Struggling to Get Started

Why am I getting Homework?

What a busy week this has been! I had barely any time to rest and relax between working my full time job, having to put my mailers together (106 this time), going to real estate meetings on Wednesday and Thursday and with school starting up and traffic season commencing, it took me forever to get [...] Related posts:

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Does Networking Really Pay Off?

By reading the title you probably thought that I had a deal come my way through my networking channels. Unfortunately that is not the direction this post is going to take. What I’m getting at is that I can officially say I have a coach. Over the summer I’ve continually offered up my website development [...] Related posts:

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Probate Monday: A little negotiating going on

This is going to be another busy week for sure. Even though the last letters I sent out where in the first week of August, my phone rang with a call from a lady who had been holding onto my letter since I mailed it back in January. Took me a bit to find her [...] Related posts:

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Create Extra Marketing Money With Your Real Estate Blog

For those people who have been reading my blog for a while know that I’m pretty limited with my marketing budget of $200 per month. This gets eaten up quickly when half of that goes to my probate list provider. That leaves me with only $100 for Stamps, paper, ink and envelopes. Sending out 80 [...] Related posts:

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Probate Monday: Gearing Up for Another Mailing

With the end of August looming large, I’m going to be preparing my next batch of probate letters to be sent out. Unlike most prior months I’ve been waiting for the beginning of the month to put all the letters together, stuff and stamp them. This usually takes me a few nights and the letters [...] Related posts:

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Probate Monday: Mid Month Slow Down

Before I get started, I want to wish my beautiful bride a very happy 30th birthday today. She is the love of my life and with out a doubt my best friend as well. Can’t beat that combo! In our family we like to celebrate birthdays over a week period, not just on the date [...] Related posts:

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Renaming My Blog Contest Winner!

When I first switched my blog over to StrugglingInvestor.com from my old blog at sjcostello.blogspot.com it took me ages to come up with a domain name that represented my current struggles to break into real estate investing. What I liked about the name, StrugglingInvestor, was it also represented and large group of people who where [...] Related posts:

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Free eBook: 7 Day Action Plan

I’m sure most of you who read my blog already have downloaded the 7 Day Action Plan e-book that Shae Bynes, over at GoodFaithInvesting.com has put together. If you have not, then head on over to her site and fill out the form. I just finished reading through all 17 pages. I must say, Shae [...] Related posts:

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Last Chance to Win a $400 Prize!

Just wanted to remind everyone that Friday, August 14th is the day I’m going to be closing the doors on the contest to rename my blog. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment suggesting a great sounding domain name. If I go with your entry I will give you Steve Cook’s [...] Related posts:

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Must See Posts: Women, 1000 Houses, Target Markets and More

Here are some of the great posts I’ve read over the past few weeks from around the blogosphere. Patrick Riddle over at MustKnowInvesting.com is running down the top 8 women in real estate investing and is currently featuring Steph Davis (no wonder why she just restyled her hair). Along with Steph, another P-Rid girl, Shae [...] Related posts:

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