Mobile marketing is all the rage in the real estate world these days, and quite frankly a lot of what you’re hearing is just noise with no substance.

Yes, there are some smart companies like Century 21 that are using “short codes” and other text messaging strategies to sell more properties, get more listings and fund deals faster, but most real estate investors and brokers simply don’t know anything about how to use mobile technology to do anything more than make a phone call.

So, why should you care about mobile?

Well, there’s no denying how fast most people are coming to depend on their cell phones for everything from email to Facebook, directions to surfing the web. So, if you’d like to find out quite a few great ways that you can use mobile starting today to jump ahead of your competition and drive more leads into your buyer, seller and private lender funnels for residential AND commercial real estate, then you should check out pages 11 – 20 and 24 – 26 of the Mobile Marketing Manifesto.

I know it’s a silly sales hyped-up kind of name, but the content on the pages I mentioned above is really very good. You can skip the rest, because the good stuff is on the pages I just gave you.

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Here’s a little bit of what you’ll learn…

1. How to quickly gather mobile phone information from all your current leads.
2. How to use “short codes” to instantly subscribe people to your list and start them in your real estate marketing funnel as a buyer, seller or private money lender.
3. What the heck is a “QR” code and how you can use these to capture new leads and deliver the information they want faster than ever.
4. How to get a 98% delivery rate on all your auto-responder messages via SMS instead of Email, an almost 700% increase in delivery and open rates.

Sure, this is one of those launch things where you’ll see two guys that are way too young with spikey hair cuts telling you, well, who cares what they’re telling you. Let’s just focus on what you need to know…

Mobile is hot and more and more people are using it every day, even more than email because texting is faster and easier. So, as mobile grows so do the number of people you want to do business with who are using that platform, whether as a real property seller, a buyer for your own properties or as potential funding sources. Let’s face it, the three things you always take with you when you go anywhere are your car keys, wallet/handbag and cell  phone.

Don’t you want to be in the pocket of every potential buyer, seller and lender out there? Of course you do.

So, no matter what you do, go now and take a look at the Mobile Marketing Manifesto, pages 11 – 20 and 24 – 26. When you’re done, you’ll very likely have a whole new outlook on just why mobile makes sense and how you can add it to your mix of real estate investing tools to make more money from more deals.

Go check it out now. Just click the little blue link below and after you read it, please post a comment below to let me know what you think…

Click here to get access to the Mobile Marketing Manifesto now

A lot of smart people are using the four strategies mentioned above to make a lot of money in real estate right now. The guys in the video made $1.3 million in profit from it just last year. This is an opportunity that will only last until everyone else jumps on board and you lose your competitive advantage, so get in now before it becomes over saturated like the rest of the real estate investing market.

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Summer is fully in swing now and we are actively and aggressively taking advantage of all of the opportunities to invest that are out there in the market right now.

Buying Foreclosed Properties At Auction

Many of you who have listened to us speak recently are aware that we have been working in Las Vegas with a group to purchase bank owned properties at foreclosure auctions.

The market in Las Vegas is active and filled with eager buyers for properties in the $250,000 and under range and there are typically over 100 properties per day (yes per day) on the auction block.

We connected with a group of real estate agents there who represent several large financial institutions and they are doing the analysis and purchasing at auction for us. We ran them through a pretty extensive screening and due diligence process to determine their track record with their own investments in this market and found that they personally had over $1 million invested and had average returns per property of about 20% with an average turn time of about 90 days.

That means 20% on your money turned 4 times per year (every 90 days) for a total return on average of about 80%. Now that got out attention!

What We’ve Done So Far

So, after doing that due diligence and research, we went to Las Vegas and met the guys, visited their offices, looked at properties they had purchased and went to the auction to check it out. It all checked out as a real business, so we made the decision to invest.

On May 13th, 2010, I headed to the bank and got $1,250,000.00 in cashier’s checks and hopped on a plane to Vegas. The next day, I went to the auction and we bought our first property. Since then, we’ve purchased about 12 total properties and have fully invested our $1,250,000.00. Now, on July 7th, we have 1 of those properties in escrow and about 6 more under contract in the process of heading into escrow.

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As soon as we complete our initial “proof cycle” we’ll be going out to raise about a total of $25 Million. We already have commitments for a second round of investments of about $3 million for the Las Vegas adventure. We’re not accepting any new funds right now, because we do want to get through the first turn so we have all real numbers from a live investment to share with our private lenders.

We’ll be offering them the ability to invest through limited liability companies that average around $1.2 million to $2.4 million, with whoever invests at that particular time being able to participate with 2 – 6 other investors to spread risk over 10 – 20 different properties at a time.

While our initial investments have been in Northern California and Nevada, we will also be extending our activities into Phoenix, Arizona soon.

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Yes, of course you can! That’s why we’re sharing it with you here now. You can find serious players in your area who are successfully working the auction markets. Just go to the local real estate auction for several auctions in a short period, say one month. Note who the active and consistent buyers are and just strike up a conversation with them. Let them know that you have funding and are looking for someone to take care of the actual buying, fixing up and turning of the properties.

Once you have made your connection, check them out by asking for a history of their investment activity and performance. Once you are satisfied that everything is in order, go through a “test” transaction with them for a smaller amount, then after it proves up, gradually invest more.

We’ll keep you posted on how we’re doing with this project as it continues to evolve.

