Archive for November, 2009
On Being Grateful
Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
To receive more you first must be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the doors for good ideas to flow, while cynicism blocks the door of good ideas.”
~Jim Rohn
It’s morning, and I’m getting ready for an early hike in the mountains with my dad, then football, and time with family. I wanted to sleep in, but was restless. I get excited about Thanksgiving: It’s one of my favorite holidays, and one of the few that hasn’t had its soul stripped by commercialism. And it’s so simple, isn’t it (at least for those of us not cooking!). A day spent taking a time out, and being grateful for the blessings one has.
Have you ever noticed how much of your day is spent thinking about what you don’t have? Switching that around has made all the difference, at least for me. Each of us is reminded daily, through television and the media, of what we don’t have. If you flip that around, and begin thinking about what you already have, you might be surprised at how this changes your outlook no matter what the day brings. When I did this several years ago during a challenging time in my life –– a time when I experienced loss on so many levels, I felt liberated. I stopped dwelling on what had been taken away and made a conscious effort to think about how I had been blessed –– and this led the way for more blessings to come.
At SREC, we are grateful for you . . . for your participation, your interest and your advice as we do everything we can to build not only a great company, but a community of people that not only value learning and seek challenges, but who enjoy giving back.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Work Smarter, Not Harder
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Hey – Josh here. Want to learn the secret of marketing strategy at Ambrose Properties? If you think marketing isn’t a big deal, or you think you don’t have time for it, I have a great video for you. You have to see this if you want to make some serious money.
It’s also the same strategy that the best financial investors use. Would you bet all your money on one company’s common stock? You’re not going to take a chance, right? What if that company goes down? There is no such thing as “too big to fail,” especially today. You’re more likely to spread that money over a few different investments, just in case.
The same principle applies to real estate investing. You couldn’t possibly find every potential deal with one method. People who need to buy or sell a home pay attention to different things. Those who aren’t online still read their mail and talk to real estate agents. Those who are online will probably do a little Internet research before talking to anyone.
If it sounds like this is too much for you, what if we could help you with time-saving secrets, too? I’m not kidding. One of our coaches can talk to you about how to customize your systems so you actually can take that vacation or business trip or mental health day without feeling guilty about it. Find out more by registering for a free Silver Access Membership in our coaching program.
Internet marketing is great for that. You set up the framework once, and then there’s just a little bit of maintenance on your part. Meanwhile, your websites are doing all the work for you. You can do this – just work smarter, not harder!
We love it when everyone has the opportunity to make a difference in someone else’s business by sharing ideas. What do you do to make life easier? Have you found something that generates a lot of leads without a lot of effort?
Take care,
Josh
Thanks to the “Original 15”
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment
The past six years have been a complete blur. Let me tell you why.
Back in October 2003 I was frustrated, tired and feeling out of control. I was making great money in financial services, but was spending it as fast as I was making it.
So I quit my job as a financial planner –– cold turkey. I had no income and few assets. I was 26-years-old.
I wanted to pursue real estate investing full time and was burned out on financial planning. I decided to buy a course or two online and attended my first real estate seminar that November. When I was 23 I bought a rental property and was living in half and renting half so I already knew at a young age that I wanted to be in real estate somehow. I just didn’t know what to do.
For eight months – from Nov 2003 to July 2004 – I struggled trying to make money with real estate through books and tapes. For some reason I just couldn’t get it all together. I actually borrowed $60,000 dollars to fund my real estate business just hoping I could get it going.
Does that sound familiar? Maybe not the borrowing 60k thing but the rest of it?
Then in the summer 2004 I paid $12,000 for a six-month coaching program and started putting the business together. During the next four months my business partner, Greg Clement, and I made over $400,000 in real estate profits. We earned enough money to pay back a $60,000 loan we needed to open shop. We were finally over the hump.
For the next three years I worked hard and closed between five to eight deals almost every month. Although my success was new, I began mentoring a few local guys in Cleveland. When they made money and achieved success, I knew we had something that could make a difference for many people.
In July 2007 Greg and I held our first real estate investing event with over 100 attendees and sold out our coaching program on our first attempt. Twenty-five individuals joined our coaching program, each paying $12,000.
Today 15 of those 25 original students are still with me. They are the best of the best. They are some of the most successful investors in the country.
