Tools of the Trade

02 Sep Tools of the Trade

Basically if you start on something you should identify the tools you should need to be successful in it. Like if you are a carpenter and want to build a house, there will be ordinary and special tools needed for the carpenter to finish the house. Before you start your own Real Estate business particularly focusing on Tax Delinquent Properties you should organize the devices needed.

On the top of this list should be a personal computer. A personal computer is a device where you can create your proposal letter and save them as document file for a later use. These are the letters you would be sending to your prospective clients. It can also be used to make slide presentations where you can use pictures and videos on lands or properties you are selling. You don’t need to be an expert to use a computer. You only need to know how to use a text processor like Word and Excel, which is an electronic spreadsheet for your basic accounting needs. Word and Excel software are created by Microsoft and are available in any store that sells computers.

The next tool you might need is a map of all the counties in the US. This map will be your reference for the location of the properties you are interested in investing on, so in the event you want to do a local visit on the said land you will not have a hard time locating it and won’t get lost. Normally you can get these detailed maps from any local store where there are a lot of tourists flocking in.

Once you have your computer in place and ready to use, you would need to get fast Internet connection sorted out for your research needs and other services. One of the services the internet offers is a search engine. These are services like Google and Yahoo. These search engines can give you a list of results on whatever you type in as the key word. It lists down all the websites with your search keywords located on their home page, in order of its popularity. So if you type “tax delinquent properties” on the key word search of theses search engines, you will probably get tons of websites on the search results offering information about Tax Delinquent Properties.

Internet services also offers e-mail services that are free. The most common free web base email services are hotmail by MSN, Gmail by Google and Yahoo Mail by Yahoo. You can create your own email address and can send and receive emails from your sellers, buyers or even from relatives and love ones around the world. These tools are just the basics.

If you want to use your personal computer for more complex processes and services, you need to consult the experts in the field. If you don’t know anyone who is the best in this field you can search for “How-To” guides and chances are you will find some sort of guidebook. These things are available at little or no cost, all you have to do is know how to look for it. Now in Tax Delinquent Investing, try to search for those keywords when you go online, or say search for “Experts on Tax Delinquent Investments”, most probably you will find Jack Bosch to be in the top of the results page.