I just sat down to enter a few marketing tips from past REtips.com newsletters and quickly realized that the tips were written in such a way that they sound funny when read outside the context of the newsletter.  So...  It looks like I am going to have to do some editing before posting them here.  UGH.  I will get to it as soon as possible.  

You hear it everywhere, "Don't look for houses, look for motivated sellers." Well, who is motivated? People that have lost their job People that are going through a divorce People that are drowning in debt People that inherit property they don't want People that own property that have code violations People that own property that is vacant Landlords that are in the process of evicting Job/Military that is getting transferred The list... (more)

I know we have all heard it and I know most of us believe it but for some weird reason it keeps getting undervalued as good advice. As real estate investors you should be looking for motivated sellers - NOT houses. I might be wasting my breathe (er, finger strength?) here because it wasn't until I met with my first motivated seller that it all made sense. All those people that said, "You will know one when you see one" were so right. For the record, I did it too. I wasted plenty ... (more)

Welcome to my new blog.  My name is Kay and I run a website called REtips.com.  I publish periodic newsletters that are made up of marketing tips submitted by REtips.com subscribers.  (For the whole pathetic story on how all this got started go to REtips.com.) The majority of the tips that get submitted to me are tips you have heard a thousand times.  Those tips get chunked.  What I publish are the wacky, weird, brilliant or otherwise creative tips that come m... (more)