These are some great solutions to create a winning campaign. I think I am going to tweak my service to a voice mail type service going into 2010. I have 300 letters with the Pat Live local phone number in them. I will try voice mail through Pat for these and see how this goes. Cheers, Terry

Great questions Antay. Answers below.Cheers, Terry QUOTE (antay @ Dec 21 2009, 04:44 PM) Hi Terry, Great Post!! Thank you so much for sharing your experience. A couple of question for you: 1) What was the price range of your property and how close percentage wise to the actually ARV with...

Way to go Jose. It is great that you are calling back the hangups and getting extra mileage from the letters. I called back a homeowner (million plus neighbourhood) the other day and he told me if I found him a condo with everything on one floor, that he would sell me his home. He doesn`t want...

I have been getting mostly hang-ups when people call Pat Live after receiving my yellow letters. This is usually silence when the call center person is asking questions. I know there are many reasons for this, but I am wondering if some of the callers are hanging up because they get a Southern...

Fortunately, I was able to get all of the appropriate papers signed between seller and buyer. The hard work from the Mortgage Broker paid off. The financing condition was removed last evening (Dec 8) and the sale should go through in January. One thing I did become aware of, was that I was now...

QUOTE (invst4profit @ Dec 4 2009, 05:23 PM) Ideally with a rental you want the tenants on separate utilities. Utilities extra. If you can go that route, in the future, with new tenants that is the direction you should be going and investing your money. Pay back is of far less importance when...

QUOTE (GaryMcGowan @ Dec 4 2009, 07:31 PM) I was encouraged to share this story which happened to me this morning. Email Lead came in from Kijiji ad that I had placed. The Property: 3 year old Townhouse condo in Kitchener FMV - 255k LTV - 225k PIT - 1,448 per mth at 5.25% fixed due Feb 2012...

QUOTE (cmattric @ Dec 3 2009, 12:57 PM) I think anybody attended Ron Legrand`s Event should go to this workshop. I gained a lot of confidence on paperwork and explaining the deal. I highly recommend before you mess up any deal at pre&post agreement. I second this. When you visit a "Prospect"...

There has been a snag... The buyers original lender flatly refused to look at the file for 2 reasons: 1. Private sellers are the leaders when it comes to bank fraud 2. They were further uncomfortable with me in the middle. The mortgage broker is resubmitting the application to another lender...

QUOTE (WJW @ Dec 1 2009, 12:16 PM) Great job Terry!! I`ve done several auctions over the past year or so and thought I`d share a couple things that I`ve learned along the way. You`re right that you need more then a week. I`ve found that 2 weeks is the best time frame because it gives you...

We held a Round Robin Home Auction over the weekend. I had an option on a really pretty renovated home in a great Calgary neighbourhood. This option was only 8 days from the weekend open house. I made the sale this soon as I didn`t want to get into December. Maybe Grey Cup weekend wasn`t the...

QUOTE (housedoc @ Nov 16 2009, 05:53 AM) Good answers! I would only add: Make sure that there is not another source of water/moisture. - leaks or overflows from unit(s) above - water getting behind tiles or stall - gutter, downspout, grading or foundation issues. I recently had a wall fan...

QUOTE (CarlaJohnson @ Nov 10 2009, 02:26 PM) Whoop-whoop! I`m going to be a guest on Breakfast Television in Toronto this Friday morning!! Yes, that`s Friday the 13th. I`m very excited & a wee bit nervous. The exact time is not set yet. It will be between 7 & 9 am. Also, I was interviewed by...

I like it and I like the simplicity. Great domain name too. Terry

First off, builders are investors as we are and they have cost overruns and pay too much for land too. Just look at the bankruptcies happening in this sector or the projects that can`t go ahead at this time. That being said you should have a lawyer look at your contract to see if there is a...

QUOTE (tbarcier @ Oct 23 2009, 05:08 PM) Can I jump on this band wagon? Hi Tony, Would you mind forwarding a copy of the scripts to me also? [email protected] I appreciate your time. Thank you in advance, Terry

QUOTE (WJW @ Oct 22 2009, 12:00 PM) Terry, I`m waiting for a local number from PatLive too, but they can give you an 800# and switch it over to the local number when its available. Then you can go to www.freephoneline.ca and get a local number for free and have that number forward to the 800#...

QUOTE (ZanderRobertson @ Oct 22 2009, 12:56 PM) Hi everyone, Has anyone used the goffn.com service we were offered during the Ron Legrand seminar? I`ve signed up for the free trial period and am setting up my website. My question: How do I change the graphics on the "buyers" home page? Mine...

QUOTE (TerryKruse @ Oct 22 2009, 08:04 AM) Pinnacle Lists quoted .15 per name (for 1000 names) and was about to order. I then got .11 name from West Lists. When I told Pinnacle that I was not proceeding, he asked why. He commented that he may have been able to match the West List price...

I thought that would be a problem and just wanted clarification for the future. Thanks Barry Terry