Many of them enjoy a life that most people only dream of. They enjoy the success that thousands of new real estate investors struggle to obtain. They have money, toys, free time; they take vacations, have solid families, and I consider them all to be close friends.
I want thank those students who have been with SREC since the beginning and helped us evolve and become better at what we do. Their response, suggestions, and support have been priceless.
Here are the names of those individuals whose commitment to me, Greg and SREC back in July 2007 have for us, made all the difference.
Michelle Apt and Dale Bjordhal
Chris Consol
Chris Gleize
John Grant & Jerry Ballard
Rogie Robinson
Charise Stone
Susanna Mardjuki
Jim and Stephanie McFadzean
Art and Sandy Farrington
Tammy Maffei
Steve Hall
Justin Sorg
Rick Scheffler
Mark Drewniak
Brianna Weaver
If you’d like to learn more about the success of these individuals, how you can achieve their level of real estate success or how you can participate in my One-on-One personal mentoring and consulting program, then visit www.sreccoaching.com.
*Tonight’s Free Training* few seats remain
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
I’m really excited about tonight’s Champion’s
of the Short Sale II training webinar.
If you haven’t reserved your seat, I suggest
you do it right now…
http://go.webinarmeetingsnow.com/mitigation
Since we announced the call on Sunday we’ve been
flooded with questions on exactly how we create
MULTIPLE *five-figure paydays* each and every
month. (It’s easier than you think.)
Tonight my guest and SREC coaching student,
Sergio DeCesare, reveal our *Six-Figure* Negotiation
and Selling Secrets, as well as show you his real
examples and case studies of deals he’s recently
closed.
We’ll show you how to do it too.
Sergio’s been a SREC student for the last two
years and has closed over 40 deals since. Today
he negotiates over 20 to 50 “cherry picked” short
sales at any given time. Tonight, he’ll show you
how to do it without going crazy and tearing you
hair out.
The call is tonight Tuesday, November 17th, at 9
pm Eastern. (6 pm Pacific)
You can register at this link:
http://go.webinarmeetingsnow.com/mitigation
Best,
Josh Cantwell.
P.S. You’re not going to want to miss tonight’s
call. At the end I am opening up a very limited
number of spots for my high-end mentoring and 2-day
one-on-one consulting sessions. Acceptance in to
these programs is application only and reserved for
the most serious players.
I’ll give you the details on tonight’s call:
http://go.webinarmeetingsnow.com/mitigation
Creating Some Wiggle Room
Monday, November 16th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Hey – Josh here. You are not going to believe this one. I get people asking me this all the time – how do we start the short sale negotiation? Watch this.
It’s about seller concessions. Now, I know that most people think there’s no wiggle room for this in a short sale deal. It is possible, but you have to create that wiggle room.
What’s the best way to get anywhere when you negotiate? Throw the other side a bone. Give them that carrot on a stick, so when it comes time to convince them to give you what you need, they’re more likely to be right there for you.
You really have to give a little to get a little in any negotiation. When you’re looking for that big check at the end, this is part of earning it. Your job is to find that win-win for everyone, and that includes the bank, the seller, and the buyer. Even it it’s a small victory for each person, you want everyone to walk away feeling good about the deal in some way.
So how do you create that wiggle room? It’s different for every deal, and it’s not easy. That’s why we created Strategic Real Estate Coach. We figured out a way to pull that off, and we decided to share that with you so that you can be successful, too. Our coaches have been there and done that, so if you have an unusual situation in one of your deals, they’ll usually know how to talk you through it. And if they don’t, they’ll find someone who does.
What’s the most unusual challenge you have faced? How did it work out? Register for our Silver Access Membership today, and find out how networking with other investors can help you tackle deals you never thought could work!
Have a good one!
Josh
Turn “Headaches” into Opportunity
Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Hey! Are you having an awesome day yet? This is Josh. You need to see this training video on working with agents. It’s going to change how you look at that.
Ever had an issue when you worked with a real estate agent on a short sale deal? They do. They have some serious objections to working with short sales, and you need to know how to field those. If you can answer their concerns and explain everything well enough, they’re going to be a lot easier to work with.
That training video explains a lot of it. You have to find a way so everyone walks away from that deal with a positive take on it, especially the real estate agent. That agent could be the source of some of your biggest deals. They run into people all the time that could be referred to you, if they feel confident about your ability to help them.
