Investing Strategies
FU Stands for Follow Up
Follow Up: The act of making an absurdly low offer on a house, hearing “no,” and then pestering the seller once a month for all of eternity until he breaks down, cries uncle and signs the freakin’ contract. Not to be confused with “stalking,” “psycho-dialing,” or any other term implicative of emotional instability on the part of the follow-upper.
Preston Ely here, and let me start out by openly confessing that in my numerous years as a real estate rock star, until recently, I never followed up with one single person.
Not ever.
It’s just not my thing.
My thing is to make mass loads of offers and just see what falls in my lap. Because I stay so busy and tend to be fairly effective at first bat… this has worked out well for me in the past.
But was this the smartest thing to do?
Um… no.
I left a lot of money on the table due to my laziness.
I got a call one time from a lady who received my probate letter over a…
Preston Ely
is a real estate investor, serial entrepreneur, life coach, musician and philanthropist. CEO of Real Freedom, Inc, one of the most influential internet-based information publishers in the world, owns the largest Anytime Fitness Gym in the United States, is recording a music album with Atlantic Records, sits on the board of Advocates Of Love Orphanage, and has a non-profit charity assisting the poor and oppressed in Cuba with both their physical and spiritual needs.
With over 200,000 subscribers to his email newsletter, he is rapidly fulfilling his mission on earth, which is to glorify God by setting people physically, mentally, financially, and spiritually free through his music and his message of FREEDOM. Preston is 37 years old, lives in Tampa, FL with his wife Ashley, where he spends most of his time reading, writing, and practicing mixed martial arts.
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