It has been over three weeks since my last post and I wanted to give a very quick update on things that are going on with me lately.

1. I just got back from Houston, TX where I learned about a strategy for investing in real estate that will change the way I do things around here dramatically. It is actually a proprietary system developed by a 25 year investing veteran who does 3-5 deals per month averaging about $10k to $15k per deal. And he does it without using his own money or credit and through realtors and mortgage brokers all above board and fully disclosed to all parties. And he takes it easy too. Pretty cool. So, I will be working on that. I’ll keep you posted.

2. Consolidated Solutions Group continues to take off like gangbusters. I am working on putting more tools together for my team to help them as I start to add their services into my business model as well. I now have 2,874 members in my group, which really blows me away considering i only have 77 personally sponsored. It goes to show that it is not about quantity when building a team, it is about quality. You could have 50 people on a baseball team, but if they all sucked, they would lose every game. I’d take 9 good players any day.

3. I joined Rich Schefren’s Business Growth Systems coaching program last month and absolutely love it so far. This guy is the cat’s meow when it comes to running a business. I wish I could spend a month going through all his materials but there is just so much knowledge pouring out I can’t keep up.

Here out up a special page called “The Vault” where all of his FREE materials ae posted. Here is the link if you haven’t been there yet.

==> http://schefren.infusionsoft.com/go/vault/bizdream

I guess the only compaint I could have is that there is so much to take in that it gets overwhelming. His videos are awesome but they are like 2 hrs long each!

I need to get back to work. Make it a great day!

It has been an interesting couple days here in my office. CSG has been releasing their long awaited downline signups. It is a little suprising to me that all these leads have actually signed up for a CSG account already and are just now being placed into peoples downlines.

In my last update, I had 540 total people in my group. As of this writing, I have 1,322 people. With the people placed directly under me and those placed into my downline LM2 groups, it was a nice jump. I think they are still being disbursed too so there may be more coming soon.

CSG has also increased the number of websites that are available to me as a Senior Referral Agent to twelve (12) sites. They’re pretty nice lead capture pages too. I’m not a big fan of replicated sites because they do not get ranked and do not get any type in traffic. SEO is not an option for them because of the duplication.

If you are considering joining CSG, I recommend you get your own domain name and build a decent content site with links to the company page.

Gotta run. I’ll update more later…

Exciting things continue to happen with CSG. I wanted to continue to post my results for those who are considering joining CSG and want to see results. As of this writing, I have a total of 540 people in my team (downline). In my last post on Jan 25th, I had 425 so you can see how the growth is getting exponential. Adding 115 people in ten days is pretty good. Most of these people are coming from the 33 that I personally signed up. There are a handful of real workers in my group that are taking this program and running with it.

So…Is anyone getting paid? The answer is YES. People are getting paid. The thing is this, real estate deals take time. People who work in the Real Estate profession (agents, mortgage brokers, etc.) understand these delays because they are used to them. Loss mitigation can takes weeks and home sales can take months. Because CSG is a lead generation company and uses strategic partners for the actual case work, they have to wait until they get paid by their partners before they can pay their agents. People new to the industry often get concerned and start make negative comments about the company, then they quit and blame CSG for their impatience.

CSG is a long term company with a solid business in place. They will continue to grow and prosper. I will be with them because I see the big picture.

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(UPDATE – CSG is no longer in business)

A lot of growth and a lot of changes coming with CSG very soon. They announced last night that we will be able to offer mortgage and commercial loan referrals beginning next Monday. They have revamped their lead programs and their back office systems as well to accomodate several new websites targeted to each market to help us promote our services to the public.

CSG also announced a change to their structure which will include a huge change in the pay. They are changing their LM1 and LM2 programs to Junior and Senior Referral Agents. They are also changing the fee to upgrade from $497 to $997 and will be paying out 50% iin commissions on the fee. The other commision rates of 40-40-20-20 will nto be changing but the new upgrade commission is great news. In the real estate business, it is not uncommon for a deal to take months to close and moneys to get settled. Professionals in the field are familiar with the time frames and are okay with it. Many people who are new to the industry do not understand this and get frustrated with the delays in getting paid. People are quitting because they are not seeing any money. They just don’t get it.

The commissions on the new upgrade (training) fee will be paid out within a few business days. This is a great help to those looking for quicker cash flow.

And here’s another quick update on my stats. I now have 425 people in my downline. This thing just keep growing. I love it!

