Investment Insider

With the glut of foreclosures that are pouring on the market from the banks, it can be hard keeping track of which properties are worth your time and which aren’t. I work with this stuff full time and its still tough for me. Knowing how difficult it can be, a couple months ago I started working on a new section for this website called Investment Insider.

The idea behind it is that any South City property I go into and like, I post it up in this area. Typically these posts will include pictures, anticipated repairs, a look at the current condition, full listing information and sometimes video and financial spreadsheets. I’m still ironing out a few bugs, but happy to say things are working quite well. There is a bit of beautification and streamlining yet to go, but the system has been working well for a few weeks now so I am comfortable putting the word out.

One of the biggest hurdles I have had to overcome is password protecting this area to only allow certain users to view it. Any user is always welcome to register an account, but I needed to keep this section reserved for clients only. I don’t have the listings on these properties, so posting this information to the general public is a bit of a gray area. Not to mention the fact that it takes a lot of work and I don’t want that work out there for anyone to steal. Without a password you can’t view the page, but if you’d like to get an idea what it is like, check out the Current Listings page, which takes a very similar approach.

If you’re in the market for properties at the moment or simply want to keep up with what kind of deals are out there at the moment, you are welcome to register an account to view this area of the site. Make sure you should me a message requesting client status when you register. There is no cost to do this, but if you end up pursuing one of the properties I turn you onto, I ask that you use me as your buyer’s agent. It’s sort of an honor system thing though, there is nothing to sign.

In other site news, I am also hard at work on a new newsletter system, which will email a digital newsletter to subscribers on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Each user will get to choose. Once I get this function working for the general site, I will make a separate newsletter just for Investment Insider people to make sharing info about these properties easier for everyone involved.

Sorry for all this shameless self promotion, but after all the time I spent putting this thing together, I couldn’t help myself. As always, I welcome any feedback, whether positive or negative.