not in a good place

Wow, almost a year since I posted.

Quite a lot has been happening in the personal life. Coupled with some deals that have either not gone through or not picked up by my partner. (Gets expensive after you hire the inspector dude and the appraiser dude.) For me anyway, I don't have a lot of capital. (yet) AND, I haven't been in a good place mentally (emotionally). Facebook just seemed like the place to connect instantly to my peeps and the Blog has been ignored.

I can't even go into it...it's embarrassing. I'm finding that i am making excuses for things i wasn't successful at. And after it was typed, and re-typed, I deleted it all cause it looked like a freakin' pity party. Screw that!!

I would rather people respect me than feel sorry for me. I try to live by the golden rule.

I think everyone would like to be aknowledged when they post a comment or take the time to read, understand, relate to and reach out to someone. I have found that some are not so genuine and are more interested in telling stories than engaging in conversation or entertaining different views. Those people might just be trying to keep score on how many comments they can gather on their story. They may have wanted to be a reporter or a writer and facebook or a blog is how they have satisfied that. I can only guess. Shame on me for expecting more.

I'm going through some big stuff. I am committed to getting my lifeonaire mindset in order. Making a new vision board (almost everything on my old one has come to be) I think I'm just pissed, frustrated and disappointed because I want to be and should be, excited, happy, and hopeful. I just have to be patient, work it out, work it through, and move forward.

......it still looks like a dang pity party. HA! I promise to be better :)

quick check in

I've been working on my "roots". Re evaluating goals, feelings and relationships. Studying my mls systems and trying to shine a little brighter.

Headed to my REIA meeting tomorrow to make connections and start to wholesale for some cashflow to pay for coaching and bootcampin'.

New Market/ New MLS

I've been poking around my local market with limited MLS access. I actually have found some stuff! I didn't think there was an opportunity here, Who knew? It would be a dream to be able to work locally.

I needed local MLS access, and to make a long story short, I 'walked my talk' and gots me some! It took about 5 agents or 5 tries, but I don't give up. I used the exact strategy that I have talked about before, even down to the starbucks gift card and the sharpie! My agent is very nice and she "gets" what I am trying to do. I now have 2 new areas MLS. This makes a total of 4!

I will still use my other agent in other areas and for other things. She is super fantastic and works WAY to hard for her money! But she loves what she does.

So, I have my MLS and my keys. I want 3 by bootcamp! That's like one per week.

Gotta get to it!

Yep, it closed.

So, it closed.
It took forevvvveeerr!
I plan on disecting it to post the problems here so that we all may learn.

I'm looking at a couple of others that are being reviewed by my partner. They are marginal. If I had my buyers list I could wholesale the big one....They want their gigantic deposit today so, I will have to hustle.

The smaller one is a couple miles from me and would be ideal! I'm thinkin' a week maybe two, then back on the market. I really, really, really want this one.

Gotta run, trying to obtain new mls access. This week will be very productive!

Happy Monday!

this close [ ]

We are almost closed. The appraisal fight was WON!!! I have some badass peoples watchin my back! No one gave up. I am so proud. And lucky. Get yourselves an appraiser friend!! So they can help you fight the B/S appraisals that come up - and they will come up! Unless you are lucky enough to deal with only cash. or conventional buyers that can come in with more cash.

I have learned a lot. I have been researching past deals that got away, I probably always will follow them just to see how far out of line I was. I just found out that I missed a (LOCAL) deal by $250 !!!!! I was told that I was close, but I wouldn't budge.

I always thought that I would look more serious if I gave my highest and best up front, no screwin' around, I already researched it and THIS is my offer..........WELL, that isn't working out so great for me . Now, I'm going to leave a little wiggle room. So, when the listing agent says "you are close", I will be bumpin' it up at least $250 smackers ;)

updates to follow.......Hot lead, I'm out the door!

No close-ay.....yet

Ok, So yeah. No close - ay! No extension addendum. Buyers are unavailable on Honeymoon. I'm running out of nice. I really don't want to be the story they always tell about the witch that contacted them on their honeymoon. I'm trying to find the positive in all this.......I can't see it yet.

I had the yard done over again and I have the stagers on standby to re-stage in case I have to put it back on the market. Folks have been calling about it. I think I will have the agent contact them and place it in "pending bring backup" status. So, I'm ready with contingency plan A.

Meanwhile, I've been shopping for biguns and I think I have found a couple. Pretty exciting stuff! Offers ready to go......put me in coach!

The gray house in the previous post, didn't make sense. On to the next.

I'm thinking about what I want to comit to for Steph's challenge. I'll have it by the end of the day.

My Grama is 90 this week.....big big party......busy week.

Have a killer week!!.

Community Service

Ok, so, the ugly is - my house hasn't closed yet. Underwriting decided to do a review and call for second appraisal. Seems to be the norm throughout the nation but hasn't been in California 'till now. I had 4 solid comps when i bought, since then in my hood there has been nothing but crap shorts and reo's with low numbers. There was one sale from an investor/appraisor/rehabber guy I know, but by the time I sold my house, that would only be one comp........kinda nervous. So we decide to sell fha to seemingly strong buyers who would have gone conventional but wanted to use the cash for their wedding. Their Mom is the buyer Agent so we feel pretty good. The first appraisal comes in superb.....exactly my sales price, BUT it's a 45 day close and my investor/appraisor/rehabber friend and I have not been doing any other projects to keep the market prices up in the hood, meaning if they did a second appraisal, it wouldn't look good. The second appraisal is desktop and comes in at 155k or something, our sale is 169k. Meanwhile we are out of contract so we ask the buyer for an addendum extension and the buyer agrees to order another appraisal to challenge the desktop. The desktop by the way used comps that were funky like over a mile away and one was a deed transfer.....frustrating. Meanwhile, the buyer's agent has power of attny so we are dealing with her. So, we wait......I want my price dang it, they verbally agreed to come in with cash to give me my price in the beginning. I can't hold them to it i know.

Over the weekend I went to take pictures of one I have under contract with a super speedy close, quick homework on this one like i like, more on that one later.

And, I learned something very valuable!! Have you ever followed houses you have made offers on? The ones that got away so to speak? BEFOREAFTER

Well, I had this one under contract and after inspecting the interior of one of the walls found moldy issues and decided to ask for a price reduction......didn't happen and I let it go. So, I followed it and drove by watching the construction for MONTHS! I drove by yesterday and they were having an open house. WOW what a beauty! A contractor picked it up and did it up right. It's WAY too pretty for the hood. The inside is all brand new, he moved walls added a bathroom, new pool equipment. It is fantastic - but - (BIG but)- I don't think he is making a dime. I know what he bought it for, I know what he put into it and I know how long it took, really sad. I feel for him. I'm calling this syndrome = "community service" fixing up the hood for free. I'm hoping to avoid this syndrome in the future.

Have a fantastic Monday!