They also have to feel confident that they’re going to be treated right when they work with you. There’s nothing that will block your pipeline more than losing your referrals. If your agents walk away with a full commission, that’s a huge motivation for them to come back to you when they have referrals.
Why the full commission and not just some of it? It’s simply the right thing to do. You’re going to charge your full referral fee if you’re able to refer a sale to them. Give them the right to have their full referral fee, too.
If you want to learn more, you owe it to your business to click here. Save yourself a lot of trouble and find out how to block objections ahead of time. Go to the Strategic Real Estate Coach website, and sign up for our Silver Access Membership program. It’s free, and it’s full of great problem-solving techniques.
Got a good story about how you got an agent to give you referrals? Share it!
No Holds Barred Livestream Tonight!
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
One Night Only!
Four of the best minds in Short Sale Investing Live at 7PM Tonight!
http://sreccoaching.com/livestream/
Josh Cantwell Jeff Watson Jerami King Bob Mittleman
The Investor The Lawyer The Negotiator The Title Man
LIVE *No-Holds-Barred* Short Sale Coaching Call Tonight
Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Grill us, rake us over hot coals, hold our
feet to the fire…
Four leading short sale experts are
anxiously waiting for your biggest questions
and issues concerning your investing business.
The biggest online short sale training of the
year happens tonight at 7pm EST.
Send us your questions here to make sure they
get answered:
www.sreccoaching.com/livestream
(You can also see what everyone else has asked
so far!)
Your BIGGESTS concerns, fears, setbacks,
challenges when it comes to investing in short
sales are addressed and resolved tonight.
Here’s the expert panel line up on tonight’s
LIVE STREAMING Q&A Marathon:
Jeff Watson – Top Short Sale Lawyer, Contract
and Closing Expert.
Jerami King – Top Short Sale Negotiator with
over 6,000 short sales under his belt
Bob Mittleman – Top Title Company that closes
deal in almost every state
And ME, Josh Cantwell – Top Short Sale Investor
and Coach
Trust me – there is NOTHING you can possibly ask
us that we won’t know about this business.
Send us your questions and join us on the call
to get answers.
The live stream starts promptly at…
7pm Eastern
6 pm Central
5 pm Mountain
4 pm Pacific
And may just go all night. As long as you have
questions and we can continue to provide you
with great training content we will keep going.
Go here now:
www.sreccoaching.com/livestream
You’ll get never before available direct access
to the dream team of short sale investing
superstars. This will only happen once, it won’t
be recorded, you can’t miss it.
If you have any short sale, foreclosure or real
estate questions whatsoever—ANY—this is your
opportunity of a lifetime to learn direct from
the masters.
Here’s a few of the questions asked so far…
Ben Johnson asks:
“If a bank orders and appraisal, how can we
convince the bank to do a BPO instead? And, if
the bank does do an appraisal and that appraisal
comes in about 90k over what every single agent
who looks at the property thinks its worth, how
can we convince the lender that the appraiser was
on crack and we need a new BPO ordered?”
Jim Maffuccio asks:
“Please walk through the steps and thought
process for approaching an RE agent with a listed
short sale, where we want to contract the property
(A to B) and have that agent keep the property on
MLS in search of the end (C) buyer, and clarify
how to do it with complete satisfaction of
disclosure requirements, fiduciary responsibilities,
and (typical) MLS rules.”
Kenny Baker asks:
“Seems like Bank of America is doing everything
they can to interfere with short sale back to back
transactions. Would you guys recommend passing
on deals where they are the lien holder?”
We will answer all of these questions and
more TONIGHT.
And we want to answer your questions too!
Go here now, post your questions and then come
back to this site at 7pm EST:
www.sreccoaching.com/livestream
See you tonight,
Josh Cantwell
P.S. Normally this level of *total access* is
reserved solely for top coaching and mentoring
students. It happens once-time-only tonight!
P.P.S. Speaking of top coaching and mentoring,
we’ll be revealing information on how you can
claim your spot into my one of my exclusive
high-level mentoring programs. Its not for sale.
It’s application only and you must qualify. We’ll
open the doors to this exclusive program on
Tuesday night.
Doors have been closed since March 2009. I’ve
been creating an army of six and seven figure
income earners who applied and qualified last
March. You can be next.
It’s application only and we have limited spots
because my coaches have limited time and space
for new mentoring students. Plus I want to work
with only the most serious players.
