AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS STORY
Hi Shawn,
Glad to know that you are a new'member'. .. And are you in for a great surprise, much to your benefit - personally and financially.
I know this might sound like a story but this is the way it really is.
A little bit of my research and background with Roy and Gina - I checked out, researched, rechecked, verified and scrutinized many sources on and off the internet about this whole business of tax lien certificates.
I'd known about tax lien certificates for many years but no one could give me the answers I needed to have - especially how do I stay out of trouble and not become a horror story - because they didn't have the answers. Most, if not all, of those people were just selling books - not real world answers based on experience.
I came across Roy's site and really looked at what he was saying AND what we Wasn't saying. I started corresponding with Roy. He had no reservations in telling me the straight scoop on any and all of the many questions I asked - and do still ask - What to do and what not to do as well as how to resolve a potential situation before it happens. I could tell by his answers, sincerity, patience and clarification - after repeated questions that he is a real genuine person that has a Big Heart when it come to sharing what he knows about this business and helping people to succeed.
He tells it like it is. No sugar coating, no promises - just the plain honest to gosh truth. It's my experience with Roy that what he says - is the way it is.
I met Gina when I wrote to Roy about the coaching class. She and I talked at length a number of times by email and on the phone. About Roy, about past experiences, with tax liens, about mail order courses and information, who was hawking their goods, what worked and what didn't, what our objectives are, Gina's success, and importantly about Roy's information, and what he and Gina can and will do - to insure success.
Gina, I found is also a very real person also with a Big Heart, kind and considerate. Gina is passionate about her efforts to help people learn and know this tax lien business. She and Roy really click together when it comes to working with and for people to teach, encourage, promote everyone's success. I've asked pointed questions about why they do it; and basically they get excited more by seeing people get ahead, helping property owners, and investors than by making money at this. Gina really knows her stuff and sincerely works to make sure you kno and feel comfortable and understand what you need to know and ask about property and how to get information to make good decisions. There's a lot to know but it all falls in place, makes sense, and is easy to get. You get out of it what effort you put in.
Crazy isn't it.. I wonder what happened to the Greed factor. But they are contagious together and you will find that the 'helping people' side of this business is so rewarding personally as well as financially.
I, myself, am the ultimate skeptic but I opted to take the coaching class wondering whether the promise of guaranteed rewards was real. (I had just paid off my credit cards after carrying a high balance for many years - and really hated to carry another balance.) The coaching class was just beginning and as everything started coming together - it became evident that there are unlimited opportunities to go as far and as fast as a person want to go with this whenever and wherever they want.
As for my initial success: I followed Roy's advice and looked in/near my own back yard. What I found were many opportunities to acquire properties and/or liens in my area and surrounding states. I went to several local counties, looked at properties, talked to Roy, asking questions based on the training I had received from Gina, I chose to get more experience by researching and attending auctions to see what it was all about before letting myself get biten by the 'buy' bug.
In the meantime, I opted to target several planned communites within a few hours drive. I requested and received information from several counties. I drove through on a mini-vacation just to find these properties and see what the area looked like. I narrowed my scope of what was available to out of town land owners - as is suggested to get the best results. I wrote to my list of about 350, this was in late July of this year, 1999.
And as of this time, late September, responses and deeds are still coming in, I have 9 recorded free and clear properties (two a double lot side by side), with several more promised on the way. Some of these properties sold for an average of about $9,000 and as much as $14,500 in 1984. My specific cost for each property was $25.00 with another overall out of pocket expense - envelopes, stamps, recording fees ($6/each), a few phone calls, etc (I used a PC and printer I already had, but someone could adapt and actually do this without a PC and printer - just more handwriting) of maybe $100 covering the complete mailing, correspondence, etc. So presently, for about $200 direct cost and $100 indirect costs, I've acquired about $75,000 worth of property, and expect to end up with about $100,000 for an overal cost of about $350.
You do the numbers - Is that a good deal or what ??? ... and that's part time, on a shoestring budget.. and that's just my first dealing. I've found about another dozen planned communities within hours where I could repeat the process. I'm looking at lakefront properties - just for camping and weekend getaways.. the possibilities are endless.
You might ask what do I intend to do with these properties I currently have - I have endless options. I offering these for trade, barter, sell - less than 1/2 price/value, give as gifts, give to charities or local community organizations, lease with resident privileges (golf/clubhouse, boating, swimming, fishing, exercise facilities, hiking./nature trails, picnic pavillions, playgrounds, etc, you name it - they got it - and very friendly people).
I will say that $100,000 worth of free and clear properties (in a developing planned community area with explosive growth, abundant natural and man-made amenities, land value appreciation, ease and convenience to necessities (schools, restaurants, shopping, etc) yet peace, quiet and tranquility of a quiet, open spaces, neighborhood / development / natural settings..) looks awfully good on your Net Worth statement.
Please excuse my being so wordy, but I can't applaud Roy and Gina enough for what the are doing. I'm proud to say I know them and honored to be their student. I'm glad they think highly enough of me refer you to me - just to tell it like it is.
I welcome any correspondence,
Thanks, Bob
Baggett
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