Hi all, I am fearly new to this site, didn't know it even existed. I have been in the business for about 6 years now and was previously doing BPO in Atlanta and now have moved to Indiana and no being very successful in acquiring BPO's. I took a few years off from real estate, and now ready to jump back in. To make a long story short, had my laptop stollen during the move so don't have a list of companies I used, can any suggest or recommend some good companies to register at, that will actually send the work, don't want to be a paper weight and just lay around waiting for action.

thanks

The best thing for you to do is search thru this site and read the different threads. There are a ton of companies listed on here. Not many people are going to give you a list, but there are great resources on this site. Good luck!

This week someone from another real estate office near mine called and asked if I would mind sharing my BPO list with him.

I said I would be happy to share my entire list with him as long as he put me on the deed to his home, put the title to his car in my name, added me on all of his bank accounts, brokerage accounts and any stock he owned. I also asked for a referral fee for all of his listings/sales and I would like a piece of any college funds he had started for his children. He thought I was fresh. I thought I may have not asked for enough! I love this job.

It sucks you got your laptop taken, but many agents will not give up the co's they work for to anyone. Just as you would think twice about giving up your client lists, so do many of us. That one list may be actual people instead of banks or whatever, makes little differance. It isn't personal, it's business.

But there is a ton of info available on this site and around the web. Read. Read. Read.

We all work very hard for our contact lists, so we expect you to do the same. Everything is here for you on this site, use some of that free time of yours to find it.

You can spend an hour searching this site, another searching for company website, and another 3 or 4 hours applying to the companies and get sign up with the top 20 companies to work for....one day's work. You can also find the 6 or 7 to not work for and not bother signing up with...that's probably as important.

So now that were talking about this, I just recieved an email from a guy I've never talked to or heard of. Is this guy emailing all of you??

I don't know about all of you, but I know how hard I work for my contacts......Grrrr

Sharing is Caring !! lol
you're right, you've worked hard and shouldn't give info so easily.

Is there an echo? Have we heard this question before?
Do a search.

think that's the same guy asking

Well thanks for the help, I can understands your positions, but I dont think I would be that cruel in replying,. My mother use to always say to me, if you have nothing nice or encouraging to say, then dont say anything.

Agent,

I didn't say anything mean or hurtful. I was strait to the point, and was not discouraging! All I said, and really everyone else is saying read the posts their here for you to read, we are not just going to just give them to you. Most of us have worked long and hard to obtain these contacts. Almost everthing you need to know is right here waiting for you. It seems like we go through this exercise at least once a month, and we get tired of the agents that either A: don't read enough, or B: don't want to...

I don't read anything that is cruel? Blunt perhaps. Not cruel.

You have to realize that many of the posters here have worked many, many years to develop a list of quality contacts for which to derive their livelihood from. Since this is an open forum, there are competitors here or there could be. There is at least one person that is registered here that I overlap with.


Read the archives and you will get 90% of the quality companies to work with and unless you are in an area that is saturated with agents doing bpo's, sign up with them all and after about 90 days you will actually be turning business down due to the volume of work and the distances that they ask you to get for a minimum fee.

BTW, for you and everyone who may not be aware of it, depending on where you are located, contact all the locally and regional banks and savings and loans. Many of them carry their own paper on some loans. They often need bpos for PMI release or re-fies and don't know where to go and don't use the nationals. I get a number of these each month and the can pay the best dollars. I have received more than $150 for just a 3-sold, exterior drive-by. It sure helps balance out the $50 and $60 jobs. Put together a brochure sheet and leave it with the lending officers at each bank and savings and loan.

Hey Gig em, great idea. I'll give that a shot, esp. since I currently have an REO listing with a major regional bank. Why didn't I think of that?!! Duh!
Oh, yes, I did get the same email from Jeff Cohen. Anyone know who this guy is? I just ignored the email.