 

 

I logged into my backoffice again this afternoon and totaled up my downline. I am at 343 total right now. Two days ago I was at 312. That’s 31 new signups in just 2 days. I’m pretty psyched about that one.

Also, I got a brief glimse of the commission reporting the other day because of a system error and was excited to see some of the figures that will be coming to me soon. They are very nice numbers considering the effort I have put out to date which, frankly, is pretty minimal in my opinion. Commissions should be getting paid out soon too so I’m looking forward to that.

Since the accident (I don’t think I’ve gotten into that yet but I will at some point) I have been having a difficult time getting my head straight and focus on earning again. I was all ramped up back in September getting ready to go full swing in October when things got messed up. Since then it seems like one thing after another has been going wrong with me or someone in the famliy. I have had to reset and start planning for a future date to get the ball back in motion and February is the time. I just finished my course of antibiotics for pneumonia so I should be full swing again soon. Being sick is tough when your body is all banged up already. Not enough energy to heal and fight the illness too. I really need to get more rest but I’ve been having trouble sleeping again too. It’s a perpetual downspin that I am trying not to give in to.

Anyway, so much for quick, eh?  Good things coming in February. Looking forward to sharing my results.

I have been a real estate investor for about 10 years now. I used to own rental property but I sold it off and have recently been focusing on the more creative real estate methods that are used to generate larger cash and cash flow from a transaction. I have purchased many programs and courses and none have really hit the mark with me. One “guru” that I think has great materials and information is Richard Roop. He focuses mostly on the marketing aspects of the business which is where most investors fall short. He has teamed up with Dan Doran and they are now doing the seminar circuit and selling more and more programs. He has built a monster information marketing business and must be making a killing on bootcamp fees and coaching fees. He charges his coaching clients $1,100 per month (last I knew) and he has a lot of them! People will spend a lot of money on real estate info.

Though his materials are very good and I have done deals based on his program, I have not put the methods into full swing 100%. Something inside me said that there was something else out there that would fit me and my style and goals better and I had to keep searching to find it. Well, I think I finally found what I was looking for. I can’t speak of it at this time but if things go as I hope they will, I will be sitting pretty doing exactly what I always wanted to do as a real estate investor. The focus is completely on finding buyers instead of the elusive “motivated seller” in the deal. I will definitely keep you posted on this one.

I wanted to follow up on my last CSG post and let everyone know how well things are going. At the time of this writing, I have a total of 312 people in my group. I will be earning commissions on all of their business. I have 29 people directly sponsored by me and 77 that were brought in by them. These are the people that I will be earning 40% overrides on. The remaining 133 on my third level and 73 on my fourth level, I earn 20% overrides.

WOW! I can’t see this growth slowing down any time soon. Especially because the company leads haven’t even kicked in yet. They are supposed to be putting 50 new downline members per month in my first level each month for the next 6 months which will be incredible. That was just a special promotion, they standard deal is 20 per month for 6 months. Hopefully at least some of those people will be active and do something with this business.

I have several people in my group that are real go getters so I try to spend my time communicating with them the most. I don’t want to overload people just yet however. I will most likely setup some sort of public forum to help my team and comminicate that way. I’m not sure. I am looking forward to great things from this company.

I have been an associate of Consolidated Solutions Group for about one month now. I wanted to provide an update on things so far. Here is what I have for stats:

• Total Website Visitors (uniques): 206
• Recruits (personal signups):  26
• Upgraded to LM2: 8
• Total Downline Members: 174

So out of 206 people that have visited my website so far, 26 people (12.6%) joined for free and 8 people (3.9%) have stepped up and joined as full members for $497. That means over 30% of the people that joined for free upgraded. These people are the ones that will be doing the most business and making the most money. Investing $500 into a business opportunity is a good sign that they are seriously looking to generate some income from the program.

The issue I am still having is that no income is reporting yet. It has only been a month, but I know from speaking with some members of my group that there are cases being worked that have been in there for weeks. Since the cases have not closed, I do not have any income measures yet to check. I’ll keep you posted on this important part of the business – the money.

The company seems to have had several issues with the back office system and getting people, me at least, setup completely with the LM2 upgrade. I upgraded to LM2 on Nov. 27 and things are still not complete, meaning I do not have access to everything I am supposed to and I am not receiving my free leads yet. I’m not sure what the issues are but I want them resolved before I go full out promoting this company. I also need to know they can handle the cases that are being submitted to them in a timely manner.

Monday is Christmas so I am going to try not to spend too much time online this weekend. I want to spend some quality time with my family.

Enjoy the holidays!

Steve