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** Featured Article – How to get Deeds from Sellers in Pre-Foreclosure at Zero Cost by Robert Phillips

** Stupid Quotes

** Trivia

** Biz-Tips by Dr. Kevin Nunley – Feverish Buying
 

** Brain Teaser

** Quote of the Day

** A Little Levity – Confused

** Stress Tip by Dr. Rae Baum

** Health Tip of the Week – Still not sure whether to eat canned tuna?

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                                               **Featured Article**
 

How to get Deeds from Sellers in Pre-Foreclosure at Zero Cost
by Robert Phillips

Are you looking for a zero cost way to find sellers in pre-foreclosure?  Here's a method I've used to get two deeds overnight.  It's a simple method that didn't cost me a dime and it's easily repeatable.

Honestly I prefer to have sellers call me but that costs money for advertising so that won't work as a no cost method.  But it doesn't cost anything to pick up the phone and start dialing.  That's what I did one night just to see what would happen and the results were astonishing.

The first step is to find the publicly available list of foreclosures provided by your county or parish if you're in Louisiana.  The list is becoming widely available online so start there.  Go to your county website or the website of the "legal organ" in your county.  The law requires public notice and this is where you'll find it.

The phone provides an opportunity to speak directly to the seller and you'll reach them a few days earlier than investors who send direct mail so you'll have the advantage of getting there first.  Don't get discouraged.  Some sellers will be in denial and just plain not interested. Don't waste your time with them.  Quickly move on to the next one until you eventually find a motivated seller. Unfortunately some of their phones will be disconnected to you won't be able to reach a certain percentage of them.

OK, so you've found the website or you've got the legal organ in front of you.  Now you need to find the phone number.  Easy enough.  You can use the Internet or the local phone book.  You're not going to find every phone number but you'll find several and that's good enough.

So now you've got the name, address, and phone number it's time to make the call.  But what will you say?  Here's what NOT to say:  "Hi, I see your house is in foreclosure, what are you going to do about it?"  How would you react to some stranger calling and saying that to you?  Exactly.

The foreclosure is advertised in the newspaper and/or on the Internet, right?  What's being advertised is that the property is scheduled to be auctioned off on a certain date.  In essence, that means the house is being advertised for sale.  Use that to your advantage.

I would simply say something like this:  "Hello, this is Robert.  I'm calling about the house for sale."  Then I would shut my mouth and wait for a response.

It's not unusual for the seller to just start taking about the house and giving you a sales pitch.  Let them finish and then ask why they're selling the house.  You know the seller is in pre-foreclosure but instead of throwing that fact in their face let them tell you.  If the seller is really motivated, they will be honest about that.

Once the truth is out in the open, just ask them what they want and if you can provide what they want and see a way to make a profit, you have a basis for doing business, right? It's as simple as that.

I spent about an hour on the phone one night and the next day I visited two of the seller I had spoken to who signed the deeds to their houses over to me so I could attempt to negotiate a short sale with their lenders.  So I know this strategy works.  Give it a shot and share your results.

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Stupid Quotes

"I play football. I'm not trying to be a professor. The tests don't seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven't been through in school."

- Ray Forsythe, Clemson recruit, who was ineligible as a freshman   because of academic requirements

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 Trivia

A male goat that has been neutered is known as a "wether."

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Biz-Tips by Dr. Kevin Nunley

Feverish Buying

Lots of evidence points to buying coming in feverish clumps.  People develop an interest, by a lot of items related to the interest, then quickly move on to something else.  If, for example, you become interested in pink flamingoes, you may visit a dozen or more pink flamingo sites, buying several in rapid succession.  After a while you get tired of pink flamingoes and your buying quickly tapers off.

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Brain Teaser

When World War I had just started many of the fighting men wore only cloth caps. As the number of head injuries rose alarmingly high, metal helmets eventually replaced the cloth hats. Ironically, after issuing metal helmets, the number of head injuries were even higher. Since the fighting intensity remained constant, how can this strange phenomenon be explained?

Scroll down to find the solution to today’s riddle.

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Quote of the Day

"I’m not a has-been.  I’m a will-be. "

 - Lauren Bacall, Actress

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Solution to Riddle

Your temper.

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A Little Humor

Confused
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My wife left me... I don't understand.

After our last child was born, she told me we had to cut back on expenses; I had to give up drinking beer.

I was not a big drinker, maybe a 12-pack on weekends.

Anyway, I gave it up, but I noticed the other day when she came home from grocery shopping the receipt included $45 in makeup.

I said, "Wait a minute. I've given up beer and you haven't given up anything!"

She said, "I buy that makeup for you, so I can look pretty for you."

I told her, "Whoa, that's what the beer was for!"

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At a dinner party, several of the guests were arguing whether men or women were more trustworthy.

"No woman," said one man, scornfully, "can keep a secret."

"I don't know about that," answered a woman guest.  "I have kept my age a secret since I was twenty- one."

"You'll let it out someday," the man insisted.

"I hardly think so!" responded the lady. "When a woman has kept a secret for twenty-seven years, she can keep it forever.

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A young couple drove several miles down a country road, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument, and neither wanted to concede their position.

As they passed a barnyard of mules and pigs, the husband sarcastically asked, "Are they relatives of yours?"

"Yes," his wife replied. "I married into the family."

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Not far from me we have a friend who raises Brahma Bulls. I asked how he got them to breed so well, since he has a nice herd. He said that he gave the bulls potency pills and I asked what the pills were made of.

He said, "Couldn’t say, but they taste a little like a saltine."

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Strange but True
All those in favor of abortion have already been born.

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Stress Tip
by Dr. Rae Baum

You will find this "Stress Tip Message" helpful to stay focused and on purpose.  You can put this message to work by reading it often throughout the day.

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 - Dr. Rae

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You Know You're From a Small Town When...

No social events can be scheduled when the school gym floor is being varnished.

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Health Tip of the Week
by Dr. Earl Mindell

Still not sure whether to eat canned tuna?

Independent testing by Consumer Reports magazine found that pregnant and breastfeeding women and women who could become pregnant should probably avoid all canned tuna, as should children weighing less than 45 pounds. But others can eat canned tuna occasionally: one can per week of solid light or white albacore tuna, or three cans per week of chunk light tuna (which has more healthful omega-3 fats than solid light or white albacore).

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