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Esi Benedict – The Best and Brightest Women in Real Estate Investing
July 20, 2010 by Esi · 11 Comments
2 weeks ago Patrick aka P-Rid of www.mustknowinvesting.com kicked off a new series titled “The Best and Brightest Women in Real Estate Investing” The all-star line up of women Real Estate Investors participating are: – Julie Broad – Esi Benedict (yours truly) – Shae Bynes – Christina Mellott – Stephani Davis – Surprise Special Guest [...]
$750 EMD? say what?
July 14, 2010 by Esi · 19 Comments
Tuesday was a long day in court. I didn’t have to go but I went anyway and I learned so much about the probate process in the county where I invest. Two main reasons I went was one, I decided to lend the home owner some money because she are going through a tragic period [...]
Work now, Play later.
July 8, 2010 by Esi · 33 Comments
Wow! It’s been a while since my last posting. I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. I decided to spend sometime relaxing after a hectic and busy last few weeks planning my daughter’s birthday party and working on upgrading my business. On Sunday morning, 4th of July morning, yeah honoring our troops, bbq, [...]
Q & A, Closing, Birthday.
July 2, 2010 by Esi · 19 Comments
TGI Friday Woohoo! The deal with Lisa fell through, because the seller decided not to sell anymore. This deal was a nightmare from the start so i didn’t expect it to go too far, I’m having a headache just thinking about it. Sigh! The good news is another deal I’ve been working on with a [...]
10 flipping tools.
June 29, 2010 by Esi · 41 Comments
There are 10 online tools or websites that has helped me a lot in my business which I’ve grown to love and can’t live without. They save me a lot of time, make my work easier in some ways, minimize risks, build trust with my clients, makes communication easy and best of all most are [...]
Yes, No, Maybe
June 25, 2010 by Esi · 27 Comments
In the $10,000 question posting, My seller (I would refer to as Lisa) said she needed to research my company and have her lawyer go through the contract I gave her. So on Wednesday I got a call from Lisa’s Lawyer and he wanted to know what the conditions of the contract were. We agreed [...]
Not another yellow letter
June 22, 2010 by Esi · 133 Comments
If you’ve had some interest in marketing for houses, chances are you’ve heard of the yellow letter for sellers. When I started learning about wholesaling, every forum I went to talked about the almighty yellow letter, so I decided to google it one day and saw some samples. From what I heard the response rate [...]
$10,000 question.
June 17, 2010 by Esi · 21 Comments
Two weeks ago, I got a lead on a house that didn’t quite fit my criteria, so I didn’t bother calling the seller to make an offer. Last week Wednesday, while reviewing my activities for the week, I had this strong nagging feeling to call and get more info about the house. It was a [...]
Sushi, anyone?
June 14, 2010 by Esi · 18 Comments
The deal I thought was the fastest yet has turned into a nightmare, that doesn’t seem to be going away. Hear me out. So on Thursday, I get a call from title agent (I would refer to as Steve); “Title was pulled and there are 3 liens on the house for 3 different people on [...]
SO WHAT???
June 11, 2010 by Esi · 18 Comments
Hi Esi, Well, I have taken your advice and I am doing a joint venture with another wholesaler who has a whopper full of buyers and a short sale negotiation team. Also, I am doing post card marketing and I am going to hire someone to put up my bandit signs (100). I have went [...]