Go here now, post your questions and then I’ll
see you at 7pm EST tonight:
www.sreccoaching.com/livestream
Most Important Short Sale Event of the Year Happens Thursday Night
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
What’s holding you back from starting, growing or making more money in your short sale investing business? I’d really like to know how I can help you.
I will answer all your most important questions and give you a bunch of brand new ideas on Thursday night at 7pm EST.
Check out www.sreccoaching.com/livestream now to see what’s up.
By now you know that short sale leads are everywhere and your marketing is sure to generate short sales. Are you taking advantage of those leads? Are you closing them consistently? Are you throwing them away?
Shame on you if you are…….
It doesn’t matter where you are right now, tomorrow I’m going to help you get where you want to be – no strings attached, no pitch.
Join me for a “LIVE, STREAMING” MARATHON COACHING CALL at 7pm Eastern Thursday night (November 12th).
Here’s what you need to do next to get involved.
Go to: www.sreccoaching.com/livestream
And post your questions there.
Besides myself, I have lined up three other industry experts and we are hooking up at my office in Cleveland. We are joining up for what is sure to be the top training and coaching event of the year.
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Here’s how it breaks down to benefit you.
Each of us has our own niche in the foreclosure and short sale business.
Jeff Watson – Top Short Sale Lawyer, Contract and Closing Expert.
Jerami King – Top Short Sale Negotiator with over 6,000 short sales under his belt
Bob Mittleman – Top Title Company that closes deal in almost every state
And ME – Top Short Sale Investor and Coach
Trust me – there is NOTHING you can possibly ask us that we won’t know about this business.
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If you have a marketing question, it’s answered.
If you have a legal question, it’s answered.
If you have a negotiating question, it’s answered.
If you have a seller or buyer question, it’s answered.
Questions about banks, contracts, back to back closings, listings, they are all answered
All you have to do is ask the question. We’ll take care of you the rest of the way.
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Here’s what you need to do next
Go to: www.sreccoaching.com/livestream
And post your questions there.
Then come back to that same page Thursday at 7pm EST. 4pm Pacific
I’ve lined up four of the brightest minds in the pre-foreclosure business to do this “no-holds-barred” marathon short sale coaching session and we will show you how to make money NOW with short sales. We will also dispel any mis-information you may have heard so you know exactly how to get deals closed.
This ONE TIME MARATHON COACHING CALL will not be repeated. You must be there. It won’t be recorded.
There has never been a time before when 4 of the industry’s brightest short sale minds will be ready to coach you and take your questions with no strings attached.
Check out www.sreccoaching.com/livestream and post your questions.
Questions will be answered on a first come, first served basis and there’s a bunch of them on there right now.
It all starts at 7pm Eastern and you can watch it all right here:
www.sreccoaching.com/livestream
We’re leaving no stone unturned.
Cancel all your other plans and be there tomorrow night. Tell your friends too.
Josh
P.S. Next week I’ll be releasing information on our High End Coaching and Mentoring Programs. You may have the opportunity to apply to be in our highest level coaching programs. There’s no way I can accept everyone into the program that will apply. That’s why it’s application only. More info on that later.
There’s a Tiger in the House!
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Hey, Josh here. I know you’re busy, but click here before you move on to something else. Every once in a while, we like to highlight one of our coaching students and share success stories, and this is one of them.
Today, we’re introducing a lady named Tiger, and she’s going to be one in the short sale arena if she continues following the advice of our experts. She and her partner are from Naples, Florida, and we caught up with her at one of our training seminars.
Everyone wants to get something a little different out of SREC’s coaching programs and seminars. In Tiger’s case, she and her partner get a lot of mileage out of the coaching part of the program. They love the fact that they have someone to call when they need a quick solution to help them close a deal. They’re especially excited about the fact that their coach is also an active investor.
Tiger says that SREC has really changed their business model for the better. Their enthusiasm for investing is pretty contagious. Watch the video, and listen for the difference SREC has made in their monthly income, too!
At Strategic Real Estate Coach, we know how it is to be a new investor. We know the frustration and the hesitation and the complications that can come up when you’re on the verge of closing a deal. That’s why we became coaches. If we can use that knowledge to help you succeed, all the frustration we went through was worth it.
Register for your free Silver Access Membership today, and see how soon you can enjoy the same success that Tiger is having!
Take care, Josh
