{"id":618,"date":"2017-01-27T12:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T12:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.leadpropeller.com\/?p=618"},"modified":"2021-08-10T22:36:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T22:36:51","slug":"first-year-in-real-estate-investing-flight-debrief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lpblog.leadpropeller.com\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"First Year in Real Estate Investing: Paul Del Pozo Flight Debrief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome to the very first <strong>LeadPropeller Flight Debrief<\/strong>, where we highlight the success of one of our LeadPropeller customers! This month\u2019s debrief will be about <strong>Paul Del Pozo\u2019s first year in real estate investing<\/strong>, and the birth of the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"http:\/\/delpozogroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Del Pozo Investment Group<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Paul&#8217;s First Year in Real Estate Investing<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost exactly a year ago, Paul found himself in a similar situation to most real estate\u00a0 investors when they first start out &#8211; needing money. But with just Paul&#8217;s first year in real estate investing,\u00a0he was able to achieve financial freedom by starting his own business and <strong>closing 3 deals in just a matter of months!<\/strong> Ready to hear his journey? Let\u2019s find out how he did it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After selling his old business and finding himself in a sort of financial limbo, Paul was looking for a way to bounce back and support himself and his family. He was browsing online and came across a webinar about real estate investing and started listening. He was hooked. Paul reached out to his cousin, Marco, who was already investing in real estate and wholesaling houses, and asked for some advice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, Paul and Marco became a real estate investing team! Paul went all in, and started attending meetings at his local Real Estate Investor\u2019s Association in Broward County, Florida. After taking BREIA\u2019s two day boot camp, Paul began <strong>driving for dollars<\/strong> and knocking on houses to hunt down his first leads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-619\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group-copy.jpg\" alt=\"3 properties from the first year in real estate investing for Paul's business\" width=\"499\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpblog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group-copy.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lpblog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group-copy-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In just two weeks he found his first lead! A foreclosure with a sale date coming up. He made his \u00a0move, describing it as \u201c<em>exciting, but terrifying<\/em>\u201d, and sold the property with the help of the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"http:\/\/breia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broward Real Estate Investor\u2019s Association<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul was able to use contact from BREIA\u2019s buyers list to find someone to sell the property to. <strong>His entire first deal was closed in an astonishing 2 weeks<\/strong>! All said and done, from late January, to being in contract in May, to selling the house in early June, Paul\u2019s first deal was a quick success, paving the way for a great first year in real estate investing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Taking Advice<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now having been bit by the real estate investing bug, <strong>Paul was hooked<\/strong>! He came back from a family vacation with even more drive and energy to continue in real estate investing. He began looking for podcasts to listen to so he could strengthen his business, and ended up finding Danny Johnson\u2019s<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"http:\/\/flippingjunkie.com\/flipping-junkie-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flipping Junkie Podcast<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-620\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group.jpg\" alt=\"BRIA events from the first year in real estate investing\" width=\"499\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lpblog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lpblog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Paul-Marco-Del-Pozofounders-of-Del-Pozo-Investment-Group-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the podcast, Paul said he kept hearing about the influence of technology to help attract motivated sellers, and from there found <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"http:\/\/leadpropeller.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LeadPropeller<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201c<\/span><strong><i>LeadPropeller just made sense to me<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d Paul said, recalling his experience in the tech field, \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so I kept listening to the Flipping Junkie Podcast and <strong>applied what I was hearing<\/strong><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once he got his LeadPropeller websites, he and Marco were off! Now with a close personal and professional relationship, Paul and Marco established the Del Pozo Investment Group. With the expansion they were seeing, they moved a lot of their business toward <strong>being automated<\/strong> with the help of LeadPropeller and their CRM, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reimobile.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REImobile<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By moving their business to online lead generation, the Del Pozo\u2019s were able to track their leads better, market their business better, and grow their conversions faster. Plus, Paul didn\u2019t have to go driving for dollars anymore now that his leads were coming from motivated sellers finding him online thanks to his websites!<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\">What&#8217;s in Store for 2017?<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what does Mr. Del Pozo have in store for this year? With Marco established in New York, and Paul established in Florida, their business is already in two markets. However, they are looking to expand to a third in 2017 with the revenue they made from\u00a0their first year in real estate investing. And, at the start of the year the Del Pozo Investment Group already has 2 houses under\u00a0contracts ready to close! <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are self generating a lot of leads by working the MLS and keeping track and doing automated follow up through REImobile. We are currently putting out <strong>over 200+ offers a month<\/strong>, so it\u2019s really important for us to stay organized,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul told us when we asked just how he manages it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe also are running an adwords campagin that is generating leads for us and overall increases traffic to our <\/span><\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"http:\/\/webuyhomesbroward.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WeBuyHomesBroward.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> website. <strong>We have 4 hot leads<\/strong> we are working that came into from our website on December 16<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 2016. Two we are hot on the chase, and two others we have contracts out on and look to close next month.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PdP-websites-iloveimg-compressed.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-622\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.leadpropeller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PdP-websites-iloveimg-compressed.gif\" alt=\"the website's that helped the first year in real estate investing\" width=\"499\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked about the key to his quick success, Paul humbly responded: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t get so caught up in not knowing all the answers yet. It will come. <strong>Just push forward<\/strong>!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We couldn\u2019t have said it better ourselves, Paul. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a year! From being in financial limbo to achieving <strong>financial freedom<\/strong>, Paul Del Pozo\u2019s first year in real estate investing\u00a0sure had an awesome start! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good luck in the coming year, Del Pozo Investment Group, and thank you again for being such a valued LeadPropeller partner! That was this month\u2019s Flight Debrief &#8211; <strong>Paul Del Pozo, over and out<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the very first LeadPropeller Flight Debrief, where we highlight the success of one of our LeadPropeller customers! 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