How to Create Screen Capture Videos for Your REI Biz (Part 3)

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Alrighty, the series on using video in your real estate investing business continues …

If you’re new to it, here are the links to the first two posts:

Part 1 – Are You Using This Killer REI Marketing Tool?

Part 2 - Flip Video Tips for Real Estate Investors

Today, you’re about to learn how to use screen capture videos to get leads flowing into your biz and how you can get them done without spending a dime.

Don’t have a video camera? Can’t afford one right now?

No problemo.

You can be up and running, recording your own screen capture videos in less than 15 minutes (videos exactly like the one below).

Check ‘er out …

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Action Summary

1) Download Firefox

Firefox is a web browser like Internet Explorer. The reason that you need to download Firefox is because the free screen capture video tool is an add-on to Firefox.

If, for whatever reason, you don’t want to download Firefox, a great program that tons of people use is Camtasia. It costs some moolah but is a great program. They have a free 30 day trial you can download. So, you can use it free for a month if nothing else.

2) Download the Capture Fox Add-On

This tool is super easy to use (one of the main reasons I love it!). But, there’s not much functionality.

I’m ok with that though.

3) Shoot Your First REI Screen Capture Video

Once you’re done, post it online. And use the tips from Part 2 to maximize the reach and effectiveness of your videos.

This concludes our series on video marketing in your REI biz.

May your REI videos bring you many leads.

Hope you enjoyed :-)

~ Patrick

… aka P-Rid

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How to Get FREE Motivated Seller Leads : We Buy Houses Craigslist Ad

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I have a free professional “We Buy Houses” Craigslist ad that I give away here on my blog …

For any of you living in the dark ages still, Craigslist is a free online classified ad website. You can post an ad, just like the ads you post in a traditional newspaper classified section, except on Craigslist, it’s free.

I get a lot of technical questions about how to post the ad … sooooo instead of continuing to answer them one by one … I shot a video that walks you through the process step by step.

In less than 10 minutes, you can have a professional  “We Buy Houses” ad posted on Craigslist to start driving motivated seller leads your way …

Check out the video below …

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Are You Using Bandit Signs to Generate Motivated Seller Leads?

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Bandit signs could be a great way to get your phone ringing off the hook with motivated sellers. It was for me when I got started investing in real estate.

My mentor taught me early on that one of the most important parts of being a real estate investor was to get sellers contacting you to sell you their property.

So, I knew the next step was to put together a marketing plan.

Here’s what it looked like:

1) Get business cards made

2) Join local real estate investment association

3) Place “We Buy Houses” ad in local newspaper

4) Buy “We Buy Houses” bandit signs

5) Knock on doors of people facing foreclosure

We thought bandit signs were a good choice because they were relatively inexpensive and there didn’t seem to be too many other investors using them.

With my students, I typically recommend at least testing bandit signs when getting started. The barrier to entry is pretty low, like I just mentioned, and with any form of marketing, it’s all about testing. Even if there are tons of investors using them in your area, you may still want to test them.

I thought I would share some examples of bandit signs and tell you my thoughts on them . . .
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Who Else Wants a Seller Financed Deal For Only $1,800 Down?

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Are you one of those non believers that think that you have to have a bunch of cash or credit to get into real estate investing?

Well, if that’s the case, here’s a real world real estate investing case study of one of Wil Christenson’s latest and greatest deals. He specializes in creative deal structuring . . . buying property subject to and creating seller financing to pay sellers for their equity. Wil structured this deal so that the seller took back 100% of the financing so all he had to pay was his closing costs (some attorney fees, title search, deed stamps, etc) which amounted to a whopping $1,800 bucks! That’s it!

And the property was in good shape! Can’t get much better than that . . . all it needs is a little cosmetic work. I decided to shoot a video to highlight exactly how the deal went down.

Here’s a few things you’ll learn in the video:

= > How in the heck he found the deal

= > 2 BIG hints when the lead came in that screamed “This Could Be A Great Deal!”

= > Key questions Wil asked to unlock the seller financing potential

= > How he used “The Truth About Taxes” to compel her to finance the deal (and how you can too)

= > The magic question that explodes your wealth when you know how to hold your mouth right

= > How every payment is in essence going in his back pocket

= > and MUCH MORE!

Watch the video now!

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How to Maximize the Return on Your Real Estate Marketing Dollars

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When I went to my first real estate investing boot camp, which was 5 days long, I was very new to the business. Prior to this, I had read a few books, listened to a Charlton Sheets course, and attended a free one day seminar in Atlanta (basically a pitch-a-thon for various real estate gurus and their courses). Even though the one day seminar wasn’t packed with too much content, I’m very grateful for it because that is where I met my first real estate investing mentor, Louis Brown.

My education was limited to book knowledge at that point. I had yet to take much practical action towards my becoming a real estate investor. I vividly remember  walking out of the first lunch break and feeling like I had just been stuffed with a mountain of information, and we still had 4 and a half days left!! It was both a good and bad feeling. Good because I was learning a ton of great information. Bad because I realized how little that I knew. It was a great experience all together though. The following week, it sent me out into the field fired up and ready take over the world.

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