's in Charge they gave me the typical runaround,.... they felt uncomfortable with the whole process, hence, I ditched my license so that I could do what I wanted to the way I wanted to. My Brokers would not let me sell the property myself unless there was some type of compensation for them as "THEY" were the one's who may be culpable with such a "untraditional" deal. I DO know that as long as you disclaim and disclose, then disclaim and disclose again, then it should be a pellucid* transaction between all parties. *I learned a new word and want to use it every chance I get. [backstory----> A few days ago I thought I was getting a house under contract (a Coop Assign) but the owner emailed me back and said the paperwork was way too onerous . I replied by saying that I understand his concern but we strive for everything to be fair and pellucid. ]
  17. She used it only once but said it worked. I wasn't sure if anyone else had any experience with it.
  18. Wasn't sure if any of you were using this site, but a friend of mine was using it to screen tenants and I thought I would pass it on and it may help out. Anyone used this before? Good? Bad? Useful? Effective? Waste of Money? http://www.on-site.com/ Darin
  19. Jason..... Pretty much everything Bev says is sexy. So I guess the email I've been sending needs to be revised?: Hello Whomever you are, I'm simply going through ads and randomly picked yours. I'm looking to steal (kinda like David Copperfield) your house while sitting behind my computer. I "think" I have someone interested in your house if you just give me the combination to your garage or keys to the front door that way it can be shown to them. I'll give you double what it's worth while you don't have to pay a commission. (Even if your underwater or upside down on your mortgage...it's ok). Give me a call ASAP as this spam email will direct you to some random website. And FYI...please don't read yesterdays crime report in the local paper. Thanks and I look forward to doing business with you soon! Sincerely, Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe
  20. <Steve>......... Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday! Hope you make it a great one. Darin
  21. I used to be one of those people who fervently said that they are not the same. But after learning more about it, trying to explain it to people on websites and over the phone, I've come to the same decision that MC does. They are basically the same thing. I guess you can look at it as though your putting it into Leman's terms because when you attach the scary "option" word...then you have to go into a dissertation about the whole process or using Owner Financing where people can go cross-eyed .....whereas the term "Lease Purchase" can encapsulate the general process and is less "scary". Sometimes, I tend to use the analogy of a Band-Aid when people challenge me or ask me why I use the two phrases interchangeably. I tell them that when you get a cut or a boo-boo, you ask for a Band-Aid, when in fact, Band-Aid is the brand name for Johnson&Johnson's line of adhesive bandages that come in all shapes and sizes. Adhesive strips/bandages are just simply better known as a Band-Aid. How many times, after you see someone get a cut or a boo-boo, have you heard that person ask for a medicated adhesive strip? Yea....that's what I thought. Are they exactly the same thing...No, thanks to that little "®" beside the name. But do people use the term interchangeably.....Yes. Is it the best analogy to use? Maybe, maybe not......."We report, you decide." Darin
  22. In elementary school, our library was a broken down little trailer parked next to the building. And I remember, when it was bad weather outside, we pushed all our desks against the 4 walls of our classroom and we had gym class (and even volleyball) IN THE CLASSROOM! Bev......I do have to admit that my main goal in 8th grade was to get all the Cheerleaders to sign my yearbook. I wouldn't trade those all day wiffleball/football/hide and seek games and drinking from the hose for anything. Man....those were the days. Then again....I was turned down by a girl to be my square-dancing partner in 6th grade....so the more things change, the more they remain the same.
  23. And protective headgear when riding our bicycles.....phooey! Put a band-aid on it, suck it up, and get back to riding! Darin
  24. MC........I'm not sure I'm going to apply for the censorship position at this time. The PGA will be in town pretty soon and I'm a little busy getting the course ready. How long will you be holding this position open? BUT....I'm considering holding out for a job description like this: Be your own boss, performance reviews conducted but then immediately shredded, make mistakes but put the blame on other people with no consequences, hefty six figure salary position with annual increases automatically granted without regard to work performance, medical benefits are top of the line and are publicly subsidized, pension plan is extremely generous and has a very short vesting period, work on site 118-184 days a year and then work from home......or not, travel the world and attend elaborate cocktail parties all for free, and......regularly meet people who think you're personally revolting and professionally inept but are forced to call you sir or madam out of sheer fear. The job..... a position in Congress.
  25. All this talk about you guys hanging out in bikinis is starting to get a little disturbing. May I suggest going to Rio, Brazil for your next vacation? Now...back to a serious note....(it's kinda difficult to recover from that, i know) With both Michael's and John's experience, if you're serious about starting a business, I would suggest looking into their training. I've, obviously, gotten MC's manual and loved it. It's very simple and easy to understand. My biggest problem was placing MC's great info into a system where I could do something with it. My marketing basically stunk on ice! I wanted......NEEDED......to find a way to get all the information from my head into a program so that I could effectively and efficiently communicate that to the public. I went to see John in December and I'm in the process of rolling out my marketing. Obviously, it will take a while before I can quantify my success but the confidence I now have is exactly what I was looking for. After A happens, then I move onto B. Then when B is ready, I can say that step C is next. It's going to be easier to communicate the whole process to the sellers and buyers while not sounding like just some "investor guy who is desperate to get a deal done".<----the way it used to be If you've heard of the Cone of Learning, the best way to learn is by doing and being actively involved with others while they do it. I think MC and John's seminar would be a great example of that. Thanks to both of you and to all those on the forum who have helped me. **You know who you are** Darin
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