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• Rick Santelli Dropping Knowledge Bombs on Real Estate, Deflation, & Government Stimulus Rick Santelli's knowledge bombs are one of the few reasons I watch CNBC. He's one of the few who refuses to hype the pro-confidence, "sell the hope" marching meme that CNBC is promoting these days. If there are any politicians out there reading this blog -- and I know there......

• Real Estate Investments - Good Idea or Bad Idea? Right now, if there was a market that had bad news written all over it, it would be real estate. The housing crisis has made investors jumpy, the economy appears to be tanking and home values are plummeting across the country. Would you believe that this is actually a good......
• Buying a Vacation/Retirement Home (Part 3) [The following is the third part in a series about my adventures to buying a vacation/retirement home. It may make more sense to read it after Buying a Vacation/Retirement Home and Buying a Vacation/Retirement Home (Part 2). There's also a prequel at Time to Buy that Vacation/Retirement Place?.] For those......
• Tips for Buying Foreclosures According to RealtyTrac, foreclosure notices in October have increased by only one percent since the previous month. Although the past year has seen a steady decrease in the number of filings, it’s still a market with a great deal of profit potential for the real estate investor and bargain prices......
• Rent or Own - What's Best Right Now? The housing market has many people concerned right now and one of the most popular questions is whether or not this is a good time to buy a home. Unfortunately, there is no clear cut answer to this question, and each individual’s financial state will determine the answer. However, there......
• Kiyosaki's Words of Wisdom There is a saying that goes, "When your picture appears on the cover of Time Magazine, your career is over." If you have access to the June 13, 2005 issue of Time Magazine, you will see a picture of a man hugging his home. The title and subtitle say, "HOME......

Ask anyone who has ever owned rental property and they’ll tell you… It was great except for the tenants! Tenants and managing an income property can be one of the toughest challenges you ever face in your real estate investing exploits

Property managers say they have a hard job to do everyday. They say that they have to deal with angry customers all day or do rough manual labor. Even some people say their job is hard because their manager above them asks them to do work they are not paid for. Let us look at the facts. Everyone that has a job will always find something difficult about it and want to tell others how hard it truly is. No one is going to say that their job is not as important because they do not work hard for what they do for a living.

In America, there are a variety of jobs out there for the average person. There is retail, construction, customer service, etc. and they all have different expectations and pay for a good honest day of work. Most of these people when they are off work get the opportunity to go out and enjoy life it they are not too tired to do so. Most people can get in there cars and drive home, put their feet up and not have to worry about their jobs until they come in the next day for work. There are people out there trying to make an honest living that do not get to do some of the simple things listed above. People involved in some types of rental property management have one of the types of jobs that you do not always get to go out and do what you want.

In rental property management, especially the mangers that deal with self storage, their days and nights revolve around their property. These managers most of the time live on site and have to deal with some late night calls from tenants, the police showing up due to a security breach or something just as annoying as the security gate not working. In rental property management, you have to deal with it all for the most part.

After your hard day on the property, answering phones, maintenance, etc, sometimes they would like to go out and unwind. Unfortunately, with most properties, they are the only manager that can deal with issues that might arise. So that evening out does not happen. Now that is one extreme of some people in rental property management. Some properties have relief managers in place so the actual property manager can go out and enjoy a quiet evening not having to worry about their facility.

Most people could not imagine not being able to go out and do what they desire after work. Some people in rental property management cannot because they want to ensure that their clients know someone will always be available when they need assistance.

That is most of the time a great selling point for managers to tell their prospective customers. Think about it. Would you want to live somewhere or rent a storage unit from a facility that had someone readily available if you were having troubles with your unit?

It is believed that most people would. That is why most people involved in rental property management do what they have to do to get more business. This type of career is not for everyone. It does take some getting use to.

So next time you are complaining that your job is hard and so forth, at least be grateful that you can take off early or after work to go enjoy yourself. When most people leave their jobs for the day, their job is an afterthought. With some on site managers, they sometimes wonder how many calls they will have to take tonight to take care of facility or customer issues.

• Getting into Real Estate – What is ‘Errors and Omissions’? Becoming a real estate agent is an attractive second job for many people who want the freedom that comes with being self-employment. In residential real estate, the weekends are when most home buyers are available to look at property, so it is easy to work part-time as an agent in......
• How to Become a Real Estate Investor Real estate is a great investment option. One could buy a house, work on it or rent it out, and watch their initial investment double. Real estate can be quite valuable, especially if people buy the right kinds of places. With careful thought given to property types and funding options,......
• Housing Continues To Get Worse Housing continues to get worse. According to a recent article in BusinessWeek: A strong job market, the thriving casino and convention industry, and the highest population growth in the country made Vegas a boomtown for builders. Sin City represented one of the top five markets.Today, new homes are empty and......
• Important Rules For Starting A Successful Blog Blogging is becoming more and more competitive these days, with more people jumping on to the bandwagon. If you're planning to start a blog, you should do everything you can to get everything lined up from the beginning, as this makes it easier to move forward. These pointers will help......
• Help! I'm Losing My Home To Foreclosure The lender has filed a Notice of Default on my condo. I knew this was coming. Ever since I sold the condo in summer 2005 at the peak to an investor who rented it back to me, I suspected I'd be able to buy it back for less than what......